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7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme: Haryana rank its panchayats on basis of 7 social parameters

Harayana Government has launched 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to give star rankings to its panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters. Under this scheme, as many...

June 20, 2018

The new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’ developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’on the occasion of National Reading Day...

June 20, 2018

Haryana government launches 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to rank panchayats on basis of social parameters

The Haryana Government has launched 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to give star rankings to its panchayats on the basis of 7 social parameters. The panchayats will be...

June 20, 2018

NHRR Project: Government launches India’s first Nationwide Healthcare Establishment Census

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched National Health Resource Repository (NHRR) Project. It is country’s first ever healthcare establishment census to collect data of...

June 20, 2018

Central Government constitutes Chief Ministers Subgroup to coordinate policy approaches for Agriculture and MGNREGS

The Central Government has constituted a Chief Ministers Subgroup to coordinate policy approaches for Agriculture and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In it, Chief...

June 20, 2018

Nerella Venu Madhav, world-renowned Mimicry artist passes away

Nerella Venu Madhav (85), the world-renowned Mimicry artist, has passed away in Hanmakonda in Telangana on June 19, 2018. He is often regarded as father of Indian Mimicry...

June 20, 2018

The conference “National Consultation on Making Agriculture Sustainable and Profitable’ to be held in Pune

The conference “National Consultation on Making Agriculture Sustainable and Profitable’ will be inaugurated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in Pune, Maharashtra on June 21, 2018. The 2-day conference...

June 20, 2018

A R Rahman appointed as Brand Ambassador of Sikkim government

A R Rahman, the renowned music composer, has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the Sikkim government. He will promote and project the state’s achievements nationally and...

June 20, 2018

Canada legalise recreational use of marijuana nationwide

The Parliament of Canada has passed a landmark law that legalizes the recreational use of marijuana nationwide. The Cannabis Act (or Bill C-45) passed its final hurdle on...

June 20, 2018

RBI tightens norms for LRS by making quoting of Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory even for transactions below $25,000

On June 19, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened norms for Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) by making quoting of the Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory even...

June 20, 2018

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