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India's brightest 100 underprivileged students to study at Sitare Foundati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): With over 300 million K-12 students in India, for talented students from low-income and minority households there is a need for differentiated and inclusive learning opportunities.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans face food insecurity due to record inflation: U
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Some 6.26 million Sri Lankans, or three in 10 households, are unsure of where their next meal is coming from, according to the latest food insecurity assessment from the World Food Programme (WFP), released on Wednesday.
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RBI selects Hansa Research Group to conduct field work for inflation expec
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it has decided to engage Mumbai-based Hansa Research Group to conduct field work for the July 2022 round of consumer confidence and inflation expectation surveys.
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Japan begins 3-month energy saving period amid record heatwave
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government for the first time in seven years requested Friday that businesses and households begin a three-month period of conserving electricity to avoid a power crunch as temperatures have hit record highs during a scorching heatwave.
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2.2 million people in US live without access to running water, basic plumb
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Obtaining running water at home is a struggle for many people in the United States, and those who lack clean water overwhelmingly come from communities of colour, non-profit DigDeep said in a report on Tuesday.
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Jal Jeevan Mission: 50 pc rural households get access to tap water connect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): With the aim to provide every rural household with safe drinking water, the country has achieved the milestone of 50 per cent of rural households having access to tap water connections. said the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Saturday.
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PM Modi leads slew of ambitious water projects to conserve water, secure f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 16 (ANI): Recognizing the urgency of water conservation along with a goal to provide tap water connections in all rural households in India, the national government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a slew of ambitious water projects.
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CIIE CO's Flagship Program Bharat Inclusion Initiative invites application
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): CIIE.CO's Bharat Inclusion Initiative (BII) invites applications from startups for the sixth cohort of Financial Inclusion (FI) Lab to support innovations that aid in making mainstream financial products more inclusive for low-and-middle-
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50.32 pc of rural households in Tripura received tap water connections und
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 17 (ANI): Tripura has crossed the national average covering 50.32 per cent of rural households with drinking water tap connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scheme, said the state Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on
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Punjab waives off pending power bills of those having load of upto 2KW til
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 16 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday waived off dues of old electricity bills up to December 31, 2021, of households having a load of up to two kilowatts of electricity.
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Tata AIA Life Insurance partners with CSC for making insurance accessible
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): As part of its effort to deliver much-needed life insurance protection cover to rural households and safeguard their loved ones from life's uncertainties, Tata AIA Life Insurance Co Ltd, one of India's fastest growing life insurers, ha
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PM Modi's visionary plan of 'Jal Jeevan Mission' progressing smoothly: BJP
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Union Government's 'Jal Jeevan Mission' is progressing smoothly and the tap water connections provided to households more than doubled in the first two years, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.
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