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Every citizen has a right to clean air and clean source of energy, and the day may not be far when there may be a public demand to bring in a legislation for right to clean air on the same lines as we have a law for Right to Education, Food Security, etc. This was stated here today by Union Minister

Shri Thawaarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment today announced cash awards of a total of Rs 90 lakhs for the Rio Paralympics 2016 medal winners under Awareness Generation and Publicity (AGP) scheme. Indian para-athletes bagged impressive four medals at the Rio Paralympics 2016

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने आज कहा कि शीघ्र ही लोगों को घरों में अच्छे शिक्षकों से पढ़ने का अवसर मिलेगा। ऐसा संभव होगा डीटीएच और केबल टीवी के माध्यम से। इसमें कोई भी शिक्षक यदि किसी एक विषय में अच्छा है तो उसे भी पढ़ाने का अवसर मिलेगा। साथ ही छात्रों को भी अच्छे शिक्षकों

A seminar on Bamboo Development for NE region was inaugurated today by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). The two-day seminar is being organized by Ministry of DoNER to discuss the gaps pertaining to development of bamboo

Many districts, including Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace Porbandar, will be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Mahatma's birthday, 2nd Oct. Govt data says that so far, 2.37 crore toilets have been built in rural areas and 24.05 lakh in urban areas. Read more on this in the TOI report by Dipak Dash

ईरान से इसकी शुरूआत हुई। बताया जाता है कि वहां पर इस तरह की कई दीवारें है। ईरान की तर्ज पर हाल ही में राजस्थान के भीलवाड़ा शहर में नेकी की दीवार बनाई गई। यदि किसी के पास जरूरत से ज्यादा कपड़े, जूते, चप्पल या देने के लिए कुछ भी है तो वह उस दीवार पर लगे हेंगर पर टांग देता है। दीवार पर दानदाता जो भी

IIT plans to set up museums at its Delhi and Jhajjar campus to display rural development technologies. Working model developed by it and other educational institutes will be displayed. The idea is to display working models which will show how the technology works for development in rural area. This

Swachh Bharat Week is being celebrated from today i.e birth anniversary of ‘Antyodaya’ advocate late Shri Deendayal Upadhyaya and will continue till Ocotber 2,2016 i.e the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who voiced serious concerns about poor sanitation and its consequences

Asia's longest bridge, over the river Brahmaputra, will be opened before the next rains set in. This bridge, Dhola-Sadiya, will reduce the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by some four hours. This bridge is of strategic importance too. Read more in the TOI report.....

We have always been hearing of healing properties of Ganga. Many believed this and many thought that this is a myth. But now, scientists of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh have come out with scientific evidence to confirm the healing properties of Ganga. Read more on this in the

A 3-month programme to mentor 45 bizwomen was started yesterday by IIT-Delhi. This programme, called the Women Entrepreneurship Empowerment Mentorship Programme, received some 2500 applications. Other institutes should also take up such programmes and it should also reach rural Bharat. We have such

The Ministry of Human Resource Development observed Swachhata Pakhwada from 1 st September to 15 th September, 2016. The Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to have separate toilets for boys and girls was launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy in August, 2014. In a record period of one