HP Current Affairs-November 30, 2022
- As part of welfare programmes that were introduced on Thursday to address mental health issues, prisoners and inmates housed in the 14 prisons in Himachal Pradesh—which have a combined capacity of 2,437 but are currently housing 2,909 inmates—will now engage in meditation.
2-At the Model Central Jail at Kanda, close to Shimla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar introduced programmes of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services.
3-On Sunday, 36 bikers ranging in age from 10 to 64 took part in an off-track race across the state capital of Himachal Pradesh as well as its suburbs Mashobra and Daak Bangla.
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4-The Himalayan Adventure Sports and Tourism Promotion Association (Hastpa), based in Shimla, in collaboration with the Cycling Association of Himachal Pradesh and the Shimla Cycling Association, organised the mountain biking expedition known as the MTB Shimla Hills Winter Challenge.
5-In Himachal Pradesh, the total number of electorates climbed by 10.7% to 55.25 lakh for the 2022 assembly elections from 49.88 lakh in the 2017 elections, according to the chief electoral officer, Maneesh Garg, in Shimla.
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6-Of the 56,343 voters who identified as persons with disabilities (PwD), 49,917 cast ballots in the last assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh on November 12, according to CEO Maneesh Garg.
7-Himachali Pravasi Global Association (HPGA) performed the Himachal Pradeshi “Naati” for the first time ever in Canada at Parliament Hill in Ottawa as part of the commemoration of Hindu Heritage Month, according to organisers on Monday.
8-Himachali Pravasi Global Association (HPGA) is a nonprofit organisation with the mission of assisting immigrants and students from Himachal Pradesh in better understanding the culture of the new nation they have chosen to call home.
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9-A Punjabi man was given a life sentence for throwing his newlywed wife off a cliff in the suburbs of the capital of Himachal Pradesh after he expressed misgivings about the union, according to police records.
10-The Shimla Urban Assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh saw the lowest voter turnout in the state in the November 12 elections, at 62.53 percent, while Tashigang, the world’s highest polling place at a height of 15,265 feet, recorded 100% voting despite the bitter cold, according to the election office.
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