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1 lakh km of road built with plastic waste, Modi govt saves Rs 30,000 per km: Read about the revolution in road construction
In 2016, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had announced the usage of plastic waste in road construction
The Wire accused Yogi Adityanath of being ‘casteist’ for not killing Vikas Dubey hours before the encounter of the gangster
Notorious gangster, Vikas Dubey, who was arrested from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh was killed in an encounter in the wee hours of the morning on Friday
HRD Minister clears the air about the exclusion of some chapters from CBSE syllabus for current year, calls MSM’s reporting sensationalism
HRD Minister said that news
reporter are sensationalizing the removal of chapters from CBSE syllabus due to lockdoown
Indian Army decides to ban 89 apps for its personnel: Here are the details
Other than Chinese apps there are other few apps like Facebook, Instagram, etc which the Indian Army has also banned for its personnel
Academic loss due to coronavirus: Course load of CBSE curriculum reduced, chapters on ‘secularism’, ‘citizenship’ deleted. Read details
The decision to drop such topics were made after the direction of the HRD ministry which asked the CBSE to reduce the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 by 30 per cent to compensate for the academic loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent closure of schools.
How Mumbai’s long-awaited dream of IFSC status is nowhere near complete and Gandhinagar secured IFSC status
Manmohan Singh announced in 2004 that Mumbai would be turned into Shasnghai. However, that did not happen.
Congress does u-turn on public-private partnerships in Indian railways since the UPA era: Here is what happened then and now
The Congress party, of late, has been protesting against what it calls the ‘privatisation’ of Indian Railways.
In a first in the world, Indian Railways sets up solar power plant in Madhya Pradesh to run trains
The 1.7 MW solar power plant of Indian Railways will feed power to the overhead power lines to power the traction systems of locomotives
Agra’s Taj Mahal may reopen from Monday with restrictions, district authorities in dilemma as fresh cases rise
The visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to mandatorily wear masks at all times, and keep their distance from each other.
Dog Meat Ban in Nagaland incites accusation of ‘cultural imperialism’, ‘food fascism’, shows how liberal imperialism can deepen fault-lines in the country
The ban on dog meat in Nagaland has sparked cultural anxieties in the north eastern state, which may fuel existing separatist feelings
