The government does not favour over-burdening the school children with newer syllabus like financial literacy at least till class 8th, as the kids are in any case over-burdened with focus on value education and sports, Anil Swarup, secretary, mini
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a writ petition against Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurugram, in Adya’ case wherein the seven year-old girl child lost her life after a two week long treatment for dengue at the hospital, a
The Public Enterprises Survey (2016-17) was recently unveiled by the department of public enterprises under the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises in both the houses of the Parliament. According to the survey, 257 o
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY) has issued notice to Cambridge Analytica seeking its response on its alleged exploitation of Indian Facebook users data. The ministry has sought reply from the British political consul
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has started constructing a 10 MLD (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant to rejuvenate the Doddabommasandra Lake in Bengaluru at a cost of Rs 13.5 crore. BEL has taken up this initiative as part
With the highest burden of TB internationally, India has embarked on a mission to end TB by 2025 five years ahead of the global target. The END TB Summit held in New Delhi was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Saturday. He spoke ab
Airports Authority of India has offered GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) to SAARC and Southeast Asian countries. A two-day workshop was organised by AAI on March 15 and 16 for civil aviation representatives from SAARC and
The union cabinet on Thursday approved the centrally sponsored national health protection mission (NHPM) having central sector component under Ayushman Bharat, anchored in the ministry of health and family welfare. Minister JP Nadda term
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change held a meeting on Wednesday to review mitigation measures to combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR. The review meeting was chaired by secretary CK Mishra. The ministry
All railways assets are to be mapped and these will be subsequently used to develop Indian Railways’ GIS portal, authorities said on Thursday. Railways have large number of assets including land assets that need to be effectiv
There has been no instance which has been reported where Aadhaar data has been misused by private companies, parliament was informed. It was found that approximately 210 websites of central government, state government departments a
The constitution of India has been amended 101 times so far, parliament was informed. Union minister PP Chaudhary said that there is no proposal to review the working of the constitution by a high power commission. The Nation
According to Election Commission a small percentage of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) get defective during the poll process and get replaced immediately without causing any disruption of the poll process, parliament was informed.
Day zero fast approaches Cape Town, one of the wealthiest towns in Africa. It’s been three years since the city has not received proper rainfall. The water reservoirs are depleting fast. The municipality will soon cut-off water supply. Rarel
The Bhubaneswar campus of Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai of Indian Oil Corporation was recently inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind. He also laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of Skill Development Institute (SDI)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Tata Motors successfully unveiled the demonstration trials of India`s first hydrogen fuel cell bus. Principal scientific adviser to union government Dr R Chidambaram along with chairman & board mem
A dividend of Rs 58.20 crore of 2017-18 fiscal at 100 per cent of the paid-up share capital was recently paid by Goa Shipyard Ltd to the government. GSL presented a cheque of Rs 29.73 crore (government share) towards the interim div
To familiarise people with various steel usages for boosting domestic steel consumption, SAIL is organising workshops titled ‘SAIL Structurals –The Future of Steel Design’ across the country with the objective of promoting struct
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) as signed a technology collaboration agreement (TCA) with HLB Power, Republic of Korea for in-house design and manufacture of large size gates and dampers for use in coal fired power plants, to be commission
The average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources is estimated to be Rs. 6,426, according to the latest “Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households” conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in
