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Union Minister of Women & Child Development and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani gave away the Pradhan Mantri Matru VandanaYojana (PMMVY) awards to States, Union Territories and Districts for best performance at a function in New Delhitoday. In the category of best performance since inception of the

Till October 2018, the Public Distribution System (PDS) of wheat through 17,000 ration depots was being done manually requiring the beneficiary to show the ration card. But in October 2017, the electronic point of sale (ePOS) was initiated on a pilot basis in four districts of Punjab — Patiala

Bored of her household chores and with an urge to learn something new, it was in March last year that Shruti Todankar, 33, from Kalinje, a village in Raigad district of Maharashtra, decided to join a “Mangrove” training programme with 25-30 other villagers. Until then, Todankar had joined the

On 31 Jan 2020, IAF achieved another milestone, when an AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force, powered with a 10% blend of Indian bio-jet fuel took-off from Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh. This is the first time that both engines of the aircraft were powered by the bio-jet indigenous fuel

890 Mts of Bananas sent from Andhra Pradesh Two districts of Andhra Pradesh notified banana cluster under Agri export policy Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA), along with State Government of Andhra Pradesh and one of the largest member exporter of banana

National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) launched Police related Citizen centric services on CCTNS platform here today. Director, Intelligence Bureau, Arvind Kumar presided over the two launches. These online services will help Citizens in Searching their Missing Persons and Generating Vehicle NOC. The

प्लास्टिक और ई-कचरा समेत सभी तरह के कचरे को लाइट डीजल तेल में बदला जा सकता है जिसका इस्तेमाल भट्टी जलाने में होता है भारतीय रेलवे ने कचरे से ऊर्जा उत्पादन में देश के पहले सरकारी संयंत्र की स्थापना ईस्ट कोस्ट रेलवे में भुवनेश्वर के मानचेस्वर कैरिज रिपेयर वर्कशॉप में की है, जिसकी क्षमता प्रतिदिन 500

The Maharashtra government on January 26 rolled out its Shiv Bhojan scheme, which provides meals for Rs 10, at various places in Maharashtra, including 17 spots in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). In Mumbai, the scheme will run at six civic hospitals, apart from some government establishments

Indian Railways has commissioned country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway. Member Rolling Stock, Shri Rajesh Agarwal inaugurated this plant on 22 nd January 2020 along with

The magnificent tableau of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, highlighting the Government’s new initiative ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ which aims at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024, has been adjudged the best tableau, jointly with the NDRF tableau. Defence

In a major recognition towards Government of India’s effort towards conservation, restoration and rejuvenation of its wetlands, Ramsar has declared 10 more wetland sites from India as sites of international importance. The Ramsar Convention signed on February 2, 1971, is one of the oldest inter

The number of companies registered for participating in the 11 th edition of the biennial mega defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, to be held at Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow between February 5-9, 2020; has reached 1,000. In the DefExpo 2018, held in Chennai, 702 companies had participated. Thus, it