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Many districts, including Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace Porbandar, will be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Mahatma's birthday, 2nd Oct. Govt data says that so far, 2.37 crore toilets have been built in rural areas and 24.05 lakh in urban areas. Read more on this in the TOI report by Dipak Dash

ईरान से इसकी शुरूआत हुई। बताया जाता है कि वहां पर इस तरह की कई दीवारें है। ईरान की तर्ज पर हाल ही में राजस्थान के भीलवाड़ा शहर में नेकी की दीवार बनाई गई। यदि किसी के पास जरूरत से ज्यादा कपड़े, जूते, चप्पल या देने के लिए कुछ भी है तो वह उस दीवार पर लगे हेंगर पर टांग देता है। दीवार पर दानदाता जो भी

We have been reading a lot on schools run by government and NGOs for slum kids. However, many a times we have seen that once enrolled it is not easy to retain these children. The drop out rate is very high. The parents are not very interested and sometimes even resist any attempt at all that is

IIT plans to set up museums at its Delhi and Jhajjar campus to display rural development technologies. Working model developed by it and other educational institutes will be displayed. The idea is to display working models which will show how the technology works for development in rural area. This

Swachh Bharat Week is being celebrated from today i.e birth anniversary of ‘Antyodaya’ advocate late Shri Deendayal Upadhyaya and will continue till Ocotber 2,2016 i.e the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who voiced serious concerns about poor sanitation and its consequences

Asia's longest bridge, over the river Brahmaputra, will be opened before the next rains set in. This bridge, Dhola-Sadiya, will reduce the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by some four hours. This bridge is of strategic importance too. Read more in the TOI report.....

We have always been hearing of healing properties of Ganga. Many believed this and many thought that this is a myth. But now, scientists of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh have come out with scientific evidence to confirm the healing properties of Ganga. Read more on this in the

A 3-month programme to mentor 45 bizwomen was started yesterday by IIT-Delhi. This programme, called the Women Entrepreneurship Empowerment Mentorship Programme, received some 2500 applications. Other institutes should also take up such programmes and it should also reach rural Bharat. We have such

IIT Kharagpur starts courses on "Happiness". The initial batch will be of 60 to 70 students. This course will be for both graduate and post graduate level. It will teach the science of happiness, stress management etc. App to measure happiness and calmness will also be developed. Read more in the IE

The Ministry of Human Resource Development observed Swachhata Pakhwada from 1 st September to 15 th September, 2016. The Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to have separate toilets for boys and girls was launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy in August, 2014. In a record period of one

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch “Mission Parivar Vikas” in 145 high focus districts having the highest total fertility rates in the country. These 145 districts are in the seven high focus, high TFR states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

Promotion of costal shipping is one of the major thrusts of the Ministry of Shipping. In order to promote transportation of automobiles through coastal shipping, Ministry of Shipping has decided that all Major Ports will provide discount of 80 per cent for two years on Vessel Related Charges (VRC) &