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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

When it began, it was in the form of inspections in school and college canteens, small discussions with principals to do away with aerated drinks, packaged chips, specially vada pavs that seemed a favourite in every canteen. But eventually, it was a humungous task with the Maharashtra Food and Drug

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the Final Estimates of 2018-19 and 1 st Advance Estimates of 2019-20 of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops. These are based on the information received from different State/UTs and other source agencies. Total

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank felicitated 87 meritorious students from across the country here today. These students also witnessed the Republic Day Parade in National capital today. The students were awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation by the

In Mann Ki Baat on Sunday Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Jal Shakti Campaign is taking rapid, successful strides with the aid of public participation. He shared few extensive & innovative water conservation efforts under way, in every corner of the country. Mentioning about Jalore district in

Central theme of Bharat Parv 2020 is ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’ To celebrate the spirit of India, the annual event Bharat Parv is being organised in Delhi this year too. Bharat Parv, 2020 is being celebrated from 26th to 31st January, 2020 in front of

Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra and the World Bank, on Friday, signed a loan agreement ofUSD 210 million to support small holder farmers participate in competitive agriculture value chains, facilitate agri-business investments, increase market access and productivity in focus

Saying that his government would offer support to all the needy, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on the occasion of Uttar Pradesh Divas Friday, laid foundation stone of 18 Atal Residential Schools for each of the 18 divisions in the state, which would be meant for children of labourers as well as

Minister of State for HRD Sanjay Dhotre attended the National Inter-School Band Competition on Thursday at New Delhi. Dhotre congratulated all the participants and distributed prizes to the winning teams. Speaking on the occasion, Dhotre said that the main purpose of the Inter-school Band