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Addressing the Regional Editors Conference in Chandigarh today, the Minister for Road Transport Highways & Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari gave an overview of his Ministry’s achievements as well as plans for future growth. Beginning with Shipping, he informed that at present the country has 12 Major

Sports Authority of India (SAI) will collaborate with some identified universities across the country to improve standards of training with a view to achieving excellence in sports. For this purpose, each Regional Director of SAI will identify one or two universities with good sports infrastructure

Using ground water, most of the rural population in villages are prone to water-borne diseases. It was a similar story for village Sadhopur in Greater Noida in UP till some time back. And then, initiated by the Enactus Shri Ram College of Commerce, a non-profit organisation with nearly 70,000

Some 200 countries agree to reduce the use of greenhouse gases, the hydroflurocarbon gases (HFCs). It is these gases which play a major role in global warming. And it is these gases which are extensively used in our day to day use of airconditioners, refrigerators, shaving foams etc. On Saturday in

CAIT signs a MoU with Tally Solutions to train and educate non corporate sector on GST compliance and adoption In its bid to train & educate the trading community on GST compliance and its seamless adoption, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in association with Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched Challenge drive to enroll leftover population for Aadhaar, in 22 States/UTs where Aadhaar saturation of adult population has crossed 100 per cent(as per projected population figure of 2015). These 22 States/UTs are Delhi, Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil key initiatives and a hub to provide support to entrepreneurs from the SC/ST community in Ludhiana on 18th October. The initial outlay will be 490 cr. for the period 2016-20 as per the MSME minister Karlaj Mishra. The Prime Minister will also launch zero

Solar powered street lights can play a major role in providing light in villages where power supply is poor. There are a number of states where power supply in villages is precarious. A target of electrifying all villages by May 2017 but this does not guarantee power supply all the time. Union

A special grant of Rs. 1,155 crore for installing bio-toilets in trains has been given by the Centre. This which will result in taking Swachh Bharat Mission a step forward. According to Railway Board Chairman AK Mital railways has set the target of making the entire network as discharge-free zone by

When one goes to stay in hotels it is observed that the soap that is being given in the wash rooms are not used completely. And it is often felt that what a waste it is. Now, Diya Burman, a sixteen year old - daughter of Dabur India's Vice Chairman Amit Burman, has created her start-up called

A host of NGOs and organisations played part in giving a send-off to the 'joy of giving' week celebrations by conducting awareness drives, holding street plays and distributing food to the poor. Indians have never lagged behind in philanthropy. From centuries we have seen 'dharamsalas', 'sarais'

Agricultural waste can be processed into not just something useful for farmers but also enrich the soil by putting back carbon into it. Paddy straw and wheat residues are usually burned by farmers in Punjab and Haryana in the absence of affordable alternatives to dispose them of. The team at Climate