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Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy Inspects Ongoing Excavation at Purana Qila, Delhi

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Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy visited the historic site of Purana Qila in Delhi to inspect the ongoing excavation work today. The site, identified as the ancient city of Indraprastha, has been a subject of archaeological interest for several decades. The excavation has unearthed significant findings, providing insights into Delhi’s continuous history spanning over 2500 years. Highlighting the significance of Purana Qila, Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy stated, “This is the only site in Delhi NCR where one can witness the continuous history of Delhi from the Pre-Mauryan…

PM Modi’s initiative “Saubhagya” to electrify Indian households

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a new scheme “Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – “Saubhagya” to ensure electrification of all households in the country in rural and urban India. The total outlay of the project is Rs.16,320 crore, while the Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) is Rs.12,320 crore. The outlay for the rural households is Rs.14,025 crore, while the GBS is Rs.10,587.50 crore. For the urban households, the outlay is Rs.2,295 crore, while GBS is Rs.1,732.50 crore. The Government of India will provide funds for the scheme…

Tata Institute of Social Sciences prepares education master trainers in Assam

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The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has felicitated and issued certificates to 39 government school teachers and DIET faculty in Assam for completing the one-of-a-kind ICT and education course. As a part of the Integrated Approach to Technology in Education (ITE) initiative by Tata Trusts, the course provides hands on experience of designing lessons integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in curriculum and pedagogy. The certificate recipients, now called ‘master trainers’, have shown great commitment and already trained other 740 teachers in ITE, as part of the course assignment. The…

Amitabh Bachchan led Toilet Usage Campaign set for national launch

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Iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan will do a national launch Toilet Usage Campaign called Darwaza Band in Mumbai on May 30. For promotion of toilet usage across the country’s villages, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has come out with an aggressive new campaign called Darwaza Band starting on May 30, 2017.  Iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan, who leads the campaign, is proposed to be joined by Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Narendra Singh Tomar; Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis; Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation; Parameswaran…

Rs.3.5 crore contributed by IIFCL for Cancer Treatment

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An appeal was made to PSUs to contribute funds under their CSR Scheme towards Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund-CSR for treatment of poor cancer patients. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) has taken lead in the matter and contributed an amount of Rs.7.5 crore in 2015-16. 385 cancer patients have been benefitted from the CSR contribution received from IIFCL during 2016-17. The cheque of Rs.3.50 crore was presented to Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste by Shri S. B. Nayar, CMD – IIFCL. Shri…

The IET India IoT Panel and NMCG discuss ways to clean the Ganga

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The members of the IET India IoT Panel, an IoT focussed panel of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India, were invited to consult the Government of India’s National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to discuss the ways to clean Ganga and its tributaries in a comprehensive manner. Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, Chairman of the IET India IoT Panel; Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the IET; Mr Vivek Mehrotra, Chairman of the IET India IoT Panel’s Ganga Rejuvenation Working Group and other senior members of the IET…

NIRD&PR launches India’s first “Rural Innovators Start-up Conclave 2017”

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The National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) was launched India’s First focused ‘Rural Innovators Start-up Conclave’ (RISC2017) at NIRDPR, Hyderabad. The focus of the two day event was to build capacities and promote fresh talent by giving them platform to display their innovations, encourage greater learning, and strengthen the cadre of young rural innovators and start-ups. The Chief Guest for the event, Honourable Minister of State for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri YS Choudhury noted, “I am immensely happy to be associated with RISC2017, an initiative…

Re-imagining e-waste for a faster #DigitalIndia

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The 4th Industrial Revolution is taking the world by storm and it has digital technologies at its core; it is the combination of data, internet sensors, cloud computing, analytics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality combined with 3D printing, robotics, advanced materials and energy storage that will have a multiplier effect on economic output and society. Digital India is a holistic vision to harness the energy of its demographic talent and potential of digitization for India. From affordable & ubiquitous connectivity, to locally manufactured devices and consumable content in all languages…

Badarpur plant under pollution cloud again

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The Delhi government has ordered the Badarpur power plant to be shut for 10 days due to high pollution levels. Last year, too, it was closed for some time, but resumed operations after the state-run NTPC managed to show that the emission levels from its two functional units were within 50 microgram per cubic metre, the standard set by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Though Delhi’s only coal-based plant has an installed capacity of 702MW, only two units, each of 210MW capacity, are working while four older units have been…

Centre plans ‘mobile air dispensary’ for Northeast

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In a first of its kind service, the Centre is planning to launch a ‘mobile air dispensary’ for the Northeast, with a helicopter, fitted with medical equipment and doctors on board, flying in remote areas for the benefit of people. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said the mobile air dispensary with a doctor, necessary equipment and medicines will fly to remote areas on regular basis especially where patients find it difficult to reach a doctor and basic health centre. The experiment, which would…