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A team of five IIT-Madras students has developed a mechanical device that can lead to safer use of public toilets. The device lifts, sanitises and wipes a toilet seat, and is hands-free. These students have developed a prototype that comprises a simple foot pedal at the base of the commode that

Government has set a deadline of 2021 to provide clean drinking water to 28,000 habitations, heavily affected with arsenic and fluoride contaminated water. Concerned that polluted water is linked with onset of cancer and even hypertension, diabetes and reproductive disorders, the ministry of

A Kolkata-based company has designed a bus that will run on biogas produced from cow dung. The first bus flagged off on Friday will run between Ultadanga in the north and Garia in the south in Kolkata. At just Re 1 for the 17.5 km stretch, the bus will be the cheapest mode of transport for a

13,002 villages have been electrified till date under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna (DDUGJY). Out of remaining 5450 un-electrified villages, 835 villages are uninhabited. All the remaining 4615 un-electrified villages are to targeted to be electrified by 1 st May, 2018 . The progress of

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will dedicate to the nation, India’s longest road tunnel – the 9 kilometer long “Chenani – Nashri Tunnel” in Jammu & Kashmir on April 2nd, 2017. The tunnel on NH-44 which connects Jammu with Srinagar, will reduce travel time between the two cities by up to two hours

The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has dreamt of a New India, which will be free of black money and corruption. Promotion of Digidhan and cashless transactions are part of the mission. Shri Singh stated it

The ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ programme, aims to actively enhance interaction between people of diverse cultures living in different States and UTs in India, with the objective of promoting greater mutual understanding amongst them. As per the programme, each year, every State/UT would be paired

General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), on 27 March 2017 at South Block, New Delhi, released the book ‘Home of the Brave ’ on the history of Indian Army’s Counter Insurgency Force, the Rashtriya Rifles (RR). The book is authored by Mr Nitin A Gokhale, Defence & Security Analyst and Brig

Government has said that due to fast adoption of digital technology, it is expected that number of internet users will increase in the country. Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that as per information received from Telecom Regulatory Authority of

Government has said that there are many companies who have approached the Department of Posts for collaboration with India Post Payments Bank. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha said that while the Department is in various stages of discussions

UDAIPUR: Not long ago, Sita, a tribal woman of Shishviya village in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, used to share a kerosene lamp with her children who studied under its dim light as she cooked. Last month, her house was lit up with solar energy when Shishviya and 26 other remote villages in the

Winter has finally come, it's time to take the morning off and enjoy the #earthly #pleasure of #heavenly #pristine snow," reads one post with a photo of snow-clad fields on the Instagram channel @voicesofmunsiari. This is no holiday post by a visiting city-dweller, but the musings of a villager in