Daw Lay Shwe Sin Oo, director of the Disaster Management Department at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, said on Wednesday that flood victims came from 6,320 households and that flood-affected areas included Kachin state and Sagaing, Magway. and Mandalay regions...
New Delhi: Prosecuting those involved in child marriages will not solve the problem that has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in child marriages in the country.Unimpressed by the Centre's claims that...
New Delhi, RSS affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Wednesday urged the government to double the salary threshold for mandatory subscription to social security schemes run by retirement body EPFO and the Employees State Insurance Corporation.Currently, the monthly salary limit for Employees...
New Delhi, Global brokerage firm Morgan Stanley expects Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's upcoming budget to focus on the government's roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 and detail the medium-term plan for consolidation fiscal."As fiscal prudence guides the overall fiscal policy stance...
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced that the social pension arrears of 62 lakh beneficiaries in the state would be distributed within a time-bound period, and his government plans to increase them further.Despite the financial crisis being faced by...
In a social media post, Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe said he discussed the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program at the Finance Ministry with Youssef Al-Mulam, Asia-Pacific regional manager of the OPEC Fund, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the minister, the...
The department said President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Minister of Women, Children's Affairs and Social Empowerment, presented the proposal, Xinhua news agency reported.The Department said that policy partnerships should ensure the right of women, men and children to live in a...
AAP will also revive its Tiranga shakhas, which are weekly meetings of local people, through which the party was implementing various social projects till last year.When party MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh was jailed, AAP became almost inactive.While AAP did not contest any seats in UP...
A picture of the actress is going viral on social media, in which Alia is seen going to the set.Alia is wearing a white shirt and blue pants and is also carrying an umbrella with her name written on it.A source told IANS, Alia has started shooting for 'Alpha' on July 5. In the film, she will...
In its successful second edition, Krishi Mangal, a scaling accelerator backed by Cisco India CSR and powered by Social Alpha, has supported seven agritech startups that are solving challenges in agriculture and related livelihoods, helping small and marginal farmers to be climate resilient...
New Delhi, As Sunil Gavaskar reached another important milestone in his life, turning 75 on Wednesday, there was an outpouring of good wishes for him on social media, where his legendary exploits with the bat were reverently remembered.Considered one of the greatest batsmen to have played the...
New Delhi, Delhi Technological University on Tuesday launched a five-year integrated BSc and MSc program in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biotechnology and Economics for the academic session 2024-25.DTU Vice Chancellor Prateek Sharma told reporters at a press conference that these new...
BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah announced this through a social media post on Tuesday. Gambhir was the favorite for the post and replaced Rahul Dravid as head coach.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Sunita Kejriwal to file her reply to a petition against her for allegedly sharing on social media a recording of the trial court proceedings related to her husband and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. in the case of excise policy.Sunita...
In his address at the 13th graduation ceremony of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), he said that with the rapid changes taking place in the field of science and technology, the threat of its curse always remains.“New technological developments are providing...
Shehbaz Sharif's cabinet has approved the relevant circular allowing a designated ISI officer to carry out call tracing under Section 54 of the Telecommunication (Reorganization) Act, which allows the federal government to authorize any person or persons to intercept calls and messages or track...
Bahraich (UP), Six nurses at a government women's hospital here have been suspended after a video of them playing with a monkey while on duty went viral on social media. Officials gave this information on Tuesday.In the viral video, some nurses wearing aprons are seen sitting on hospital...
Bhubaneswar, New technological advancements are providing capabilities to society, but at the same time they are also creating new challenges for humanity, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday.Murmu was addressing the 13th graduation ceremony of National Institute of Scientific Education...
Chennai, Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group, in partnership with Hinduja Leyland Finance has extended its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative 'Road to School' program to three districts in Tamil Nadu.The project seeks to bridge educational disparities among...
New Delhi, A new collection in Hindi by journalist-author Naresh Kaushik explores migration, communal tension, sexual violence, social relationships and psychological drama, among other subjects. Published by Pratibha Pratisthan, a subsidiary of Prabhat Prakashan, the book titled "Rabbi" is a...