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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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Xpressions, one of the biggest Management-Cultural fest India, is a three-day extravaganza which is scheduled to take place from 10th to 12th November 2017. At the heart of any management fest lies the business events, and Xpressions 2017 offers a plethora of multi-faceted competitions to its various stakeholders. Keeping the ...

The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (‘Saubhagya’) launched in September, which claims to ensure electrification of all willing households in the country, is too ambitious a project. While it makes grandiose promises to provide a free electricity connection to all willing Below Poverty Line households and to all ...

Rapid increases in installed capacity and favourable weather conditions pushed renewable energy generation in India to an all-time high earlier this year. In July 2017, the share of renewable energy generation among India’s total electricity generation and imports touched 13.2%, the highest ever in the country. Total electricity generation and ...

XPRESSIONS, the annual flagship event of XIMB, is the biggest Management – Cultural fest of Eastern India. Spread across 3 days, it provides the participants with a competitive platform, opening avenues for sharing experience and ideas, and showcasing skills and talents, to reach their collective and individual goals in various managerial ...