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Food Bill: some States gain and some lose in allocation of food grain

Although the National Food Security Bill is still pending in the Parliament, the Centre has intimated to certain States that their food grain allocation would decline in spite of the...

August 20, 2013

DBT scheme for LPG to be extended to 35 more districts

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has decided to extend LPG Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme to 35 more districts from September 1, 2013 after observing a good...

August 19, 2013

Committee to be set up to suggest establishment of Universities for Research & Innovation

The Government has decided to set up a Committee for suggesting changes to the provisions of the Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012 and suggest a roadmap...

August 19, 2013

Food Bill: some States gain and some lose in allocation of food grain

Although the National Food Security Bill is still pending in the Parliament, the Centre has intimated to certain States that their food grain allocation would decline in spite of the...

August 19, 2013

Intermixing of Population happened in India for 2,300 years

As per the scientists from the Hyderabad based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Harvard Medical School, Indian population was derived from two major ancestral populations...

August 12, 2013

Semaandhra people to search for fourth capital in 60 years

In case the division of Andhra Pradesh goes through, the people of the newly created Andhra state, which will include the Rayalseema region, will have to search for...

August 3, 2013

Telangana will be India’s 29th State

The UPA Coordination Committee agreed for the division of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The Congress Working Committee pronounced in a common resolution that Telangana will be the new state. Process...

August 2, 2013

In last 8 years, Poverty level is down by 15% : NSSO

As per the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the poverty line declined from 37% in 2004-05 to 22% in 2011-12. A significant reduction in poverty levels is a...

July 31, 2013

Campaign Clean India adopts Taj Mahal

The World Heritage Site, Taj Mahal has been adopted by ONGC as part of its corporate social responsibilities through the “Campaign Clean India” being run under Ministry of Tourism. Taj...

July 28, 2013

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, States on disaster management

After the devastating tragedy that struck upon Uttarakhand and which resulted in numerous deaths the Supreme Court issued notice to Uttarakhand and six other states for their alleged...

July 24, 2013

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