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Around this time every year we hear of foul air in and around capital city Delhi caused by stubble burning. On days this reaches such level that it becomes difficult to breathe also. Read about this story of a Punjab farmer, who stopped stubble burning long back. When his son got married last year

Geo-spatial data of over 20 lakh public & private healthcare establishments 4,000 trained professionals working for information collection Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey, released an Analytical Report of the National Health Profile-2018 prepared by the Central

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed an MoU with the Central University of Jammu (CUJ) in Jammu today for setting up of the Satish Dhawan Center for Space Science in the University. Another MoU was signed between CUJ and the Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR-CSIO). To

As part of commemoration of the 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Union Cabinet, has decided that special remission to specific category of prisoners may be given and they may be released from prisons in three phases (on 2nd October 2018, 6th April 2019 and 2nd October, 2019). In the

The Central Government has approved a special package for employment generation in leather and footwear sector. The package involves implementation of Central Sector Scheme - Indian Footwear, Leather & Accessories Development Programme (IFLADP) with an approved expenditure of Rs. 2600 Crore for 2017

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that UGC will issue a Notification on refund of fees and non retention of original certificates by institutions to facilitate students in their admission. He further said that the students of our country were facing several problems during admissions, due to

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) will be starting a new Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) facility in collaboration with the Government of Assam to provide the much-needed connectivity for Majuli Island. Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal will flag off a new Ro-Ro Service on 11 th October

Union Cabinet has approved establishment and operationalistion of permanent campuses of the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and Berhampur (Odisha). The total cost likely to be incurred is Rs. 3074.12 crore (Non-Recurring: Rs.2366.48

Wing Commander (Retd) JP Baduni is a veteran officer of the IAF. His wife, late Mrs Vidhu Baduni was a teacher in the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute for a period of 21 Years from 1986. She expired on 06 Feb this year due to a cardiac arrest. In her memory her husband Wg Cdr (Retd) JP Baduni

Fisheries experts from Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST) near Srinagar heard a common complaint from farmers during a survey of fish farms in Jammu and Kashmir. The farmers would complain that species like trout were dying of unknown reasons. The problem had the experts

550 students, from Classes VII to XII, of the GD Goenka Public School, Lucknow, extracted deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA — the hereditary material in almost all organisms, including humans — from bananas using a custom-made kit to become the largest group of people to conduct the exercise

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday launched a compensation scheme to bring down the mortality rate among pregnant women in tea garden areas of the state. Sonowal said Assam’s identity is synonymous with its tea, but the large working labour population in the tea gardens have not been