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Promote Buddhist tourism over 200 monks & followers have embarked on eight-day ‘Eco Padyatra’

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote Buddhist tourism and spread awareness on environment protection, over 200 monks, nuns and Buddhism followers across the country have embarked on eight-day ‘Eco Padyatra’ in Odisha. The Padayatra that was flagged off by Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Tuesday will cover five Buddhist sites in the State- Khandagiri, Udayagiri, Dhauligiri, Lalitgiri ...

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Trinamool Congress mocked at “corrupt” BJP for trying to “rein in corruption” in the CBI

Kolkata:25/10/18 :The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership Thursday mocked at “corrupt” BJP for trying to “rein in corruption” in the CBI and said the recent turn of events in the investigating agency proves that it is being controlled by the saffron party to serve its political purpose. “We have been witnessing a series of events that have taken place in the CBI ...

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Sundari’ Still Elusive, Odisha government has sought the assistance of experts from Madhya Pradesh

Satkosia:25/10/18: The Odisha government has sought the assistance of experts from Madhya Pradesh to send expert to capture the Royal Bengal Tigress ‘Sundari’ in Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary as the state forest department staff are unable to tranquilise the big cat in the wild, officials said Thursday. The tigress which has claimed two human lives so far continues to play hide and ...

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Smart City walls are all set for a colorful look with mural paintings based on the World Cup Hockey

Bhubaneswar: 25/10/18:The white washed walls along some of the major stretches across the city are all set for a colourful look with mural paintings based on the World Cup Hockey. The civic body has already identified a 40-km road network for work related to wall paintings, murals and street art. This was decided after a survey by BMC for carrying ...

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Smt Anupriya Patel inaugurates Seminar on “Women’s Health Challenges, Access and Prevention”

Newdelhi:25/10/18:Smt Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare inaugurated a seminar on “Women’s Health Challenges, Access and Prevention” organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), here today. Speaking at the function, SmtAnupriya Patel stated that women are strong pillars of any vibrant society and sustained development of the country can be achieved only if we take holistic ...

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Country cannot progress without research in social science and technology – Prakash Javadekar

Newdelhi:25/10/18:The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal of the Scheme “Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS)” in New Delhi today. Briefing the media about the scheme, the Minister said that that under the Scheme, 1500 research projects will be awarded for 2 years to support the social science research in the higher educational institutions ...

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Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave

Newdelhi:25/10/18:The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that India has vindicated the vision of the founding father of country’s Nuclear Energy Programme, Dr Homi J. Bhabha, when he had said that India’s nuclear programme will be used for ...

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3-Day India Mobile Congress with the theme, “New Digital Horizons – Connect. Create. Innovate.” began on a grand note in Delhi

Newdelhi:25/10/18:India Mobile Congress (IMC) is one of the biggest marquee Mobile, Internet, and Technology event for South and South-East Asia, with the theme, “New Digital Horizons – Connect. Create. Innovate.”, IMC 2018 began on a grand-scale at Aero City, New Delhi with over 300 companies, 20 countries participating in this prestigious event in the Asia Pacific region. Shri Manoj Sinha, ...

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Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for 2014, 2015 & 2016 announced

Newdelhi:25/10/18:The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 is being conferred   on the doyen of Manipuri dance Sh. Rajkumar Singhajit Singh; Chhayanaut (a cultural organization of Bangladesh) and on one of India’s greatest sculptors, Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar, respectively.The Jury under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, Sh Narendra Modi and comprising of the Chief Justice ...

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President of India inaugurates International Arya Mahasammelan-2018

Delhi.(October 25, 2018) :The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the International Arya Mahasammelan  today Speaking on the occasion, the President said that in the 19th century when we were considering our culture and beliefs inferior than the western culture, Swami DayanandSaraswati showed us the path of renaissance and self-pride. He was an intrepid warrior of social and ...

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