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While commuting one has to cross toll plazas so often now a days. And mostly we find men working at these toll plazas. We have heard of unruly behaviour of many at the toll plazas too, mostly because one does not want to pay. This gender barrier has been broken at the Gurgaon-Faridabad toll plaza in

Now, one would not have to stand in long queues for getting appointments with doctors in the government hospitals. Appointments can be sought through Online Registration System (ORS). Online Registration System (ORS) is a framework to link various hospitals across the country for Aadhaar based

Government has decided to fast-track the implementation of the direct benefit transfer (DBT) system for payment of fertiliser subsidy to farmers. From the coming kharif season, beginning June, the Rs 70,000-crore fertiliser subsidy budgeted for 2017-18 will be disbursed to companies based on actual

Conceived in mid-2013, a project of preserving 192 languages, which were listed as endangered, was initiated by the Central governement. The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, has been entrusted with the mammoth task, under the Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered

Government is implementing the following schemes and measures to support the jute manufacturing units and to strengthen the jute sector: (i) Under the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) [JPM Act], 1987, Government specifies the commodities and the extent to which they

Ayesha Aziz at the age of 16 received a student pilot's license in 2011 and became the youngest student pilot of the country. Her story says so much - if one has a clear cut vision and a determination any mission can be accomplished. Now, Ayesha at the age of 21 will be getting her commercial pilot

This is the story of a remote village in Jharkhand. To promote education among the girls residing there local village women committee selects an educated girl and a lane in the village is named after her. Juri, the non-descript village some 150 km south of state capital Ranchi, has initiated this

The CBSE has formally junked the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme for classes VI to IX, being followed in affiliated schools since 2009. Replacing it from the coming academic year (2017-18) is a new format — 'uniform system of assessment, examination and report card' — that aims

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation today approved construction of 1,17,814 affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor in six States at a total cost of Rs.5,773 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,816 cr has been approved, under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban). Madhya

The Delhi-Jaipur highway is one of the busiest corridor. Even with improved road it takes around five hours, depending on the traffic conditions, to commute between the two cities. Soon a new super express-way will come up which will reduce the commuting time considerably. The land acquisition

With an aim of depending less on diesel gen sets, an ambitious greening effort in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been planned to set up Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power plants at two sites in Port Blair with battery storage amounting to 25 MW. This is just short of half the islands’ current

The 5th Foundation Day of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Bio-Technology at New Delhi on Monday by MoS for Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Y. S. Chowdary. Speaking on the occasion the minister said that – “Research and innovation has been one of the