Miscellaneous

Four siblings — now 21, 18, 14 and 10 years old — were rescued from drug addict parents in December 2011 and a Delhi couple was allowed to provide them foster care. Experts say foster care is one of the most effective mechanisms for the rehabilitation of children. Under the programme, a child lives

Most of the time in the media we read of all the negative sides of our policemen. And this has created a perception in our mind that they hardly help. Giving here a story which would make you proud of our policemen. Persons staying in Delhi must have read of how a 5-yr-old boy was kidnapped from a

A travelling ticket examiner (TTE) saved the life of a 63-year-old passenger who suffered cardiac arrest while travelling in the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express. On Thursday morning, the Good Samaritan, 35-year-old TTE Aftab Ahmed Khan received an alert about an unconscious passenger travelling in the

DNA samples of over 7,000 armed forces personnel, who are considered to be “at the highest risk of death”, have been collected and stored at the DNA profiling centre and repository in the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Part of an ambitious project of the Armed Forces Medical Services to develop

The National Mission for Clean Ganga has sanctioned and completed 24 Ghats and Crematoria projects in West Bengal at a cost of Rs 180.16 Crores. The above infrastructure was created in Kolkata, Bansberia, Howrah, Seerampore, Khardah, Naihati, Chandanagar, Baidyabati, Panihati, Kamarhati, Bally

Ministry of Railways has identified several reformative measures to promote heritage preservation. To give focused attention to preserve Indian Railways’ century old rich heritage, the Railway Board recently organized a day-long event of heritage officers of Zonal Railways and production units

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved to enhance of the target of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from five crore to eight crore with an additional allocation of Rs. 4,800 crore. The decision comes in the wake of huge response to Pradhan

THE capital is set to get its first Geography Museum today. Called the Museum of Geographical Heritage, it will be the centre for school and college students and research scholars to learn about evolution and change. In a bid to become the storehouse of geographical evolution, the museum will

The Ministry of Culture operates Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPOCS) which provides for setting up of Science Cities and Science Centres in all the States of the country subject to availability of funds for the purpose. States willing to avail of this Scheme have to provide land and

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)’ with an objective to provide senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted living devices which can restore

Solar power could soon become the new cash crop for farmers, who can make an extra buck or two by switching to solar power for running irrigation pumps and selling surplus power to discoms. All this will become possible because of heavy dose of funding promised in the Budget for 'KUSUM' (Kisan Urja

They call it 'The Hangout' but it is more than that for those who come here. In Gurugram, on Nathupur Road in DLF Phase-III, this cafe is an attempt to redefine a drop-in-centre for those recovering from alcoholism and its rippling effects. About 80% of the visitors suffer from alcoholism, the rest