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North China's small towns, rural areas struggle with winter-induced crisis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Strong winds and sub-zero temperatures continue to affect normal life. A shortage in the supply of natural gas has left people to fend for themselves.
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China's rising demand for Africa's donkeys poses challenge for marginalise
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to The Citizen, donkeys are estimated to support about 158 million people in Africa. In rural areas, the presence of a donkey in a household helps to alleviate poverty and frees women and girls from household drudgery.
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Nation Food Security Act provides coverage of 75 pc rural, 50 pc urban pop
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday informed, that under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), while Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households that constitute the poorest of the poor are legally entitled to receive 35 kg of foodg
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Achhi Aadat Campaign-2022 across 7 districts of NCR Delhi through Mobile L
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI/PNN): The Achhi Aadat Campaign-2022 (AAC), initiated by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) India along with the campaign implementing partner IJ Kakehashi Services Private Limited (IJK), is not leaving any stone unturned to spread awareness on g
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Divide between urban India, rural Bharat closing, says Mukesh Ambani at UP
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries has said regional imbalances are fast disappearing in India while the divide between urban and rural India is also closing.
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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches Hello Ujjivan - India's first voice, v
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched Hello Ujjivan, India's first mobile banking application with 3 V's - voice, visual, vernacular-enabled features - to provide banking access to individuals who have limited reading and writ
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SBI Foundation MD calls on India's sharpest minds to pledge 13 months to r
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], February 9 (ANI/NewsVoir):The convergence of CSR, NGOs, trusts, social enterprises and governmental institutions in the impact sector has opened up several lucrative avenues for individuals willing to contribute to rural development and nation building. SBI F
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Karnataka CM Bommai condoles demise of former MLA Shivananda Ambadagatti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai condoled the death of his friend and former MLA Shivananda Ambadagatti, who passed away on Thursday after suffering from cardiac arrest.
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J&K set to see completion of Jal Jeevan Mission by June 2023: Official
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta conducted a virtual tour of works taken up under the central flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) worth Rs 11,000 crore across the Union Territory, an official statement informed on Wednesday, adding that every remaining rural house
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Chandigarh University to host 1st World Strongman Games in India from 26th
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): Chandigarh University, Gharun, is all set to host the first World Strongman Games- Sood Classic in India, at the campus and the event will start from February 26. The University has always encouraged its students to excel in sports and the sol
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Secretary Hillary Clinton Visits the Desai Foundation Trust's Asani Sanita
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Navsari (Gujarat) [India], February 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Navsari, Gujarat-based Desai Foundation Trust (DFT), an NGO which has been dedicated to empowering women and children through community programming to elevate health, livelihood, and menstrual equity in rural India for 25 years, wel
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Logskim Solutions creates a mark by transforming 15,000 lives Apprenticesh
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI/PNN): By transforming the lives of 15,000 plus people and delivering the required training and designing a career development progression for them, Logskim Solutions Private Limited becomes one of the fastest-growing HR solutions providers in India. With it
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