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University Grants Commission (UGC), the higher education regulator, on Monday issued a framework for a faculty induction programme for newly-recruited college and university teachers. The teachers will now have to attend a mandatory one-month course focusing on Constitutional values, pedagogy

The National Democratic Alliance government wants to construct 18 million additional rural houses — fitted with connections for electricity and cooking gas — in the next three years to further boost the delivery of its key welfare schemes, according to senior officials familiar with the matter. The

Defence Development Research Organization (DRDO), under Ministry of Defence has released the notification for recruitment of 351 Technician posts. Candidates who have ITI certificate can apply for these posts. Last date for online application for DRDO Recruitment 2019 Notification is 26 June 2019

Hon'ble Lt Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal inaugurated the Sahara Naval Hostel for the ‘Veer Naris’ at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, on Friday. Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff and Mrs Reena Lanba, President Naval Wives Welfare Association (NWWA) were also present in addition

On Friday, IAF’s formidable workhorse, the Russian made AN-32 aircraft was formally fleet certified to fly on blended aviation fuel containing up to 10% of indigenous bio-jet fuel. The approval certificate was received at the aero-engine test facilities at Chandigarh by Air Commodore Sanjiv Ghuratia

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), M/o Science and Technology and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), on Wednesday signed an MOU for supporting joint collaborative research programmes in the area of Cancer. Signing the MoU, Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary DBT and K N Vyas, Secretary DAE expressed

Until sevenmonths ago, art was just a hobby for prisoners in south Asia’s largest prison, Tihar. Today, it is enriching prisoners. Literally. Ramesh Singh, 25, an inmate of jail number 4 has earned Rs 1.5 lakh in the last four months and his colleague, Anwar Omeis, 26, has made ₹60 thousand during

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) today successfully launched the RISAT-2B satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the 72 nd launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota and 36 th launch from the First Launch pad. PSLV-C46

IAF successfully fired the BrahMos air version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft, on Wednesday. The launch from the aircraft was smooth and the missile followed the desired trajectory before directly hitting the land target. The air launched BrahMos missile is a 2.5 ton

Nominations for Vayoshreshtha Samman- National Awards for Senior Citizens 2019 for individuals/institutions should be sent by 31 st May, 2019. The Department of Social Justice And Empowerment had invited nominations for the awards on 17 th April, 2019. The Ministries/Departments of Government of

In a big relief to cancer patients and their families, the retail prices of nine anti-cancer drugs have been reduced by up to 87 per cent by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). These nine drugs include commonly used chemotherapy injections to treat lung cancer as well, according to

India has more than halved the annual deaths among children under five years, from 2.5 million in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2015, but wide disparities remain between states, a Lancet study has found. Assam’s under-5 death rate is close to eight times that in Goa, which reported 9.7 such deaths per 1