News: Railways Minister has said if anyone witnesses any case of corruption over India Railways, they can click a picture of the scene and post it on the Indian railways portal COMS. Immediate action will be taken by Indian Railways against the complaint. Link to the app is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cris.org Source:  ET

News: Wankaner’s clay craftsman Mansukhbhai Prajapati is a creator of the unique ‘Mitticool’ refrigerators that operate on zero electricity. He is now working on creating low cost, eco-friendly houses where the cooling and lighting will be completely natural. Mitticool Clay Creation earned Rs 50 lakh last year by selling products ...

News: The Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. India made an application last year for full membership of the grouping whose focus is on connectivity, counter-terrorism cooperation, bolstering cooperation in energy sector, enhancing trade and dealing with drug trafficking. India, which ...

News: Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial launch capability reached a new high on Friday night when it successfully lunched five satellites built by UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) at Sriharikota. The rocket successfully launched three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites, an auxiliary earth observation micro satellite (CBNT-1) and ...

News: CM Devendra Fadnavis said he had accelerated the plans, which includes a new Mumbai airport, scheduled to see its first flight in 2019. The project includes a road bridge, as well as a new city on a 600 square km plot around the airport which is the size of ...

News: The Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the South Oil Jetty of ten million tonnes capacity, built at a cost of Rs 222 crore, for smooth movement of liquid cargo from Paradip Port. Installation of the new oil jetty would lead to enhancement of Paradip Port’s ...

News: The government launched the e-Tourist Visa scheme in November last year for nationals of 43 countries and in May, the government extended the scheme to 31 more countries. India has jumped 13 ranks in the World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, 2015. The country received 5.13 lakh Foreign ...

News: The services launched under the Digital India week include utility services, smart PDS card, land record services, mobile app for civic amenities, services for farmers, social welfare and pension services, electoral services, online court services, police services and employment exchange services. The communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ...

News: Gujarat so far has maintained a steady progress in the implementation of the project as it also topped the list of states during 2014-15. The PIB report stated that since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year, a total of 3.83 lakh individual household toilets and 17,411 ...

News: Malabar is an annual naval training exercise conducted by Indian and American navies, which includes fighter combat operations from aircraft carriers and other manoeuvres. A decision has been taken after the three countries held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue to include Japan in the bilateral naval exercise ‘Malabar’, to be ...