TIFAC conferred with Nari Shakti Puraskar
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred prestigious Rani lakshmibai Award (Nari Shakti Puraskar 2015) to Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC) for its work under the scheme KIRAN-IPR for women empowerment in R&D through IPR training. Prabhat Ranjan, Executive Director, TIFAC, an organisation under the Union Science and Technology Ministry received the award on International Women's Day on March 8 here. later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met all the awardees and interacted about their contributions, said a statement here.
textbooks still retain W intellectuals: Irani
New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday denied that the names of historic Western intellectuals like Nicolaus Copernicus and Pythagoras had been removed from school textbooks, terming reports on the issue as "factually incorrect". She also made it clear that there was no proposal under consideration for "cleansing" the textbooks from foreign influence.
Rs87 crore donation to clean ganga fund
New Delhi: The Centre has received Rs87.69 crore, including Rs78.83 crore under the corporate social responsibility (CSR), in form of donations to the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF) till now. Union MoS for Water Resources Sanwar lal Jat informed lok Sabha the major donors include public enterprises and financial bodies like General Insurance Corporation of India (Rs25 crore), Indian Railways Finance Corporation ltd (Rs10 crore), Indian Infrastructure Finance Company limited (Rs5 crore), Container Corporation of India (Rs3.50 crore) and others.
Balbir singh new head of law commission
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed retired Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan as the new Chairperson of the law Commission of India. The judge, who is currently heading the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal, had retired from SC in July 2014. He will fill the void in the Commission left by the abrupt exit of former law Commissioner Chairman Justice (Retd) DK Jain in September last year. In addition, the Government has also appointed Justice Ravi R Tripathi, a former judge of the Gujarat High Court, as member of the law panel.
10-day yoga Fest on Healthy living
New Delhi: A 10-day ‘Raj-yoga Festival on Healthy & Happy living' is being organised by the Brahma Kumaris in the national Capital to spread awareness and experience on different dimensions, processes, stages and efficacies of India's most ancient Raj-yoga system.
Jindal Panther win Amity polo cup
New Delhi: The finals of Amity Polo Cup 2016 played between Sona Polo and Jindal Panther at Jaipur Polo Grounds on Sunday witnessed some of the finest moves by players and their equestrians with Jindal Panther emerging as winners.