Miscellaneous

Fisheries experts from Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST) near Srinagar heard a common complaint from farmers during a survey of fish farms in Jammu and Kashmir. The farmers would complain that species like trout were dying of unknown reasons. The problem had the experts

550 students, from Classes VII to XII, of the GD Goenka Public School, Lucknow, extracted deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA — the hereditary material in almost all organisms, including humans — from bananas using a custom-made kit to become the largest group of people to conduct the exercise

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday launched a compensation scheme to bring down the mortality rate among pregnant women in tea garden areas of the state. Sonowal said Assam’s identity is synonymous with its tea, but the large working labour population in the tea gardens have not been

Alphonso from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra, is registered asGeographical Indication (GI). A Geographical Indication or a GI is an indication used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was conferred the Champions of the Earth Award 2018 for Policy Leadership by UN Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres at a ceremony at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, here on Wednesday. Executive Director, UN Environment, Mr Erik Solheim, Union Minister for External

Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar conferred Swachhata Ranking Awards 2018 for higher educational institutions in New Delhi on Monday . Best 51 higher educational institutions (HEIs) have been selected for Swachhata Ranking Awards in 8 different categories. The Union

Ekal's Gramotthan Resource Centres have been set up to empower women by enabling them to participate in the mainstream economy. The idea is to create women micro-entrepreneurs in rural and tribal villages and connect them to urban consumers. Ekal has established a model to impart tailoring training

As many as 235 ex-prisoners were offered jobs at a Telangana prisons’ department recruitment drive.Flipkart, Swiggy, Karvy and HDFC were among the companies who participated in the drive organised at the State Institute of Correctional Administration office in Hyderabad Saturday. The ex-prisoners

Clean premises, well-lit corridors, two separate toilets for women with sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators, and a children’s park. What does it take to bring a Primary Health Centre (PHC) on par with some of the best government health facilities in a state? At Noolpuzha in Kerala’s

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.) launched All India Radio’s Streaming Services on Amazon’s Alexa Smart Speakers in New Delhi on Friday. Chairman Prasar Bharati A Surya Prakash, CEO Prasar Bharati

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM – U), has partnered with Google to launch the Loo Review campaign to encourage all local guides in India to rate and review public toilets on Google Maps. This campaign is part of a feature which allows