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January 17, 2016 1:36 PM

Group of Secretaries present ideas on Swachh Bharat, Shikshit Bharat

As a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exhortation to Secretaries to come up with ideas for transformative change in various areas of governance, a Group of Secretaries presented their ideas and suggestions on Swachh Bharat, Shikshit Bharat.<br/><br/>Union Ministers Rajnat...

January 17, 2016 1:16 PM

Anuradha Roy wins prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel 'Sleeping on Jupiter' at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka. <br/><br/>Roy was awarded the 50 thousand dollar prize and a unique trophy by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil...

January 17, 2016 1:08 PM

Govt to establish NAT to assess abilities of JEE aspirants

The Government is working to establish a National Authority for Testing (NAT) to assess the abilities of aspirants before they appear for JEE. The move is likely to alter the way entrance examinations to IITs and other top engineering institutes are conducted. The NAT shall be established in the com...

January 17, 2016 1:08 PM

Hazira port development: NGT sets aside environment clearance granted in 2013

The National Green Tribunal has set aside the environment clearance granted by Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2013 for further development of the port at Hazira. The Pune-based Western Zone bench of NGT also slapped a penalty of 25 crore rupees on the construction company for carrying out wo...

January 17, 2016 12:05 PM

Centre to build 1 lakh anganwadi centres every year over next 4 years

The government has decided to build one lakh anganwadi centres (AWCs) every year over the next four years so that four lakh such centres have their own children-friendly buildings by 2019. The earlier proposal was to set up 50 thousand AWCs per year in 2,534 most backward blocks in 11 states which h...

January 17, 2016 12:02 PM

Centre to build 1 lakh anganwadi centres every year over next 4 yeras

The government has decided to build one lakh anganwadi centres (AWCs) every year over the next four years so that four lakh such centres have their own children-friendly buildings by 2019. The earlier proposal was to set up 50 thousand AWCs per year in 2,534 most backward blocks in 11 states which h...

January 17, 2016 12:02 PM

FM Jaitley leaves for nearly week-long visit to UK, Switzerland today

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will today leave for a nearly week-long visit to the United Kingdom and Switzerland to woo international investors. The Finance Minister will tomorrow participate in three different Investors' meetings. <br/><br/>During his interaction with intern...

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