Miscellaneous

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Third Advance Estimates for 2015-16 of area and production of horticulture crops. These estimates are based on the information received from different State/UTs in the country. The total production of the Horticulture crops in the

28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से... मेरे प्यारे देशवासियो, कुछ ही दिनों में गणेश उत्सव आने वाला है। गणेश जी विघ्नहर्ता हैं और हम सब चाहें कि हमारा देश, हमारा समाज, हमारे परिवार, हमारा हर व्यक्ति, उसका जीवन निर्विघ्न रहे। लेकिन जब गणेश उत्सव की बात

28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से मेरे प्यारे देशवासियो, 5 सितम्बर ‘शिक्षक दिवस’ है। मैं कई वर्षों से ‘शिक्षक दिवस’ पर विद्यार्थियों के साथ काफ़ी समय बिताता रहा। और एक विद्यार्थी की तरह बिताता था। इन छोटे-छोटे बालकों से भी मैं बहुत कुछ सीखता था। मेरे

Under the ‘Mukhyamantri Tirth Yojana’ people above the age of 60 years coming under BPL category will be sent on pilgrimage by Jharkhand Government. This scheme was approved in the state cabinet on Tuesday. In this scheme, followers of “all the religions and communities can undertake journey to any

In his "MannKiBaat" address on the 28th August PM Modi had talked of his school teacher who even today regularly writes to him. He was talking with reference to the forthcoming Teacher's Day on 5th September. He even asked people to share their interesting incidents with their teachers and even

Four new born babies in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, were enrolled for Aadhar within an hour of their birth. These four girls born on National Sports Day were named Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa and Deepika. While Sindhu, Sakshi and Dipa excelled at Rio Olympics, Deepika is the ace archer from Jharkhand. Read this

Ministry of Panchayati Raj has released an advertisement inviting nominations for a short film contest on success stories of Panchayats. The short film has to be for duration of 90 to 180 seconds. The aim is to recognise the creative efforts towards presenting the best practices in Panchayats

Under the Government of India’s UnnatJyoti by Affordable LEDs for all (UJALA)scheme, Gujarat has become the first state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs. Gujarat has reached this milestone in just 96 days andover 42 lakh households have already benefited from the scheme.Energy Efficiency Services

Nominations for the Padma Awards, 2017 is presently open and the last date for receipt of the nominations for the Padma Awards 2017 is September 15, 2016. The nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards will be received online only on an electronic management system designed by MHA. This is

A total of 141 towns in 7 States have claimed to have become Open Defecation Free including 100 in Maharashtra and these claims are under verification. The progress of Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas was presented by the Ministry officials at a review meeting taken by the Minister of Urban

Shraddha Shukla of Kanpur, a swimming wonder, popularly known as 'Nanhi Jalpari', will take the 'clean Ganga' message by covering 550-km distance between Kanpur and Varanasi in 70 hours. The girl, who took a plunge in the Ganga near Massacre Ghat in Kanpur on the eve of National Sports Day (August