Digital India: Aadhaar, e-Sanjeevani, Bhashini showcased at G20 summit venueDelegates and other guests visiting the Digital India Experience Zone, set up at the Bharat Mandapam, will also be able to experience the j...
08 Sep, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi proposes space body, tech-led skilling to drive on BRICSModi had five suggestions for boosting the group. He proposed setting up a Brics Space Exploration Consortium which will help Brics nations...
24 Aug, 2023, 10.34 AM IST
UP govt school teachers to be trained in spoken EnglishThe orders in this regard have been issued by Director General, School Education Vijay Kiran Anand to all the joint directors and district ...
14 Jun, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Dropout rate of girls has declined since 2014: Mansukh MandaviyaInteracting with the reporters outside Parliament, Mandaviya said the Modi government is trying to ensure that the country's need for docto...
15 Dec, 2022, 01.50 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Bhimavaram in AP, Gandhinagar in Gujarat on July 4At around 11 AM on July 4, the prime minister will launch the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Al...
01 Jul, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
NEP's move to teaching in mother tongue could transform learning in IndiaThe National Education Policy, 2020 has advocated, that "wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferabl...
19 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Over 40 lakh children get COVID-19 vaccine on first day; Parents say it is a big reliefFrom setting up attractive selfie points to putting up imaginative posters and colourful balloons, the designated vaccination centres, most...
03 Jan, 2022, 11.59 PM IST
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi urges people to make resolution to substitute foreign products with made in India items"I appeal to you to make a list of goods of daily use and analyse which imported articles have unconsciously become a part of our lives and...
27 Dec, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
New Education Policy 2020: The key would be implementation with well-defined action planThe policy outlines ambitious plans. While New Education Policy, 2020 conveys the right intentions, but the key would be its implementation.
31 Jul, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
View: NEP will envision a system rooted in Indian ethosIn one of my favourite English poems, Robert Frost said, “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep.” These lines ha...
30 May, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
Govt's changing the way health data is captured in IndiaCitizens’ data is huge but it is stored in silos and scattered across the country. The government is trying to change that through a new po...
18 Mar, 2020, 10.49 AM IST
Rs 93,847.64 crore budget for education sectorWhile Rs 37,461.01 crore has been allocated for higher education, an amount of Rs 56,386.63 crore has been earmarked for school education.
01 Feb, 2019, 04.09 PM IST
MGNREGA,Hybrid invest policy: Factors that will drive the economy this yearThe government has budgeted Rs 54,817 crore as dividend from the RBI, state-run banks and financial institutions for FY 2018-19.
02 Feb, 2018, 10.08 AM IST
Is India on its way to fix the abysmal state of its schools? Far from itThe real problem is not the calibre of our children. It is the competence of our teachers. That is the house of horrors we must defenestrat...
19 Oct, 2017, 11.41 AM IST