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Rajnath Singh launches digital police portal under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS)

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched digital police portal under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS) on August 21, 2017. The portal is a smart...

August 22, 2017

Karnataka Launches Project Varshadhari

The Karnataka Government has recently launched an ambitious clouding seeding Project Varshadhari in Bengaluru to deal with poor monsoons in the state. Under the project, an aircraft will...

August 22, 2017

Vivek Agnihotri to be head of a newly constituted preview committee for International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017

The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has recently constituted a 40-member ‘preview committee’ with filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri as its convenor to select movies for the 2017 International Film...

August 22, 2017

Prakash Javadekar launches “Swasth Bachche Swasth Bharat” programme

Prakash Javadekar, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), has recently launched ‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme. The programme is an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)...

August 22, 2017

Velichko Cholakov, noted weightlifter from Bularia passes away

Bulgarian weightlifter Velichko Cholakov (35), an Olympic and world medalist, has passed away in Smolyan, Bularia on August 20, 2017. He took +105 kg bronze at the Athens...

August 22, 2017

ICMR and IVI sign pact to collaborate on Vaccine research and development

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Union Ministry of Health has inked a pact with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to collaborate on vaccine research...

August 22, 2017

Dharmendra Kumar appointed as new director general of Railway Protection Force (RPF)

Dharmendra Kumar, IPS (AGMU:84), has been appointed as the new Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF). Presently, he is working in CISF as Additional DG. The appointment...

August 22, 2017

Union Ministry of Defence grants additional administrative and financial powers to BRO to speed up construction of roads along Indo-China border

Recently, the Union Ministry of Defence has granted additional administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to speed up the construction of roads along the...

August 22, 2017

Devendra Jhajharia and Sardar Singh have been selected for 2017 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Para Athlete Devendra Jhajharia and Hockey player Sardar Singh have been selected for the 2017 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara, Women Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and...

August 22, 2017

17th meeting of FSDC held in New Delhi

The seventeenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley. The...

August 22, 2017

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