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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

RGGVY programme to be continued for rural electrification: Government

In order to continue providing electricity to all rural households the government has decided to carry on with the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).  The continuation of RGGVY in the current Plan period...

August 12, 2013

India may get lesson from China’s plans to curtail brain drain

The government of China has taken an initiative to get back some of the country’s best and brightest minds. The brain drain problem was taking away top scientific...

August 11, 2013

Recognized NABL labs to test mid day meals

Recognized laboratories under the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL) will collect the samples to test the microbiological presence/absence of e-coli, chemical parameters such as moisture content, fats, proteins and...

August 11, 2013

HAL signs MoU with Transparency International India

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Transparency International India (TII), the coalitions against corruption, to promote corruption-free, fair and transparent business...

August 8, 2013

World Bank & ADB to provide $ 400m to disaster-hit Uttarakhand

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 400 million for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the disaster-hit areas in Uttarakhand. The fund would be spent...

August 8, 2013

Rail Tariff Authority gets Cabinet’s approval

Union Cabinet has given nod to the set up Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) in order to improve the financial situation of the Railways forthwith without any delay. The...

August 6, 2013

EM-DAT data: Surge in natural disasters linked to population density

As per a recent study report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an increase in people living in perilous conditions, poverty, environmental degradation and climate change have...

August 6, 2013

Nationwide survey shows 44 top Indian cities below global median of doctors

The IMS Health Physician and Chemist survey on the state of healthcare in the country disclosed that 44 of the top 120 Indian (metro and non-metro) cities are below the global...

August 3, 2013

"Bharat Mobile Scheme"

Union govt to proceed with “Bharat Mobile Scheme” The Union government is going ahead with Bharat Mobile Scheme to give mobile phones to 6 million families that live Below...

August 3, 2013