In a bid to promote bio-fuel run vehicles, the government on Monday issued notification amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules,1989 to include dual-fuel vehicles for agricultural tractors and construction equipment vehicles. Agriculture tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and
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Agro-forestry or farm forestry will be India’s key strategy to reduce its carbon footprint so as to meet its goals under the Paris climate agreement according to the submission the country plans to make at the COP 24 climate conference that’s being held in Poland. The forest conservation division of
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $85 million loan to improve the skill development eco-system in Odisha and establish an advanced skill training center, the World Skill Center (WSC), in the state capital Bhubaneswar. The project will help over 150,000 people learn skills in priority
The Ministry of Home Affairs has come out with a booklet on cyber safety for teenagers that tries to address their increased use of smartphones, gadgets, online gaming, social media and fake news. The booklet, titled “A Handbook for Students on Cyber Safety”, also deals with the problems of cyber
After devising nasal filters to keep out PM 2.5 particles, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, has now come up with Pollution Net — a nano-fibre mesh that will help with indoor pollution by preventing the entry of pollutants inside homes. The product was launched at the IIT
Read here about how strangers came forward to help the needy..... Six months after their mother, a passer-by, was killed in a shootout between two gangs on a busy road in North Delhi’s Sant Nagar, the ailing father of Shruti Sharma, 15, and her brother Dheeraj, 14, lost his battle with chronic
In June this year, Rahul Patil (18) cleared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and got admission in MBBS at AIIMS. Hailing from a Dalit family, with eight siblings and parents who work as construction labourers at JNU, the exam was tough to crack. “I worked very hard, I’m the only person in
The Drone regulations come in effect from today Nano drones in India can start flying legally For micro and above categories, operators and pilots are required to register Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), popularly referred to as drones, are a technology platform with wide-ranging
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C43) successfully launched 31 satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) today in Sriharikota. The PSLV-C43 lifted off at 9:57:30 (IST) from the First Launch Pad and injected India’s Hyper-Spectral Imaging
Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, J&K, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal have achieved 100% saturation in household electrification under Saubhagya. Thus total 15 states in the country now have 100 % household electrification, said Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and Renewable Energy
The Narendra Modi-led government’s vaccination programme Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) is one of the 12 best practices from around the world to be featured in a special issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) next month. The special issue is being brought out on the occasion of the
The cumulative number of houses sanctioned under PMAY(U) now is 65,04,037. The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 2,05,442 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given in the 40 th