Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards are given every year to recognize the achievements of persons in the fields of adventure, to encourage young people to develop the spirit of endurance, risk–taking, cooperative teamwork and quick, ready and effective reflexes in challenging situations and to
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The Government today reiterated its commitment in providing Wi-Fi in all the villages through GramNet with connectivity between 10 mbps to 100 mbps speed. Delivering a keynote address at the 36 th Foundation Day celebrations of C-DOT here, Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will start optional bee-keeping classes for its school students from December. The civic body said that the aim of the initiative is to promote apiculture (the technique of rearing bees). The NDMC said that a feasibility study for the project was done and they
To supplement the efforts of Jal Shakti Ministry, NITI Aayog has prepared the second Round of Composite Water Management Index (CWMI 2.0).The Report was launched today by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti, and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. Scientific management of water
More than 85 Lakh Houses Sanctioned so far The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission has achieved a significant milestone of approving more than 85 Lakh houses against a demand of about 112 Lakh houses in urban areas. Out of these, around 51 Lakh houses are at various stages of construction and
The Maheshwari community in Gwalior has decided not to use plastic disposals in parties organised for marriages and other purposes. They have also declared the Maheswari Bhawan there as a 'non-plastic zone'. Instead they will use pattal (plates made of leaves) and daunas (cups made of leaves). This
The Government has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (‘MX’) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. While the highest number of 51 peaks have been opened to
The government calls for applications for its latest initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission, called the ‘San-Sadhan’ Hackathon, an initiative to ease lives of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) by making toilets smarter, more accessible, and easier to use. In this hackathon, the government
In a decision that would give boost to the ocean energy in India, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, RK Singh approved a proposal to declare ocean energy as Renewable Energy on Thursday. Accordingly, the Ministry of New and
In the Union Budget 2019-20, the Finance Minister had announced the Sabka Vishwas-Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019. The scheme has now been notified and will be operationalized from 1 st September 2019. The scheme would continue till 31 st December 2019. Government expects the scheme to be
Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) reviewed the price situation of Onion in Delhi in a High Level meeting chaired by the Secretary, DoCA Avinash K. Srivastava with all the concerned stakeholders including MD NAFED, MD NCCF,Safal,and others. Onions for retailing by Safal is being made available at
Sixteen State Governments signed MoU with Ministry of Textiles at a function in New Delhi today to take Samarth - Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) forward. Initially, the Ministry has allocated over 3.5 lakh targets to the agencies nominated by State Governments to implement