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Pravin Jadhav has spent half his life in a shanty near a drain, in a household where two full meals are a luxury. There’s no electricity and water is scarce. And the only reason he picked up a bow — about six years ago, against his family’s wish — was to escape poverty. Now, Jadhav is Olympics-bound

A new edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's book 'Exam Warriors' is in the making, as per reports. The earlier edition of the book was launched on 3rd February 2018, by the then HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and the then EA Minister Sushma Swaraj. Some twenty lakh copies of this book has been

India’s push to build a less-cash economy seems to be gathering momentum with the central bank recording a phenomenal growth in digital transactions till March 2019 and setting an ambitious target to push up the volumes by four times by 2021. Total digital transactions in volume terms recorded a

Of all the things the 59-year-old forgot in the last 12 years, the one that came back quickest to her was how to add tadka to a dish. The woman, serving a life-term for killing her husband, is one of five to be shifted from a closed prison to India’s first semi-open one for women at Delhi’s Tihar

The nearest railway station in Balharshah is 100 km away but doctor-couple Anant Jadhao, an obstetrician, and Ashelesha Gadbail, an anaesthetist, have made Aheri in Gadchiroli their home, spending most of their time at the 50-bed sub-district hospital. In drought-prone Kavathe Mahakal in Sangli

“TO SHOW how challenging it was to achieve the correct cruise path, would be like going outside and hitting a golf ball towards a hole located in Los Angeles. The ball has to go straight into the hole and to make it more challenging, the hole is moving.” That was ISRO scientist Ritu Karidhal

In a press meet, at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru on the occasion of the forthcoming launch of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to Moon. Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO addressed and interacted with regional, national and international media persons during the meet. Dr Sivan outlined ISRO’s vision on space

Nearly 15,00,000 students across all the ITIs in India can access the digital learning module via the Bharat Skills portal. Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, today joined hands with two big private sector companies-Cisco

Sahitya Akademi has selected 22 writers for the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019 and 23 writers for Yuva Puraskar 2019 . The Executive Board of the Akademi that met in Agartala today, under the Chairmanship of its President, Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar approved the selection of awardees. The

In the one teacher Ekal schools running in more than 85,000 villages across the country, the teaching is done through games, songs, stories etc. This creates an environment loved by the rural children. Apart from studies some students excel in sports too. This is the story of one Karn Singh from

The Government has taken a historic decision to reduce the rate ofcontribution under the ESI Act from 6.5% to 4% (employers’ contribution being reduced from 4.75% to 3.25% and employees’ contribution being reduced from 1.75% to 0.75% ). Reduced rates will be effective from 01.07.2019 . Thiswould

Shakira Gariya, 17, is all set to be the first girl from her village of Bodhan in Surat to become a doctor, having cleared the recent NEET exam with 570 marks. Her father, a daily wage labourer who fends for the family by pulling handcarts, is over the moon. Shakira is among the 30 students from