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December 2, 2016 7:09 AM

HRIDAY technical committee meeting to be held today

The Technical Committee on the Centre's HRIDAY scheme will meet in New Delhi today to review the progress undertaken in various cities under the programme.<br/><br/> The technical committee with representatives from Dwarka, Gaya, Kancheepuram, Mathura and Velankanni under HRIDAY sch...

December 2, 2016 7:04 AM

Demonetisation, GST to eventually benefit the entire country: Jaitley

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes and proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) will eventually benefit the entire country. Addressing the Make in Odisha conclave in Bhubaneswar yesterday, Mr Jaitley said India is the fastest growing major econom...

December 2, 2016 6:52 AM

Access to playfields mandatory for schools: Govt

Access to play fields and engagement of physical education instructor has been made a mandatory requirement for all schools under the Right to Education Act. This was stated by Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel in Lok Sabha yesterday. <br/><br/>He said government recognises the role of sp...

December 2, 2016 6:52 AM

Yoga now on UNESCO&apos;s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed Yoga in UNESCO&apos;s Representative List as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<br/>The declaration describing Yoga as a Human Treasure got unanimous support of the 24 members of ...

December 1, 2016 9:34 PM

Access to playfields made mandatory for schools under Right to Education Act

Access to playfields and engagement of physical education instructor has been made a mandatory requirement for all schools under the Right to Education Act. Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel said this in the Lok Sabha today. <br/><br/>The Minister said during Question Hour that government...

December 1, 2016 9:30 PM

Digital Gender Atlas developed to promote girl education: Govt

The government informed the Rajya Sabha today that a Digital Gender Atlas has been developed to promote girl education. <br/><br/>It will identify the low performing geographic pockets for girls from the scheduled castes and tribes and the minorities. <br/><br/>The Atlas is b...

December 1, 2016 9:03 PM

Opposition's uproar over demonetisation disrupts Parliament proceedings

Opposition's uproar over demonetisation continued to disrupt proceedings in Parliament despite the presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has been the main demand of the main Opposition that the Prime Minister should be present during debate to listen to their views. <br/><br...

December 1, 2016 9:02 PM

Opposition's uproar over demonetisation disrupts Parliament proceedings

Opposition's uproar over demonetisation continued to disrupt proceedings in Parliament despite the presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has been the main demand of the main Opposition that the Prime Minister should be present during debate to listen to their views. <br/><br...

December 1, 2016 9:01 PM

Old Rs 500 notes valid at petrol pumps, for airline tickets till tomorrow

The deadline for using old 500 rupee notes at petrol pumps and buying airline tickets at airports has been cut short to tomorrow from the 15th of this month announced earlier. A government notification said, old notes will continue to be accepted for the other utility bill payments as well as at rai...

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