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Water bodies and roads encroached in Bihar

34,549 water bodies and 19,739 roads have been encroached in Bihar. A survey had found that the maximum cases registered under the Public Grievances Redressal Act 2015 were...

December 9, 2019

Projects along the line of Kerala’s Kaval program introduced

The state government of Kerala has introduced 2 more projects for offenders and victims under the POCSO Act in line with the successful Kaval program. Kaval is a...

December 9, 2019

National Art Gallery to reopen in Chennai

The National Art Gallery in Chennai is to be reopened. It is an important component of the Egmore Museum in the city. It had been renovated at the...

December 9, 2019

‘Aathmeeyudu’ initiative in Telangana

Aathmeeyudu is an innovative initiative by the local administration in Telangana to improve the government delivery system with respect to education and welfare institutions. The Aathmeeyudu initiative was...

December 9, 2019

TECH 2019 held by UNESCO and MGIEP

The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation collaborated with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable development to conduct the TECH 2019 in December....

December 9, 2019

Restructuring and loan drive for MSMEs

The state owned public sector banks are to hold a month long drive to provide relief to the small businesses (MSMEs) through loans and restructuring options. The outreach...

December 9, 2019

Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016

Stubble burning is the setting up of fire to the left over straw that remains after harvesting of paddy, wheat etc. The Government restricted and discouraged this practice....

December 9, 2019

Cambridge Analytica’s OCEAN scale and voter profiling

The US Federal Trade Commission held Cambridge Analytica guilty of deceiving Facebook users recently. The process also revealed how they illegally collected data for the US elctions. The...

December 9, 2019

Duchifat 3: Satellite built by Israeli school students to be launched by ISRO’s PSLV C48

Three youngsters Alon Abramovich, Meitav Assulin and Shmuel Aviv Levi, all 17 to 18 years old from Sha’ar HaNegev High school in Israel’s southern region will be traveling...

December 9, 2019

India improves in HDI ranking

The rank of India among 189 countries in the Human Development Index has improved for the year 2019. Last year, India ranked at number 130th. About 30 years...

December 9, 2019

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