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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with the assistance of Centre, Northeast will focus on bamboo industry in a big way, since this is a sector

In a bid to promote bio-fuel run vehicles, the government on Monday issued notification amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules,1989 to include dual-fuel vehicles for agricultural tractors and construction equipment vehicles. Agriculture tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and

Agro-forestry or farm forestry will be India’s key strategy to reduce its carbon footprint so as to meet its goals under the Paris climate agreement according to the submission the country plans to make at the COP 24 climate conference that’s being held in Poland. The forest conservation division of

The Ministry of Home Affairs has come out with a booklet on cyber safety for teenagers that tries to address their increased use of smartphones, gadgets, online gaming, social media and fake news. The booklet, titled “A Handbook for Students on Cyber Safety”, also deals with the problems of cyber

The Drone regulations come in effect from today Nano drones in India can start flying legally For micro and above categories, operators and pilots are required to register Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), popularly referred to as drones, are a technology platform with wide-ranging

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C43) successfully launched 31 satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) today in Sriharikota. The PSLV-C43 lifted off at 9:57:30 (IST) from the First Launch Pad and injected India’s Hyper-Spectral Imaging

Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, J&K, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal have achieved 100% saturation in household electrification under Saubhagya. Thus total 15 states in the country now have 100 % household electrification, said Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and Renewable Energy

The Narendra Modi-led government’s vaccination programme Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) is one of the 12 best practices from around the world to be featured in a special issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) next month. The special issue is being brought out on the occasion of the

The cumulative number of houses sanctioned under PMAY(U) now is 65,04,037. The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 2,05,442 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given in the 40 th

The Vice Minister, General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), Hu Wei, led a six-member delegation to India to discuss various issues of market access for different products like milk and milk products, agricultural products like soy meal, fruits and vegetables, tobacco and pharmaceutical

A Meerut couple's free library project for the underprivileged — Prerna Book Banks is operating in Ghaziabad having 15 libraries, Meerut (8), Uttarakhand (3), Delhi (4) and Haryana (1) and covers more than 40 rural areas. In the last two years, more than 2 lakh books have been sent to Prerna Book

The National Festival for Children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs)- “Hausla 2018” of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) was inaugurated by its Secretary, Rakesh Srivastava, in New Delhi on Monday. The inter-Child Care Institution festival is witnessing participation of more than