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Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Dasna-Hapur section of Delhi-Meerut Expressway (package-3) in UP’s Pilakhuwa on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari said the Delhi-Meerut Highway will bring prosperity to the region, and will help in decongesting the

In the past month, more than 150 residents of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan have been rewarded a new kind of certificates by the district police. The so-called “I am safe” certificates are being given to commuters for following traffic rules The district police initiated a campaign to felicitate

Like other farmers in Karate, a village in the Baramati taluka of Pune, Vijay Salunkhe was mildly surprised when the agricultural assistant of his area talked about a “Farmer Field School” and asked him to attend it. Salunkhe, who grows mainly maize, and partly onion and bajra, in his 2.5 acres, is

School Education Quality Index (SEQI) was developed by NITI Aayog to evaluate the performance of States and Union Territories (UTs) in the school education sector. The index aims to bring an ‘outcomes’ focus to education policy by providing States and UTs with a platform to identify their strengths

BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile featuring Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major indigenous components, was successfully test fired at 10.20 AM today from ITR, Chandipur in Odisha. The missile was successfully test-fired for its full range of 290-km during the launch

An exhibition celebrating 100 years of Santiniketan, a town about 212 kms north of Kolkata where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore set up a university, will be held at Kolkata’s iconic Belvedere House when it reopens to the public after a year-long renovation next month, said culture ministry

Battery-powered bikes, introduced at Metro stations in South and Central Delhi on September 2, have found some takers in the city, with nearly 5,000 people using the emission-free bikes in just under a month. Already operational in Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai, the ‘Yulu Miracle bikes’, which can be

Government will soon come out with an updated version of National Water Policy to effect key changes in Water Governance Structure, Regulatory Framework, besides setting up of a National Bureau of Water Use Efficiency. Speaking at the valedictory session of the 6 th India Water Week-2019 here, Union

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh today said, the Government is making concerted efforts to modernise the Navy and equip it with the best platforms, weapons and sensors to deal with any conventional and unconventional threats to India’s maritime interests. Shri Rajnath Singh was speaking at the launch of

Government is deeply conscious of the requirements of the Armed Forces and remains committed in providing requisite focus and financial support for its modernisation, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh said today at the Commissioning Ceremony of indigenously built submarine INS Khanderi in Mumbai. He said

A Pilot Project for ushering in 'Industry 4.0' in the country, is launched for implementation at the Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli. The Ministry of Railways and Department of Science & Technology have joined hands in partnership with IIT Kanpur for taking up a unique project on ‘Industry 4.0

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) is in the process of developing form-based codes and is also working on station development design guidelines, its managing director and CEO, S.K. Lohia said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi on Friday. “We are following what the