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NALSA launched free legal service clinics across the country

National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched the 2648 village legal service clinics across the country. The Chief Justice of India, P.Sathasivam inaugurated the free legal clinics in New...

January 28, 2014

Dr. Tej Vir Singh won the UNWTO Ulysses Prize for the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge

Professor Dr. Tej Vir Singh won the 2013 UNWTO Ulysses Prize for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge in Madrid, Spain. About Professor Dr. Tej Vir...

January 28, 2014

GOI launched National Waterway-4 project in Chennai

The Central Government launched the project for the development of the stretch of 37 km of the National Waterway-four (NW-4) between Sholinganallur to Kalpakkam in South Buckingham Canal...

January 28, 2014

National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 extended to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh

The Union Government of India extended the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 to the States of Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. Now, the act has taken off in seven...

January 24, 2014

Bihar's turnaround analyzed at London School of Economics (LSE)

At the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) a thesis titled “The New Bihar: Rekindling Governance and Development” launched. It was edited by Rajya Sabha MP N K...

January 24, 2014

Egypt approved the new Constitution in referendum

The Egyptian constitution 2014 approved in a referendum.The newly-approved constitution replaces the Egyptian Constitution of 2012 which came into effect under former President, Mohammed Morsi. The Supreme Electoral...

January 24, 2014

CCEA approved Capacity Building Scheme and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for climate change

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Capacity Building Scheme and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for climate change. Both the schemes will work for the state and centre...

January 24, 2014

Union Cabinet decides to grant 'Minority' status for the Jain community

The Union Cabinet decided to grant minority status to Jain community. Objective: The status would help to give constitutional safeguards on Jains and make them eligible for welfare...

January 23, 2014

National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) for urban poor launched

The Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in Bangalore, Karnataka. It will cover Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Ullal and Bagalkot in Karnataka...

January 23, 2014

WHO: Peshawar world's 'largest reservoir' of polio

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan’s troubled north-western city of Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of endemic polio and has called for urgent action to...

January 22, 2014

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