Jharkhand

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has decided to lend support to the organization of 2nd Jharkhand International Film Festival (JIFF) in Ranchi, Jharkhand from 1st to 3rd February, 2019. It is being organized by Navbharat Nirman Sangh, an NGO. The Ministry will provide financial support of Rs

Conscious of the issues of slums and poverty, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has channelized its efforts in promoting equitable growth in urban areas through Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). The Mission addresses major social challenges of

The Government of India, the Government of Jharkhand and the World Bank signed a $310 million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project to provide reliable, quality, and affordable 24x7 electricity to the citizens of Jharkhand, in New Delhi on Tuseday. The Jharkhand Power System

Seema Sardar from Patharbhanga Uccha Vidyalaya, Potka, 30km from Jamshedpur, had great fun painting animals on her school walls. So did Dipak Ravidas from Amaynagar Madhya Vidyalaya Ghatshila, 60km from the city. Bureaucracy, often termed unimaginative, has initiated a vibrant step - tribal art on

The Union Cabinet has approved to transfer the Central Hospital at Karma, (Koderma), Jharkhand under the Ministry of Labour & Employment along with its land and building to the Jharkhand Government free of cost to establish a new Medical College under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for

La Gravieta, tea lounge, is one of its kind in the world where all differently-abled employees are groomed, trained putting them into cooking where they are the de-facto chefs preparing tea, sandwich, pizza, pasta, noodles etc. They cook, serve, housekeep, buy groceries, collect payment using swipe

Anu Kumari became the first person in Uchwawal village in Jharkhand’s Latehar district to clear the matriculation examination conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council. Uchwawal village, mostly inhabited by the Parahiya tribes — one of the 12 primitive tribes groups (PTGs) in Jharkhand — is 130km

Many must have heard of the "Super 30" started by Anand Kumar in 2002 for coaching underprivileged children to get into the prestigious IIT. A total of 422 students out of 480 from Super-30 coaching institute have qualified in IIT-JEE since it was started. This year 26 of their 30 students got

This is the story of how by making incense sticks, agarbattis, tribal women in village Bediya, in Dumka district of Jharkhand, have changed their lives - earlier they were selling the local liquor, called 'handiya', but now they are making incense sticks and selling them. A group of women were given

On the occasion of World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday, two government schools - Rajkiyakrit Jamshedpur Balika Uchcha Vidyalaya in Sakchi and Madhya Vidyalaya, Tangrain in Potka - launched sanitary pad banks in their cradles to help girl students get used to the napkins during periods. "It is a

Many a times we feel, how alone I could help some, though from within I want to do it earnestly. Read this story of one Sumit Gunjan on a journey that would not only change his life but that of scores of tribal children in ‘Bal Nivas’, a hostel he set up for them in Banta-Hajam, a village in Silli

People, be aware. A herd of 18 elephants was moving around in Dhanbad district’s Tundi block since March 26 and it could stay for a few more days. Another herd of 12 was spotted in Kutingya village in Simdega district and an elephant each in Chandwa and Barwa Toli in Latehar districts. The warning