50 DTH edu channels to be launched soon
New Delhi: Fifty Direct-To-Home (DTH) educational channels would be launched soon, which would be more interactive than the existing programmes. “These channels will air programmes which will be live and not pre-recorded. The new initiatives will be one of the largest anywhere in the world of its kind,” Higher Education Secretary Ashok Thakur said at a workshop on National Programme on National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology. The Ministry has spent over one billion dollars for ICT.
Bjp: pc has A “double chequered” history
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday hit out at P Chidambaram for criticising Narendra Modi and said the Congress leader has a “double chequered” history for his role as Union Minister. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi lekhi said Chidambaram’s acknowledgement that Modi has united the rank and file shows he has accepted that Modi was a “unifying force”.
Govt: Won’t share ias officers’ harrassment cases
New Delhi: The Government has declined to share information on complaints of sexual harassment against IAS officers, saying it was exempted from disclosure. The Ministry of Personnel has cited a Supreme Court judgement, instead of any clause of the RTI Act, to deny information in response to a query filed under the transparency law.