GST: Govt issues clarification to address service tax issues, misses key...
The Government has come out with a circular, which is raising more questions than it is trying to answer.
View ArticleMaharashtra village gets power, bus after 70 years of Independence
Amdeli, surrounded by forest and having a population of around 200 people, all of whom are Telugu speaking, is a remote village in Gadchiroli district on the border of Maharashtra and Telangana.
View ArticleUAE leaders trust friendship with India, says UAE Minister for culture
DUBAI - September 28, 2017: The UAE and India will have to further explore possible areas of synergy to advance bilateral trade between India and the UAE, sa...
View ArticleEconomic alliance with India is important, says H.E. Mohd Sharaf,UAE
DUBAI - September 27, 2017: More investment flows between the UAE and India should be promoted, and the scope for investments should be widened to address ne...
View Article75-year-old turns Mysuru neighbourhood into a model for others to follow
The former legislator began his swachh mission around 15 years ago, when he took charge of maintaining one ward of the Mysuru City Corporation.
View ArticlePuri beach goes litter-free with aid of sand sculptor
Tourists are happy. “I no longer find garbage, animal carcasses or sewage on the beach,“ said Andreas Philipp, a German tourist, a frequent visitor to Puri.
View ArticleSwachh missionaries: How a Jharkhand teacher overcame toilet taboos
She started her fight against open defecation nearly 15 years ago, when she was a school teacher at her village Karangagudi in Basen panchayat of Kersai block of the Simdega district.
View ArticleIn PM Narendra Modi's adopted village, many still go outdoors
Some villagers blame bad construction of toilets, which are already in a dilapidated condition, and others blame old habits.
View ArticleLoo-building effort hits some hurdles
Officials admit that the other big challenge for Swachh Bharat in rural areas is managing liquid waste, which pollutes natural water bodies.
View ArticleMaha govt will 'shame' people who defecate in open: Fadnavis
"Now we have a double responsibility at hand. We have to encourage people to use the record number of toilets created in the last two years," Fadnavis said.
View ArticlePresident Ram Nath Kovind hails Amitabh Bachchan for his role towards making...
"We keep watching the advertisements of famous actor Amitabh Bachchanji on TV. There are two-three of such ads -- one of the concepts being 'Darwaja band to bimari band'.
View ArticleGovernment to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas on Monday
October 2 is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly had voted for this.
View ArticleGovernment to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas on Monday
October 2 is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly had voted for this.
View ArticleGovernment announces Swacchhata awards
Among the winners is a Delhi-based Facebook citizen group -- 'My Delhi Keep It Clean' -- which is being awarded for promoting efforts to clean public places.
View ArticleSpreading cleanliness should be a collective effort: PM
Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. It emphasised on active participation by people, broom was made as an instrument to kickstart the swachh mission campaign.
View ArticlePresident Ram Nath Kovind visits Gandhiji's birthplace, declares rural...
"Cleanliness is a multi-stakeholder national movement and not just the responsibility of the sanitation personnel and government departments," the president said.
View ArticlePM's resolve to clean India has turned into mass movement: Yogi Adityanath
He said that by 2022, when the country will celebrate 75 years of Independence, the target would be removing all social ills and poverty.
View ArticleThree years of Swachh India: Rural India numbers showing progress
In three years of Swachh Bharat, rural sanitation coverage has increased to 69% from 39%, more than 230-million people in villages have stopped defecating in the open.
View ArticleUttar Pradesh tops all states with 3.2 lakh toilets built in 17 days
UP was followed by Rajasthan, which constructed 2,54,953 toilets, and Karnataka, which got 2,41,708 toilets built in the same period, it said.
View ArticleIndia post payments bank: Branches to help promote financial inclusion, says...
Manoj Sinha exhorted the postal employees to continue reorienting themselves with technological changes and disruptions in order to bring innovative offerings to consumers.
View ArticleEconomic Times concludes the Pharma & Life Sciences Congress 2017
With the Indian Pharmaceuticals market growing ever larger, The Economic Times saw the need to cultivate a platform for researchers, pharmaceuticals industri...
View ArticlePSBs asked to provide customers clean toilets at branches
The 21 PSBs have about 1.25 lakh branches and the six state-owned insurance companies have presence across the country.
View ArticleThis is what govt should do to safeguard tribals’ trade interests
The intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continue to remain hotbeds of Left-wing extremism.
View ArticleBusiness Heads Brainstorm Strategies For Workplace2025 AtJobBuzz Event
JobBuzz Workplace2025 Conclave Brings Together India's Top Business Leaders to Envision Tech Disruptions at Work Spheres As technology is making quick inroa...
View ArticleTCLL and Sports Authority Gujarat in pact to train 2000 athletes
Times Centre for Learning Limited TCLL recently signed an MOU with the Sports Authority Gujarat to impart training for personality and skill development fo...
View ArticleCompanies and individuals together planted over 3.5 million trees!
How is the thought of commemorating any event by gifting your loved ones the gift of nature - a tree? This unusual gift is a promise at Grow-Trees.com, which...
View ArticleDark reality of Automobile & Highways growth in India by Ravi Gaikwad
Currently India boast of 4th largest auto market and 3rd largest road networks in the world but this progress and growth has dark side as well. Other than na...
