Notes: Reacting to a report in Mail Today, Irani said she had held a meeting with representatives of IGNOU and the Army and had directed officials in the HRD ministry to expedite the award of degrees.  The Army and IAF signed an MoU with IGNOU for bachelor’s degrees for their ...

News: The government has assigned number of cities each state/union territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme (AMRUT). UP leads the pack as it has been given the opportunity to nominate ...

News: Ministry of external affairs decided to rely on Aadhaar card for identification of the applicant for passport and on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) database for validation of his/her criminal antecedents with the simplified police verification system. The home and law ministries, and the Intelligence Bureau, the government, on the ...