News Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for monitoring the quality of air in major urban centres across the country on a real-time basis and enhancing public awareness for taking mitigative action. The Union Environment Ministry proposes to extend the measurement of air quality to ...

News In a bonanza to over one crore central government employees and pensioners, the Cabinet today hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) by 6 per cent to 113 per cent of their basic pay with effect from January. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the recommendations of ...

News India could train intelligence officials from Vietnam besides providing more training slots to the Navy and Air Force personnel from the Southeast Asian country. India may also provide military and defence technology, besides providing support for effectively countering cybercrimes as requested by Vietnam. India has robust defence ties with ...

News Government has completed the roll out of national optical fibre network (NOFN) in 20,000 village panchayats to provide high speed broadband connectivity. It had set target to roll out the network across 50,000 village panchayats by March 31, 2015 and all the 2.5 lakh VPs by the end of ...

News India bids for airwaves crossed Rs 1 lakh crore or $18 billion, making the spectrum auction the biggest ever sale of spectrum by value. Benefits The auction has opened a number of new opportunities for subscribers in new circles for 3G services in 2100 Mhz band and LTE in ...

News Cleaning up and beautifying India’s spiritual capital was one of Modi’s biggest electoral promises to the people of Varanasi. A year later, it doesn’t appear to be an empty one. There may be some delay in work but transformation of Varanasi looks inevitable,’ says Praveen Kumar, an employee of ...

News Some parts of India, particularly the smaller towns and villages, still have traditional styles of dressing. To find out about local customs and traditions,  or concerned authorities before visiting such places and many such advisories  Union tourism ministry’s will distribute little booklet to foreign tourists visiting India from next ...

News The Finance Ministry has operationalised an ambitious electronic national database of judicial orders and appeals to de-congest and streamline huge litigation in the Income Tax Department and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). According to data, tax demand of more than Rs 3.5 lakh crore is under dispute ...

News Indian Railways is finalising a branding policy for trains, coaches, stations and even consumables such as bedding, an initiative that’s expected to raise as much as Rs 9,000 crore for the cash-strapped organisation. A task force headed by Ajay Shukla will submit a detailed report on the issue by ...

News Since Nitin Gadkari took over as shipping minister, the government has put greater focus on coastal shipping and waterways. The Cabinet okayed a legislation to declare 101 rivers as national waterways so that the Centre can explore the possibilities of cargo and passenger movement on these rivers. Incentives The ...