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The Pangi valley in Chamba is known for its rustic beauty and rich culture. Pangwala, as the inhabitants of Pangi are known, is an underprivileged community. The condition of women in this community is even more miserable. Most of them illiterate, confined to their homes, loaded with social burdens

Where there's a will, there's a well. A 30-year-old resident of Harmu Housing Colony in Ranchi is showing the way. Durgesh Kumar Singh, who works with a voluntary organisation, and his friends are giving dead boreholes a fresh lease of life by turning them into water harvesting structures for just

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has indigenously developed and demonstrated Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology for conversion of sea water to drinking water. Three desalination plants each with a capacity of

The sixth ‘Ekal on Wheel’ (EoW)was launched on 1 5 July, the World Youth Skills Day, in a major event organized at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. EoW is a flagship programme of the Ekal Gramothan Foundation. This is a mobile training facility set up in a bus, having work stations. It moves around

Central Government has been taking a series of measures to improve the quality of higher education in the country. Several premier higher educational institutions in the country like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes of Science

The National Academic Depository (NAD), a 24 X 7 online store house of academic awards digitally lodged by various academic institutions / school boards / eligibility assessment bodies has been established. The academic awards to be lodged on NAD shall cover degrees, diplomas, certificates, mark

The 2.5 crore th LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was given to Smt. Gouri Sarkar of Raghunathgunj by President Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the presence ofMinister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a function held today at Jangipur, West

This is the story Pema Gyatso Bhutia who was 12 years old when a friend introduced him to Spasmo Proxyvon (SP), a painkiller but an addictive pharmaceutical drug. Bhutia, now 30, recalled a period when his family ill-treated and distrusted him, his sister was embarrassed to acknowledge him on the

Keep yourself updated with the latest health information using NHP Swastha Bharat Mobile App. The following message has been taken from their web site www.nhp.gov.in "NHP Swasth Bharat Mobile Application The access to authenticate health information is the primary right of the citizen. Providing

Media reports many a times of steps being taken to shun away plastic bags, many NGOs are also making efforts in this direction, even states after states have come out with rules which prohibit the use of polythene - still we do not see any drop in its use. Throughout the country when one travels

घरेलू उपचार द्वारा कई बीमारियों का इलाज संभव हुआ एकल अभियान के झारखंड राज्य के रामगढ़ संच में 125 व्यक्तियों का घरेलू उपचार किया गया एवं इसके द्वारा 35 लोग पूर्ण रूप से ठीक हो गये है। जिनमें बवासीर, सर्दी-खांसी, बदन दर्द, घाव, प्रदर इत्यादि प्रकार की बीमारियाँ शामिल हैं। गांव के लोग भी काफी खुश हैं

Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi. Under the proposal, a Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition (CERVA) will be set up