Miscellaneous

The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on September 29, 2016 was 117.202 BCM, which is 74% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 122% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 97% of storage of average of last ten years

Secretary, FPI Mr Avinash K Srivastava visited Jaipur and Ajmer on 29.9.16. He had meeting with the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan wherein Commissioner Industries, Additional Director Industries, SPV/promoters of M/s Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. , representatives of Programme Management

The 8th batch of 25 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were released online on web portal www.netajipapers.gov.in . today by Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture. The present batch of 25 files pertains to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), inclusive years 1951-2006

Shri Thawaarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment today announced cash awards of a total of Rs 90 lakhs for the Rio Paralympics 2016 medal winners under Awareness Generation and Publicity (AGP) scheme. Indian para-athletes bagged impressive four medals at the Rio Paralympics 2016

A seminar on Bamboo Development for NE region was inaugurated today by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). The two-day seminar is being organized by Ministry of DoNER to discuss the gaps pertaining to development of bamboo

ईरान से इसकी शुरूआत हुई। बताया जाता है कि वहां पर इस तरह की कई दीवारें है। ईरान की तर्ज पर हाल ही में राजस्थान के भीलवाड़ा शहर में नेकी की दीवार बनाई गई। यदि किसी के पास जरूरत से ज्यादा कपड़े, जूते, चप्पल या देने के लिए कुछ भी है तो वह उस दीवार पर लगे हेंगर पर टांग देता है। दीवार पर दानदाता जो भी

IIT plans to set up museums at its Delhi and Jhajjar campus to display rural development technologies. Working model developed by it and other educational institutes will be displayed. The idea is to display working models which will show how the technology works for development in rural area. This

Asia's longest bridge, over the river Brahmaputra, will be opened before the next rains set in. This bridge, Dhola-Sadiya, will reduce the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by some four hours. This bridge is of strategic importance too. Read more in the TOI report.....

A 3-month programme to mentor 45 bizwomen was started yesterday by IIT-Delhi. This programme, called the Women Entrepreneurship Empowerment Mentorship Programme, received some 2500 applications. Other institutes should also take up such programmes and it should also reach rural Bharat. We have such

IIT Kharagpur starts courses on "Happiness". The initial batch will be of 60 to 70 students. This course will be for both graduate and post graduate level. It will teach the science of happiness, stress management etc. App to measure happiness and calmness will also be developed. Read more in the IE

The Ministry of Human Resource Development observed Swachhata Pakhwada from 1 st September to 15 th September, 2016. The Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to have separate toilets for boys and girls was launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy in August, 2014. In a record period of one