Miscellaneous

The Union Minister for Urban Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a consultative workshop on "Scaling Up Citizens’ Participation in Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)" {SBM(U)} to a 'Jan Andolan' in New Delhi on Tuesday. The two day workshop is being organised jointly by Ministry of Urban Development

398 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 8 th to 14 th August 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 2 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 60 to Assam, 28 to Bihar, 11 to Chhattisgarh, 91 to Jharkhand, 28

I am deaf and mute. My wife, too. We were born that way. For people like us, communication means much more than talking to people. We don’t talk, actually. They say we make unintelligible noises. Around seven years ago, my world started changing, when I got access to smartphones and later to

State Bank of India has raised its limit for overseas education loans to 1.5 crore Rupees from the present 30 lakhs. As more Indians plan to study abroad, the bank has increased this limit to make it more realistic. According to the Deputy MD of SBI Anuradha Rao, the bank has received 300

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Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti and Union Urban Development Minister Shri M Venkaiah Naidu launched Smart Ganga City Scheme on Saturday in ten important cities through video conference. These cities are – Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura

Between 1914 and 2014, the average height of Indian men increased by about 3cm to reach 165cm (5'5") while women grew taller by 5cm to become 153cm (5'1"). These findings emerge from a massive study of human height measurements involving 1,470 earlier studies covering over 18.6 million participants

Even as Indian sportspersons put up a dismal show at the Rio Olympics, Kendriya Vidyalayas have unveiled a strategy to produce the country’s next generation of medal winners.Directions aimed at providing “academic compensation” to students inclined towards sporting activities have been issued. It

Khadi for nation, khadi for fashion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to promote the signature fabric of India has caught on. Central and state employees may soon have to sport khadi – once a week at least. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), which promotes use of the cotton

The Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari flagged off two vessels viz. MV Joy Basudev (capacity 1400 tons) and MV V.V Giri (capacity 300 tons), containing newly assembled cars of Maruti Suzuki and construction material on Friday in Varanasi. These two vessels will

Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 1500 certificates to Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, pledging to donate their organs at a function organised in collaboration with National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), here on Saturday. Speaking on this

N Y K S (Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan) On the eve of the Independence Day, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) will organise candle-light “TIRANGA MARCH” in 100 prominent district headquarters, covering all States/ UTs. Each Tiranga March will culminate at a venue where a cultural programme on the