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India’s first plasma therapy starts in KGMU, Lucknow

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus COVID-19

  • King George’s medical University (KGMU) of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh has become the first institute in the country to start  using plasma therapy for the possible treatment of COVID-19.
  • Plasma therapy uses antibodies from the patients’ that have successfully recovered from the COVID-19 and transplanting them in the patient that is not abe to generate anti bodies to recover from this deadly virus.

UP govt ties-up with Google to geotag community kitchens

April 20, 2020
UP govt ties-up with Google to geotag community kitchens
  • Uttar Pradesh Government ties up with tech giant Google to formed geotag community kitchens in the state.
  • The kitchens prepare 12 lakh food packets on a daily basis.
  • Now, Uttar Pradesh came up as the 1st state to geotag community kitchens.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath makes ‘Team-11’ to fight Coronavirus

March 29, 2020
Yogi Adityanath
  • Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, made “Team-11” consisting of inter-departmental committees with over 2 dozen senior officials to combat the COVID-19.
  • Each of the committees will be led by a senior bureaucrat of the state while the CM will be the leader of the Team-11.

UP govt releases three schemes for skill development in the state

March 14, 2020
UP govt

  • Uttar Pradesh government has released three ambitious schemes for skill development and employment generation for youths in the state. 
  • The three schemes are Kaushal Satrang, Yuva Hub and apprenticeship scheme in Lucknow. UP government also declared to depute ”Arogya Mitras” at all primary health centres to inform people about govt health schemes.

Cabinet approves construction of 780 Km of green highways in four states

March 14, 2020
Highway

Union Cabinet approved a proposal for the construction of 780 kilometer of green highways on 13 March 2020. It was declared by the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. The project targets to rehabilitate and upgrade various National Highways in four states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

CM Yogi Adityanath launches projects worth Rs 2821 cr in Noida

March 5, 2020
CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched and laid foundation stones for 23 development projects worth Rs 2,821 crore at Gautam Buddh Nagar in Noida. These projects comprises India’s biggest multi-level parking with space for 7,000 vehicles at estimated cost of Rs 500 crore, a government hospital, three power substations and many more.