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When a farmer in Jharkhand was unable to source water for his crops, he began to single-handedly dig a pond on his land, which is now fully functional. A report by Mukesh Ranjan

Thousands of farmers in Bhaderwah area of Doda district in J&K have taken to lavender cultivation, which is rewarding in terms of much better returns and low upkeep, reports Fayaz Wani

NGO Aarohan sets up digital classrooms to bridge literacy divide, improve quality of edu for tribal children

PUDUCHERRY: As the temperature sizzled at 39.8°C across Puducherry, and deadpan ponds with murky water shimmered in the midday heat, disquiet was palpable in the air. The scorching sun screamed down parched fields mercilessly.…

It falls under the South Western Railway zone. The Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi railway station in Karnataka recently entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest railway platform in the world. The 1,507 m…

The festival marks the beginning of spring. Google Doodle on Tuesday, March 21 is celebrating the Iranian or Persian New Year, popularly referred to as Nowruz. The doodle which represents the Nowruz theme features spring flowers…

Bhubaneswar: An emerging India, bubbling with self-confidence and new energy, has become the world’s fifth largest economy with a gross domestic product (GDP) of 3.5 trillion dollars, senior diplomat and special advisor to the Prime…

Lucknow: Team UP's visit to Delhi turned out to be a success, as the Uttar Pradesh government received investment proposals of more than Rs 2.75 lakh crore at the Delhi Roadshow organized on Friday in a run-up to the UP Global Investors…

Hubballi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate this year’s National Youth Festival here on January 12 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. This was announced by the Union Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs…

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off Ganga Vilas cruise on January 13 in the presence of Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at Ravidas Ghat in…

Zagreb: Croatia's revenues from tourism in 2022 are projected to total a record 13 billion euros (13.87 billion U.S. dollars), the country's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Brnjac said here on Monday. The number of tourists who visited…

Visakhapatnam: Mr. Karri Srinivas, working as Deputy General Manager in RINL-Vizag Steel plant, has donated O-ve blood to a patient named Lakshmi, from Vizianagaram, at Gazuwaka Amma Blood bank here on Thursday. The 43-year-old poor lady,…

Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh soft launches 5G Network in Manipur at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Wednesday. He urged the service provider to focus on the border and remotest areas of the State. Chief Minister…

Gangtok: A rally led by Ganesh Rai, leader of Reform Call, reached Gangtok on Sunday. The rally, divided in two phases, started from Mayfair Resort gate with a cavalcade bearing national flags. Once they reached the main town, the…

California: On November 6, Elon Musk tweeted that he is so “committed” to free speech he would not ban an account tracking his private plane, called @elonjet - even if it was a “direct personal safety risk” to himself. However, that…

Mumbai: Mumbai is considered the ‘Urbs Prima in India’ - and rightly so. However, after the demolition of Babri structure in Ayodhya on 6 December, 1992 and the subsequent communal riots of December 1992-January 1993, changed the character…

Srinagar: Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar was illuminated with the logo of G20 soon after India assumed the presidency on Thursday. Authorities in Srinagar illuminated Shankaracharya Temple overlooking the Srinagar city and Dal Lake in…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is destined to become a trillion-dollar economy in the near future and emerge as the gateway to East and South East Asia, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Thursday. Addressing the plenary session with CXOs and…

New Delhi: Gaurav Dwivedi is the new CEO of Prasar Bharati, as per a statement issued by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. "The President of India has today appointed, after due recommendation by the Selection Committee,…

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh recorded heavy turnout in Assembly elections. The world's highest polling station at a height of 15,256 feet above sea level recorded 100 pet cent polling. Spokesman of Election Commission said that highest 77 pc…