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Every day, as a bunch of municipal workers sweep the streets of Kumbar Koppal and go door to door to collect garbage, a 75-year-old man keeps an eagle's eye on them. D Madegowda gets up early to monitor the work. "When there is 100% commitment, nothing can prevent you from achieving your goals," he

For years, the 9-km stretch of Puri beach near Bankimuhan waste water treatment plant was an eyesore with garbage and sewage littering the shore. Today, the beach is totally litter-free thanks to efforts of well-known sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik. The Puri-based Pattnaik launched a hungerstrike

The ongoing and targeted projects of National Highways Authority of India would generate estimated employment of approximately 50 crores man days over the next four years on a seasonal basis. This would be averaging to nearly 12.5 crore man-days yearly from 2018-2022. Of this, about 1.0 crore will

After witnessing savings of thousands of crores by adopting the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT) to consumers in reimbursing the susidised amount on foodgrains and LPG this scheme would be implemented for fertilizers too. This was announced some time back. Now, from Sunday, the scheme will

The Dakshinpally Puja Samiti, which organised the Durga Puja at Pocket 52 in Chittaranjan Park, was awarded the first prize for being environmentally the cleanest among the plethora of pandals. The contest had been organised by area MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj to promote green consciousness at festival

Facebook will roll out a new feature next month to connect blood donors and blood banks with those seeking them. The feature, said Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, was conceived by Indian product developer Hema Budaraju as part of an internal hackathon. “It can be hard to find a donor or

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are likely to significantly increase their intake in the next academic year, providing at least 1,000 additional engineering aspirants with an opportunity to study in the premier establishments. A senior human resource development (HRD) ministry official

Government has given its approval for implementation of umbrella scheme of "Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)" for years 2017-18 to 2019-20. The financial outlay for the scheme over the 3-year period is Rs.25,060 crore, out of which the Central Government share will be Rs.18,636 crore and the

The 1 st advance estimates of production of major Kharif crops for 2017-18 by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is as under: Foodgrains – 134.67 million tonnes. · Rice – 94.48 million tonnes. · Coarse Cereals – 31.49 million tonnes. · Maize – 18.73 million tonnes. ·

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday released a sophisticated and affordable hand-held testing device which allows domestic users to easily identify adulterants in milk. Developed by the public sector research body, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the device - called Ksheer

Cancer continues to be dreaded because few realise that timely diagnosis and treatment can cure most types of tumours. Fewer still know that cancer can be prevented by healthy lifestyle. It is to make people aware of these that All India Institute of Medical Sciences started a cancer prevention

A 98-year-old man, who wished to have the tag of being a postgraduate, finally completed his master's programme on Monday. Nonagenarian Raj Kumar Vaishya fulfilled his long-due dream by securing a master's in economics from the Nalanda Open University (NOU) 79 years after he graduated in the same