Three cyclists from Shimla have made history by making it to the Churdhar Peak (3,700 m). Churdhar Peak is the highest mountain of the Shivalik range. The three lads represented the Hero Action team. They rode from Shimla to Churdhar and back to Sarain in Chopal over a span of two days. The team included two-time national champion Akshit Gaur (19), national bronze medallist Ashish Sherpa (18) and team managerRead More
Tag: HP Current Affairs August 2019
Himachal Pradesh has been ranked first in the STH Follow-up Survey in the country. As per the STH survey, Himachal Pradesh has topped not only in the country but in the world as worms prevalence has been estimated lowest at 0.3 per cent only amongst children in the age group of 1-19 years. The report was shared by Health Minister Vipin Singh Parmar who also congratulated the Health, Education, WomenRead More
Camping site owners of the Chandertal area is seeking the help of the district administration of Lahaul Spiti against the ban imposed by the Koksar panchayat. The Koksar panchayat has banned camps near the lake to save ecology and asked the owners to vacate the area immediately. As per the camping site owners, they are operating camp business in an eco-friendly way. The licences were procured from the Forest DepartmentRead More
‘Vartalap’, a one-day media workshop was organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Shimla, at the local Bachat Bhawan in Chamba on 01st August 2019. ‘Vartalap’, which means ‘Conversation’ in English, is a flagship programme of the Central government to highlight various govt schemes being run and generating awareness about them. The media workshop was attended by Chamba DC Vivek Bhatia who lauded the role of media in effective disseminationRead More
The Sampark Smartshala English and Maths Programme under Samagra Shiksha Himachal was launched in Shimla by Chief Minister Sh. Jai Ram Thakur. The major objective of this scheme is to ensure the provision of quality education as it will enhance the learning outcome of lakhs of students. The Sampark Smartshala Maths and English will be started in all 10,661 Government Primary Schools, which will benefit over 3.2 lakh students. TheRead More