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• 09, Feb 2021

The health department in Madhya Pradesh has launched the Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (‘SAANS’) campaign with the aim of reducing infant mortality due to pneumonia.To reduce the death rate due to pneumonia among infants a strategy is b

• 09, Feb 2021

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has informed that the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) will be implemented in 122 cities across the country.Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Mr. Javadekar said that city specific polluting factors will be determined before

• 09, Feb 2021

In Austria ,schools, shops, hairdressing salons and museums are reopening  after the country’s third lockdown, but concerns linger about infection rates and the spread of new coronavirus variants. The relaxation of measures taking effect Monday is far from complete.

• 09, Feb 2021

The Central Government is governed by the principle of “Minimum Government - Maximum Governance” and presented the same philosophy through the Union Budget 2021-22 recently. This was stated here today by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitha

• 09, Feb 2021

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021. The Ministr

• 08, Feb 2021

Efforts to minimize industrial wastewater can substantially reduce heavy metal pollution in the Ganga water in a short time span of a few months, a study carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown.The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown provided a team of scientists fr

• 08, Feb 2021

Scientists have found the first geological evidence of an earthquake at Himebasti Village on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, documented by historians as Sadiya earthquake in history, which is recorded to have caused massive destruction in the region and almost destroyed the

• 08, Feb 2021

The Netherlands has been blanketed by the first major snowstorm to hit in a decade. The storm yesterday disrupted rail and road traffic, as a cold front pushed through northern Europe. Dutch authorities have closed all coronavirus testing centres because of the extreme weather and peo

• 08, Feb 2021

In Kargil Ladakh, Drass Red has won the 13th CEC Cup Ice Hockey Championship beating Hockey Club Chiktan team in the Final match.The 1st Women CEC Ice Hockey Cup 2021 was lifted by Shakar Chiktan Team defeating Wakha Mulbekh Team.32 Men teams and 5 Women Teams participated in the

• 08, Feb 2021

India's first geothermal power project will be established at Puga village of eastern Ladakh. Puga has been identified as the hotspot of geothermal energy in the country by the scientists. AIR correspondent reports that in the first phase of the pilot project, one megawatt