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Market Research Division of Ministry of Tourism compiles data on domestic and foreign tourist visits to States/Union Territories (UTs) received from Departments of Tourism of various State Governments and UT Administrations. Following are the salient features of the compilation for 2016: Domestic

Central government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015. Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation here today, Minister

DEGREES ranging from law to engineering under their belt, about 400 youngsters are now living in some of India’s least developed districts, starting their day at 4 am, visiting spots that villagers use as toilets, drawing up plans for building toilets, and reviewing village-wise plans for better

At a time when several political parties have targeted the electoral process in the country with allegations of EVM tampering, the Gujarat office of the Election Commission of India has prepared a comic book with seven stories about the electorate to spread awareness about the voting process. The

Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Harshvardhan launched a Mobile App “Celebrating Yoga” developed by Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology. The Mobile App has been developed by DST on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2017. Celebrating Yoga provides a platform

Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture & Tourism launched the implementation of the ‘‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India’ at Goverdhan Block, Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh in a day long, Block level mega talent hunt programme (Sanskritik Pratibha Khoj

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DOP) had decided to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices in the country as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens of the country. The objective of this

Meeting stringent food safety regulations imposed by countries across the globe, Indian spices and spice products surged to a record export growth worth Rs.17664.61 crore (US$ 2633.30 million) and a volume of 9,47,790 tonnes in 2016-17, sustaining their robust demand in international markets in face

After the results of IIT-JEE Advanced have been declared coming across news of how students from very modest background have succeeded, now comes the news of two students from the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of Adilabad in Telengana have cleared the examinations. This is the first time

Reading habits, specially of books, is gradually coming down is the general perception. Text books, novels, newspapers, magazines are all available in the digital format. However, sundry efforts are being made to increase the reading habits of people. On 29th April on this web site a news was posted

Railway stations and railway hospitals will soon have Janaushadhi stores to benefit lakhs of passengers and railway employees. The Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras provide quality medicines at affordable prices. Giving this information in New Delhi on Tuesdsay Railway Minister Suresh

The results of IIT-JEE Advanced, one of the most difficult entrance examinations in the country, have been announced. Seems, none clear these examinations who have not taken specialised coachings from the several institutes spread all over the country. And then one can see various advertisements of