Over 37 yrs, glaciers in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve’s Rishikesh catchment reduced 10 pc

Glaciers in Rishikesh catchment area of world heritage site Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve are depleting fast due to climate change, with a reduction of almost 10 per cent in almost four decades, says a study by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. According to Professor MPS Bisht, Director, Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC), based […]

950 new COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand

A total of 950 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Uttarakhand on Saturday, taking the total count number of people infected with the virus in the state to 23,961. According to official data provided by the State Health Department, there are 7,575 active COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand while 15,982 patients have recovered from the infection. Coronavirus has claimed 330 […]

Uttarakhand Chief Secy reviews reconstruction work in Kedarnath Dham

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash and Tourism Secretary Dilip Javalkar on Saturday carried out inspection of the reconstruction works in Kedarnath Dham. They also inspected the Shankaracharya Samadhi, passage road from Divyashila to Samadhi, Mi 26 Helipad, Saraswati and Mandakini Ghat etc. During the inspection, Chief Secretary Om Prakash instructed the construction companies to expedite the work and get […]

Uttarakhand excludes Vigilance dept from RTI’s purview

The Uttarakhand government, in its cabinet meeting yesterday, approved a proposal to exclude the Vigilance Department from the purview of the Right to Information Act, informed Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik. While speaking to ANI, the Cabinet Minister said, “The Uttarakhand government has excluded the Vigilance Department from the purview of the Right to Information Act. The proposal was approved in […]

IIT Roorkee inks MoU with NIUA for collaboration in building accessible, safe and inclusive Indian cities

The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee for collaboration in areas of universal design principles and inclusive development in the backdrop of ‘Building Accessible Safe Inclusive Indian Cities’ (BASIIC) program. The MoU was signed between […]

831 new COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand

A total of 831 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Uttarakhand on Friday taking the total count of cases in the state to 23,011. According to official data, there are 7,187 active COVID-19 cases in the state while 15,447 patients have recovered from the viral infection. Coronavirus has claimed 312 lives in the state. With 83,341 new COVID-19 cases, India’s COVID-19 count […]