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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) celebrated the 150 th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with great fervour and spirit. To honour this special occasion, MeitY observed week long activities themed as ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’, from September 23 – October 2, 2019 with active

Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, flagged off a “Walkaathon” for older persons and senior citizens to mark the International Day of Older Persons at Commonwealth Games Village Stadium, near Akshardham Mandir here this morning. This was

At least 100.7 million toilets were built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) across the country to take the toilet coverage from 38.7% on Oct 2, 2014, to 100% on October 2, 2019, according to the jal shakti ministry data. The coverage is seen to have contributed to rural India achieving the open

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal released the ‘Stations’ Cleanliness Survey Report’ (Cleanliness assessment of Non-suburban and Suburban Stations 2019). He was participating in an event to mark the 150 th Birth Anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi at a function organized in

School Education Quality Index (SEQI) was developed by NITI Aayog to evaluate the performance of States and Union Territories (UTs) in the school education sector. The index aims to bring an ‘outcomes’ focus to education policy by providing States and UTs with a platform to identify their strengths

BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile featuring Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major indigenous components, was successfully test fired at 10.20 AM today from ITR, Chandipur in Odisha. The missile was successfully test-fired for its full range of 290-km during the launch

An exhibition celebrating 100 years of Santiniketan, a town about 212 kms north of Kolkata where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore set up a university, will be held at Kolkata’s iconic Belvedere House when it reopens to the public after a year-long renovation next month, said culture ministry

Government will soon come out with an updated version of National Water Policy to effect key changes in Water Governance Structure, Regulatory Framework, besides setting up of a National Bureau of Water Use Efficiency. Speaking at the valedictory session of the 6 th India Water Week-2019 here, Union

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh today said, the Government is making concerted efforts to modernise the Navy and equip it with the best platforms, weapons and sensors to deal with any conventional and unconventional threats to India’s maritime interests. Shri Rajnath Singh was speaking at the launch of

Government is deeply conscious of the requirements of the Armed Forces and remains committed in providing requisite focus and financial support for its modernisation, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh said today at the Commissioning Ceremony of indigenously built submarine INS Khanderi in Mumbai. He said

A Pilot Project for ushering in 'Industry 4.0' in the country, is launched for implementation at the Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli. The Ministry of Railways and Department of Science & Technology have joined hands in partnership with IIT Kanpur for taking up a unique project on ‘Industry 4.0

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) is in the process of developing form-based codes and is also working on station development design guidelines, its managing director and CEO, S.K. Lohia said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi on Friday. “We are following what the