In a historic decision yesterday, the University Grants Commission or UGC has granted autonomy to sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi yesterday. Javadekar said that the Government is striving to introduce a […]
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Check out the number of complaints against fake Scheduled Castes Certificates
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is investigating the complaints as per the duties assigned to it by Article 338(5) of the Constitution. Accordingly, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes sends its recommendations to the concerned authorities wherever deemed necessary. This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla in […]
Real estate sector needs correction of prices
The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that real estate developers and builders to bring in reality in real estate sector to improve economy. He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the two-day CREDAI Conclave, in New Delhi on 15th March 2018. The Vice President said that housing in our country is […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta in India
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion of Malta, Carmelo Abela, is visiting India from 5-8 March 2018. He is accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry and a large business delegation. The visit of Minister Abela takes place as part of the regular exchange between the two countries. During the visit, Minister Abela had […]
Amazon told to withdraw Lord Ganesha stockings and Om flip-flops and apologize
Upset Hindu leader Rajan Zed is urging world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com for the immediate withdrawal of stockings carrying the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and flip-flops carrying sacred Hindu symbol Om; calling it highly inappropriate. Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and […]
Premium tag for coffee grown in Araku valley
Coffee Board has applied for registration of Araku coffee under Geographical Indications to protect the unique identity of the coffee grown by the tribal communities of Araku Valley in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. This was informed by Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C.R.Chaudhary, in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha […]
NHAI to deploy all women toll collecting staff on International Women’s Day
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI )has decided to deploy all women toll collecting staff in day shift on at least one toll plaza close to the city area, in every state and UT of the country on 8th March 2018, International Women’s Day. If this initiative is successful, then it will be implemented across […]
CCI imposes penalty on Ghaziabad Development Authority
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Ghaziabad Development Authority also known as GDA to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 4(1) read with Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Competition Act, 2002 for abuse of its dominant position by imposing unfair condition on the allottees from economically weaker sections in its Pratap Vihar Residential […]
Health Ministry to get Ayushman Bharat logo through crowd sourcing
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a competition for designing of a logo and tagline for the Ayushman Bharat programme, announced in the General Budget 2018-19, this year. This shall be done through a ‘digital crowd sourcing campaign’ on MyGov portal. The Ayushman Bharat competition was launched on 19th February, 2018 and […]
Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre at Chandigarh launched
A first-of-its-kind Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC), a CSR initiative of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was inaugurated in Chandigarh today by the Union Minister of Civil Aviation, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, in the presence of Member of Parliament Chandigarh, Smt. Kirron Kher, and Member of Parliament Anandpur Sahib, Prem Singh Chandumajra. The Centre […]