Cabinet clears ₹10,998-crore Varuna elevated corridor in Varanasi
An elevated road is meant to ease traffic in a crowded heritage city.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP infrastructure): major Varanasi project; links with UP expressway network.
15 Jul 2026UP current affairs: 15 July 2026
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₹10,998-crore elevated corridor along Varuna river in Varanasi approved
Decongestion of a pilgrim city.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP infrastructure): Varanasi decongestion project; Varuna is a Ganga tributary.
15 Jul 2026
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission signs MoU with UP Promote Pharma Council
On 14 July 2026, at the YEIDA MedTech Investors Meet in Greater Noida, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Promote Pharma Council (UPPPC) on quality standards and drug-safety reporting. On 23 July it signed one with Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow, and renewed another with CSIR-CIMAP.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP pharma and medtech push around YEIDA. GS-V: the sign-language module helps persons with disabilities report drug reactions.
15 Jul 2026