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This news, as published in TOI, will cheer many. We have seen so much tension among the candidates who appear for medical and engineering college admission tests. Though they could have got very high marks in the school board exams but the admission hanged in balance unless they scored very well in

For the first time a Task Force committee for preparing action plan for next three Olympic Games 2020, 2024 and 2028 has been constituted with experts in the sports fraternity as its members. Keeping with the promise made after the last Olympics, the government aims at improving its tally of medals

A unique initiative in Jharkhand is giving positive results for implementing the Swachh Bharat campaign of Central Government. Chief Secretary of Jharkhand had sent letters to east district administration that teachers should ensure that they use toilets at home. State's West Singhbhum district

How important is the correct weather forecast in an individual's life? Unlike the earlier days when people used to say that if our weathermen have predicted no rains, expect some shower for sure. But, now the situation has changed and our weather forecasts have become pretty accurate. Today one

Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley and Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha launched the operations of the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) here today as two pilot branches at Raipur and Ranchi. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Jaitley said that about 650 IPPB branches will be opened by

PM's MannKiBaat on 29th Jan 2017 was a special for the students who are to appear for boards and other exams. Even last year around this time he had taken up this subject in his monthly broadcast. It was a very motivational address, which should be heard or read by every student, teacher or parent

Read such an interesting story that could not resist posting it here so that more and more people come to know of this. And may be some one takes the lead to replicate this model in their area of operation. This story, by Madhushree Ghose and photos by Satish Bate, in the Hindustan Times is of a

Under the leadership of superintendent of police Sanket Pandey , 18 thana in-charges have launched training programmes for the malnourished children among members of the Saharia tribe in MP's Sheopur district. The programmes include administering drugs and vitamins, and counselling the parents. They

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has achieved another landmark by generating 111 crore Aadhaar in a population of 125 crore plus. The world’s largest and unique biometrics based identification programme with a real time online authentication infrastructure – the Aadhaar has been

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for interest waiver for the two months of November and December, 2016 for farmers accessing short term crop loans from Cooperative Banks. The decision also provides for interest subvention to

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a new scheme for promotion of Rural Housing in the country. The Government would provide interest subsidy under the scheme. Interest subsidy would be available to every rural household who is not covered under the

This is the story of how with help from the district administration in providing skills training, tribal youth of Simdega district in Jharkhand have been able to secure well-paying jobs. And the jobs that they have got are in renowned organisations spread across the country. A skill development