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Budget 2025: PM Modi hints at initiatives for poor, middle class, and women
Modi invoked Lakshmi in his pre-session remarks, emphasizing equal rights for women and historic bills during the Budget Session.
Published on Jan 31, 2025 05:56 PM IST
PTI |
Prince William to star in two part documentary tackling homelessness.
Prince William to feature in documentary series on ending homelessness in the UK, showcasing his initiative Homewards and community-based approach.
Published on Jul 07, 2024 12:55 PM IST
Aditi Srivastava
Top California Democrats announce ballot measure targeting retail theft
Top California Democrats announce ballot measure targeting retail theft
Updated on Jul 02, 2024 04:30 AM IST
AP |
‘Meri Bus Meri Sadak’ initiative launched for sustainable public transport
A joint venture by the Directorate of Urban Transport, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the initiative aims to improve connectivity, accessibility and economic growth.
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 07:26 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Mindful youths working towards innovative plastic management
The group Ronith Lahoti, Ronit Shende, Riyaan Lodha and Vivaan Ranka are setting up an example for other youngsters
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 05:52 AM IST
Vicky Pathare
Ludhiana: Key private hospitals set to provide free facilities to road accident victims
Amid some confusion surrounding the guidelines, the state government has taken a definitive stance, deciding to fully sponsor the treatment of all victims under the scheme
Published on Jan 19, 2024 10:26 PM IST
Dinkle Popli, Ludhiana
Bisrakh govt primary school will be first in Noida to get a smart classroom
Gautam Budh Nagar MLA Pankaj Singh inaugurated an initiative to upgrade government primary schools into smart schools. The program aims to benefit 120 schools and provide better facilities to students. The goal is to improve learning outcomes by 30% in the first year. The Sampark Foundation has committed an investment of ₹40 crore in Uttar Pradesh for this initiative.
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 05:54 AM IST
Correspondent, Noida
Kamala Harris to announce $900 mln in pledges to boost women in green sectors
Harris will announce $900 million in pledges from governments, companies & civil society organizations as part of Women in the Sustainable Economy Initiative.
Published on Nov 16, 2023 04:22 PM IST
Reuters |
23-year-old serves hot meals to slum dwellers in exchange for plastic bottles
Since 2018, Shakti, a resident of slums in Bhandup, came across two problems in his area; garbage lying around the slums, and people struggling to get a meal at times
Updated on Jun 12, 2023 12:39 AM IST
No dent in weight of school bags despite new format textbooks
One page after every lesson to write notes has proved inadequate, and students and parents are now purchasing notebooks in addition to these new-format books
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 11:17 PM IST
PM Modi hails Kurukshetra farmer for his water conservation initiatives
PM Narendra Modi has praised a young farmer from Kurukshetra’s Ban village for his efforts for water conservation by adopting drip-irrigation. Farmer Ankur said that he has adopted the drip irrigation instead of flood irrigation to save groundwater and cut input cost.
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 12:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Karnal
Excise dept to issue MRP list with liquor permit for pvt events, says Harpal Singh Cheema
The excise department in Punjab, India has started issuing a list of maximum retail prices for liquor along with permits for private functions to prevent people being ripped off by the "liquor mafia". The permits only allow the applicant to serve liquor to private guests, and no quantity can be sold to anyone for consideration. Finance, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the measure would encourage people to buy liquor from licensed shops and discourage illegal trade.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 02:26 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Jammu and Kashmir’s Mission Youth gets PM award
A Jammu and Kashmir government spokesman said that Mission Youth was selected for innovations leading to empowerment of youth in Jammu and Kashmir which included schemes in education, skilling, coaching, volunteerism and effective use of technology for a very transparent and effective service delivery.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 12:05 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
SGPC to take kin of youths imprisoned in Dibrugarh jail to Assam for meeting
SGPC facilitates meeting between Punjab youths imprisoned in Dibrugarh jail and their families on April 19, after obtaining permission from Amritsar district magistrate.
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Amritsar
EWS students: Hope for kids to study beyond Class 8
Under the RTE Act, economically weaker students who passed Class 8 will continue studying till Class 12 with the support of benevolent people and CSR funding. An NGO, Rightwalk Foundation, is seeking funds from people to contribute to the fees of poor children. The money will be credited directly to the school?s account every six months. At least 50 students will benefit from this initiative.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:24 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Speaker Gupta apprises Canadian delegation on Haryana Vidhan Sabha’s NeV app
Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Monday apprised a visiting foreign delegation about the steps taken towards making the state assembly paperless, saying the initiative has helped in saving 98% paper.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Manipur’s hill town adopt trees in memory of village leaders, elders
The adoption of trees in the name of the pioneer village elders and leaders is aimed to remember and honour those in the sight of the public and continue to celebrate their past lives, while adoption in name of institutions is to engage their staff to make them love trees and nature, the village authority said
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 02:21 PM IST
Sobhapati Samom
Now, send your grievances to Haryana CM on jan samvaad portal
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday launched the ‘jan samvaad’ portal in which written complaints and problems of citizens addressed to the CM will be registered
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 12:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
‘CM di Yogshala’ a mass campaign to make Punjab healthy: CM Mann
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann along with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched the “CM di Yogshala” campaign. Under this, residents will be provided with yoga and meditation facilities
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 01:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Patiala:
Citizens’ group sets up drinking water pots across Kalyan
The group named `Manuski’, that was formed by three friends in January this year, now has 50 members who are relentlessly working towards various projects aimed at helping the needy. They recently started the project to provide drinking water to the needy.
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 12:06 AM IST
New tech boosting recovery of stolen phones
As per an RTI, in 2019, out of 43,397 mobile handsets that were reported stolen or lost in the city, only 2,088 phones were recovered. In 2020, 39,819 phones were reported missing or stolen, out of which, 1,916 were recovered. Similarly, in 2021, out of 51,030 missing phones, only 3,230 was recovered.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi