Miscellaneous

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of a driver’s training institute and a Secondary School under the SMARTGRAM initiative at village Dhaula, Gurugram (Haryana) today. Three new Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) at Mahendragarh, Ambala and Palwal were also

यमुना नदी के किनारों को साफ-सुंदर बनाने और उन्हें पुराने रूप में लौटाने के लिए डीडीए ने फाइनल प्लान तैयार कर लिया है। इसके तहत पहले लोहे के पुराने पुल से लेकर आईटीओ ब्रिज तक के हिस्से पर काम होगा। इसके बाद सेकंड फेज में यमुना के बचे हुए बाकी हिस्सों को लिया जाएगा। पहले फेज में यमुना पल्ला से ओखला तक

बायोलॉजिकल डायवर्सिटी ऐक्ट के तहत आर्थिक लाभ पाने वाले उत्तराखंड के दुधई गांव के निवासी संभवत: देश के पहले ग्रामीण बन गए हैं। ग्रामीणों ने इसके साथ ही स्वर्ण नदी में चल रहे अवैध खनन को भी समाप्त करा दिया, जो कृषि योग्य जमीनों और जंगलों को नष्ट कर रहे थे। देहरादून के पास दुधई में बड़े पैमाने पर

When no government help came tribals of Kheda village decided to build a lake on their own. And they did this in just 33 days. The population of the village is around 3000. Even ladies and children participated in the 'shramdan'. The lake can store about 24 cr litres of water. ग्राम खेड़ा में खेतों

The Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has announced the launch of five high end diploma courses in the skill ecosystem for the academic year 2017. The five courses in Welding Technology, Industrial Electronics and Automation

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh said that it is a matter of immense pride that our country is number one in milk production in the world. In the year 2015-16, the growth rate of milk production has been 6.28 per cent due to which total production has reached 156

India's very own indigenously developed Global Positioning System is all set to hit the market for public use in early 2018. "The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) with an operational name of NavIC is currently being tested for its accuracy and is most likely to be available in the

This is the story of Sneha Limbgaomkar who helps her husband run a small roadside eatery in the evening while she spends her day studying for her doctoral research fellowship. Sneha, a Maharashtrian, befriended a Jharkhand boy Premshankar Mandal on Orkut. Against the wishes of parents they got

Some time back we had seen posters being put on the platforms of Howrah station in West Bengal which showed Bollywood film characters with their famous dialogues in iconic films giving the message of cleanliness. The films that were most commonly used were Sholay and Deewar. Very recently similar

A 70 year old woman donates all her savings for construction of a 'gaushala' and other charities. This woman is Phoolwati, a widow from Katni in Madhya Pradesh. After the death of her husband she cam to Vrindavan in UP and collects small amounts for taking care of shoes of devotees outside the

Sri Amit Kiran Deb, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal makes an appeal for contributing to the Friends of Tribals Society (FTS), a constituent of Ekal Abhiyan. It may be mentioned here that Ekal Abhiyan with its five fold education programmes of basic education, health care

भारतीय सेना में भर्ती होने का ‘बाल देखभाल संस्थानों’ (अनाथालय) में रहने वाले बच्चों के लिए रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा अवसर प्रदान किया गया है। रक्षा मंत्रालय के इस निर्णय का हरियाणा सरकार की महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्री कविता जैन ने स्वागत किया। कविता जैन गुरुवार को चंडीगढ़ में पत्रकारों से रुबरु हई।