Miscellaneous

Eleven students of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce have helped 20 marginalised women from east Delhi become financially independent. While studying how to curb harassment of women while coming to the metro or leaving from it, the students conceived of a project named Adhikaar through which they

An alert railway trackman prevented a major mishap on Saturday morning after he noticed a part of a railway track just before Sadar Bazar railway station in Delhi got uplifted. The fractured rail portion was noticed by Pushpendra around 7.45am, who immediately informed senior railway officials due

It is a matter of pride and joy for lovers of heritage that for the first time a heritage building in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk has been recognized and awarded the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2017. Senior member of the UNESCO Heritage Awards jury Mr. Duong Haan said,

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has upgraded the Government of India's local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed the outlook on the rating to stable from positive. India’s rating has been upgraded after a period of 13 years. India’s sovereign credit rating was

Delhi government, in the next three to four months, will roll out a scheme in which citizens can avail the services of getting their caste certificates, driving licenses etc delivered at home. Announcing this Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that “Mobile sahayaks (facilitators)

Moving to step up air connectivity to remote and strategic locations in the North-East and Jammu & Kashmir, the government has identified 24 airports and helipads, including nine in Arunachal Pradesh which borders China, for the second phase of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Of the 24

In a major achievement, the synergetic efforts of Coal India Limited (CIL) and Railways with close monitoring by the Ministries of Coal, Railways and Power have resulted in unprecedented growth in coal off-take and improved despatch of coal for power sector in particular. Strengthening coal

To curb stubble burning, the Punjab Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chennai-based company to set up 400 processing plants for converting paddy straw into bio energy in the State. The State Government will facilitate and support the project to ensure its successful

The government’s ambitious project to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband Bharat Net, upon completion, could add Rs 4.5 lakh crore or roughly 3.3 per cent to India’s GDP, and trigger a “massive services revolution” in the rural areas, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said

Surat municipal corporation has set an example in achieving the tough task of getting more and more users of autos and two-wheelers to opt for city buses. A combination of savvy pricing and smart technology the service, launched less than a year back by the municipal body has succeeded in attracting

Senior citizens of more than 70 years of age and the differently-abled can look forward to availing of basic banking services, right from the comfort of their home. The RBI has asked banks to provide doorstep banking facilities to senior citizens of more than 70 years of age and differently-abled

For the past seven years, a team of Railway Protection Force’s (RPF) women staffers have ensured that women commuters can travel safely in Mumbai’s local trains. The team, called ‘Mahila Vahini’, catch chain snatchers, mobile robbers and rescue minor girls from stations. This team was formed by