Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has said that Nirmal Ganga is the biggest priority of his Ministry, and all efforts will be made to ensure that the Namami Gange Programme shows good progress by the
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Regularly getting messages for linking your mobile with Aadhaar - this may be a good news for all.... There is relief on the way for mobile phone users, particularly senior citizens, facing difficulties in complying with the Supreme Court's order linking Aadhaar with mobiles as proxy authorisation
Aadhaar enrolment and updation facilities will be available in around 15,000 post offices by March 31 next year and this will complement the earlier decision that bank branches will have similar centres by October 31. Around 5,000 post offices will have the facility by December this year. Rs 2,000
The Railway Ministry has asked its senior staff to slug it out - at home and at work - as part of steps to end the VIP culture in India's national transporter. In an unprecedented move, the ministry has brought to an end a 36-year-old protocol where it was mandatory for general managers to present
Tthere has been an improvement in sex ratio at birth in 104 districts selected for the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme, which aims at checking female infanticide and educating the girl child. “An increasing trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) is visible in 104 districts, 119 districts have
University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to start courses on disaster management and financial emergencies. These courses must cover topics such as bomb threats, earthquakes, explosions, hazardous material spills/release, campus shootings, terrorist incidents. They must also cover
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has transferred the technology of Bullet Proof Jacket (BPJ) to M/S MKU Limited, Kanpur for manufacturing these for the Indian Army and Para-Military Forces personnel. Chairman DRDO and Secretary Department of Defence R&D Dr S Christopher handed
Very ofter we read of news of how cleanliness is helping improve the health of people. Very recently reports had suggested that on an average will be able to save some 50,000 Rupees annually just because of clealiness. Now a survey has revealed that cases of the dreaded disease diarrhoea in areas
IT IS 2 pm. Dr Prabhat Kumar Chand, a specialist dealing with substance-use disorders at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru, speaks into the microphone: “Thought, Impulse and Cannabis — that is the topic of discussion today. Let’s begin.” His audience of
The Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari will launch the countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign and distribution of spectacles for truck drivers, cleaners and helpers on 2 nd October, 2017 at Panjari Toll Plaza
The ongoing and targeted projects of National Highways Authority of India would generate estimated employment of approximately 50 crores man days over the next four years on a seasonal basis. This would be averaging to nearly 12.5 crore man-days yearly from 2018-2022. Of this, about 1.0 crore will
After witnessing savings of thousands of crores by adopting the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT) to consumers in reimbursing the susidised amount on foodgrains and LPG this scheme would be implemented for fertilizers too. This was announced some time back. Now, from Sunday, the scheme will