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The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel inaugurated the first batch for Special Certificate Course in Sports Coaching for Jammu and Kashmir sportspersons at Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala on Thursday. A three batch programmes has

Inspired by Prime Minister Modi's vision of making India open-defecation-free by 2020, a soldier of the Indo-Tibetian Border Police has decided to donate Rs.57000 to construct toilets and make his village open-defecation free. This soldier is Vikas Thakur from Sirmor, in Himachal Pradesh. Read more

On the auspicious occasion of "Bhaiya Dooj" Jharkhand government launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to distribute LPG connection, cylinders and gas stove to one lakh and ten thousand families who are among below poverty line (BPL). In the next three years some 23 lakh BPL families will

This is the story of a Chhattisgarh lady cop who has 7,20,408 followers (at the time of writing this) on FaceBook. She has gained these 7 lakh+ followers in just 20 months and that too without any help from a PR agency or with the help of paid followers. Through the FaceBook she has helped a number

Doctors from the National Institute for Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) have come up with a neuropsychological battery to study the ageing brain. Nimhans Neuropsychological Battery for the Elderly (NNB-E) is the first comprehensive and indigenous battery for the elderly in India to

The low levels of productivity, growth and incomes ailing the farm sector in India and causing immense agrarian distress is well known. Without undertaking radical reform it is impossible to transform agriculture and double farmers’ income. However, state governments have been extremely lax in

This is the story of how voluntary organisations help the rural households in the real sense. Such efforts make so much of difference in the life of people - how they are empowered. Merely giving doles is not the answer - it is such work that helps the needy in the long run. Must appreciate the work

This is a story from Jharkhand. In the Ghatshila sub-divison, forty young boys and girls, including a reformed hardcore extremist, were given training by Indian Reserve Battalion. This extensive training was for 3 months. On completion of their training these youth have been given employment by a

Jharkhand police have plans to recruit surrendered Maoists in their force. As per plans 32 extremists, who have surrendered in 2016, may be hired soon. The appointment process will soon begin for those who have been acquitted of all cases pending against them. Read this report by Alok KN Mishra in

The Centre has decided to fix the minimum wage for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in central sphere at 350 Rupees per day to be effective from Tuesday. Presently, these workers are paid as per the rates prescribed under the national floor level minimum wage of 160 Rupees. This was

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr.Jitendra Singh launched the Employees Online (EO) App on Friday. EO App is a mobile application of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Jitendra Singh said

Himachal Pradesh has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), making it the second state in the country (after Sikkim) to achieve the feat. The State government made the declaration on Friday at a public event in Shimla, where the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Virbhadra Singh