Misc

Defying patriarchy and breaking into a carefully guarded male bastion, Meena Ahirwar is setting new standards as she goes about building homes and supervising work at construction sites in her role as a "raj mistry", or head mason. Right now, she is part of the construction team building a three

The coastal town of Alappuzha, famous for its backwaters and intricate network of canals and lagoons, has found a spot in a United Nations (UN) report of five global cities that have successfully tackled solid waste management. The UN Environment report lists Alappuzha, also called Aleppey

Swachhathon 1.0, the first ever Swachh Bharat Hackathon, was organized by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to crowd source solutions to some of the Sanitation and Hygiene challenges faced in various parts of the country. The Ministry invited innovators from schools and colleges

EKAL Abhiyan village development resource center in Karanjo, Jharkhand, through their EKAL on Wheel program, has helped in opening of Swami Vivekananda Youth Club in several tribal villages. A 5-day foodball tournment was organised between these clubs at the Birsa Ground between 13th and 17th of

The Coir Board is implementing Mahila Coir Yojana(MCY) exclusively for empowering women in the country by giving training and distribution of coir processing equipments. This is a 100% women oriented programme intended to provide self employment to the rural women artisans in coir producing regions

Dhola-Sadiya: A Bridge of New Hope for the North East Road connectivity in the North-East will see a major transformation when Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates the country’s longest river bridge –the Dhola- Sadiya Bridge in Assam today. This new, three lane, 9.15 kilometre bridge has

To empower women and to safeguard their interests Jharkhand government has taken a very bold decision of waiving stamp duty fee for women wanting to purchase immovable property. The stamp duty fee in Jharkhand is 7%. Some time back in 2015 the government had given a 10% relaxation on stamp duty fee

Praggnanandhaa, youngest International Master, can claim the coveted chess norm in a few months. In the crowded verandah of Ramesh Babu’s one-storey apartment in Padi, on the outskirts of Chennai, is a purple-rimmed bicycle, its wheels smeared with fresh mud and earth. It belongs to Babu’s 11-year

There could not have been a better farewell gift for Digambar Thak, driver of the Akola District Magistrate G. Sreekanth. This DM surprised the driver when he came to pick his boss to office from his residence. When Digambar came to the DM's house he saw a car decorated with flowers and when the DM

All the 370 toll plazas across the country on National Highways will have wash rooms with proper illumination and water supply in the next three months. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked all concerned officials to start work on this within 15 days. सड़क परिवहन एवं राजमार्ग

CAIT signs a MoU with Tally Solutions to train and educate non corporate sector on GST compliance and adoption In its bid to train & educate the trading community on GST compliance and its seamless adoption, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in association with Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched Challenge drive to enroll leftover population for Aadhaar, in 22 States/UTs where Aadhaar saturation of adult population has crossed 100 per cent(as per projected population figure of 2015). These 22 States/UTs are Delhi, Rajasthan