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Launched nine months ago, it has placed at least one “gothra bandhu”, or a tribal mentor, in each of the 241 government and aided schools in Wayanad district, where Scheduled Tribes form 18.5 per cent of the population of 8,17,420, the highest in Kerala. These mentors, chosen from within the

The roadmap for Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E) project of NITI Aayog, being undertaken in partnership with three participating states of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, was released on Saturday, March 17 by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, in presence of

Chief of Army Staff Gen Bipin Rawat who was in Dehradun on Sunday said that the recruitment of women in the Corps of Military Police (CMP) will “start before the year ends”. The chief had announced last year that women will be recruited at ranks other than officers in the Army for the first time

IT’S TAKEN 10 years for Anuradha Kale to get her son to step out. Nirmala Sumbe’s daughter has broken her silence and joined singing classes. Kedar Nath has finally found a space where he can talk freely, write poetry, even draw. Last Friday, they were all there — mothers, fathers, sons, daughters —

On 3rd September 2107 we had posted a news item on Mewat's community radio centre. Continuing this story we are posting another story published in The Indian Express, today. This story talks how this has empowered the women here. When it started broadcasting in 2012, the station received 700 calls —

Shri R K Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, on Saturday dedicated 4,611 smart and energy-efficient LED lights to the people of Ara, Bihar, today. These LED lights have been installed in a record time of just three weeks under the Street Light

Sumit Barwal, from Himachal Pradesh, started his education from an Ekal school in village Radabhankhed in Mandi district. In Ekal he used to recite patriotic songs every day, as is the practice in all Ekal schools. From those early days in life, Sumit used to get very excited while he used to recite

Homes with toilets in India more than doubled from 38.7% at the start of the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, 2014, to 78.98% in March 2018. The grand design is to ensure all households have access to a toilet so that India becomes open defecation free (ODF) by October 2, 2019. Nationwide data

Initial predictions released by the Indian meteorological department (IMD) have shown favourable monsoon conditions from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, which increases the probability of a normal monsoon this year. These indications for a favourable monsoon were made in IMD's recent El Niño southern

Number of beneficiaries enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Matru VandanaYojana (PMMVY) has increased to 17,66,423. Every day on an average, around 50, 000 new applications are received for enrolment. So far, Rs. 2048.21 Crores to all 36 States/UTs have been sanctioned under PMMVY out of which Rs. 2042.09

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently announced the launch of program ‘LaQshya’, aimed at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre (OT). The Program will improve quality of care for pregnant women in labour room, maternity Operation Theatre and Obstetrics

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Department of Fertilizers to continue Urea Subsidy Scheme upto 2019-20 at a total estimated cost of Rs. 1,64,935 crore and for disbursement of fertilizer subsidy. This decision