National Consumer Helpline to roll out AI-based features, partners with 1,000 firmsIndia's National Consumer Helpline is getting a major AI-powered upgrade. The system will soon understand speech in multiple local language...
24 Nov, 2024, 05.02 PM IST
India launches revamped e-Migrate web portal and mobile app to help to promote safe and legal mobilityThe Indian government has introduced the e-Migrate V2.0 web portal and mobile app, designed to streamline overseas employment processes for...
14 Oct, 2024, 02.59 PM IST
Misinformation Combat Alliance, Meta introduce WhatsApp Helpline to fight deepfakesThe WhatsApp helpline will go live in March this year and will allow people to flag deepfakes by sending them to its chatbot. The chatbot w...
19 Feb, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals last year compared to 1.52 million in 2021In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, G Kishan Reddy, minister of culture, tourism and development of North-Eastern Region said that according...
07 Apr, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
17-year old Akshat Mittal launches Bharat Shramik to get unemployed migrants back to workBharat Shramik plans to plot a new skill map of India, where the number of unemployed migrant workers with their skills can be mapped to di...
01 Jul, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Govt expands covid-19 helpline, tells BSNL to reach out to 1.3 lakh complainants“Over 300 agents are handling 2,000 lines and about 21,000 calls daily. There is a need to augment capacity now with rising cases," a senio...
23 Jun, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Government plans to set up PM KISAN call centreAt present there is a helpline number for farmers to register complaints and seek information, but there have been complaints galore that f...
24 Oct, 2019, 12.53 PM IST
Government extends e-visa facility for citizens of 165 countriesTourism Minister K J Alphons also said the government has launched the 'Incredible India 2.0' campaign, marking a shift from generic promot...
06 Aug, 2018, 01.34 PM IST
India is the safest, insists tourism minister citing VegasAsked about measures taken by the ministry regarding safety of women tourists, Alphons insisted that India is one of the safest countries i...
04 Oct, 2017, 08.43 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi announces 24X7 helpline for expatsSpecifically for Indians in Saudi Arabia, Modi announced the setting up of worker resource centres in Riyadh and Jeddah to provide them wit...
02 Apr, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
Nirbhaya effect: Tourist inflow rises, but dip in growth of women arrivalsAccording to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 384 cases of crime against women tourists from overseas were registered in 2014.
22 Mar, 2016, 11.31 AM IST
India not off safe travel list in important countries: GovernmentCountries , which are important from tourism point of view, have not struck India off from the list of safe travel destinations for its cit...
14 Mar, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Cable sector digitisation Phase III: I&B ministry wants broadcasters to step up publicity driveWith the cut-off date for the Phase III of the cable sector digitisation drive barely a fortnight away, the government wants broadcasters t...
16 Dec, 2015, 10.26 PM IST
Microfinance firms can play role in financial inclusion: RBIMicrofinance companies can play a vital role in providing financial services in remote areas, the Reserve Bank of India said today.
04 Aug, 2015, 08.54 PM IST
Government to set multilingual helpline for tourists by March 2015Tourism Minister Shripad Naik said the Ministry is making all efforts to ensure that the infoline commences by March 31, 2015.
22 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
Indian missions in UAE to hold open housesIndian missions in the UAE will now hold open houses on every working day to make their services more transparent and accessible to Indian ...
18 Feb, 2014, 03.40 PM IST
Multi-lingual helpline for touristsTourism Ministry has approved the setting-up of a multi-lingual helpline to provide tourism-related information and assistance to traveller...
01 Jan, 2013, 07.45 PM IST