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More than 2 lakh people in India need a liver transplant every year. Less than 2% get it. For those who don’t, there is a new hope. Indian doctors are working on a therapy that focuses on strengthening such patients’ muscles so they can partially support the liver in metabolism. It involves

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) on Saturday. Expenditure: The Scheme will be implemented during the period from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2022 at the total cost of Rs. 7255.50 crore with the

For the first time, premium leather footwear manufactured within the confines of a prison by a bunch of convicts is being rolled out for sale across India. Eponymously called 'Inmate', the footwear is available online. 'Inmate' is the result of a collaborative effort between the state prison

A 26 year old youth, who was declared brain dead after an accident, gave a new lease of life to at least four people suffering from end-stage organ failure. His family decided to donate all his organs, including his heart, liver and two kidneys, which were used for transplantation. Doctors at

Paradip Port, Kamarajar Port & VO Chidambarnar Port under the Ministry of Shipping are all set to pioneer water recycling and desalination of sea water in the port premises. The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari has announced development of a new highway alignment between Delhi and Mumbai. A sum of one lakh crore rupees will be spent on this expressway. The Minister also disclosed

Alwar’s Government Senior Secondary School, Railway Station, takes its name quite literally. Here the classrooms have been painted like passenger compartments, the principal’s office looks like an engine and the veranda is the “platform”, where students hang out. “Children are always fascinated by

Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is being implemented through the APY Service Providers comprising of Public Sector Banks(PSBs), Private Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperative Banks and Department of Post both in urban and rural areas across the country. The total number of subscribers

Lane after lane shows off brightly painted huts of all shapes and size. The orange gives way to shocking red which merges with the lilac. An eye-catching royal blue imbues a broken wooden door with a mysterious sense of life. Smudged white fills up the worn-out planks of the door to create a design

When Rinku Kumari, 33, started visiting villages in Bihar’s Nalanda district to motivate people to build toilets, she realised it was no easy task. But even more difficult was to convince them to use those toilets. It took a map and some simple psychology to change an age-old habit. “Using colour

Indian Railways is raising an all-women patrol squad that will guard running trains, ensure women’s safety at busy stations and assist women and children on railway premises, seeking to triple the number of female personnel in the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Indian Railways plans to add 4,500

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been implementing the ‘National Policy and Action Plan’ since 2015 to combat Left Wing Extremism (LWE). This envisages a multi-pronged strategy involving security and development related measures. MHA had categorized 106 districts in 10 states as Left