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Another story talking of age no bar for working. This 94 year Gangubai NIvruti Bhambure is the oldest 'sarpanch' in Pune district. And may be she is the oldest sarpanch in the country. This story of Manoj More in India Express says of how this woman wants to work with her priority of tackling water

Age is no issue if one really wants to serve the society. This very interesting story by Rahul Karmakar in HT talks of one Aruna Mukherjee who has just celebrated her 100th birthday and wants to run old-age home. She was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and now stays in Guwahati. She has not suffered from

The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) for the Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Ministry of Tourism has approved projects to the tune of Rs. 450 Crore for development of Heritage circuit in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Ramayana Circuit in Uttar Pradesh, North East Circuit in Sikkim and

Keeping with the national Swach Bharat Mission, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has undertaken a special "Swachhata Pakhwara", a fortnight long programme, from 1st to 15th Sept. The theme of this special fortnight is "Focused engagement with teachers." As per the circular of the Ministry

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation has set up 5 e-waste collection centres. It has also initiated a free door-to-door pickup service. It is high time that such provisions are made throughout the country. And why this should be left only to the government. There are so many voluntary organisations

The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today launched #Gas4India campaign, aimed at promoting the use of gas in the country. Public and private sector companies working in the sector have joined hands to promote the natural gas sector. #Gas4India is a

टेली-मेडीसिन सेवाओं की ईएसआईसी पायलट परियोजना का पहला चरण आरंभ (English translation also given) श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्री श्री बंडारू दत्तात्रेय ने आज यहां टेली-मेडीसिन सेवाओं की ईएसआईसी पायलट परियोजना के पहले चरण का उद्घाटन किया। यह सेवा दूर स्थित बीमित कामगारों को विशिष्ट चिकित्सा सहायता उपलब्ध करेगी

किसानों से मूंग दाल खरीदने का केन्‍द्र सरकार ने लिया फैसला केन्‍द्र सरकार ने देश के किसानों से मूंग की खरीद करने का निर्णय लिया है। उल्‍लेखनीय है कि कई वर्षों से मूंग का न्‍यूनतम समर्थन मूल्‍य निर्धारित होता था परंतु खरीद नहीं होती थी। इस वर्ष महाराष्‍ट्र एवं कर्नाटक के न्‍यूनतम समर्थन मूल्‍य पर

In a move that aims to address the perennial irrigation water crisis affecting rural India, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and NABARD signed an agreement to operationalise the Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) to be instituted in NABARD as part of Pradhan Mantri

AIIMS has successfully completed 50 years of corneal transplants. Since 1965, when the National Eye Bank was set up at the medical institute, 23,239 corneas have been donated, of which 16,252 have been transplanted successfully in patients searching for the gift of sight. An informative report by

To know more of the prevalence of birth defects and aid timely intervention government asks 50 hospitals across the country to keep track. This follows a survey report done of 18.7 cr children which said that 3.46 lakh had birth defects which could have been corrected. Read more of this report of

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Third Advance Estimates for 2015-16 of area and production of horticulture crops. These estimates are based on the information received from different State/UTs in the country. The total production of the Horticulture crops in the