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March 14, 2016 3:51 PM

Over 55,000 Ayurvedic-Siddha medicines manuscripts documented

Over 55 thousand valuable manuscripts containing the practice of Ayurvedic and Siddha medicines have been documented under the National Mission for Manuscripts. The present term of this Mission will end in March next year. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma stated this in the Lok Sabha today. <br/&gt...

March 14, 2016 2:09 PM

Online portal 'Swayam' being launched to combat illiteracy: Smriti Irani

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha today that an online portal called Swayam is being launched to combat illiteracy in the country. This is one of the many steps the government is taking to achieve the target of zero illiteracy. In reply to a question the Minister sa...

March 14, 2016 1:58 PM

Lok Sabha resumes discussion on General Budget 2016-17

Lok Sabha today resumed discussion on General Budget 2016-17. Participating in the debate, Poonam Mahajan of BJP termed the budget as reformist, pragmatic and pro- poor. She said, NDA government has proposed exemption of duties levied on purchasing of equipments used for dialysis for the patient suf...

March 14, 2016 1:51 PM

Centre mulls to make mandatory to have air-conditioned cabins for drivers

Centre is considering making it mandatory for all heavy vehicles to have air-conditioned cabins for drivers. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told Rajya Sabha during question hour, long driving hours in extreme temperatures lead to accidents.<br/><br/>Gadkari said, his ...

March 14, 2016 1:30 PM

&apos;Lok Sabha to discuss Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill today

With just three working days left in the first part of Budget session, Government will press for the passage of key bills in Parliament. The first part is concluding on Wednesday, and will resume on 25th of April after a recess of over one month. The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015...

March 14, 2016 1:24 PM

323 villages electrified during last week under DDUGJY

As many as 323 villages have been electrified across the country during last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna. Of these, 86 villages are in Odisha, 73 in Jharkhand , 61 in Uttar Pradesh, 42 in Arunachal Pradesh , 33 in Bihar, 16 in Assam, 6 in Chhattisgarh, 3 in Madhya Pradesh and 3 ...

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