Miscellaneous

They spent the prime years of their life guarding the country’s borders. Now, this army of exservicemen will protect the Ganga, keep it clean, stop people from throwing trash into its water and patrol its ghats. The Indian Army is raising a battalion of 532 ex-servicemen named ‘Ganga Task Force’

Can we identify a water body that needs immediate rejuvenation,” asks agriculture scientist Sachin Tendulkar on the ‘Goa Jalyaatra’ WhatsApp group. He suggests that the group can take up water conservation and mobilise local communities in Sattari, Dharbandora or Sanguem. “Government-initiated

In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the "Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai " has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The decision was taken at the 42 nd session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO at Manama in Bahrain today. As recommended by the

Earlier this week a news came that government is asking air conditioner (AC) manufacturers to set the default temperature at 24 degrees Celsius. As soon as this news came people started expressing fears as to why the government wants to control the temperature at which they should use the ACs. After

La Gravieta, tea lounge, is one of its kind in the world where all differently-abled employees are groomed, trained putting them into cooking where they are the de-facto chefs preparing tea, sandwich, pizza, pasta, noodles etc. They cook, serve, housekeep, buy groceries, collect payment using swipe

Inmates of Apna Ghar old-age home in Kolar are a bit busy these days. Taking up the cause of imbibing traditional values and culture to the Gen-X. From sharing their expertise in day-to-day household cores like cooking to the fine philosophy in the verses of Vedas and Puranas, the senior citizens

Ministry of Shipping’s flagship programme for port-led-prosperity ‘Sagarmala’ received the ‘ Gold Award’ in infrastructure sector in the recently concluded 52 nd Skoch Summit 2018 in New Delhi, recognizing the programmes’s contribution to India’s socio-economic transformation and it's role in

The country’s biggest irrigation project, the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, in Telangana which holds several national and world records will start receiving water from the Godavari River from the first week of August. The Rs 80,000-crore project will create history in a state where the second

Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday launched a new scheme by which an applicant can apply for the passport from anywhere in India. The scheme was launched on the occasion of the Sixth Passport Seva Divas. With the launch of this new scheme, applicants can now choose the Regional

Ten new heritage sites of the country today firmed up action plans for raising their sanitation standards to exemplary levels. These Places are Sri Raghavendra Swami Mutt Mantralayam (Andhra Pradesh), Hazarduari Palace (West Bengal), Shri Brahma Sarovar Temple (Haryana), Vidur Kuti Temple (Uttar

Students from IIT-Roorkee have developed a helmet that can be worn like a collar around the neck and inflates like an airbag before impact during an accident. Made of Kevlar, a synthetic fibre used to make bullet-proof jackets, the inflatable helmet offers better protection than traditional ones