A special workshop has been organised for 42 youth, who have been victims of communal violence in the past, under the Know My India Programme in Bengaluru. The 5-day programme aims to help the children deal with the post-traumatic stress and provide them life tools to manage their emotions.
Feb 4, 2019Ladakh now stands connected to the National Grid. The move is expected to boost the tourism sector and enhance the socio-economic development of Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir.
Feb 4, 2019The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will be launching the 30th National Road Safety Week on February 4, 2019 with a host of initiatives planned for generating awareness and sensitising people about safe road usage.
Feb 4, 2019The Budget 2019 has identified Infrastructure as the backbone of any nation’s development and quality of life. Accordingly, Piyush Goyal announced following initiatives.
Feb 1, 2019This year, the government will present the Interim Budget, also known as ‘Vote on Account’ as it is close to the end of its term. An interim budget is usually passed by the Lok Sabha without discussion.
Feb 1, 2019Keeping the existing reservation framework intact, the government has ensured 10 per cent additional reservation for the backward classes in general category in government jobs and education.
Feb 1, 2019To provide assured income to small and margiunal farmers, the Union Government has introduced a historic yojana- Pradhan mantra kisan samman nidhi. Under the yojana, the vulnerable farmers, who own around 2 hectares of land, will get direct income support of Rs 6000 per year.
Feb 1, 2019India and the International Energy Agency (IEA) enjoy a long on-going bilateral relationship and cooperation in areas including energy security, statistics, energy efficiency, market analysis for oil, gas, electricity, system integration and enhanced technologies.
Jan 31, 2019The Fellowship of the Junior Research Fellows in the first two years of Ph.D programme has been increased from Rs 25,000 to Rs 31,000 per month.
Jan 31, 2019The four-day long celebrations of the 70th Republic Day concluded on January 29, 2019 with Beating the Retreat ceremony, which was held at the historic Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.
Jan 29, 2019The decision, regarding the same, was taken during the Consultative Committee Meeting of the Ministry in Goa. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh.
Jan 29, 2019Under the MoU, both sides will conduct Business Process Review (BPR) of the existing official statistics system and develop an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plan for mainstreaming data integration.
Jan 29, 2019The Union Human Resources Development Ministry has signed an agreement with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for India’s Participation in Programme for International Student Assessment- PISA 2021.
Jan 29, 2019The bench of Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran observed that the matter of Hindu prayer recitation in Kendriya Vidyalayas required examination by constitution bench and accordingly placed the matter before the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to constitute bench.
Jan 28, 2019The Vande Bharat Express is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at speed of 160 kmph. With this, the scheduled commute between New Delhi and Varanasi will take approximately 8 hours, making it 40-50 percent faster than the fastest train currently connecting these two cities.
Jan 28, 2019