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Inaugurating the kitchen of Akshay Patra Foundation, Rajasthan's Minister of State for Education Vasudeo Devnani said that in the coming session computer labs will be provided in 5000 government schools of the state. The minister further said that state is trying to install smart boards in class

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a centrally sponsored scheme of National Bamboo Mission (NBM) under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) during remaining period of Fourteenth Finance Commission (2018-19 & 2019-20) with an outlay of Rs.1290 crore (with Rs. 950

Students from Classes IX to XII of CBSE schools will have to attend a mandatory health education and physical education class every day. This is a qualifying subject for which grades will be offered and is mandatory for students to be eligible to appear for the Class X and XII board exams. According

Grants of upto Rs One Crore, mentorship to be given to the winning ideas The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) under the NITI Aayog shall be launching the Atal New India Challenge on Thursday, 26th April 2018. The event will see presence of Shri Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Nitin Gadkari

SEVERAL YEARS ago, when Radha’s teenaged daughter suddenly lost her hearing, she knocked on the doors of all hospitals she had heard of, including AIIMS in Delhi. When no doctor could help, Radha says, she got so frustrated that she burnt all the medical reports. Last Friday, Radha joined several

GoI, Govt of Madhya Pradesh and the World Bank today signed a $210 million loan agreement for the Madhya Pradesh Rural Connectivity Project. The project is expected to improve the durability, resilience and safety of the gravel surfaced rural roads and enhance the capacity of the state to manage its

The long-awaited Jewar airport in Greater Noida, which got the Centre’s final nod on Monday, could be connected by at least two different train systems to Delhi. The UP government is examining the feasibility of having a dedicated Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) corridor from Sarai Kale Khan to the

Government schools in India have for long been weighed down by a perception problem: the education they impart is suspected to be low on quality, making for poor learning outcomes, their physical infrastructure too deficient to allow them to focus beyond textbooks, and they are thought to have too

Delhi Police has traced about 3,000 missing children in just four days by using facial recognition system (FRS). Delhi Police had acquired a new facial recognition system and after getting the go ahead from the Delhi High Court, used this software to match with the data that the Women & Child

It’s 11 am and the morning hasn’t begun well at the Anwar Memorial Pain and Palliative Care Society. “Oru marippu undu innu (There has been a death today),” whispers C M Salim, the secretary of the society that runs this palliative clinic in Aluva, 20 km outside Kochi. About 10 minutes later, a

A round-the-clock, toll-free helpline for information on children with neuro-developmental problems was launched at AIIMS last week by Union Minister of State for Health, Anupriya Patel. Three studies and years of research paved the way for the helpline, which is already fielding over 100 calls per

Away from the grilles, the high walls, X-ray scanners, armed guards and the overcrowded prison cells, a four-storey building inside Tihar jail’s 400-acre complex stands apart. There are no iron gates or armed guards monitoring and frisking visitors here. Located behind the office of the prison’s