Miscellaneous

Leverages Rs 23,000 crore for behaviour change: Study by Gates Foundation Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that Swachhata affects all aspects of the environment – be it groundwater, surface water, soil or air – as well as health and well-being of the communities in ODF

3 crore retail traders and shop keepers to benefit India has a rich tradition of trade and commerce. Our traders continue to make a strong contribution to India’s economic growth. In a decision that will benefit the trading community, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

Farmers associated with the animal husbandry sector to gain from this move During the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, a novel initiative was cleared that will benefit crores of farmers and improve the health of animals. This initiative pertains to controlling

FASTags are now available on e-commerce platform Amazon. These were earlier launched by IHMCL, a company promoted by NHAI, in January 2019. NHAI FASTag is a ‘bank-neutral’ FASTag i.e. no bank is pre-assigned to the FASTag at the time of purchase by customer from a Point-of-Sale or Online and offers

Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2020 have started from 1 st May, 2019. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15 th September, 2019. The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are

The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2019-20. The MoU envisages provision of enhanced services by NSIC under its marketing, financial, technology and other support

The National Democratic Alliance government wants to construct 18 million additional rural houses — fitted with connections for electricity and cooking gas — in the next three years to further boost the delivery of its key welfare schemes, according to senior officials familiar with the matter. The

Defence Development Research Organization (DRDO), under Ministry of Defence has released the notification for recruitment of 351 Technician posts. Candidates who have ITI certificate can apply for these posts. Last date for online application for DRDO Recruitment 2019 Notification is 26 June 2019

Hon'ble Lt Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal inaugurated the Sahara Naval Hostel for the ‘Veer Naris’ at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, on Friday. Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff and Mrs Reena Lanba, President Naval Wives Welfare Association (NWWA) were also present in addition

On Friday, IAF’s formidable workhorse, the Russian made AN-32 aircraft was formally fleet certified to fly on blended aviation fuel containing up to 10% of indigenous bio-jet fuel. The approval certificate was received at the aero-engine test facilities at Chandigarh by Air Commodore Sanjiv Ghuratia

Until sevenmonths ago, art was just a hobby for prisoners in south Asia’s largest prison, Tihar. Today, it is enriching prisoners. Literally. Ramesh Singh, 25, an inmate of jail number 4 has earned Rs 1.5 lakh in the last four months and his colleague, Anwar Omeis, 26, has made ₹60 thousand during

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) today successfully launched the RISAT-2B satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the 72 nd launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota and 36 th launch from the First Launch pad. PSLV-C46