As they say, nothing is impossible in the world if you have the determination and willingness to do things. China doubled its farmers’ income from 1978 to 1984. The real income increased at 15 percent per annum and within six years they redu
Early in March, farmers of Maharashtra belonging to tribal and backward groups marched from Nashik to Mumbai under the aegis of the CPI(M)-backed Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha. They wanted to draw attention to their sorry plight: they have been
On March 21, the supreme court put certain riders on the immediate arrest in complaints filed under its provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The apex court w
Keeping in line with the spirit of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme and the centre’s goal to achieve universal LPG penetration by 2022, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) have decided to defer recovery of loan amount from Ujjwala
After being taken over by HAL as a subsidiary, Allahabad-based Naini Aerospace Limited (NAeL), made its first delivery of 335 LCA (light combat aircraft) and 28 ALH (advanced light helicopter) cable looms. The erstwhile Hindustan Ca
Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Mumbai’s first Yoga garden at Bandra Reclamation Sea link Promenade. The garden is meant to sensitise people about Yoga as a means of healthy holistic lifestyle. The creation a
Ministry of power’s Power Pavilion was showcased at India Sourcing Fair 2018 held at St Petersburg in Russia from 20th -22th March, 2018. Being the nodal agency for the Power Pavilion, NTPC highlighted its potential as an Inte
One of the major issues affecting railways is punctuality which is accorded prime importance in train operations. At times, trains get delayed not only due to the factors related to its internal working but also external factors which are beyond t
There is no proposal to replace the National Pension Scheme (NPS) with old pension scheme in respect of central government employees recruited on or after January 1, 2004, parliament was informed. Union minister Jitendra Singh said
On the eve of the 8th World Water Forum (WWF), held in March, social media was abuzz with ‘news’ that the Brazilian government had handed over its two large aquifers to private companies – Coca Cola and Nestle. This raised the co
Dr Naresh Trehan’s Medanta hospital handed out a check of Rs 15.68 lakh to the family of Sourya Singh Parmar, the seven-year-old child who died of dengue after undergoing three week long treatment at the hospital on October 29.
Railways has lagged behind due to inadequate investment, union minister Rajen Gohain informed parliament. The minister said that railways has a huge throw-forward in its capital expenditure program. Currently, the throw-forwar
Taking cognisance of the alleged CBSE paper leak of Maths and Economics for classes 10 and 12, respectively, prime minister Narendra Modi asked union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar to take strict action, sources said. T
Pan India Rollout of 650 branches of the India Post Payments Bank is to commence from April, 2018, parliament was informed. Union minister Manoj Sinha said that the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has been incorporated as a public l
A Bill seeks to have private participation in production and distribution of seed to ensure the availability of quality seeds among the farmers, parliament was informed. Union minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the salient feature
Sexual crimes against minor girls in Mumbai is on the rise, Praja Foundation said in a report released on Tuesday. Out of the total rape cases reported in Mumbai in 2016, 72% (455 out of 628) rapes were on minor girls. Between 2012
Making a strong pitch before the five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, UIDAI CEO AB Pandey said that online authentication such as Aadhaar is a safer and secure mode of authentication. Justice AK Sikri, one
Eight years after the brutal murder of Manoj and Babli by their own family members a movie named NH10—loosely based on latter’s life and more importantly their death, was released. ‘Honour Killing ‘which is a
In the age of ‘breaking news’, ‘breaking first’ and ‘super-exclusives’, authenticity of news and following basic journalistic norms is hardly given any importance. Coupled with this trend is the sense of urgency
The assembly elections will take place in Karnataka on May 12, the election commission announced on Tuesday. Chief election commissioner OP Rawat said that the results will be declared on May 15 and the polls will be held in a singl
