The Hindi Word of the Year for 2017 is 'AADHAAR'. This was announced by Oxford Dictionaries at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Saturday. 'Aadhaar' also becomes the first Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the Year. The accompanying shortlisted words include Notebandi, Swachh, Vikaas, Yoga and
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Rudra Pratap Singh, 13, often surprises people watching TV with him. During a game of football or cricket, when a country's team sings their national anthem, Rudra sings along in perfect unison. A student of Class VIII, the teenager has already learnt the national anthems of 18 countries and plans
Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has announced four schemes to promote young scientists and researchers in the country. The scheme primarily aims at early recognition and reward to young talent in the field of science. The Minister said that in a bid to tap the potential of
The Government has decided to install super-efficient air-conditioners in 2, 500 of its buildings for the first time in the country. Launching the replacement of conventional lights with LED lights in East Delhi yesterday, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Science &
Patna will soon be amongst the few major cities along river Ganga to have 100 percent sewage treatment capacity to ensure that no waste water gets discharged into the river. The National Mission for Clean Ganga has put in place a comprehensive sewage management plan for the city, that will replace
When 12-year-old Chirag Rathi is asked to multiply 42,225 by 645, it takes him about half a second to reply "2,72,35,125". In mathematical prowess reminiscent of the famed Shakuntala Devi, this Class VIII prodigy from Nakud Tripudi, a remote village in UP's Saharanpur district, takes even less time
Eighteen children, including seven girls have been selected for the National Bravery Awards 2017. Three of the bravehearts are being awarded posthumously. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will award these future leaders of the society at a function in New Delhi on January 24, 2018. They would then
The usually grey and drab concrete pillars of Delhi Metro have now got a green cover, at a small stretch of the Blue Line. In a first such initiative by Delhi Metro, eight pillars of the elevated Blue Line (Dwarka Sector 21-Vaishali/ Noida City Centre) between Mandi House and Pragati Maidan stations
The Milk production in the country during 2016-17 has achieved a remarkable progress by showing 20.13% growth as compared to 2013-14. Further, the production have been estimated to be increased by 6.4% in 2016-17 over 2015-16. In past the growth rate has been 6.3% in 2014-15; 6.3% in 2015-16 and 6.4
For the first time, Haryana claimed to have logged the highest ever sex ratio of 914 girls against 1,000 boys in 2017. It was 900 in 2016 and 876 in 2015. As per the date, released by the state government on Saturday, out of the 5,09,290 children born in the state from January to December 2017
This is the story of how an initiative of a voluntary organisation has changed the environment in one Mumbai slum. Usually the slums are very dirty, but not this one. Here, the walls are all painted and the complete look has changed. This looks more like Italy's Positano and has become a tourist
Ekal Abhiyan with its five-fold education programme reaches 65,000 villages, working for the empowerment of the people in remote Bharat. Ekal has made an ambitious target of reaching a lakh of villages by 2022. The new video, released this week, gives the latest information on the movement. The link