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Chhattisgarh govt begins process of framing rules for PESA Act
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 19 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Panchayat and Rural Development Minister TS Singhdeo on Wednesday held the first meeting with tribal leaders and other representatives of panchayats in Kanker district to discuss the framing of rules for the Panchayats (Extension
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Man held with mephedrone worth Rs 55,000 in Pune
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 17 (ANI): Pune rural police arrested a man with mephedrone, a banned drug also known as Meow Meow, worth Rs 54,000 on Monday.
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Keeping Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at low temperatures will be challenging
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi on Wednesday said the results of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine phase III trials are very encouraging but preserving it at very low temperatures, -70 degree C, will
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Dantewada administration launches Sugam Swasth scheme to help critical pat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 10 (ANI): With an aim to help villagers in Naxal-affected areas of Dantewada, the district administration has launched a unique scheme 'Sugam Swasth' to help them reach medical facilities and save lives, as per District Collector Deepak Soni.
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Syngenta paving way for women's empowerment in rural areas
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], October 29 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A well thought out blend of hand holding, motivation and innovation has helped Syngenta paved the way for women's holistic empowerment in Bihar. Through its Good Growth Plan, training women agri-preneurs and various initiative
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Beating odds, Hera Public School is set to provide digital education for s
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the increase in the spread of the COVID-19 virus, education across the world has gone online. As a result, a lot of students need internet that is free and fast. This is why Hera Public School, Phadgudia is in the process of c
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4 held for stealing 58 bags of onions from farmer in Pune
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 27 (ANI): Pune rural police have arrested four people for allegedly stealing 58 bags of onions worth Rs 2.35 lakhs from a farmer on October 21.
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Study reveals liver cancer diagnoses and deaths impacted by geography, hou
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): An analysis of information from a large US cancer database indicates that patients with liver cancer from rural regions and lower-income households often have more advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis and face a higher risk of death compared with other
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Lightning strike leaves 26 people injured in Maharashtra's Thane
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], October 22 (ANI): As many as 22 more people were found injured in a lightning strike incident in rural Thane on Wednesday, taking the total number of injured to 26, police said.
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Educate Girls' solution to 'Empower 1.5M girls to go to school' gets selec
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] October 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls, a non-profit working in remote, rural regions of India, has announced that its solution to 'Empower 1.5 million girls to go to school' has been selected as one of the 2020 new Solver class at MIT Solve Challenge Finals
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J-K: Labourers from remote Rajouri block get jobs under MGNREGA
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 20 (ANI): The labourers from the far-flung hilly areas of Kalakote block, 65 kilometres from Rajouri, are relieved after getting employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
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Skill center provides free training to women in J-K's Poonch
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 19 (ANI): Women in rural areas of Poonch in Dara Village, Jammu and Kashmir, are being imparted skill training to enable women's economic empowerment and which in turn contributes to the economy of the country.
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