In Uttarakhand, under the Aspirational District Program, Sampoornata Abhiyan is starting today in the Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts. Along with this, Sampoornata Abhiyan will also start in six Blocks of the state under the Aspirational Block Program. All Block level programs will start by Saturday. Under this campaign, six different indicators have been
The Bihar Health Department has decided to offer MBBS course to medical students in Hindi as a medium of instruction. The facility will be available in all 21 medical colleges located in Bihar including 10 state government and two Central government run institutions. Talking to Akashvani News, State Health Minister Mangal Pandey said it will
Various parts of the National Capital received light to moderate rainfall last night which continued till the morning. The rain brought much-needed respite to the people from the hot and humid weather conditions. India Meteorological Department has said that light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and lightning is expected in Northwest and Central
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has amended the rules related to oath-taking of newly-elected members in the Lower House, barring elected members from adding any remark to the oath, including sloganeering. According to the latest amendments, a fresh clause has been included to to the ‘Directions by the Speaker’. The new clause was added to
NITI Aayog is launching Sampoornata Abhiyan, a three-month campaign from today till 30th September to undertake a sustained effort to achieve saturation of six key indicators in Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks across the country. It seeks to achieve saturation in each of the six identified indicators in the 112 Aspirational Districts and 500 Aspirational
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Spices Board of India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Artificial intelligence (AI) tools for detecting and classifying large cardamom diseases in Sikkim. The project, spearheaded by NIC’s Centre of Excellence in AI in Kolkata, aims to analyze images of cardamom leaves to identify
In Assam, flood situation remains critical with over 16 lakh people reeling under the deluge across 29 districts. During the last 24 hours, eight more people lost their lives, taking the total number of flood-related deaths in the state this year to 46. Three persons are reported to be missing. A total of 2800 villages
In Wimbledon Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden kicked-off their campaign with a victory over an all Dutch duo, Sander Arends and Robin Haase 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of Men’s Doubles in London last night. Both the sets began with both pairs matching each other point for point, but
Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth flagged in triumphant expedition team of National Cadet Corps (NCC) Girl and Boy cadets to Mt Kang Yatse-II (Ladakh) at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister praised the cadets for their outstanding accomplishment despite facing multiple odds like adverse weather conditions. Mr. Seth exhorted
The T20 World Cup title winning Indian cricket team arrived in Delhi from Barbados this morning to a rousing reception. Fans were gathered in big numbers, cheering and clapping outside the international airport in the national capital to welcome the Men’s cricket team and give them a warm reception. The team flew back from