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Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi passes away 26 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
Eminent Indian classical singer and music director, better known as a noted vocalist of Jayadeva’s ‘Gita Govind’, Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi died of cardiac arrest at his residence here on 25th August...
National Media Centre inaugurated 26 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
The National Media Center (NMC) was inaugurated at New Delhi by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh and Chairperson of UPA, Sonia Gandhi here on 24th August. The NMC was initially conceptualized by the...
Cabinet cleared a proposal to scrap the Collegium System 24 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts on 22nd August. A Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be set up whi...
India became the World's Third Largest Internet User 24 Aug 2013 | 04:28 pm
Global digital measurement and analytics comScore stated in its report that India is the world’s third largest Internet user after China and USA. At present, India has almost 74 million Internet users...
National Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture 23 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Realizing that the climate change is likely to have major impacts on agriculture, the Government through Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has assessed the impact of climate change on Ind...
Sonia launches food security programme 23 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
The ambitious Food Security programme scheme is launched by UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit at a function in Talkotara Stadiu...
Setting up of Nuclear Power Plants by Railways 23 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
The present peak power requirement of Indian Railways is around 4000 Mega Watt (MW). Preliminary discussions have been held with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) for exploring the possi...
SJSRY in Urban Areas 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) covers all the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families living in the urban areas within the jurisdiction of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). This was stated by Dr....
National Rural Drinking Water Programme 23 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
The deficiencies which have been noticed in the implementation of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in some States include the non-achievement of annual targets of coverage of rural ...
Union Government announced to release National e-mail Policy 23 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
The government on 23 August 2013 announced to release a national e-mail policy to protect privacy of email users in India. In the proposed policy all government departments and Indian embassies are be...
