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This is the story of 17 year Seboti Pahariya. Born and raised in Amguri, 110 km from Dibrugarh, she is from a family of tea garden workers. She had to quit school five years ago when she was in Class VI to help the family deal with medical expenses of her ailing mother. Seboti will join Class VII in

Eleven students of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce have helped 20 marginalised women from east Delhi become financially independent. While studying how to curb harassment of women while coming to the metro or leaving from it, the students conceived of a project named Adhikaar through which they

An alert railway trackman prevented a major mishap on Saturday morning after he noticed a part of a railway track just before Sadar Bazar railway station in Delhi got uplifted. The fractured rail portion was noticed by Pushpendra around 7.45am, who immediately informed senior railway officials due

It is a matter of pride and joy for lovers of heritage that for the first time a heritage building in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk has been recognized and awarded the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2017. Senior member of the UNESCO Heritage Awards jury Mr. Duong Haan said,

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has upgraded the Government of India's local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed the outlook on the rating to stable from positive. India’s rating has been upgraded after a period of 13 years. India’s sovereign credit rating was

From coming 'Gudhi Padwa', the Maharashtra Day, in March 2018, plastic bottles, thermocol plates/bowls/spoons will be banned in Maharashtra schools and govt offices. This ban will be further extended to private offices also later. Like a few other states which have become plastic-free, Maharashtra

Delhi government, in the next three to four months, will roll out a scheme in which citizens can avail the services of getting their caste certificates, driving licenses etc delivered at home. Announcing this Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that “Mobile sahayaks (facilitators)

Moving to step up air connectivity to remote and strategic locations in the North-East and Jammu & Kashmir, the government has identified 24 airports and helipads, including nine in Arunachal Pradesh which borders China, for the second phase of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Of the 24

In a major achievement, the synergetic efforts of Coal India Limited (CIL) and Railways with close monitoring by the Ministries of Coal, Railways and Power have resulted in unprecedented growth in coal off-take and improved despatch of coal for power sector in particular. Strengthening coal

To curb stubble burning, the Punjab Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chennai-based company to set up 400 processing plants for converting paddy straw into bio energy in the State. The State Government will facilitate and support the project to ensure its successful

Advanced farming machines make life easier in Mangalgarh area of Rajasthan. On one hand, this is saving money and time for the farmers and on the other hand, it increases production and earnings for them. राजस्थान में किसानों के लिए सेवाओं और सुविधाओं में बढ़ोतरी की दिशा में प्रदेश सरकार निरन्तर भरसक

Northeast is all set to get India’s first-ever "Air Dispensary" based in a helicopter and the Union Ministry of Development of Northeast (DONER) has already contributed Rs. 25 crore as part of the initial funding for this initiative. Disclosing this here yesterday after a meeting with the