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A special weather services for the benefit of people visiting Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela has been launched. This will also be very helpful for the local and state authorities in the efficient management of the entire event. This will provide information of the prevailing weather and forecasts for

Government e Marketplace [GeM] has launched “Womaniya on GeM”, an initiative to enable women entrepreneurs and women self-help groups [WSHGs] to sell handicrafts and handloom, accessories, jute and coir products, home décor and office furnishings, directly to various Government ministries

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today received the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award, in New Delhi. The Award focuses on the triple bottom-line of People, Profit and Planet. It will be offered annually to the leader of a Nation. The Award Citation says: “Shri Narendra Modi is selected for

Last week, the Centre launched what it described as a "war against pollution" across the country. — a Rs 300-crore National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). It proposes a “tentative national target” of 20%-30% reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations by 2024, with 2017 as the base year for comparison

On the evening of November 3, when Zeeshan Mushtaq, 16, was preparing for his Class 10 exams at his uncle’s home at Kanipora in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, a gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces in a village nearby. As the firing went on all night, Zeeshan says, they put

Kumbh Mela-2019, the world's largest congregation of humanity at one place is all set to take place at Prayagraj early morning on Tuesday, 15th January. The first bathing festival of Prayagraj Kumbh will be held on the same day. The first Shahi Snan royal bathing of Akharas will be held on the

In a bid to relieve pressure on students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that students who do not wish to pursue mathematics at the senior secondary level will be able to opt for a simpler question paper in the Class X board examinations from 2020 onward. In a circular

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a clarion call for youth-led development. He has said that the youth should be the voice of New India and it is they who should find solutions and contribute to policy. In his Mann Ki Baat address on 31st December 2017 he had said, “I got an idea whether we

Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned four new projects for Rs. 190.46 Crores under the tourism infrastructure development schemes, Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD in the states of Meghalaya, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh recently. Following are the sanctioned projects and the details. Under North East Circuit

In an effort to widen the reach of its publications and increase book sales, the Sahitya Akademi will go for online sale of books—both physical and electronic—through Amazon. This will be for the first time in its 65 years of history, that Sahitya Akademi—India’s premier literary institution working

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology here said they have developed an air pollution sensor which they claim costs much less than similar instruments worldwide. The sensor will measure the level of harmful gases, including ozone and nitrogen oxides, said professor S N Tirpathi. The

10 Month Student Entrepreneurship Programme with Dell EMC announced NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) released the “Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook – Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat” on the eve of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, also celebrated as the National Youth Day, to