New Delhi: Nearly 60 per cent of children adopted in the last six years were girls across states in India, led by Maharashtra which also recorded the highest number of adoptions in recent years, government data showed. Of the 3,276 children adopted in the country in 2017-18, a total of 1,858 were girls, the data … Read more
The government has asked the officials for taking precautions as per alert issued by the MeT department to save people. In Uttarakhand, disaster management department is maintaining vigil due to inclement weather and asked all district officers to be cautious. In Uttar Pradesh, death toll in dust wind, thunder and heavy raining related incidents has risen … Read more
The Centre for International Development at Harvard University (CID) said in new growth projections that countries that have diversified their economies into more complex sectors, like India and Vietnam, are those that will grow the fastest in the coming decade. “India tops the list as the fastest growing country for the coming decade, at 7.9 … Read more
President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli have sent separate messages of condolences to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In their messages, President Bhandari and Prime Minister Oli have expressed heartfelt condolences and sympathies to President Kovind and PM Modi and through them bereaved families. They have also … Read more
Between 2010 and 2016, India providing electricity to 30 million people each year, more than any other country, the World Bank said in its latest report released this week. While challenges still remain to provide electricity to the rest of the 15 per cent of the 1.25 billion population, India is all set to achieve … Read more
Prime Minister said that our country is moving from women’s development to women-led development and this is what his party strongly believes in. He further talked about the initiatives taken by the government for women’s empowerment. He said that about 9 crore women have benefitted from Mudra scheme so far. To stay in touch with the BJP … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi and Varanasi are among the 14 Indian cities that figured in a list of 20 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 levels in 2016, data released by the WHO showed today. The WHO data also said that nine out of 10 people in the world breathe air containing … Read more