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Women participation in NREGS continues to rise, 59% this fiscal
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Women participation in NREGS continues to rise, 59% this fiscal

Science & Tech 29/12/23 07:00 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has witnessed a significant surge in women's participation, marking a historic high in the current financial year of 2023-24.' Read More...

Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA)
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Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA)

Science & Tech 29/12/23 06:47 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment implements Central Sector Scheme namely Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA). ' The scheme is b Read More...

Strategy and foreign affairs for India in 2024
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Strategy and foreign affairs for India in 2024

Science & Tech 28/12/23 13:19 PM IST
by Mahesh

'In 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Vladimir Putin that “this is not the era of war”.' Yet, 2023 became a year of wars: fighting between Russia and Ukraine could soon Read More...

Huntington’s disease
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Huntington’s disease

Science & Tech 28/12/23 07:04 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Every month, the medical genetics clinic in the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, sees about three to four people with Huntington’s disease.' The numbers might appear s Read More...

SLIM lunar landings
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SLIM lunar landings

Science & Tech 28/12/23 06:52 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, clearing a path to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year.' Dubbed the "moon sniper Read More...

Making health our top priority in 2024
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Making health our top priority in 2024

Science & Tech 28/12/23 06:43 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The 2023 Navaratri festivities in Gujarat were overshadowed by the news that 10 people had purportedly died of heart attacks in a span of 24 hours.' What is even more disconcerting is that the vic Read More...

Child Malnutrition- WHO standards versus India crafted
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Child Malnutrition- WHO standards versus India crafted

Science & Tech 28/12/23 06:22 AM IST
by Mahesh

'High levels of child undernutrition have been a persistent problem in India.' It is well recognised that the determinants of undernutrition are multiple, and include food intake, dietary diversi Read More...

PM JANMAN scheme
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PM JANMAN scheme

Science & Tech 28/12/23 06:06 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has brought to light the ambitious Pradhan Mantri-Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) Scheme.' PM JANMAN is a government scheme that aims to bri Read More...

Veer Bal Diwas
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Veer Bal Diwas

Science & Tech 27/12/23 07:18 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the program marking ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.' Veer Bal Diwas is now being celebrated internationally as the US Read More...

INS Imphal commissioned
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INS Imphal commissioned

Science & Tech 27/12/23 06:45 AM IST
by Mahesh

'INS Imphal will have the unique distinction of being the largest and the most advanced destroyer to be ever named after a city from the North-east.' This is a befitting tribute to Manipur’s Read More...