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Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath launches 'Project GANGA', pitches self-reliance over 'revdi' cultureUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched Project GANGA in Lucknow. This initiative will bring high-speed fibre broadband t...- Why Amazon has struggled to crack IndiaAmazon's India strategy is changing: under new leadership, the company is focusing on profitability over rapid growth. This shift comes as ...
- Who gets what in Vijay’s Tamil Nadu Cabinet as Congress, VCK, IUML join power tableTamil Nadu's political landscape has shifted with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay forming a 35-member coalition ministry. This new government...
- Tamil Nadu Cabinet Expansion: CM Vijay adds 23 more ministers to TVK-led govt, shuffles some portfoliosT.N. Cabinet Expansion Updates: Tamil Nadu's new government has expanded its cabinet. Twenty-three more MLAs joined the State Cabinet. This...
- Credit at the tap: The opportunities and risks of India’s digital lending boomIndia's digital lending is rapidly transforming credit access, with mobile apps now disbursing significant loan volumes, especially to youn...
- Who are R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya, new NITI Aayog members?The Centre has appointed R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya as full-time members of NITI Aayog, taking the total number of such members to s...
- Updated Indian Railways rules for Divyangjan: PwDs with UDID cards can travel in these unreserved coachesIndian Railways has permitted Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) holding valid UDID cards to travel in unreserved Divyangjan coaches on mail/...
- Centre reshuffles top bureaucracy; appoints 48 officers as joint secretariesThe Centre has announced a significant bureaucratic reshuffle. Forty-eight civil servants have been appointed to joint secretary or equival...
- Transgender law must retain self-identification: Trans activist Maya ThakurA new law amends transgender rights, replacing self-identification with medical board approval. Maya Thakur, a transgender icon, argues thi...
- Molotov cocktail thrown at Sam Altman’s home; OpenAI CEO raises concernsAltman has linked the incident to rising tensions around AI, public narratives about his role, and a recent critical article about him. Say...
- Social Justice ministry allocated Rs 14,225 crore in interim budgetIn 2023-24, the revised estimate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment was Rs 9,853.32 crore and the Department of Empowermen...
- Only 3 per cent of buildings accessible for disabledAbout 52 of 1,662 public buildings across 50 cities have been retrofitted and made disabledfriendly under Accessible India, which was launc...
- Government jobs for those with learning disabilities tooNine months after the enactment of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, the Centre has spelt out the rules for employing d...
- Cabinet to consider proposal for national sign language instituteThough a national institute for hearing impaired is already functioning in Mumbai, the proposed institute would exclusively focus on sign l...
- Centre to add more kinds of disabilities under Disabilities BillKrishan Pal Gurjar said that steps should be taken to get CSR funds from private companies to execute schemes of the Department of Empowerm...
- 25 lakh children with special needs enrolled in schools: GovtOver 25 lakh children with special needs are enrolled in schools and another over 2 lakh who have "profound" special needs are covered unde...
- All government websites to be made differently-abled friendlyIn a major initiative, people with disabilities will be able to easily access government websites across the country.
- Govt teams up with Wadhwani Foundation to provide relief to poor and disabled.Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Wadhwani Foundation’s Skills Development Network Trust enters into a partnershi...
- Sudhir Bhargava to hold charge of Department of Empowerment of Persons with DisabilitiesBhargava, a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is presently Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Disability department gets new nameCarved out as separate department and christened as the Department of Disability Affairs in 2012 to act as the nodal Department.
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