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A National Conference on “Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)”was inaugurated today by the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment ThaawarchandGehlot here today. He delivered the key note address on the detailed account of the scheme. The Conference was organised by the Department

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $926 Million Loan Agreement today to operationalize two lines for the Mumbai Metro Rail System that will ease the distress of millions of commuters each day and help provide a cleaner, less congested city. The single largest

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Adobe today signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to collectively drive the charter of developing creative skills and spreading digital literacy across all Atal Tinkering Labs in India. The SoI was signed in the presence of Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog

Minister for Human Resources Development,i Prakash Javadekar launched the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to the general graduates exiting in April 2019 through the National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 5,60,695 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given in the 43rdmeeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held here on Monday

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, honoured and paid respect to the safai karamcharis working in the Kumbh Mela, by washing the feet of five of them. The Prime Minister washed and wiped each of their feet in a private interaction. He also had a brief conversation with them before joining the main event

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated National Institutes of Design (NID) at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Jorhat in Assam through video conference from New Delhi on 22nd February 2019. Both institutes are autonomous institutions under Department for

In a significant decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the entitlement of air travel on Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Jammu sectors to all the personnel of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces. The decision will immediately benefit approximately 7,80,000

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the “Waste to Wonder” park under the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion the Home Minister said that this park has set an example for others, as for the first time scrap has been used to create ‘Wealth from

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has unveiled its new product, the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG), an innovative solution to meet the ever-increasing need for drinking water worldwide, today at Aero India 2019. Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat, inaugurated the AWG in

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) made a spectacular entry at the Aero-India 2019 with the first ever ‘Drone Olympics' competition for UAV's held on Thursday at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. The Aero India exhibition, with the theme - ‘The Runway to a Billion Opportunities’ designed to

In a bid to help adolescent girls living in slums, the Delhi government’s department of health will provide a pack of sanitary napkins to 50,000 girls per month at subsidised rates. The ‘Menstrual Hygiene Scheme’, an initiative by the central government, will be implemented for the first time in