Miscellaneous

In a sign of the changing times, a young woman has got her widowed mother married despite opposition from society and family. Geeta Agarwal’s husband Mukesh Gupta had died of cardiac arrest in May, 2016. The Jaipur school teacher went into depression, which worsened when her younger daughter Sanhita

A Ramayana festival, Ramayana stamps, specially-made Khadi jackets, and, of course, the Republic Day parade — India is planning a grand show for the 10 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders, who will be in the capital from January 24 to 26. Officials said a Ramayana festival, which

An expert team of IAF mountaineers had successfully scaled highest peaks of six different continents earlier and had recently embarked upon its culminating expedition to Mt Vinson in Antarctica to complete Mission Seven Summits. A five member team led by Gp Capt RC Tripathi VM(G) was flagged off by

A significant milestone under the BharatNet has been achieved by completing Phase-1 of the project by connecting over one lakh Gram Panchayats (GP) across the country with high speed optical fibre network. It may be noted that the declared deadline of 31 Dec 2017. BharatNet network envisages

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the construction, operation and maintenance of 2-lane bi-directional Zojila Tunnel with Parallel Escape (Egress) Tunnel excluding approaches on Srinagar-Leh section connecting NH-1A

Government will launch a new 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 commencing from 10 th January 2018 to enable resident citizens/HUF to invest in a taxable bond , without any monetary ceiling. The main features of the Bonds are: (i) Who can invest: The Bonds are open to investment by individuals

In an attempt to spread awareness about health and hygiene among schoolchildren in government schools, the Gujarat health department has introduced the concept of bal (child) doctors. According to officials of the health department, there will be one 'bal doctor' for around 30 students and the

Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik had unveiled the new logo for the 2019 Allahadbad Kumbh Mela last month. The logo comprises temples, saints, rivers, kalash (pitcher) and the Swastik. The logo's tagline “Sarvsidhiprad Kumbh”, means Kumbh is the provider of all accomplishments It may be mentioned that

The Government has launched a scheme namely ‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping and Roadmap’ on 29 th March, 2017 with the main objectives of talent hunt as well as collection of database of artists, artisans and various art forms across the country by organizing various activities envisaged under

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has developed a web-page for use as tribal repository ( www.tribal.nic.in/repositroy ) in which documents, folks songs, photos, videos etc. received from the State Government have been uploaded. Further State Government has been asked to provide database of Tribes of India

The Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited will provide three services at tariffs starting as low as Rs 149 for 5 GB at 15 MBPS speed and 250 TV channels and a free telephone connection. MORE THAN 1 crore households, 50,000 schools and educational institutions, all government offices, more than 5,000

This is the story of Aman Gupta, a 2013 batch IAS officer who works with the assistance of a stand-mounted American video magnifier that helps the visually impaired read. He is 90% blind. Gupta has juvenile macular degeneration, a medical condition that has no known cure. His vision is now so poor