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In conversation with artist Suresh K Nair

Painter Suresh K Nair was born and brought up in Kerala. An alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune and Visva Bharati University, he is currently teaching art in the department of painting at Banaras Hindu University (BHU

PM suggests involving business groups for tiger conservation

Calling conservation a means to achieve development, prime minister Narendra Modi said that various business groups can be involved in tiger protection programme through corporate social responsibility. At the inaugural ceremony of

Making tribal entrepreneurs

Appropriate policies and practices for skills development currently occupy a dominant place in development discourse. But the focus is more on skills development for employability. Equally important is that we train our youth in a manner that they

CPSEs should collaborate and pool their resources: Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee has advised central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to collaborate and pool their resources to face and overcome competiti

Silence of the lambs at Court No 11

Dr Akhil Tandon, the chief medical officer at Muzaffarnagar, must have looked grim standing in the witness box of court number 11 of the additional district and sessions judge, and describing the body of 13-year-old Aas Mohammad of Lank village, S

Stories you must read over the weekend

The SEWA founder talks about her work of buliding holistic and mindful communities, and her book ‘Anubandh’ READ:

Withering threads: Why the weaver of famous Banarasi silk saree is unhappy

The call of the muezzin and chiming temple bells break the stillness of air over Ganga as Rehaan Hasan wakes up for the day. Now in his sixties – he does not know his exact age – Rehaan remembers waking up at his Sesman Bazar home to t

On world health day, Govt announced several e-health initiatives

Stressing on the need to utilise technology for improving health standards of people, union health minister JP Nadda

India’s growth story pegged at 7–7.5 percent, says Jaitley

Showing confidence in the Indian economy, finance minister Arun Jaitley said that India will be able to maintain the growth level of 7-7.5 percent despite challenges in the global economy. Speaking at the Growth Net Summit, a global economic concl

Wrong lifestyle responsible for spike in diabetes cases: JP Nadda

Union minister of health and family welfare, JP Nadda on Thursday said that there is urgent need for the government to focus on the youth and plan a multi-sectoral approach with other departments to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases (NC

Stories you should not miss on world health day 2016

The World Health Day falling on April 7 every year is a global health awareness day under the sponsorship of World Health Organization (WHO). On this day, we would like you to read eight stories covered by Governance now: Malnutriti

Odd-even II: Women drivers again exempted

Women drivers have again been exempted from the second round of odd-even scheme that starts from April 15 and ends on April 30th. Gopal Rai, Delhi’s transport minister, said on Wednesday that the decision has been taken because of safety con

Say bye-bye to traffic and pollution in Delhi, hopefully

The pollution in Delhi is poised to come down significantly with the opening of a stretch of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway. 53 km stretch of the 136 km of the expressway connects NH-2, Mathura Road at Kuslipur in Palwal with

NIT Srinagar clashes: HRD team to visit the campus

Minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Jitendra Singh, on Wednesday said that a team from the HRD ministry would visit National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar today to assess the situation arising from the police ac

The soothing balm of ayurveda

Susan, 70, had a painful ulcer on the dorsal side of her foot. The ulcer was affecting her everyday routine.  She could barely stand or walk. A resident of Mullurkara panchayat in Thrissur district, she was being attended by the palliative ca

Fact sheet: Women entrepreneurs in India

The sixth economic census, released by ministry of statistics and programme implementation, presents a worrisome picture of the status of women

NCR travel becomes pocket friendly

Prime minister Narendra Modi today distributed 2,000 e-rickshaws to beneficiaries in Ghaziabad and 1,000 each for Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida to promote the Stand up India scheme. The scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship among scheduled caste/trib

Plug the loopholes and get back black money

Filmstars and business tycoons are among the 500 Indian names that were revealed through the Panama Papers, which are over 11 million leaked documents – bringing into focus black money, a politically sensitive and economically urgent issue t

Assembly polls: Phase 1(A) of West Bengal elections begins

The phase 1-A of the West Bengal elections has begun. Here is a quick fact sheet:            Of the total 294 constituencies, polling is taking place in 18 of them in phase 1-

Nirbhaya Act to the rescue

A CID inspector of Telangana has been booked under Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, popularly known as Nirbhaya Act, for sending objectionable contents including messages and pictures to a woman over social media. This incident comes less than a

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