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The ‘Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan’ is a pioneering and historic exploratory open-water rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga River to be held between 10 th October 2019 to 11 November 2019. Starting at Devprayag and culminating at Ganga Sagar, the expedition will cover the entire stretch of over

Following the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of development of tourism in Ladakh, the Indian Institute of Skiing & Mountaineering (IISM) Gulmarg, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in association with Indian Institute of Travel & Tourism Management (IITTM) an autonomous body under

The Assam government has launched, on September 24, a scheme for providing medicines, including 142 essential drugs free of cost to the hospitals in the state’s tea gardens. The Free Drugs Scheme for 651 tea garden hospitals in the state will entail provisioning of 142 essential drugs, 47 surgical

Rural households will get two to three hours of piped water supply and 14.6 crore such households will be provided piped water connection in the next five years as part of the Union government’s Jal Jeevan Mission, top officials of the Jal Shakti Ministry are learnt to have informed at a meeting of

In a bid to resolve the crisis of air pollution, green firecrackers have been launched by the government.Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs have

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday showcased the Bullet Resistant Jackets being made under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of P M Narendra Modi. The Jackets have been made using standard (IS 17051: 2018) set by the Bureau of India Standard (BIS

On the second day of nationwide "Paryatan Parv 2019" Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in the presence of DG, ASI Usha Sharma launched the Audio Guide facility Audio Odigos for 12 sites of India (including Iconic Sites). An MoU for Gol Gumbad, Delhi with Government of Delhi and

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) celebrated the 150 th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with great fervour and spirit. To honour this special occasion, MeitY observed week long activities themed as ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’, from September 23 – October 2, 2019 with active

Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, flagged off a “Walkaathon” for older persons and senior citizens to mark the International Day of Older Persons at Commonwealth Games Village Stadium, near Akshardham Mandir here this morning. This was

Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah flagged off the New Delhi-Katra 'Vande Bharat' Express in New Delhi today in presence of Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal and other dignitaries. This is the second ‘Vande Bharat’ express after the New Delhi - Varanasi semi-high

At least 100.7 million toilets were built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) across the country to take the toilet coverage from 38.7% on Oct 2, 2014, to 100% on October 2, 2019, according to the jal shakti ministry data. The coverage is seen to have contributed to rural India achieving the open

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal released the ‘Stations’ Cleanliness Survey Report’ (Cleanliness assessment of Non-suburban and Suburban Stations 2019). He was participating in an event to mark the 150 th Birth Anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi at a function organized in