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  • PMKSY brings water in every field

      New Delhi ; The aim of Pradhan Mantri Krushi Sinchai Yojana, PMKSY is to bring rationality and investment in irrigation and bring water in every field.   AIR correspondent reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the meeting of financial committee of ministers and approved new scheme called PMKSY.   The main aim of […]

    Centre to allocate Rs. 2 lakh crore to Gujarat for roads, ports development

      New Delhi ; Centre will allocate Rs. 2 lakh crore to Gujarat for the development of roads and ports during the next three years.   Union Minister Nitin Gadkari made the announcement at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the 256-Km long four-lane national highway connecting pilgrimage town of Somnath with […]

    Registration must include woman’s name under PMAY urban: Venkaiah Naidu

      New Delhi ;Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said, it would be mandatory for houses built in urban areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, to be registered in the name of a woman alone or jointly with a man.   Mr Naidu, who also holds the Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation […]

    World No Tobacco Day: Western Railway joins the Crusade against Tobacco

    Mumbai: On 30th May 2016, World No Tobacco Day, the Western Railways in association with NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) will ride a new track for citizens – ‘Zindagi Ko Tambaku Ki Patri Par Na Chalayein’, a campaign to rid the railways of the tobacco menace. Beginning on Monday 30th May, 2016, the campaign will […]

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    Vice President Hamid Ansari reaches Morocco

          New Delhi ; Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari reached Rabat last night on the first leg of his two nation visit to Morocco and Tunisia.   Mr Ansari was received at the airport by Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane. Talking to mediapersons onboard the special flight, Mr Ansari said, during the visit, […]

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    Govt. expands vaccination programme Indradhanush; Four new vaccines added

        New Delhi ; The government’s ambitious Mission Indradhanush programme, which provides immunisation against seven life threatening diseases, is all set to be re-christened as four new vaccines have been added into it.   The programme depicting seven colours of the rainbow provides vaccination to seven vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, […]

    Malabar Gold And Diamonds Group wins ‘Brand of the Year’ 2016 by Superbrands

    Dubai, UAE : Superbrands, the independent authority and arbiter of branding, announced that ‘Malabar Gold And Diamonds Group’ has won the coveted ‘Brand of the Year’ award at the 12th annual Superbrands tribute event, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City. Sixty-two leading brands from the UAE were awarded Superbrands status […]

    Centre asks NGT not to extend ban on diesel vehicles to other cities

      New Delhi ; The Centre has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking directions not to extend to other cities the Supreme Court ban on registration of diesel vehicles beyond 2000 CC as it will adversely impact the of growth of the automobile industry.   The Ministry of Heavy Industries also requested the green […]

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    Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology for setting up of ‘Kalpana Chawla Chair’ on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

      New Delhi ; In the august presence of Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology for setting up of ‘Kalpana Chawla Chair’ on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh was signed today i.e. on […]

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    Seminar on International Day of UN Peacekeepers

    New Delhi ; On ‘International Day of UN Peacekeeper’s’, a joint seminar on “United Nations Peacekeeping : Role and Relevance in Conflict Resolution” was organized at New Delhi by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) along with United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office. The event was attended by COAS, members […]