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I-PAC launches Forum – inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s 18-point Constructive Programme
Aiming to set agenda for 2019 parliamentary election, the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has launched National Agenda Forum (NAF). I-PAC, which was behind...
Touching the Grey Ghost of Ladakh
(DIG Sudhakar Natarajan) As an Armed Forces veterinarian, the highest decoration received by me was during the very first year of service, from a...
Suketi Fossil Park will be developed for tourism activities
Suketi Fossil Park is to be developed by the Tourism department with ADB assistance. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the State...
Government of India makes Amendments in Small Savings Act
Proposes merger of Government Savings Certificates Act, 1959 and Public Provident Fund Act, 1968 with the Government Savings Banks Act, 1873
All existing protections have...
Indian Air Force Conquers ‘Seven Summits’
An expert team of IAF mountaineers had successfully scaled highest peaks of six different continents earlier and had recently embarked upon its culminating expedition...
BSNL post-paid billing to go 100 percent paperless under ‘Go Green’...
Shimla: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced stepping up to 100 percent digital billing for the post-paid services under the Digital India mission....
Lok Sabha passes Central Road Fund Amendment Bill to provide fund...
The Lok Sabha passed the Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the Central Road Fund Act, 2000, through which...
BSNL enable online services to link Aadhaar with mobile number
To speed up linking mobile numbers with Aadhaar, the Government of India has permitted BSNL to enable online linking and Interactive Voice Response services. BSNL...
Nobel Prize for Physics, 2017 – Indian Connection
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics has been conferred to three scientists namely Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish & Kip S Thorne under...
Governor flags off Hero MTB Himalaya biking rally
Shimla: Governor Acharya Devvrat flagged off Hero MTB Himalaya here today. The cycling competition is being organized by Himalayan Adventure Sports and Tourism Promotion...
BSNL introduces LFMT and Virtual Landline Connection services
Shimla: Striving hard to retain its customer base, the largest landline service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced Limited Fixed Mobile Telephone...
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft ends its Historic Exploration of Saturn
A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into...
