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A total of 141 towns in 7 States have claimed to have become Open Defecation Free including 100 in Maharashtra and these claims are under verification. The progress of Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas was presented by the Ministry officials at a review meeting taken by the Minister of Urban

Shraddha Shukla of Kanpur, a swimming wonder, popularly known as 'Nanhi Jalpari', will take the 'clean Ganga' message by covering 550-km distance between Kanpur and Varanasi in 70 hours. The girl, who took a plunge in the Ganga near Massacre Ghat in Kanpur on the eve of National Sports Day (August

28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से.... मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों, कुछ बातें मुझे कभी-कभी बहुत छू जाती हैं और जिनको इसकी कल्पना आती हो, उन लोगों के प्रति मेरे मन में एक विशेष आदर भी होता है। 15 जुलाई को छत्तीसगढ़ के कबीरधाम ज़िले में करीब सत्रह-सौ से ज्यादा

28 अगस्‍त, 2016 को आकाशवाणी पर प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात ’ कार्यक्रम के मूल पाठ से.... सामान्य नागरिक का Rio Olympic के प्रति इतना लगाव, इतनी जागरूकता और देश के प्रधानमंत्री पर दबाव करना कि इस पर कुछ बोलो, मैं इसको एक बहुत सकारात्मक देख रहा हूँ। क्रिकेट के बाहर भी भारत के नागरिकों में और खेलों के

Central government has recognized differently abled persons as an integral part of Human Resource and is committed towards Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the country. Standing by the commitment towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) a camp for free of cost distribution of

We have earlier also heard of some big business tycoons pledging major portion of their income to philanthropy. Now comes the news of L&T chief A M Naik pledging 75% of his income to philanthropy. He has two trusts for his charitable work. One is called the Naik Charitable Trust for education and

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced at the meeting of the Council of Minister’s today that a Task Force will be set up to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective participation of Indian sports persons in the next three Olympic games 2020, 2024 and 2028. The Task Force will

In a new service that is set to revolutionize the retail money payment sector in India, consumers will now be able to transfer money from their accounts to any other account in the country using their cellphones via the National Payment Corporation of India's (NPCI) Inter-bank Mobile Payment Service

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