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28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से.... मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों, कुछ बातें मुझे कभी-कभी बहुत छू जाती हैं और जिनको इसकी कल्पना आती हो, उन लोगों के प्रति मेरे मन में एक विशेष आदर भी होता है। 15 जुलाई को छत्तीसगढ़ के कबीरधाम ज़िले में करीब सत्रह-सौ से ज्यादा

28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से.... सामान्य नागरिक का Rio Olympic के प्रति इतना लगाव, इतनी जागरूकता और देश के प्रधानमंत्री पर दबाव करना कि इस पर कुछ बोलो, मैं इसको एक बहुत सकारात्मक देख रहा हूँ। क्रिकेट के बाहर भी भारत के नागरिकों में और खेलों के

We have earlier also heard of some big business tycoons pledging major portion of their income to philanthropy. Now comes the news of L&T chief A M Naik pledging 75% of his income to philanthropy. He has two trusts for his charitable work. One is called the Naik Charitable Trust for education and

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced at the meeting of the Council of Minister’s today that a Task Force will be set up to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective participation of Indian sports persons in the next three Olympic games 2020, 2024 and 2028. The Task Force will

On Aug 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation an irrigation project that he launched as CM of Gujarat 4 years ago. This is an ambitious plan to fill 115 reservoirs in water-scarce Saurashtra with waters of overflowing Narmada in South Gujarat. It involves laying a 1,125-km

The Maharashtra government has announced a public-private partnership model for the development of 1,000 most backward, tribal-dominated villages in the state. It involves the government, corporate sector and NGOs coming together under a trust, pooling in finances, resources, knowledge and

Hirachuni, a village in East Singhbhum’s Jamshedpur block, is set to launch its own Facebook and BlogSpot page, as a part of the Digital India campaign to promote digital literacy in remote places. The village is already distinctive — it has an impressive literacy rate of 95%. Read this inspiring

A must read news item in The Daily Star on the excavation of a 1000 year old temple in Dinajpur in Bangladesh. According to the experts the temple is designed in navaratha, nine-projection style, an architectural form commonly associated with the Kalinga temples of Odisha as well as temples in

सैन्यकर्मियों की पत्नियों और बच्चों के कौशल विकास संबंधी केंद्र का उद्घाटन कौशल विकास एवं उद्यमिता राज्यमंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) श्री राजीव प्रताप रूडी ने मेगलार को दिल्ली में अपनी तरह के पहले सेना कौशल प्रशिक्षण केंद्र का उद्घाटन किया। उल्लेखनीय है कि देश भर में इस तरह के 10 केंद्र खोले जायेंगे। ये

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu said the Centre is focussing on providing better infrastructure facilities to give boost to sports. Shri Venkaiah Naidu was speaking at the felicitation function for RIO Olympics 2016 Silver medalist Ms P V Sindhu in Vijayawada

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said the number of farmers opting for the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' this year is expected to cross four crore, as against three crore last year. As many as 200 mandis across the country would be brought under the ambit of the scheme by next month