Oct 2019

HARYANA ●      KU, soil institute ink research pact   The Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University (KU), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, for research and training.   The advanced instrumentation facilities and experimental farms available in the CSSRI and the advanced research at the Institute … Read more 08.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Karnal tops in defying stubble burning ban Farmers of Karnal district are leading the list of the offenders who are defying the ban on stubble burning in the state. According to the Agriculture Department, 42 per cent stubble burning cases in the state are from Karnal, where the area under paddy is 1.7 lakh … Read more 06-07.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Karnal station betters cleanliness rank Improving its ranking, Karnal railway station, one of the oldest stations in the country built by the British in 1892, secured 186th place among 720 stations of the country in the cleanliness ranking under Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019. Karnal station was at 241st rank during last year’s cleanliness … Read more 05.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Rewari ranks 3rd at national level Rewari has attained third position at the national level in Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2019 conducted by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department of the Central Government. The survey aimed at providing national ranking of all districts and states of India on the basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation (swachhata) … Read more 04.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA ●      Indian Oil constructed a 0.85 km of road with plastic waste at Faridabad Indian Oil Research and Development Centre has constructed a 0.85 km of road with different concentrations of plastic waste at Faridabad. The move by Indian Oil aims to utilize single-use plastic waste.  For the construction of the road, around 16 million tonnes of waste plastic from … Read more 03.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Haryana tops list of states with most dry districts: IMD Haryana had the highest number of dry districts, 19 out of 21, including three where rainfall was scanty in this year’s monsoon season. The overall monsoon deficiency in Haryana was 42%, which made it the driest state in the country in the season after … Read more 02.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA NOTA remains unpopular in Hry The ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option in the voting system appears to be a conveniently forgotten option for the voters in Haryana, recent elections suggest. The vote share of NOTA, an alternative choice for the voters to express their dissent on the present political system as well as … Read more 01.10.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs