The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in association with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, organized a National Convention of Gram Pradhans in Alaahabad, with the support of the
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Smart cards for the benefit of workers of unorganised sector will be launched soon. This Unorganised Workers Identification Number (UWIN) smart card will be launched by PM Sri Narendra Modi. This was stated by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya in Coimbatore on Friday. He said, of the total
Government has capped the prices of 22 essential drugs used for treatment of cancer, HIV, bacterial infections and malaria among others reducing the cost in the range of 10 to 45 per cent. Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has also fixed the retail price of 13
From next month, patients at AIIMS, Ram Mohan Lohia Hospital, PGI Chandigarh or NIMHANS will be able to give their feedback on the quality of services and this feedback will be part of those hospitals’ overall ratings. The ministry has set a target of covering all central government and district
Indian Railways has decided to sign a model agreement for plantation on railway land with the State Forest Departments of Haryana and Punjab. This agreement paves way for the following improvements with regard to afforestation on railway land: • Railway can contribute substantially towards the Green
कैंसर और दिल की बीमारियों के इलाज पर मरीजों द्वारा उठाए जाने वाले खर्च में कमी के उद्देश्य से केन्द्रीय स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्री श्री जे.पी. नड्डा ने पूर्वोत्तर इंदिरा गांधी क्षेत्रीय स्वास्थ्य एवं आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान (एनईआईजीआरआईएचएमएस), शिलांग, क्षेत्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान, इम्फाल एवं
Government proposes to launch a low premium insurance cover for milch cows and buffaloes with an objective to create a protection mechanism for farmers and cattle-rearers against any loss of their livestock during natural disasters. Under the new livestock insurance scheme, the farmers will have to
IIT-Delhi will launch a mentorship programme on October 1, under which 30 women entrepreneurs will be trained for three months to work on their start-ups. The IIT will also help them get funds and the programme will be free of cost. Candidates can be students, homemakers or professionals and there
The Supreme Court has upheld the regulation of Medical Council of India (MCI) to give incentive marks to doctors working in rural areas for getting admission to PG courses, saying that it would encourage medical practitioners to opt for assignments in remote areas facing acute shortage of doctors
The Union Minister for Urban Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a consultative workshop on "Scaling Up Citizens’ Participation in Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)" {SBM(U)} to a 'Jan Andolan' in New Delhi on Tuesday. The two day workshop is being organised jointly by Ministry of Urban Development
398 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 8 thto 14 th August 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 2 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 60 to Assam, 28 to Bihar, 11 to Chhattisgarh, 91 to Jharkhand, 28 to
I am deaf and mute. My wife, too. We were born that way. For people like us, communication means much more than talking to people. We don’t talk, actually. They say we make unintelligible noises. Around seven years ago, my world started changing, when I got access to smartphones and later to