Miscellaneous

In another inspring example of indigenisation of defence equipment, 5 Metre Short Span Bridge was formally handed over to the Indian Army on 20 March 2019 in a ceremony at the Talegaon facility of Larsen & Toubro Limited. The Bridge is indigenously designed & developed and is the result of close

In the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, there will be 1010 voters in Himachal who have crossed their century. Out of these 1010, 383 are males and 627 females. Thirty male voters have the distinction of crossing the age of 110. Many women voters have also crossed this age. Read more of this in a

They are students who use business for a “social revolution”. And, together, these aspiring entrepreneurs are pursuing community projects to reduce and recycle waste, solve sanitation issues and tackle malnutrition, one step at a time. The students, under the banner of Enactus, an international not

Vitono Gugu Haralu, 37, grew up watching her mother weave intricate Naga shawls, cushion covers and table runners. It has been more than 30 years, but her mother’s weaving business has made little progress. The reason? Raw materials like long-staple cotton are not widely cultivated in the state and

State Bank of India has launched cardless withdrawal of cash at over 16,500 of its ATMs through the Yono mobile app platform for the first time in the country. “The ATMs enabled for this service will also be termed as Yono Cash Point. Customers can initiate the cash withdrawal process on the Yono

President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. He also presented the 10th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation Awards. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that as we seek to meet important developmental goals

Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro Ltd, has earmarked all economic benefits from 34 per cent of his shares in Wipro worth about $7.5 billion, or Rs 52,750 crore, and held by entities controlled by him, for philanthropy purposes. According to an exchange filing by Wipro, with this, the corpus of funds

Students of the State Inter College Matli in Uttarkashi have painted the dirty walls of their institute with slogans of cleanliness to take the "Swachh Bharat" mission forward. When the news spread in the community many homes also took up this mission. Read more of this in a report by Shailendra

“I will not get my daughter married before she reaches the age of 18. She will not be a school dropout. I will educate her and after she attains the age of 18, I will arrange for her marriage.” This is the text of an undertaking for parents of girl students at a school in West Bengal, near the

In a decision bound to further the outreach and accessibility of Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati has brought 11 more State DD Channels, including five channels of North-Eastern States, on the Satellite footprint of India through DD Free Dish. It is for the first time that the States of Chhattisgarh, Goa

The Cabinet Meeting Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the grant of Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) facilities to World War-II Veterans, Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs), Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) and pre-mature retirees. As a result, over 43,000