Miscellaneous

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

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited launched Free Wi-Fi Facility at Udwada Village, Valsad District, Gujrat under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana adopted by Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for (I&B) and Textiles on Wednesday. The facility was launched by Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Communications

In Nov 2016 Pradhan Mantri AawasYojana (Gramin) was launched with t he target to complete one crore houses by March 31, 2019. Since some Indira AawasYojana (IAY) houses were still incomplete, Department of Rural Development was given a target of 1.02 crore houses, which included completion of two

Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananthkumar announced that the Central Government has approved the setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar District, Jharkhand, here today. The project would be set up at a cost of Rs. 120 crores in an area of 150 acres and a

The world’s longest sandstone cave at 24,583 metres in length has been discovered in Meghalaya, the northeastern state known for its complex cave systems hidden under its undulating hills. Called Krem Puri, the cave was discovered in 2016, but its actual length was found during an expedition by the

To give a platform to aspiring singers and dancers in the city, the Delhi government today launched a mobile application that would allow deserving applicants down to the ward-level to showcase their talent on a big stage. The 'Delhi's Date with Democracy' app is an initiative of the government's

Chief of Army Staff Gen Bipin Rawat who was in Dehradun on Sunday said that the recruitment of women in the Corps of Military Police (CMP) will “start before the year ends”. The chief had announced last year that women will be recruited at ranks other than officers in the Army for the first time

On 3rd September 2107 we had posted a news item on Mewat's community radio centre. Continuing this story we are posting another story published in The Indian Express, today. This story talks how this has empowered the women here. When it started broadcasting in 2012, the station received 700 calls —

Shri R K Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, on Saturday dedicated 4,611 smart and energy-efficient LED lights to the people of Ara, Bihar, today. These LED lights have been installed in a record time of just three weeks under the Street Light

Sumit Barwal, from Himachal Pradesh, started his education from an Ekal school in village Radabhankhed in Mandi district. In Ekal he used to recite patriotic songs every day, as is the practice in all Ekal schools. From those early days in life, Sumit used to get very excited while he used to recite

Homes with toilets in India more than doubled from 38.7% at the start of the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, 2014, to 78.98% in March 2018. The grand design is to ensure all households have access to a toilet so that India becomes open defecation free (ODF) by October 2, 2019. Nationwide data

Initial predictions released by the Indian meteorological department (IMD) have shown favourable monsoon conditions from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, which increases the probability of a normal monsoon this year. These indications for a favourable monsoon were made in IMD's recent El Niño southern