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Believe it or not, even pearls can be cultivated too. A farmer from Kishangarh-Renwal in Rajasthan has been doing just this for years and making good money. He is even giving training to others on this technique. The farmer says that by investing 15 to 50 thousand Rupees one can earn two to three

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved yet another feat today with the successful test flight of ‘NIRBHAY’ - India’s first indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms. It was successfully test fired from

BharatNet to provide broadband services in rural and remote areas has entered in service provisioning phase. As on 05.11.2017, Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connectivity has been achieved in 1,03,275 Gram Panchayats (GPs) by laying fibre for 2,38,677 km. Due to several measures initiated to accelerate

In Kottakkal municipality of Kerala’s Muslim-dominated Malappuram district, girls bring joy as well as gold for their family. For their municipal councillor, Abdul Raheem has a unique way of celebrating the birth of a girl child in his ward. The independent councillor has been gifting a gold coin

Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha today launched a Pan India scholarship program for school children called Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana to increase the reach of Philately. Under the scheme of SPARSH ( Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) It is proposed to

With the help of Rajasthan government's special schemes for farmers and taking a cue from Doordarshan's Krishi Channel, 52 year Narayanlal has come back from Kuwait to earn a good amount from his fields. Looking for better prospects Narayanlal from village Piplaud in tribal area of Banswada district

From 1st December all new four wheelers will have to be fitted with FASTags. These FASTags will help easy flow of traffic and avoid long queues at toll plazas. FASTags are radio frequency identification tags which are used to pay automatically at the toll plazas. Existing four wheel owners can buy

If you drive in a zigzag manner or violate traffic rules, beware! Traffic cops are soon going to get revamped hi-tech bikes to warn violators before catching up with them to issue challans. The bikes will also be used for patrolling stretches prone to lane violations. The two-wheelers will also be

Two Delhi boys have been recognised on global stage for their skills. Mohit Dudeja is one of them who was pursuing his BBA from a college in Delhi but barely 2 months into the course he dropped out and headed to Bangalore to study making pastries — a rather unusual carrier path some would argue

For years there was no escape from the smell of cowdung and menace of mosquitos for the residents around a dairy in one village of Delhi. And then a biogas plant set up by one Delhi University professor changed the scenario. The dung is now collected every day for the plant, which produces biogas

This is the story of Dr T Veeraraghavan, popularly known as the 'Two Rupee Doctor' who has been quietly serving the underprivileged in North Chennai for more than four decades. The real life hero, 67-year-old Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan, completed his MBBS in Stanley Medical College. Since 1973, he

All cars manufactured after July 1, 2019, will have to be equipped with air bags, seat-belt reminders, alert systems for speeds beyond 80 kmph, reverse parking alerts, as well as manual override over the central locking system for emergencies . The Union road transport ministry has approved the