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Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today announced the approval an increase of 5000 seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) for the Academic Year 2019-20. At present the number of seats in JNVs, residential schools for talented rural children, are 46600. The addition of

In an effort to promote ownership and sustained usage of toilets and also provide a facelift to the crores of toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has launched a month-long campaign, “Swachh Sundar Shauchalaya” that commenced on 1 st January

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while giving a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday, stated that as on 31.12.2018, 4677 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP) Kendras are functional in

585 wholesale regulated markets/ Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Markets have been so far integrated with e-market (e-NAM) platform in 16 States and 2 Union Territories (UTs), who have carried out requisite reforms in their State Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act (APMC Act)

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has plans to set up Space Galleries in various locations in the country. The Space Galleries are expected to disseminate the knowledge about space science and technology among the citizens of our country. The Gallery will consist of interactive methods/

Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu handed over 6 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana (PMUY) to Smt Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur, Delhi on Wednesday. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan was present on the

A subtle shift by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in its approach to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), without changing its basic features, has allowed more funding of assets owned by small farmers, helping to raise their productivity, but selection of

Minister of State for Labour and Emloyment, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, on Tuesday honoured Siddrameshwar Siddharam Humanabade, the food delivery boy who has acted as a saviour in helping the fire victims of the tragic fire accident at ESIC Hospital, Andheri, Mumbai on 17.12.2018. He saved the lives of

As part of the enhanced outreach programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) was launched in Bengaluru today. Through the SwS initiative, ISRO aims to constantly engage youngsters across India to capture their scientific temperament. The

Swachh Survekshan 2019 will be conducted across all cities and towns across the country between 4th – 31st January 2019. The distinctive features of the survey are geared towards encouraging large scale citizen participation, ensuring sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage free and open

Universities offering distance education courses will now open the window for fresh enrolments twice in an academic year — from January till February and from July till August — as higher education sector regulator UGC has laid down the norms in this regard. Over 1.5 million students had enrolled

Expert guidance to scale up the performance of elite players at Olympics has been taken from time to time. In the recent past, three different expert committees namely, Expert Committee on Sports Sciences (2011), Olympic Task Force (2017) and Core Committee on Sports Sciences (2016), having sports