NEWS ETC Budget 2022: Focus on organic and natural farming; 2023 as the year of millets, increase oilseeds production The Indian government has been promoting safer agricultural practices and the Union Budget 2022 will focus on organic farming and...
NEWS ETC Ken-Betwa project and five river linking projects find mention in FM Sitharaman’s Budget 2022 speech These river linking projects are being strongly opposed by the environmentalists who claim linking of these rivers will be disastrous...
NEWS ETC Rs 60,000 allocated to Har Ghar Jal scheme in Union Budget 2022: FM Nirmala Sitharaman 3.8 crore households are to be covered under the central government’s piped drinking water scheme in financial year 2022-23.
NEWS ETC Union Budget 2022 LIVE UPDATES: Drones to be used for crop assessment, digitisation of land records, spraying of insecticides Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, while sharing his views about the upcoming Budget, told the press outside the...
NEWS ETC Union Budget 2022-23: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament, budget speech at 11 am — WATCH here In a marked departure from the past budgets, sweets were provided to the core staff due to the “lock-in” at...
Notorious for brewing hooch and seething alcoholism, Chainpurva now sleeps peacefully Infamous for brewing illegal liquor, and where alcohol addiction and domestic violence was commonplace, Chainpurva village in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh,...
Music & Dance The Dangi Dance of Adivasis in Gujarat celebrates Mother Earth Young men and women from the Dangi tribe pay a sprightly homage to their reigning goddess – Dharti Maata –...
Governance India’s tiger reserve receives the prestigious award for doubling tigers in the wild Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu has been awarded TX2 Awards after its tiger number doubled since 2010. Improving habitats,...
NEWS ETC Explained: The controversial project to ‘develop’ the Great Nicobar Islands; public hearing on Jan 27 Andaman and Nicobar Islands are global hotspots for biological diversity. The Indian government’s NITI Aayog has prepared a 75,000 crore...
Teacher Connection A chemistry teacher’s formula for life Sharma Sir never missed ‘lecturing’ his students on the ill-effects of alcohol. A decade later, during a school reunion of...
