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On Aug 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation an irrigation project that he launched as CM of Gujarat 4 years ago. This is an ambitious plan to fill 115 reservoirs in water-scarce Saurashtra with waters of overflowing Narmada in South Gujarat. It involves laying a 1,125-km

सुगम्य पुस्तकालय- दृष्टिबाधित लोगों के लिए एक ऑनलाइन पुस्तकालय का शुभारंभ सुगम्य डिजिटल भारत की तरफ एक कदम आगे बढ़ते हुए ‘सुगम्य पुस्तकालय’ (दृष्टिबाधित लोगों के लिए एक ऑनलाइन पुस्तकालय) का शुभारंभ आज विधि एवं न्याय और संचार एवं सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री श्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने किया। समाजिक न्याय और

A must read news item in The Daily Star on the excavation of a 1000 year old temple in Dinajpur in Bangladesh. According to the experts the temple is designed in navaratha, nine-projection style, an architectural form commonly associated with the Kalinga temples of Odisha as well as temples in

In IITs, till now, all the students compulsorily stayed in the hostels. However, in the IIT Council meet on Tuesday a decision has been taken to allow non-resident students to get enrolled. This has been done primarily, with a goal to increase the number of seats to 100,000 by 2020. This will help

सैन्यकर्मियों की पत्नियों और बच्चों के कौशल विकास संबंधी केंद्र का उद्घाटन कौशल विकास एवं उद्यमिता राज्यमंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) श्री राजीव प्रताप रूडी ने मेगलार को दिल्ली में अपनी तरह के पहले सेना कौशल प्रशिक्षण केंद्र का उद्घाटन किया। उल्लेखनीय है कि देश भर में इस तरह के 10 केंद्र खोले जायेंगे। ये

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu said the Centre is focussing on providing better infrastructure facilities to give boost to sports. Shri Venkaiah Naidu was speaking at the felicitation function for RIO Olympics 2016 Silver medalist Ms P V Sindhu in Vijayawada

Ananya Verma, less than 5 year old, has been given admission in Class-IX in Lucknow on Monday. And she comes from a family of prodigies - her brother complete BCA at 14 and her sister got enrolled for PhD at 15. The sister had cleared her 10th boards when she was 7+. And their mother cannot read or

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said the number of farmers opting for the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' this year is expected to cross four crore, as against three crore last year. As many as 200 mandis across the country would be brought under the ambit of the scheme by next month

अगले दो वर्षों में स्‍व-सहायता समूहों को 90 हजार करोड़ रुपये ऋण देने की केंद्र की योजना केंद्र सरकार ने गैर-कृषि आर्थिक गतिविधियों के लिए अगले दो वर्षों के दौरान महिला स्‍व-सहायता समूहों और अन्‍य स्‍व-सहायता समूहों को 90 हजार करोड़ रुपये का ऋण देने की योजना बना रही है। आज यहां राष्‍ट्रीय ग्रामीण

After winning just two medals at Rio it is now the preparations of Bharat for the Tokyo Olympics which has to be looked into. Today most editorials have written about this, and most have talked of how we competed this time and what we should do for the next Olympics in 2020. The best editorial was

Concerned by the slump in number of girl students entering the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Joint Admission Board has set up a committee to explore ways to increase their enrolment. In a related news the HRD ministry is also looking at providing to some one thousand IIT passing out

इलाहाबाद. यहां के पंकज मौर्या ने ऐसा कारनामा कर दिखाया है कि गूगल के सीईओ भी उनके मुरीद हो गए हैं। 12वीं पास किसान के इस बेटे ने एक ऐसा वेबसाइट बनाया है जिससे वर्ल्‍ड के लोगों को मुफ्त में कंप्‍यूटर की शिक्षा मिल रही है। खास बात ये है कि पंकज ने बिना किसी टेक्‍निकल इंस्‍टिट्यूट में दाखिला लिए 'टूल्स