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Madhya Pradesh: Toliet in Anganwadi used as kitchen to serve midday meal
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): In a complete departure of hygienic norms, a toilet in Shivpuri district's rural childcare centre has been converted into a full-fledged kitchen. In here food is prepared for the children of an Anganwadi centre.
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Snakebite incidents on rise in AP's Krishna
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): With the onset of monsoon, snakebite incidents have increased in rural areas of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.
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Dabur India Q1 consolidated net profit surges 10.3 pc
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Dabur India said on Friday its consolidated revenue for Q1 of 2019-20 stood at Rs 2,273 crore, up 9.3 per cent from Rs 2,081 crore a year ago.
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Telangana should eliminate malnutrition by 2022: NIRDPR Director-General R
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): An advancing state as Telangana should strive to achieve beyond the set targets and eliminate malnutrition by 2022, said Director-General of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) Dr W R Reddy here on Thursday.
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Massive rural sanitation drive by NMCG helps clean Ganga
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India], July 18 (ANI): Few miles from Haridwar city, Ajitpur is one among 4,465 villages located on the Ganga river basin which have been identified by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) as part of its Ganga Rejuvenation plan.
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Colgate Q1 net profit down 11 pc to Rs 169 crore
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): Colgate Palmolive India on Thursday reported that its net profit after tax for the first quarter was down by 10.7 per cent at Rs 169.1 crore as against Rs 189.5 crore for the same quarter of the previous year.
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Thane: Police arrest 5 people for looting garments costing over Rs 25 lakh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): Thane rural police have arrested five people who looted ready-made garments worth more than Rs 25 lakh after breaking into a godown.
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MGNREGA should not continue forever: Tomar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that MGNREGA should not continue forever as it was a scheme aimed at the poor and the target should be removing poverty from the country.
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Lok Sabha approves demands for grants of agriculture, rural development mi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved the demands for grants for ministers of rural development, agriculture and farmers welfare for 2019-20.
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Lok Sabha approves demands for grants of agriculture, rural development mi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved grants to ministries of rural development, agriculture and farmers' welfare for 2019-2020.
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Community radio stations create awareness about govt schemes among rural p
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): A team from National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) visited a Community Radio Centre built with funding from UNESCO at Pastapur village of Medak district in Telangana and conducted a study on its functioning and to ass
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LS adjourned after marathon discussion on demands for grants related to ag
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday midnight after marathon discussion on demands for grants of Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, in which me
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