Water scarcity, difficult terrain, fund delays slow tap water rollout in rural India: GovtThe Jal Jeevan Mission faces setbacks. Water scarcity and terrain pose challenges. State funding delays hinder progress. The mission aims t...
24 Jul, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
Banks to close inactive PM Jan-Dhan Yojana accounts? Here is what government saidThe Department of Financial Services has denied instructing banks to close dormant Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana accounts, countering rece...
10 Jul, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
National Water Awards: Odisha wins top spot for water conservation efforts, UP bags 2nd prizeOdisha has been recognised as the top winner in the 5th National Water Awards 2023, followed by Uttar Pradesh. Notable achievements include...
14 Oct, 2024, 09.01 PM IST
Govt wants present, future generations should not face problems that earlier generations did: Narendra ModiAddressing the Yatra in various parts of the country via video conferencing, the prime minister said that under earlier governments, the sc...
08 Jan, 2024, 09.19 PM IST
When poor, farmers, women, youth are empowered, country will become powerful: PM ModiAddressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra via video conferencing, Modi said the biggest objective of the Yatra is to ensure that no rightf...
08 Jan, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Are Namami Gange & Nal Se Jal achievable targets by 2024 or just a pipe dream?Har Ghar Nal Se Jal and Namami Gange — Modi government’s two ambitious, water-related programmes — are making progress despite challenges. ...
11 Oct, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Final instalment of Rs 500 to women Jan Dhan account holders from Friday: FinMinBeneficiaries are requested to follow the schedule to visit banks and CSPs and money can also be withdrawn via ATMs and BCs, the Financial ...
04 Jun, 2020, 07.49 PM IST
Full text of FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech"In May 2019, Prime Minister Modi received a massive mandate to form the government again."
01 Feb, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
The 9 worst things about working at a startup no one tells you before you join"Startup Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs but it's your choice to either scream or enjoy the ride."
22 Jun, 2015, 12.43 PM IST
LIC to stop selling 14 life insurance policiesCountry's insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation has decided to stop selling as many as 14 policies, including Jeevan Mitra and Anmol J...
22 Nov, 2013, 05.52 PM IST
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Irda has directed insurance companies that they cannot reject claims on technical grounds, such as delay in intimation and submission of do...
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- 30-something Generation Next that’s running the day-to-day show at Emami
“When any acquisition is on the cards, we discuss what we’ll do if it happens - or even, as is far more likely, if it doesn’t happen. What ...
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On the one hand, safe instruments give you a rate of return that often falls behind the inflation rate. On the other hand, you are not in a...
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