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KALAMB (OSMANABAD): Ten years ago, Vidya More's life went up in flames. Broken by years of crop failure and mounting debt, her husband Sahadev doused their tiny hut in kerosene and set it ablaze. But Vidya was not ready to give up. She threw her children out of the hut and jumped out. She wanted to

These are the ten approved documents that can be used as identification at airports. 1. Passport 2. Voter ID 3. Aadhaar or m-Aadhaar 4. Pan Card 5. Driving licence 6. Service ID 7. Student ID card 8. Passbook of account in a nationalised bank with photo 9. Pension card or pension documents with

The Union Cabinet on 24 th October 2017 approved a Rs. 7,002 crore plan for construction of permanent campuses for six new IITs, to be completed by 31 st March 2020. Each campus will have facility for housing 1,200 students, beginning from the academic year 2020-2021. Currently, these institutions

In Lohardaga district of Jharkhand, once a Maoist stronghold but now a peaceful town, the police have done exemplary work rescuing and rehabilitating some 22 child soldiers over the last three years. Nine of them have been admitted to schools, ten have been reunited with their parents as they

Just 478 industrial units from energy-intensive industries have reduced their carbon emissions by 31 million tonne, or 2% of India's total annual emissions, and saved over Rs 9,500 crore through more efficient energy use in the three years between 2012 and 2015, the first report card of a government

In a bid to expedite compliance of telecom service providers with the Hon. Supreme Court's order dated 6 th February regarding linking of Aadhaar card with mobile number and reverification process of mobile users, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued a comprehensive instruction on

Birendra Singh, 10, will be able to hold a pencil and pick up items for the first time in over three years after a “toe-to-hand” transplant at Safdarjung Hospital. Birendra lost his fingers and thumbs after both his hands got amputated in April 2014 after an injury caused by an electric burn. The

The government on Tuesday increased the minimum support price (MSP) of six rabi (winter-sown) crops - wheat, mustard, barley, masoor (lentil), gram and safflower - for the crop year 2017-18. The move is expected to boost acreage and production of these crops. The MSP—rate at which the government

The government on Tuesday approved the biggest highway construction plan so far in the country, to develop approximately 83,677 km of roads at an investment of Rs 6.92 lakh crore by 2022. The highway construction programme is aimed at pushing economic activity and generating at least 14.2 crore man

Indian Air Force carried out major landing operations on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, about 60 km west of Lucknow, today. The series of landings took place close to Bangarmau in Unnao District of Uttar Pradesh, where a 3 km stretch was specially prepared for such operations. The landing operations

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has achieved a further price reduction in the procurement of 50 lakh smart meters, basis a reverse auction of the tender conducted last week. ITI Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1 bidder) in this reverse auction, followed by Genus Power and

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh dedicated to the people state's first Dev Sanskriti University in village Sankra near Kumhari. This University has been developed by Gayatri Pariwar. In this University 53 subjects will be taught including Yoga, Dharam Sashtra, IT. छत्तीसगढ़ के मुख्यमंत्री