View ArticleAmazon India delivers smiles by facilitating online education for students
Reports from NGOs partnered with Amazon’s CSR programs indicate that less than 30% of students they work with have access to supporting devices.
View ArticlePandemic derails construction under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
“Against the target of 2.02 crore houses allocated under the scheme till the financial year 2020-21, 1.50 crore houses or 75% have been completed so far,” minister of state for rural development Sadhvi...
View Article'The shortage of coal at power plants is different from shortage of coal in...
In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said coal dispatches were constrained due to a prolonged monsoon, panning reports that power stations had an average of four days’ worth of coal at the end of...
View ArticleBiden admin, US companies welcomed economic reforms by India: Finance...
The discussions touched on key areas of economic recovery from the pandemic to macro economic outlook; cooperation on global economic matters; climate finance support to infrastructure funding and...
View ArticleFTAs with nations to help provide more mkt access to Indian goods: Commerce...
Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that talks for such pacts are going on with Australia, UAE, GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), European Union, Israel and the UK. Member countries of GCC are...
View ArticleFM Nirmala Sitharaman: Centre doubles November tax devolution amount for states
As many as 15 chief ministers, J&K LG and Deputy chief ministers of three states participated in the meeting. Rest of the states were represented by finance ministers. This meeting was essentially...
View ArticleRecent reforms will lay foundation of higher growth: Chief Economic Advisor...
Rakesh Mohan, member (part-time), Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, while articulating that the Indian economy needs a reboot stated that there is a need for a third-generation...
View ArticleCrypto industry urges govt to take nuanced approach, asks investors to remain...
Currently, there is no regulation or any ban on the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month held a meeting on the cryptocurrencies...
View ArticleBengaluru-Patna GoAir flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur airport citing...
"We made all requisite arrangements by declaring it as full-scale emergency, which includes making available runways, fire tenders, doctors, ambulances and requires coordination with the police....
View ArticleSanskrit should be made official language: senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy
He said Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Nepali languages use the Devanagari script as all these languages originated from Sanskrit. All literature relating to Yoga is also in Sanskrit. Swamy said the growth...
View ArticleSharing of powers of direct taxation and indirect taxation is unfair: Tamil...
Speaking at the 46th meeting of the GST Council held in the national capital under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Thiagarajan said the hike on the fabrics including...
View ArticleNano bubbles in blood of Covid 19 patients could treat, prevent infection...
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on Thursday, is the first to show evACE2 are capable of fighting the new SARS-CoV-2 variants with an equal or better efficacy than blocking the...
View ArticleChina holds the line on 'Zero COVID,' but some wonder for how long
China, which has largely kept the coronavirus at bay since 2020, is going to ever more extreme lengths to quell outbreaks that have proliferated around the country in recent weeks, and a growing number...
View ArticleThird Covid-19 wave to hit airports' revenue recovery this fiscal: Report
However, it sees a strong rebound compared to the second wave of the pandemic once the situation normalises, as it expects that the easing of restrictions by states, healthy pace of vaccination and a...
View ArticleFRL's independent directors ask Amazon to confirm Rs 3,500-cr infusion by...
E-mails sent to Amazon and Future group seeking comments on the matter did not elicit a response. Earlier this month, Future Retail had said it had missed the due date for the payment of Rs 3,494.56...
View ArticleSP chief Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over LPG price hike, terms it 'gift of...
While LPG rates were last revised on October 6, 2021, petrol and diesel prices had been on a freeze since November 4 as five states including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab went to polls. LPG prices had gone...
View ArticlePM Modi to inaugurate Kolkata gallery on contribution of revolutionaries in...
Biplobi Bharat Gallery depicts the political and intellectual backdrop that triggered the revolutionary movement. It showcases the birth of the revolutionary movement, formation of significant...
View ArticleTravel in bus once a week, submit feedback: Delhi govt to Group A, B officers...
One of the 150 new electric buses, inducted in DTC's fleet on Tuesday, broke down owing to increase in the vehicle's temperature beyond the specified limit, hours after being flagged off from the...
View ArticleFinance Ministry issues draft SoP for e-commerce jewellery exports through...
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has invited feedback and suggestions from stakeholders by June 14 on the Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for implementation of a simplified...
View ArticleGreen activists, parties hold protest against govt's decision to construct...
In their first cabinet meeting held soon after their swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP had directed the state...
View ArticleIndian businesses need to stop looking for China fix: S Jaishankar
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Indian businesses to stop seeking a China solution while highlighting the strategic importance of the Make in India programme in boosting the...
View ArticleRailway Board pulled up signalling staffers in April for adopting 'shortcuts'...
The Railway Board has expressed serious concern over incidents of signal gears being reconnected by signal and telecom staff without proper testing of points, despite repeated instructions. This in...
View ArticleGautam Gambhir-Sreesanth spat continues. Kerala pacer lauds ex-opener's...
The spat between 2011 World Cup winning teammates Gautam Gambhir and S Sreesanth is still simmering. After Gambhir was run-out for 10 in the match against Manipal Tigers in the Qualifier 2 of Legends...
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