Five villages have been adopted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. The initiative has been launched by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) to advance rural India. “As part of the initiative, we will ensure the overall development of Hridayapur, Baikanthpur, Ishwariganj, Pratappur[Read More…]
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Chhattisgarh moving towards liquor ban
Another state Chhattisgarh has taken steps towards liquor prohibition too and as part of that, liquor sale will not be permitted in villages with population up to 3,000, said chief minister Raman Singh on Tuesday. Significantly, the sale of liquor has already been prohibited in villages having up to 2,000 population.[Read More…]
Bihar, UP, Odisha tops list of villages electrified in 2015-16
Bihar topped the list of the state with most number of electrified villages during the year 2015-2016. Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan hold the next positions respectively. The number of villages electrified in Bihar raised to 1754 in 2015-16 from 341 in 2014-15.[Read More…]
Health, education benefits just a click away; Govt to launch ‘Digital Village’ soon
Now villagers can avail health, educational and benefits of other government initiatives by just clicking on their computers or mobile as the government decked up to launch its new programme, ‘Digital Village’. Under the programme, the government will offer services including e-medicine, e-education, Internet connectivity services and light-emitting diode lights[Read More…]
Let there be light! All villages to be electrified by May 2017: Goyal
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that all the villages in the country would get electricity connection by May 2017, a year before the 1000-day deadline set by the NDA government ends. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines also[Read More…]
After the strike: Govt issues high alert on border after infiltration reported
A nationwide advisory has been issued by the home ministry to “maintain high levels of vigil to thwart any attempts by terrorists to strike back.” This comes a day after the Indian army conducted “surgical strikes” on terror launch pads along LoC on Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The BSF has[Read More…]
Typhoon Megi: At least 33 killed after landslides in two Chinese villages
According to China’s state-run news agency, at least 33 people are missing after rains from Typhoon Megi triggered landslides in two villages in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday. Twenty seven of the victims are from Sucun village where homes were swept away, the other six were from Baofeng village.[Read More…]