Miscellaneous

A week after they lost their huts and belongings in a fire at an illegal slum at Madhapur in Hyderabad, 75 slum-dwelling families on Tuesday walked into flats Telangana government has given them for free. The flats, 1BHK dwellings with an area of 375 sqft that cost Rs 4-5 lakh, have been allotted

It was in August 2016 that Vimala Kadam came upon a pitiable sight. A line of elderly men and women were waiting on one side of the Mudhol-Nippani state highway near Umarani village to cross the road and head to the field to relieve themselves. Without a second thought, she went ahead and met some

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of 3,21,567 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.18,203 cr with central assistance of Rs. 4,752 cr. The approval was given in the 32 nd meeting of the

“LET’S SAY, the lake has not been to the ICU as yet,” says Dinabandhu Sahoo, seated in a custom-made blue boat on Loktak Lake, over 50 km from Imphal. “But why wait for that to happen? It’s better to take a precautionary step.” Sahoo is the director of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable

Eighty-six years after the city got electricity, overhead power cables in Varanasi are being dismantled after a project to lay underground lines over 16 sq-km has been finally completed. Laying cables for 50,000 consumers through the serpentine lanes and congested markets in one of the world’s

Mostly stories of migration from Uttarakhand villages come in the media. Reports have even come of all living their native village and migrating to cities. However here is a story, which talks of a reverse trend. Salindar Sajwan lives in a remote Himalayan village in Garhwal but he’s comfortable

As PM Modi’s deadline to end open-defecation across the country approaches, solutions such as the eToilet are becoming sustainable, efficient and cost-effective alternatives. For years, Komalavalli, 34, carried an empty bottle along with her lunch box to work at a cloth shop in north Kerala’s

With an aim to make the country self-reliant in silk production, the government will constitute an inter-ministerial committee with a fund of Rs 1,000 crore to promote research & development (R&D) and technology transfer in the silk sector, Textile Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday. “For

“First Indian Sign Language Dictionary of 3000 words” has been launched by Shri Thawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment. The dictionary has been developed by Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLR&TC) under Department of Empowerment of Persons with

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by parliament on Thursday.The bill ensures harmony among employees in the private sector and Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Organizations under Government who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules. These employees will be

Government has decided to continue educational concessions to the children of Armed Forces Officers/Personnel Below Officer Ranks (PBORs)/Missing/Disabled/ Killed in Action without the cap of Rs. 10,000 per month. Ministry of Defence had persuaded the Finance Ministry twice in this regard, which is