Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday launched a new scheme by which an applicant can apply for the passport from anywhere in India. The scheme was launched on the occasion of the Sixth Passport Seva Divas. With the launch of this new scheme, applicants can now choose the Regional
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Ten new heritage sites of the country today firmed up action plans for raising their sanitation standards to exemplary levels. These Places are Sri Raghavendra Swami Mutt Mantralayam (Andhra Pradesh), Hazarduari Palace (West Bengal), Shri Brahma Sarovar Temple (Haryana), Vidur Kuti Temple (Uttar
Students from IIT-Roorkee have developed a helmet that can be worn like a collar around the neck and inflates like an airbag before impact during an accident. Made of Kevlar, a synthetic fibre used to make bullet-proof jackets, the inflatable helmet offers better protection than traditional ones
Seeking to show the world that he is as capable as the next person, disabled swimmer Satendra Singh created history on Sunday by crossing the Englsih Channel on Sunday. He was the part of a swimming relay team which, for the first time saw four para swimmers from India cross the English Channel. He
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) conducted its 35 th Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) meeting of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) – Urban on 25.06.2018 where a total of 3,18,900 houses from 6 States/UTs were approved. With this, the PMAY (U) has approved more than 51
The Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan Kendras involving 30,000 SHGs across the country under the Van Dhan Scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. In a new game changing initiative, the Prime Minister had launched the Van Dhan scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED on 14 th April
The birth of a child is celebrated by people showering the newborn with gifts, from expensive clothes to toys. The celebrations in Ranmala, a small village near Pune, however, are silent but impactful with a tree being planted for the birth of each child in the village. People in Ranmala mark
Every morning at 8 am, residents of Faridabad’s Nangla Jogian village drop what they are doing and stand in attention, hands by their side, as 16 loudspeakers come to life with the familiar tune of the national anthem. They know it’s time thanks to the announcement: “It is now time for the national
Daitari Naik, a 70-year-old tribal man of Baitarani village under Banspal block of Keonjhar district in Odisha, has carved a kilometre-long canal out of a mountain stream to irrigate farmlands in the absence of such facilities in the region. Many villages in the forested, mountainous and tribal
Manoj Kumar Saini can be easily mistaken for just another roadside dweller. However, the 26-year-old is nothing short of a superhero in UP's Muzaffarnagar district. That's because in the last one year, Saini has risked his life on seven occasions and has saved the same number of people. Police and
Northern Railway, as a pilot project plans to undertake a number of socio-economic activities around the Farrukhnagar railway station (near Gurugram) to benefit the rural communities located there. The activities would include providing sports infrastructure for children along with career
Eleven-year-old Nathania John K from Tamil Nadu today became India’s first FIFA ball girl when she led Brazil on to the field in their game against Costa Rica at Arena St Petersburg. That is, Nathania, who hails from the Nilgiris and is a footballer herself, became the first Indian girl to be an