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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) &

Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Government is focussed to spend on infrastructure in a big way to create smooth logistics experience for industries. Addressing the inaugural session of the Invest North Summit she said the interaction between industry and

The Golden Temple city of Amritsar topped the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu here today. Eight other cities of pilgrim and tourism importance that made to the third list of smart cities are ; Ujjain, Tirupati, Agra, Nashik, Madurai

Iconic old city area along Ganga to be transformed under Area Based Development Rs.2,520 cr to be spent on rejuvenation of ghats, infrastructure, e-governance to turn Smart One of the ancient cities of the world, Varanasi seeks to acquire smart city features through retrofitting of an area of 1,389

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for provision of a direct communication link through a dedicated submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) between Mainland (Chennai) and Port Blair & five other islands viz. Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Havelock