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
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I remember the story told to us in 5th standard by our teacher about an ailing farmer who gave a bundle of sticks to his four sons one by one to break it. Each one of them tried but couldn’t break the bundle of sticks. Then the farmer untied the bundle of sticks and asked his sons to break the
Government has drawn up tailor-made action plans for 115 identified “most-backward” districts in the country to improve their socio-economic profiles by making available basic services like healthcare, sanitation and education as well as basic physical infrastructure like roads and drinking water
In a mere 10-year period, between 1979 and 1989, the 22.24-sq km pristine forest, located at the tri-juncture of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan, was reduced to just sand, gravel and dead stumps of trees by a combination of illegal felling and a succession of floods. This is the story of the
Indian Railways have developed and operationalized an institutionalized mechanism for monitoring of quality and hygiene of catering services through regular inspections at various levels to address catering complaints. Further, to improve the standard of food being provided to passengers, new
In partnership with State Governments, Department of Rural Development has completed the ranking of 50,000 Gram Panchayats on parameters of physical infrastructure, human development and economic activities. The detailed ranking may be seen at missionantyodaya.nic.in. Other relevant data with regard
Read this story of courage of two girls - one from Bihar and the other from Jharkhand. Two years ago, aged just 15, Harsha Mishra arrived in Delhi from her home in Patna after a quarrel with her parents. The stay in the capital for the teenager lasted just a couple of hours. Seeing her weeping on
In an eco-friendly measure to cut power consumption, the Indian Railways on Tuesday said it planned to make all stations cent per cent LED lit by March 31, 2018. The railways said it was actively working to provide 100% LED lighting for energy needs in railway staff colonies, stations and platforms
Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of Railways' transformative initiative to set up the first ever National Rail and Transport University (NRTU) in Vadodara to skill its human resources and build capability. The University will be set up as a Deemed to Be University under de novo category as
As on 6th December this year, 30.71 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), including 18.05 crore accounts opened in rural/semi-urban areas. Banks are opening PMJDY accounts for unbanked persons at their branches. In addition for uncovered Sub-Service Areas
A mountaineer from Kolkata completed the rare feat of scaling nine peaks, including the Seven Summits (the highest peaks of each of the seven continents), on Saturday. Software engineer Satyarup Siddhanta, 34, climbed Mt Vinson in Antarctica shortly after 9am (local time) - his ninth summit since
A novel research by scientists at IIT-Kharagpur has shown the way to generate electricity from onion peel. Eateries saddled with bags of the waste product can now turn them into a power source - the skin of a single onion can light up 12 green LEDs. The researchers have applied for a patent on the