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Most of the time in the media we read of all the negative sides of our policemen. And this has created a perception in our mind that they hardly help. Giving here a story which would make you proud of our policemen. Persons staying in Delhi must have read of how a 5-yr-old boy was kidnapped from a

A travelling ticket examiner (TTE) saved the life of a 63-year-old passenger who suffered cardiac arrest while travelling in the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express. On Thursday morning, the Good Samaritan, 35-year-old TTE Aftab Ahmed Khan received an alert about an unconscious passenger travelling in the

DNA samples of over 7,000 armed forces personnel, who are considered to be “at the highest risk of death”, have been collected and stored at the DNA profiling centre and repository in the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Part of an ambitious project of the Armed Forces Medical Services to develop

The National Mission for Clean Ganga has sanctioned and completed 24 Ghats and Crematoria projects in West Bengal at a cost of Rs 180.16 Crores. The above infrastructure was created in Kolkata, Bansberia, Howrah, Seerampore, Khardah, Naihati, Chandanagar, Baidyabati, Panihati, Kamarhati, Bally

Ministry of Railways has identified several reformative measures to promote heritage preservation. To give focused attention to preserve Indian Railways’ century old rich heritage, the Railway Board recently organized a day-long event of heritage officers of Zonal Railways and production units

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved implementation of 'Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF)' scheme at a total cost of Rs.1650 crore for a period of seven years beginning 2018-19. The Prime Minister has emphasized the importance of innovation and technology for the progress and

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved to enhance of the target of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from five crore to eight crore with an additional allocation of Rs. 4,800 crore. The decision comes in the wake of huge response to Pradhan

THE capital is set to get its first Geography Museum today. Called the Museum of Geographical Heritage, it will be the centre for school and college students and research scholars to learn about evolution and change. In a bid to become the storehouse of geographical evolution, the museum will

The Ministry of Culture operates Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPOCS) which provides for setting up of Science Cities and Science Centres in all the States of the country subject to availability of funds for the purpose. States willing to avail of this Scheme have to provide land and

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)’ with an objective to provide senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted living devices which can restore

Students in business schools, excluding IIMs, will have to take a course on Indian ethics and concepts, according to a revised curriculum for the master’s degree and postgraduate diplomas in business management. It also includes lessons on Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient treatise on statecraft

Solar power could soon become the new cash crop for farmers, who can make an extra buck or two by switching to solar power for running irrigation pumps and selling surplus power to discoms. All this will become possible because of heavy dose of funding promised in the Budget for 'KUSUM' (Kisan Urja