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Esper partners with 'Teach for India' and 'iTeach Schools' to bring educat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Android Device Management Platform, Esper, announced its partnership with two non-profit organizations, Teach for India and iTeach Schools, this month.
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Alibaba's Jack Ma resurfaces after months out of public view
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, suspected to be missing following Beijing's aggressive crackdown on Alibaba Group, resurfaced on Wednesday.
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PM Modi to release financial assistance to over 6 lakh beneficiaries in UP
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New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release financial assistance of around Rs 2,691 crores to 6.1 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) on Wednesday at 12 noon via video conferencing.
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Uttarakhand increases number of working days from 100 to 150 under MGNREG
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 19 (ANI): In a move to encourage employment opportunities, Uttarakhand Government has announced that the number of working days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) will be increased from 100 to 150, Chief Minister
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CSC partners Sterlite Technologies to train one lakh VLEs to maintain Bhar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Common Services Centre (CSC), a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, has partnered with Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL) to train one lakh village-level entrepreneurs for maintenance of the BharatNet telecom infrastructure
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S Korea culled nearly 19 million poultry animals in 2 months over bird flu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 18.8 million chickens and other poultry animals have been culled at farms across South Korea as part of measures to curb the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affai
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Chhattisgarh announces formation of Telghani Board to boost employment in
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], January 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday announced that the Telghani Board will be formed in the state to provide employment opportunities to the people of rural areas.
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J-K: PWD constructs bridges in remote border area of Rajouri to improve co
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 10 (ANI): To improve connectivity, the Public works (Road and Building) Department of Jammu and Kashmir is constructing bridges to connect the remote villages of border areas in Rajouri with the district headquarters.
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Fire at petro products storage unit in Raipur
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], January 9 (ANI): The fire broke out at a facility of Green Petro and not at Godavari Power Ispat plant in Raipur, clarified Additional SP Raipur (Rural) Tarkeshwar Patel.
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Punjab to cover 35 lakh rural households with piped water connections by M
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 8 (ANI): The target to provide potable piped water connections to all 35 lakh rural households will be achieved by March 2022 under the Jal Jiwan Mission, said the Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Razia Sultana, adding that 66 per cent of th
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National Jal Jeevan Mission: 3.04 crore rural households provided with new
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): A total of 3.04 crore rural households have been provided with new piped water connections across the country under the Centre's flagship National Jal Jeevan Mission, informed Union Minister of State of Jal Shakti Ministry Rattan Lal Kataria on Thursday
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Artisan making products from bamboo urges Jharkhand govt to provide machin
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], January 5 (ANI): Jitan Devi, a craftswoman who makes hand-crafted products from bamboo at a village near Ranchi has changed the perspective of women's employment in a rural setup. She has urged the state government to provide machines to increase the production of
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