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In Rajasthan, under the government's CSR wing, sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators are being installed in girls schools. Three such systems have been installed in the Jaipur district. After receiving positive feed back from these 3 schools, the government has decided to install this in

Believe it or not, Raj Kumar Vaish, aged 98 years, has received a Masters degree. May be this is a global record. Bihar Governor Satyapal Malik and his Meghalaya counterpart Ganga Prasad on Tuesday rose from their seats as a student of Nalanda Open University came on stage to receive his masters

The Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited will provide three services at tariffs starting as low as Rs 149 for 5 GB at 15 MBPS speed and 250 TV channels and a free telephone connection. MORE THAN 1 crore households, 50,000 schools and educational institutions, all government offices, more than 5,000

This is the story of Aman Gupta, a 2013 batch IAS officer who works with the assistance of a stand-mounted American video magnifier that helps the visually impaired read. He is 90% blind. Gupta has juvenile macular degeneration, a medical condition that has no known cure. His vision is now so poor

The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has approved an incentive of Rs 500 a month for all tuberculosis patients for the duration of the treatment, irrespective of their income level. The money is for nutrition support, as TB is known to be a disease of undernutrition. The incentive amount, though

As part of its efforts to give a digital push to higher education, the HRD ministry has decided to offer nearly 300 online courses in Hindi and 10 other Indian languages on its online course portal Swayam. To be launched in the next three months, these courses include subjects such as cloud

Government has drawn up tailor-made action plans for 115 identified “most-backward” districts in the country to improve their socio-economic profiles by making available basic services like healthcare, sanitation and education as well as basic physical infrastructure like roads and drinking water

In a mere 10-year period, between 1979 and 1989, the 22.24-sq km pristine forest, located at the tri-juncture of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan, was reduced to just sand, gravel and dead stumps of trees by a combination of illegal felling and a succession of floods. This is the story of the

Indian Railways have developed and operationalized an institutionalized mechanism for monitoring of quality and hygiene of catering services through regular inspections at various levels to address catering complaints. Further, to improve the standard of food being provided to passengers, new

Various steps have been taken by the government to strengthen the telemedicine network to provide healthcare services in the country. Health being a State subject, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is continuously providing support & assistance to States/UTs to facilitate the expansion of

Read this story of courage of two girls - one from Bihar and the other from Jharkhand. Two years ago, aged just 15, Harsha Mishra arrived in Delhi from her home in Patna after a quarrel with her parents. The stay in the capital for the teenager lasted just a couple of hours. Seeing her weeping on

In an eco-friendly measure to cut power consumption, the Indian Railways on Tuesday said it planned to make all stations cent per cent LED lit by March 31, 2018. The railways said it was actively working to provide 100% LED lighting for energy needs in railway staff colonies, stations and platforms