Miscellaneous

One of the worst Maoist-affected places in the country, Bastar in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district got its first business process outsourcing (BPO) centre on Sunday, with about 400 tribal youths being hired to work in it. Called Yuva, the BPO is managed by a private firm, Sixth Generation

Almost every afternoon over the last three months, the buzz around Maddox Square Park in Kolkata’s Ballygunge has been all about them. For two hours, they would take turns to slip into the driver’s seat of the autorickshaw, slowly gaining respect and confidence with every drive. Very soon, one of

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the renaming of several villages whose names were considered by the local population to be derogatory to a particular gender or community or simply having a negative connotation. According to government officials, some of the villages renamed last year

The Delhi government has issued guidelines for cashless treatment of medico-legal cases involving survivors of road accidents, acid attacks and thermal burn injuries. The guidelines will be applicable only to the incidents taking place in the capital. The facility can be availed in registered

Ministry of Railways has announced one of the world’s largest recruitment processes for 89409 posts in Group C Level I (Erstwhile Group D) & Level II Categories. Online applications have been invited for the Group C Level II posts like Assistant Loco Pilots, Technicians (Fitter, Crane Driver

When Aasif Khan comes out of Apollo Hospital on Friday, many may consider him a dead man walking. For, 12 days ago, the 22-year-old engineer from Aligarh suffered a massive cardiac arrest and his heart did not beat for nearly an hour. The medical miracle that put Aasif back on his feet began with a

On a balmy April night in 2016, Sushila Bishnoi, 18, stepped out of her in-laws’ house in a western Rajasthan village. It was well past midnight when she began a three-km trek to the nearest highway, where Sushila hoped to meet an activist she had called up earlier. Married off at the age of 12

At the Kalupur Co-operative Bank in Ahmedabad, an estimated 600 of the 4,500 accounts dedicated to microfinance belong to members of the vimukta jatis, or the nomadic tribes, of Gujarat. It is the only independent bank in the country that issues loans to these tribals, many of whom do not have

Culture minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday said his ministry has decided to open two museums dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Delhi and Kolkata. Stating that Bose had not received his due in history, Sharma said the centre in Delhi would be set up through the Indian National Army. The

The central government will launch six pilot projects for clean drinking water supply in villages under 'Swajal Project; one each in Uttarakhand, UP, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The project will involve locals in civil work and maintenance of the system. Piloted as a "by the

Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven. Rohan is the youngest person in the world to swim across the Ocean Seven. The Ocean's Seven marathon consists of seven long-distance open-water swims, which includes the North Channel

A Mega Distribution Camp for distribution of Aids & Assistive devices to the Divyangjans and Senior Citizens was organized by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India at Jiwaji University Ground in Gwalior, M P today. In the august presence of the President of India Shri