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The coastal town of Alappuzha, famous for its backwaters and intricate network of canals and lagoons, has found a spot in a United Nations (UN) report of five global cities that have successfully tackled solid waste management. The UN Environment report lists Alappuzha, also called Aleppey

West Bengal Chief Minister has announced that all pilgrims coming to Gangasagar for the 'mela' next year will be covered by a life insurance cover of five lakh Rupees each. The entire premium amount for this insurance cover will be borne by the state government. This is for the first time that such

Things change when you become an ISO-certified household, as the Suranas will tell you. Actually, it's only the Suranas who can tell you because they are, in all likelihood, the only household in the country with an ISO 9000 certification. In this ISO-certified home in Chennai, grandpa is designated

Delhi government will provide financial assistance for entrance examination coaching to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students for admissions to civil service, law, engineering, medicine and banking, among other major courses. The proposal, which will be placed before the cabinet next week

The year 2017 has been a life changer for Hundadi Kadraka, a 27-year-old mother of three. Her existence in the remote Railima village in the foothills of Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills saw a disruption this year. Her husband persuaded her to send her eight-year-old daughter Momita to the village primary

Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar announced that the ESI Scheme is on the path of sustained growth with its presence now in over 461 districts of the country providing benefit to around 10% of India’s population while addressing 172nd Meeting of the

Hazaribagh has become the first district in Jharkhand to install sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators. 10 such vending machines and incinerators have been installed at Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalayas. This will benefit benefit 3400 girl students allowing them easy access to

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO has inscribed ´KumbhMela´ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its 12th session held at Jeju, South Korea from 4-9 December 2017. This inscription is the

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Rotary India, on Wednesday in New Delhi. The MoU signing ceremony was presided over by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. This MoU, which was signed by Smt. Vandana

Removing the income ceiling of Rs 5 lakh per annum, the Centre has opened its scheme meant to encourage inter-caste marriages to all couples where either the bride or the bridegroom is a Dalit. The ‘Dr Ambedkar scheme for social Integration through inter caste marriage’ was started in 2013, with a

A study of Natural Resource Management Component under MGNREGS (on which minimum 60% is spent since 2015) and its impact on Sustainable Livelihoods carried out by the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi (November 2017), was carried over 30 districts in 29 states covering 1160 households. The

Paytm Payments Bank plans to recruit 1 lakh business correspondents (BCs) who will be designated as 'Paytm ka ATM'. These business correspondents will accept and disburse cash from account holders without any charges and will also open accounts and complete the 'know-your-customer' (KYC) process