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K Dhanya Sanal first woman trekking to Agasthyarkoodam peak after HC order
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Agasthyarkoodam (Kerala), Jan 14 (ANI): The 38-year-old K Dhanya Sanal, a spokesperson for the Union Ministry of Defence here, has become the first woman, who is trekking to Agasthyarkoodam peak, after the Kerala High Court lifted the ban on women's trekking on December 9 last year.
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Major ports register positive growth of 3.77 pc
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 3.77 per cent and together handled 518.6 million tonnes of cargo during the period April to December 2018 as against 499.7 million tonne handled during the corresponding period of previous year, said Union Mi
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Rs 190.46 cr for tourism projects in northeast; spiritual circuit in Megha
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): In what's going to give a fresh boost to tourism sector in the country, Union Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned tourism projects worth Rs 190.46 crore for the development of northeast states and spiritual circuit in Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh under the S
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NHRC takes cogizance of suicide of 49 students from 2013 to 2017
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 49 students of the residential Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) committed suicide at campus in five years from 2013 to 2017.
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Smart cities hogged limelight in 2018, but challenges await in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The Central government's smart cities initiative hogged the limelight in 2018. Its fulsome result is expected to unfold in the coming year, as Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which selected 100 smart cities in four rounds across the country, is m
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Andhra Pradesh High Court to be operational from January 1 at Amaravati
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the constitution of a separate high court for the state of Andhra Pradesh from January 1, 2019, at the state's capital Amaravati.
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Scholarship for scheduled caste students remained focus of Social Justice
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Making scholarship more inclusive for the students of scheduled castes (SCs) remained the area of focus for the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment during the year 2018.
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Gujarat tops states' Start-up Ranking-2018
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 20 (ANI): Gujarat on Thursday bagged the best performer award in Start-up Ranking 2018 conducted by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
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MHA approves new tourist, trekking routes in Ladakh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday approved the proposal of J&K government to open up more tourist and trekking routes in Ladakh region of the state.
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6 new DRTs have been set up, tweets Finance Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 18 (ANI): Union Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said that six new debt recovery tribunals (DRTs) have been set up in the country and the minimum pecuniary limit for filing of cases in the tribunal has been increased to Rs 20 lakh.
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MEA recommends action in 23 passports missing case
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) headed by Sushma Swaraj on Saturday directed the passport issuing authority to take action in the case pertaining to the missing of 23 passports of Sikh pilgrims who wanted to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan, said sources.
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Pre-cyclone watch issued for Andhra Pradesh coast
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Pre-cyclone watch was issued for Andhra Pradesh coast on Thursday by Union Ministry of Earth Science, adding that a depression has formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal.
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