New Delhi, May 27, 2023: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) is developing Inland Waterways. In this line, an MoU for ‘Riverine based tourism Circuit’ being developed over river Brahmaputra has been signed between Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Sagarmala Development Company Limited (SDCL), Assam Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ATDC) and Directorate of […]
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Details on Royal Bengal Tigress Siddhi and her cubs
New Delhi, May 21, 2023: After January 16, 2005 Royal Bengal Tigress has delivered cubs at National Zoological Park ,New Delhi. The Royal Bengal Tigress Siddhi delivered five cubs, two alive and three still-born on 04.05.2023. At present both cubs are attended by the mother and completely dependent on mother for feed and are doing […]
PM Modi to inaugurate International Museum Expo 2023
New Delhi, May 18, 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate International Museum Expo 2023 in New Delhi on 18th May. This was announced by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER G.K Reddy at a press conference in New Delhi today. The Minister also informed that Expo is a first of its kind, comprehensive […]
Stolen Lord Hanuman sculpture belonging to Chola Period retrieved
New Delhi, May 04, 2023: The Stolen sculpture of Lord Hanuman belonging to Chola Period has been retrieved and handed over to the Idol Wing, Tamil Nadu. The sculpture of Lord Hanuman was stolen from a Vishnu Temple, Shri Varatharaja Perumal, Pottaveli Vellur, Ariyalur district. It belongs to late Chola Period (14th -15th century). It was documented by “French institute […]
More than 40% hike in enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana in FY 2021-22
New Delhi, April 05, 2023: The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched on 9th May, 2015, and was operationalised w.e.f. 1st June, 2015. Minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. As per the scheme, subscriber will receive pension benefit on attaining the age of 60 years. Hence, the […]
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library to digitize the research material
New Delhi, April 04, 2023: Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has launched an ambitious project to digitize the research material in its possession. Under this project, the goal is to ensure the conversion of the entire India House Collection of the Library consisting of 40,000 books, reports, periodicals (containing around 70,00,000 pages), 55,00,000 pages […]
11.49 Crore Rural Households Provided Tap Water Connections
New Delhi, April 03, 2023: Since August 2019, Government of India, in partnership with State Governments, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal to enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water through tap water connection. At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, 3.23 Crore […]
All details on SAM NO VARUNAH coastal car rally
New Delhi, April 1, 2023: While ensuring the safety and security of the Nation, Indian Navy plays a crucial role in protecting our Maritime trade too. Surrounded by seas from the three sides, India has a vast coastline of approximately 7500 Kms, which is more than the length of land borders we share with China […]
Area under millet cultivation increases
New Delhi, March 26, 2023: The area under cultivation of millet has ranged from 12.29 to 15.48 million hectares from 2013-14 to 2021-22. To promote the consumption of millets/coarse grains, distribution period of these commodities has been enhanced to 6-10 months from earlier period of 3 months. Further provisions of inter-state transportation and advance subsidy […]
World Food India-2023 to be organised during 3-5 November
New Delhi, March 19, 2023:The second edition of ‘World Food India-2023’ will be organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, from 3-5 November, 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Curtain Raiser Event to WFI-2023 was held on March 10, 2023, in National Media Centre, New Delhi. During the event, Union […]