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With the novel coronavirus plaguing our life, the government of India introduced lockdown in a phased manner to curb the spread and transmission of COVID 19. The first lockdown was announced at a 2 day notice wherein every aspect of life was put to a halt and the ones most ...

Athletes preparing for next year’s Commonwealth and Asian Gamesand for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics may not take a liking to the latest directive by the sports ministry, which has revised the guidelines for issuance of funds to athletes under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. Learning its lessons from the past, where there ...

Uttar Pradesh has launched a free household power connection scheme for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. “To begin with Lohban and Gausana, the two villages of Mathura district have been covered for 100 per cent electrification on the birth anniversary ...

In order to promote its ambitious rural business process outsourcing (BPO) scheme, the ministry of electronics and IT will soon list its services on the government e-marketplace portal (GeM) — which has become a one-stop destination for all government buying — said union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday ...

Hyderabad: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) commended the “Arogya Lakshmi” scheme designed for the benefit of pregnant women and nursing mothers. The UNICEF described the scheme as “a boon for pregnant women and nursing mothers.” The UNICEF had recently released a report, called “Nourishing Wombs: Delivering an integrated package ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Wednesday said it will provide subsidised sugar every month to the ‘below poverty line’ (BPL) families in the state, extending a welfare scheme earlier available to only ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojna’ (AAY) families. Families under both categories will also get a litre of subsidised mustard oil. ...

SHILLONG: Low cost airline Air Deccan is all set to start operations under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), from December 15 this year, airport officials here said today. Under the Centre’s UDAN scheme, air fares are capped at Rs 2,500 per ...

NEW DELHI: The government plans to procure 10 million pre-paid meters to be deployed in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Saubhagya scheme, which aims to add more than 40 million households to the power grid by December next year, reports Nishtha Saluja. Leading national and international companies, including L&T, ...

At the onset of Odisha’s traditional trade festival, the sacred “Kartika Purnima” which brings with itself a renewed freshness to the festivities and fervour, the XIMB Campus at Bhubaneswar bore witness to one of its most anticipated maiden annual business conclave “X-eminence”. Graced by luminaries from every corporate stratum, ignited ...

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