Miscellaneous

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuation of Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) beyond 12 th Plan for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with a total outlay of Rs.5,500 crore. Scheme will create sustainable estimated employment opportunities for

A first-of-its-kind Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC), a CSR initiative of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was inaugurated in Chandigarh on Tuesday by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The Centre has been set up in collaboration with the National Skill

Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, today launched the Swajal pilot project at village Bhikampura, Karauli in Rajasthan. Besides ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to every household round the year, the project would also generate employment. The minister

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has conducted detailed pre-feasibility studies for setting up Intermodal Stations at Nagpur and Varanasi, and the development of DPRs for this is in final stages of completion. Fifteen cities across the country have been prioritized for development of

Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for setting up of a National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC), at IIT Chennai today. NTCPWC, being set up under the Shipping

Towards enhancing the digital India initiative, IAF has brought in Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) a GoI undertaking under Ministry of Electronics and IT for conducting the first ever on-line Test for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) and Selection Test for Airmen

Sixteen-year-old Saharanpur girl Harshita Arora's app that updates users about price fluctuations in more than 1,000 cryptocurrencies in 32 countries has become one of the most sought-after paid apps on Apple’s App Store. What’s more, she launched it just on January 28 this year. Daughter of a local

Three brave Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) climbers are ready to scale Mount Everest-the world's tallest mountain peak. The trio-Sandeep Tolia (42), Poonam Rana (21) and Swarnalata Dalai (20), who are back from Argentina after their Mount Aconcagua attempt will leave the steel city on

In the 9 th Executive Committee meeting of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore were approved including a 20 MLD Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for tannery cluster at Jajmau in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. This 3-phased project at an estimated cost of Rs

Indian scientists have developed a super critical carbon di oxide Brayton test loop facility that would help generate clean energy from future power plants including solar thermal. This next generation technology loop was developed indigenously by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. This is

For the ongoing railway recruitment drive, Indian Railways has extended the upper age limit for all categories by two years. The national transporter is hiring around 90,000 employees for group C and D categories. "For the ongoing recruitment of Group C Level I and II posts, ministry of railways

If properly visualised, well planned and then well executed, with a good supervision, the adopted villages of Members of Parliament can bring wonders for the people. Here is an example of how Mahilong, the adopted village of local Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar, is changing for the better. This