Kite-driven power stations to open in Scotland
One of the world’s first commercial-scale, kite-driven power stations is set to be created near Stranraer in Scotland in what could ...
Gandhi’s b’place,170 Guj towns declared ODF-free
New Delhi, Oct 2 : Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and nearly 170 towns in Gujarat, were declared Open Defection ...
Cabinet approves Rs 1,102-crore undersea cable link to Andamans
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,102.38 crore project for a direct communication link through a dedicated ...
India Will take 126 yrs to reach global education level : Assocham
New Delhi, Sep 20 : Going by the current pace of spending and factors like shortage of quality teachers, India will take a ...
Gujarat, not Rajasthan, is the sunniest state : ISRO study
It’s been long thought that Rajasthan is India’s sunniest state, but a mapping of solar energy hotspots by the Indian ...
Schools asked to make Divyang-friendly facilities: HRD minister
The Centre will make a slew of provisions for Divyang students in the upcoming education policy and has already asked schools ...
‘Selfie with toilet’ to boost Swachh Bharat in Ludhiana
To make the Swachh Bharat Mission successful and encourage people to use clean toilets, the Ludhiana district administration ...
Andhra Pradesh second state to achieve 100% electrification
Vijayawada, Sep 13 : Andhra Pradesh has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100 per cent electrification ...
Punctuality of trains improves to over 82 per cent
New Delhi, Sep 7 : Railways have bettered the overall punctuality rate after improvement on the Ghaziabad- Mughalsarai route, ...
Centre okays subsidised helicopter service for JK, HP
New Delhi : The Centre today approved operation of subsidised helicopter services in 10 sectors each in Jammu and Kashmir and ...