Sitting in a packed “classroom” operating out of a shack, 50-year-old Pankaj Kandpal walks amid two dozen students, teaching them the basics of Hindi sentence construction. As he reads out a word, the students repeat in unison. Some, however, appear disinterested. But Kandpal says he has high hopes
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Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao contest was launched by the Ministry in collaboration with the MyGov portal of the Government of India with the objective of spreading awareness about water conservation. Any Indian citizen can participate in the contest. He or she needs to shoot an original
For eight days, Kannan Gopinathan worked at relief camps in flood-ravaged Kerala, spending two of those carrying large packages on his head while offloading relief material from trucks in the port city of Kochi. On the ninth day, he was recognised as an IAS officer and he quietly left, as discreetly
The school syllabus for students from class 1 to class 12 may be reduced by 10-15% in the next academic year, human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, in a move that will make the curriculum less arduous for students. The minister added that the National Council
Capital city Delhi may soon have a green fuel which will be cleaner than CNG. Testing to begin on H-CNG (hydrogen CNG). Following a report submitted by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to the apex court, the Supreme Court had last month directed the Union government and
The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment and operationalization of permanent campus of seven new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Amritsar, Bodh Gaya, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Sirmaur, Vishakhapatnam and Jammu, and their recurring expenditure at a total cost of Rs 3775.42 crore (Rs 2999
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar released the curriculum on Experiential Learning – Gandhijis Nai Talim in New Delhi on Wednesday. This curriculum was brought out simultaneously in 13 languages i.e., Assamese, Tamil, Bengali, Odiya, Kannada, Malyalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu
In a major boost to pro-people and pro-poor initiatives, the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 5.9.2018 has approved the continuation of National Mission for Financial Inclusion - Pradhan Mantri JanDhan Yojana (PMJDY) with the following changes:- The National Mission for Financial Inclusion
Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu today launched Coffee Connect - India coffee field force app and Coffee KrishiTharanga - digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders at a function here today. The mobile app Coffee Connect has been developed to ease the
All of 3 kg, baby Karishma does not know yet that she is on her way to becoming a celebrity. Born at the Kalpana Chawla government hospital in Karnal on August 17, Karishma now has a new name: Ayushman Bharat baby. Her father Amit Kumar became the first beneficiary of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Income earned from export of coconut products was Rs 3975 crore during 2004-14, which increased to Rs 6448 crore during 2014-18. India has started exporting coconut oil to Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Till last year, India used to import coconut oil from these countries. Besides, for the first
Times of India has given an excellent story of the Prem Nagar police station in Dehradun, which does much more than the usual police work. At this police station, every day, from 9.30 in the morning to 3.30 in the afternoon teaching classes are taken for children in the age group of 4 and 12. These