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The total sown area as on 1 st September 2017, as per reports received from States, stands at 1028.14 lakh hectare as compared to 1034.28 lakh hectare at this time last year. It is reported that rice has been sown/transplanted in 366.30 lakh ha, pulses in 137.61 lakh ha, coarse cereals in 180.60

Cows in Madhya Pradesh will be the first in the country to get an Aadhaar identity. Tagged in the ear, the yellow Aadhaar chip will contain the cow's date of birth, address, milk yield, reproductive details and health data, accessible at the click of a mouse. State Animal Husbandry Minister Antar

The widow of Col Santosh Mahadik, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara and was posthumously awarded Shaurya Chakra, will be commissioned as an officer in the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) on September 9. Swati Mahadik, 38, had joined Chennai’s Officers Training Academy (OTA) in

Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar has directed the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to take measure for adoption of solar energy in all Navodaya Vidyalayas. He also directed that water and solar energy harvesting should form part of proposals in the new building plans and

For the first time, farmer Kapil Kumar was required to have his fingers scanned to buy fertilizers from a grain market in the north Indian state of Haryana. Biometric scans of farmers like 27-year-old Kumar are a key part of a pilot program by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to identify

Every morning at 7:54 the small town of Jammikunta in Karimnagar district comes to a total standstill. As 16 loudspeakers placed at strategic locations across the town of 45,000 announce the singing of national anthem, road transport buses, autos, motorists, two-wheeler riders, children walking to

The creation and maintenance of sewage treatment infrastructure under Hybrid Annuity based PPP model has taken off, with NMCG awarding work to private sector for construction and maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in two major cities in Ganga river basin - Varanasi and Haridwar. While the

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Digital India campaigns as well as demonetisation are set to be included in NCERT textbooks for the next academic session. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous organisation that advises the Union

A 101-member Indian Police contingent has returned with a record breaking haul of 321 medals from the World Police & Fire Games held in USA earlier this month. The contingent bagged 151 Gold, 99 Silver and 71 Bronze medals in the seven events they participated in the Games held in Los Angeles

A total of 3.07 lakh APY accounts have been sourced under One Nation One Pension. The stellar performance of the banks under the campaign includes some of the largest banks in the country namely, State Bank of India sourcing a stupendous 51,000 APY accounts and other prominent banks like Canara Bank

Usually we hear of all the negative news of the police force in most cities. And the general perception is also the same. Here is a programme which will help in changing this perception. This is of an initiative, a first of its kind, by Delhi police which can surely be replicated elsewhere too. The

The Ministry of Textiles proposes to organize Pan India camps in handlooms and handicrafts clusters, under the initiative “ Hastkala Sahyog Shivir ”. The camps will be organized during 7 th October to 17 th October, 2017. This initiative is dedicated to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Garib Kalyan Varsh