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March 4, 2024 10:46 AM

Governments SHREYAS Scheme Empowers SCs and OBCs through Education

In a significant effort to empower economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), the Government’s umbrella scheme, “SHREYAS,” comprising four central sector sub-schemes, has been making a substantial impact over the past nine years, from 2014-15 to 2022-2...

March 4, 2024 10:44 AM

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan flags off trial run of Bhopal Metro

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today flagged off the trial run of the Bhopal Metro train at Subhash Nagar in the city. During the event, CM Chouhan also performed a ceremonial worship before giving the green signal for the metro train. He even took a ride on the metro train ...

March 4, 2024 10:53 AM

Pioneers of mRNA technology win medicine Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been announced and it has been awarded to those scientists who developed the mRNA technology that helped in developing mRNA covid vaccines. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the prize for advancements that have changed the field o...

March 4, 2024 10:46 AM

Govt introduces AI Curriculum in 54 tribal schools

The programme intends to bridge the barriers in teaching to go a long way in improving learning outcomes for tribal students. Empowering teachers in local languages, particularly within tribal communities in India, will enable them to effectively deliver the curriculum and equip tribal students to e...

October 25, 2024 3:52 PM

Santiniketan, India’s cultural gem, enters UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, often referred to as the “Abode of Peace,” in a momentous occasion has joined the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On September 17, UNESCO announced the decision on social media platform X. Founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore in 1901, Santinketan, is l...

March 4, 2024 10:49 AM

Throwback to the Elections of 1960s, 70s and 80s with DD and AIR

The ongoing Lok Sabha elections have been the talk of the town since the poll dates were announced. All of us have been glued to our TV sets, Radio and mobile phones for latest poll updates, speeches of our favourite candidates, discussions and analyses on various aspects of the ongoing elections; h...

October 25, 2024 4:00 PM

ASI survey resumes in Gyanvapi, heavy security deployed at the site

On Tuesday, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began its scientific assessment of the Gyanvapi complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi for the fifth day in a row to ascertain if the 17th-century mosque was built atop a pre-existing Hindu temple construction. As the ASI team continued the insp...