Miscellaneous

32 year old Anshu Jamsenpa of Bomdilla, the headquarters of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, in Arunachal Pradesh has created history. She has become the first woman to have climbed Everest twice in a span of just 5 days. Another record to her credit is that she is the first Indian woman

This is a story of a village in Jharkhand. As water scarcity forces many urban residents to rely on tanker dole, a village around 35km southeast of Jamshedpur enjoys piped drinking water 24/7 thanks mainly to self-help. All 1,617 residents of over 300 households of Durku village in Kuldiha panchayat

Ekal Abhiyan’s global coordinator and one of the founders of Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA has been felicitated by the Indian Consulate in Houston, USA, for his contribution towards the community and being actively associated with a mission that provides education to millions in tribal India

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has announced that doctors who will be posted in rural area will get a 20% incentive. It may be mentioned that presently there is shortage of doctors in rural government hospitals and health centres. This step of the government will encourage doctors to serve

Rifath Sharook is just 18 years, a student of Class 12 has built a satellite which the scientists say is the lightest satellite made till date. Rifath built the satellite as part of a contest organised by the US space agency.The satellite, named Kalam SAT – after former India President Dr APJ Abdul

For skills development of youth in coastal areas, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Rural Development have signed a MoU for convergence of Shipping Ministry’s prestigious project Sagaramala and Rural Development’ Ministry's flagship programme Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU GKY)

Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has announced a separate 24x7 DD channel for Jharkhand. The Government was putting up a vision document for a 24x7 DD Jharkhand channel for the people of the state and the proposal was included in the 3 years Action Plan of DD. However

A group of tribal artists from Potka block (some 45 kms from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand) came together to understand the process of uploading the profile of their creative pieces online. "The number of mobile-carrying citizens is increasing by leaps and bounds, and to take advantage of it we have

A former Salwa Judum vigilante who builds roads in shadow of Maoists in Chhattisgarh. Pramod Rathore’s reputation as a member of the now-disbanded Salwa Judum vigilante group that fought Maoists with state patronage is, however, an advantage. He is perhaps a contractor like no other in the country

The Income Tax (IT) Department has made it easy for taxpayers to link their PAN with Aadhaar . Responding to grievances of taxpayers regarding difficulties in linking PAN with Aadhaar as their names did not match in both systems (e.g., names with initials in one and expanded initials in another)

Taking a big step towards making the campus disabled-friendly, Miranda House has become the first Delhi University college to put up "digital vision signages" on its premises to help its 70 visually challenged students find their way across the college. Under the "mapped by digital vision" programme

‘क्लॉथ बैंक‘ ला रहा गरीबों के चेहरे पर मुस्कान मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुंधरा राजे की मंशा के अनुरूप शहर की कच्ची बस्तियों में गुजर बसर कर रहे गरीब परिवारों के व्यक्तियों को उपयोगी कपड़े मुहैया कराने के लिए जयपुर जिला प्रशासन की अभिनव पहल वंचित वर्ग के लोगों के चेहरे पर मुस्कुराहट ला रही है। जिला कलक्टर