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The Environment Ministry will launch an environment awareness initiative, under which an online environmental quiz competition named “Prakriti Khoj” – an Environment Quiz will be conducted at the national level. It will be launched on September 5, the occasion of Teachers’ Day. The objective of the

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

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

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

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

From 2nd October HRD ministry will start one of the largest teacher education programme across the country, aimed at training around 11.09 lakh untrained teachers by March 2019. The ministry, on Teachers' Day, is also likely to kickstart the ambitious project of teaching 2,000 students of Kendriya

Following is the full text of the article by Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley “Three years ago today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a flagship program: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) aimed at providing financial services to the poor. These included opening bank accounts for