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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for Himachal Pradesh at Mandi today. Himachal Pradesh is the first state to launch pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS. Himachal Pradesh becomes the first State to launch the single emergency number

The Vice Minister, General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), Hu Wei, led a six-member delegation to India to discuss various issues of market access for different products like milk and milk products, agricultural products like soy meal, fruits and vegetables, tobacco and pharmaceutical

A Meerut couple's free library project for the underprivileged — Prerna Book Banks is operating in Ghaziabad having 15 libraries, Meerut (8), Uttarakhand (3), Delhi (4) and Haryana (1) and covers more than 40 rural areas. In the last two years, more than 2 lakh books have been sent to Prerna Book

India’s premier National Research Laboratory CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH) announced a new partnership with Merck, a leading German science and technology company, to establish a ‘High End Skill Development Centre’ in CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh. Equipped with the next generation

The National Festival for Children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs)- “Hausla 2018” of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) was inaugurated by its Secretary, Rakesh Srivastava, in New Delhi on Monday. The inter-Child Care Institution festival is witnessing participation of more than

A centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) named “PAiSA – P ortal for A ffordable Credit and I nterest S ubvention A ccess”, was launched here today. The web

Asian Development Bank (ADB) a $200 million loan to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 kim State Highways in Bihar to all-weather standards with road safety features. A MoU for this was signed in New Delhi on Monday. The signatories to the loan agreement were Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional

In a recent circular the Human Resource Development ministry issued to all states/UTs, the ministry has instructed all schools to reduce the weight of schoolbags. The circular says the weight of the schoolbags should be 1.5 kg for Classes I and II, 2-3 kg for Classes III and V, 4 kg for Classes VI

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, has given its approval to expand the scope of mandatory packaging norms under the Jute Packaging Material (JPM) Act, 1987 as follows: The CCEA approved that 100% of the food grains and 20% of the sugar shall be mandatorily packed in diversified jute bags. The

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stones of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Projects in 65 Geographical Areas (GAs) in 129 districts under the 9th CGD bidding round, remotely from Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. During the event, PM also launched 10th CGD bidding round in 50 GAs spread

The Executive Committee (EC) of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved ten projects worth Rs 1573.28 crore. In a meeting held on Tuesday in the presence of Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin

The Government of India, the Government of Jharkhand and the World Bank signed a $310 million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project to provide reliable, quality, and affordable 24x7 electricity to the citizens of Jharkhand, in New Delhi on Tuseday. The Jharkhand Power System