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Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel here today felicitated special athletes, their coaches and officials who returned to India after successful participation in the World Winter Games in Austria from 14th - 25th March 2017. Special Olympics Team India Competing

General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), on 27 March 2017 at South Block, New Delhi, released the book ‘Home of the Brave’ on the history of Indian Army’s Counter Insurgency Force, the Rashtriya Rifles (RR). The book is authored by Mr Nitin A Gokhale, Defence & Security Analyst and Brig

Government has said that due to fast adoption of digital technology, it is expected that number of internet users will increase in the country. Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that as per information received from Telecom Regulatory Authority of

Government has said that there are many companies who have approached the Department of Posts for collaboration with India Post Payments Bank. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha said that while the Department is in various stages of discussions

Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that the biggest challenge for the agricultural sector is to make smallholdings profitable and engage rural youth in agriculture. Work is going on to provide small farmers distinct technological option so that they can choose as per

TB is a disease which is largely curable and preventable. “We are committed to achieving zero TB deaths and therefore we need to re-strategize, think afresh and have to be aggressive in our approach to end TB by 2025.” This was stated by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda, at a

Now, one would not have to stand in long queues for getting appointments with doctors in the government hospitals. Appointments can be sought through Online Registration System (ORS). Online Registration System (ORS) is a framework to link various hospitals across the country for Aadhaar based

Government has decided to fast-track the implementation of the direct benefit transfer (DBT) system for payment of fertiliser subsidy to farmers. From the coming kharif season, beginning June, the Rs 70,000-crore fertiliser subsidy budgeted for 2017-18 will be disbursed to companies based on actual

Conceived in mid-2013, a project of preserving 192 languages, which were listed as endangered, was initiated by the Central governement. The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, has been entrusted with the mammoth task, under the Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered

Government is implementing the following schemes and measures to support the jute manufacturing units and to strengthen the jute sector: (i) Under the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) [JPM Act], 1987, Government specifies the commodities and the extent to which they

Ayesha Aziz at the age of 16 received a student pilot's license in 2011 and became the youngest student pilot of the country. Her story says so much - if one has a clear cut vision and a determination any mission can be accomplished. Now, Ayesha at the age of 21 will be getting her commercial pilot

The CBSE has formally junked the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme for classes VI to IX, being followed in affiliated schools since 2009. Replacing it from the coming academic year (2017-18) is a new format — 'uniform system of assessment, examination and report card' — that aims