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India will have 40 new Vande Bharat Express trains by 2022 as the Indian Railways has finalised the timeline for manufacturing them again and started a tendering process for the purpose, according to officials aware of the development. The officials said the production was stopped over allegations

53 Trainers felicitated for outstanding contribution, including experts of WorldSkills Competition winners, trainers from NSTI, ITI, JSS and from reputed Corporates Kaushalacharya Awards to become an annual ceremony In a bid to motivate and incentivize more trainers to join the Skill India Mission

Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent charge), Prahlad Singh Patel simultaneously launched 25 new Mobile Science Exhibition buses for Aspirational Districts of India. Speaking on the occasion, he said that it is a rare moment to carry out the National launch of 25 new Mobile

Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent charge), Prahlad Singh Patel flagged off the first ever Mobile Science Exhibition (SCIENCE EXPLORER) for the entire Ladakh Region in Leh today. Chairman, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Gyal P Wangyal; Culture Secretary, Arun

Department of Fertilizers is committed to do its utmost efforts to reduce the consumption of single use plastics. As these are non biodegradable they pollute our environment. An effective ban on single use plastic can happen if an alternative is available in the market. Cloth/Jute bags, locally

A Chhattisgarh police team trekked 12 km through jungles to carry an injured Maoist commander to a hospital in Dantewada on Sunday, a police officer said on Monday. Madkam Hidma, who carried a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, is now undergoing treatment for gangrene. He developed gangrene after he

Today, the IAF formally inducted the AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter into its inventory at Air Force Station Pathankot. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff was the Chief guest at the event. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa during

A Memorandum of Agreement has been signed between the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and SBI today in accordance with which, the SBI would provide e-payment services directly to the bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries and payees without any manual intervention as an integrated and

Online nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards-2020 started on 1 st May, 2019. Last date for nominations/recommendations is 15 th September, 2019. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the Padma Awards portal https://padmaawards.gov.in . Already 25,317

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Fit India Movement on Thursday, on the occasion of National Sports Day, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, in the presence of thousands of people from all walks of life. The Prime Minister said that ‘Fit India Movement’ should become a national

n a major boost towards promoting afforestation and achieving green objectives of the country, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, today handed over Rs.47,436 crores of CAMPA funds to various states, in presence of Minister of State, MoEF&CC, Babul Supriyo

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched a first ever ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Sewapuri in Varanasi. This machine will grind the wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-making. KVIC Chairman, Vinai Kumar Saxena said that earlier the wasted pottery items were grinded in