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Eat Right’ Quiz is an initiative by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to create awareness among people across the country regarding food safety, nutrition, healthy eating habits and sustainable food practices. This activity aims to engage, excite and enable citizens to improve

माई गोव के सहयोग से मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय ने प्रधानमंत्री के स्‍कूली बच्‍चों से संवाद कार्यक्रम ‘ परीक्षा पे चर्चा- 2020 ’ के तीसरे संस्‍करण के लिए ‘लघु निबंध’ प्रतियोगिता की शुरुआत की है। इस प्रतियोगिता में कक्षा 9वीं से 12वीं तक के विद्यार्थी भाग ले सकते हैं। यह कार्यक्रम अगले महीने आयोजित

The HRD Ministry in partnership with MyGov has launched a ‘short essay’ competition for students of classes 9 to 12 for the third edition of Prime Minister’s Interaction Programme with school students "Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020” proposed to be held next month. The entries for the competition, to be

Targeted to sell 5 crore pieces of Khadi Rumal initially Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari, launched here today the sale of Khadi Rumal, in the presence of Shri VK Saxena, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). Few years back, struggling to

In order to facilitate the travel of youth participants of “ Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” program, Indian Railways has decided to grant 50% concession in basic fares of Second/Sleeper Class to youths with earnings/emoluments of not more than Rs.5000/- per month for travelling from one State to another

Agro Based SEZ to come up in Sabroom Tripura SEZ to open Avenues for Investment and Connectivity The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has notified the setting up of the first ever Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tripura on December 16, 2019. The SEZ is being set-up at Paschim Jalefa, Sabroom, South

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot released the Braille Edition of the book "Exam Warriors" authored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today. The Braille Edition in Hindi and English has been prepared in the Braille Press of Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh

Picture this: It is 2 pm and students of class 9 in Government Inter College Gaurihat in the hills of Pithoragarh district are seated in front of an LED TV in their school and learning “Simple Present Tense” from their teacher, Kavita Rawat. But there is a twist. Rawat is not in the classroom

Pk Tatilu, 36, runs a tailoring shop out of his one-room asbestos house in Nolia Sahi, which is one of the oldest slums in Puri’s temple town of Konark. Father to two young daughters, Tatilu claims his family had lived in the slums for three generations, albeit without any legal rights. But that

In the past, peak tourist seasons in Goa were often marred by incidents of people drowning close to the beaches. These deaths happened primarily because tourists were unclear about the dangers and often went further into the sea than what was advisable. The fact that some of the tourists were too

From being a critically polluted city till last year to a 100-point improvement in the Air Quality Index (AQI) this year, Mandi Gobindgarh, the steel city of Punjab, is undergoing a transformation that has lessons for many other cities. Till last year, the city, which is home to rolling mills and

The anemia control programme review indicated challenges in IFA supply chain management, demand generation and monitoring. Considering, the slow progress i.e. less than 1% per annum in reduction of anaemia from 2005 to 2015, the Government of India has launched the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy