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TSSC signs MoU with Udacity India Pvt. Ltd. to drive skill development in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Udacity India Pvt. Ltd. for complementing the skills imparted by the vocational system and providing better livelihood opportunities.
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Would Mahatma Gandhi Support GST on Handlooms?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov. 1 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Handlooms are nothing new to India. An age old tradition of making cloth by spinning and weaving since historical times, handloom has been the backbone of a vast number of the rural populace for their livelihood, till date.
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Cabinet approves SANKALP, STRIVE schemes to boost Skill India Mission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two new World Bank supported schemes of Rs. 6,655 crore - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening
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AIF celebrates 15 years of disrupting poverty and catalyzing social and ec
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The American India Foundation (AIF) celebrated 15 Years of building bridges between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development on October 3.
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CropIn Technologies' product gains validation from World Bank
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): CropIn Technologies are the chosen technology partners in a public private partnership project of the Government of India and World Bank for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate Change (SLACC) Project.
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Believers Church starts tailoring units for empowerment of underprivileged
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 25 (ANI-NewsVoir): Every year thousands of women are trained and provided livelihood and skill generation training by Believers Church. Believers Church is committed to the cause of women empowerment and conducts workshops at the numerous tailoring units
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Beedi Making - Livelihood at the cost of one's health
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): The elder son was sitting beside her and the younger son was in her lap, she bowed her head and was constantly rolling the tendu leaves filled with tobacco to make the poor man's cigarette called "beedi".
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Northeast Footwings band rocks Delhi with original notes
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The music industry is emerging as one of the most promising fields across the globe and contributes fairly to the world's economic growth. And many people, especially the youngsters, are now pursuing careers in the music industry for a better livelihood.
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Dairy farming boosts sustainable livelihood in Meghalaya
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The Government of Meghalaya recently organized a livestock mission programme to boost up dairy farming and encourage farmers and unemployed youth for sustainable livelihood to the people of the state.
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Global wildfires are burning less land
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 30 (ANI): According to a trend that NASA's satellites detected from space, shifting livelihoods across the tropical forest frontiers of South America, the Eurasian Steppe and the savannas of Africa are altering landscapes and leading to a significant decline i
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Employment generated 155 percent more in 2016-17: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu chaired the third Governing Council meeting of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) here today, to deliberate upon the steps to further strengthen the
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India, Germany agree to enhance collaboration in skilled human resource
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 30 (ANI): Recognizing the importance of Vocational Education and Training (VET) towards making transformational impact in creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for the youth and building efficient pool of skilled human resource, India and Germany on Tuesday agre
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