Indian Army Kicks Off 2nd Batch of Super-30 in Kashmir
Students appearing for medical entrance exams like MBBS, AIIMS and NEET will get an opportunity to study in this educational centre
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How 20,000 Women in Vellore Got Together to Save A Dying River
In Vellore, one of the 24 drought-hit districts in Tamil Nadu, women have revived the seasonal Naganadhi river — the primary source of water for the region some decades ago — after it had been lifeless for 15 years. As a result, while much of the country has gone dry, people in many villages there have sufficient water to drink and irrigate their paddy fields.
India’s Forest Cover Increased by 1% in the Last 5 Years
The Minister had launched a people’s campaign #SelfiewithSapling on Environment Day eve, urging everyone to plant a sapling and to post the selfie with the sapling on social media.
India Launches Emissions Trading Programme to Reduce Air Pollution
The programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to buy and sell permits to stay below the cap.
Among Ravi Shankar Prasad’s Priorities is Creation of All-India Judicial Service
Over 5,000 vacancies of judicial officers/judges in the lower courts have resulted in a massive backlog of cases.
‘EVMs Are Hacked’ Propaganda Busted: An IAS Officer Explains How EVMs Cannot be Tampered With
A bureaucrat debunks the myth that EVMs can be hacked or tampered
71 BPL Students Get ₹ 1.45 cr Financial Support from Army for Studies in J-K
Army Commander, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh presented the financial aid to 71 selected students from the Below Poverty Line category and remote areas of Jammu & Kashmir at a function in this district of the state.
Singapore’s Fake News Act: Lessons for India
Fake news and misinformation campaigns has been a hot topic of debate during the last couple of years. The revelations by Christopher Wylie in March 2018 concerning the role of Cambridge Analytica in harvesting millions of Facebook users’ data to create sophisticated psychological and political profiles for manufacturing targeted political advertisements during the 2016 US presidential elections opened a can of worms.
How A Tribal Village’s Digital Push Empowered Its Women
An initiative in Palghar district, Maharashtra, is closing the gap between making such digital infrastructure available and the next step–providing digital literacy to people in rural areas, so they can directly access the government facilities and services that are available online.
Underprivileged Girls In India Are Now Learning Robotics, Coding
Observing the lack of participation from girl students in STEM learning, a Chennai-based woman decided to start initiative