The government and the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority mooted a 'micro-insurance' scheme and asked insurers to collaborate with non-governmental organisations.
Australian captain Steve Waugh in conversation with former athlete Ashwini Nachappa on his life, career, sledging and charity work.
The condom is made of polyurethane and designed to fit the female body, Dr Shilpa Merchant, national HIV/AIDS coordinator, PSI, said during it launch in Mumbai on Wednesday evening.
Arun Gandhi, head of the M K Gandhi Institute for Non-violence in the US, will be the star attraction at three mass rallies planned in Ramallah, Abu Dis and Bethlehem on August 26.
The tribunal has been convened in various cities around the world during the last two years, including New York, London, Berlin, Rome, Brussels and Tokyo.
The Karnataka government and Parisara, a non-governmental organisation, have hit on a novel idea to promote planting and growing of trees, in a small way.
'You change the guard in Gujarat with President's rule for six months and you will see a sea change. The only reason we are seeing this day is because the VHP men are not dealt with strictly,' says Teesta Setalvad, campaigner against communalism.
About 12 Indian toy companies, which took part at the recently concluded world's biggest international Toy Fair - Spielwarenmesse, held in Germany, have bagged confirmed orders and serious enquiries worth $2 million, Indo German Export Project said.
About 86 per cent of all the diseases in the country are directly or indirectly related to the poor quality of drinking water, and 70 per cent of India's water is polluted, says a study
Uttam Khobragade, commissioner, Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration, said MSFDA found the presence of a particular pesticide in four of PepsiCo's products, in a recent test.
Forced to cross the Nanoi, a channel of the Brahmaputra, over 7,000 people uprooted from their homes and farms in Darrang district of Assam now use the stream's muddy water to drink and cook and defecate in the open as `Swachh Bharat' toilets built in their villages are now guarded by policemen who do not allow them to re-enter any part of the lands they have been thrown out of.
Before leaving for a conference of Asian NGOs to be held in Hyderabad, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said that during the meet he would highlight the need for tripartite talks on the issue.
On Friday, India marked the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. Various programmes were held across the country to mark the event, which coincides with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Director of Operations Christopher Stokes said the non governmental organisation was withdrawing for "operational and human resources reasons".
Asserting that Ayurveda presented a better health management option, a non-governmental organisation on Monday said India's export of herbal products could reach Rs 3,000 crore by 2005 from its present figure of Rs 450 crore annually.
What happens when sports stars have all the free time at hand and no play?
The Bureau of Indian Standards has decided to authorise non-governmental organisations of repute to lift samples of ISI marked products and get them tested in BIS laboratories at their own cost.
AIIMS has set up a special committee to look into the offers made by three NGOs to permanently take care of Neelu and Pinku.
Park authorities said the tigress was believed to be staying with a companion in the mangrove forests at Korlai within the park, about 10 km from suburban Borivli.
Google provides the training material in local languages.
The complainant accused Kejriwal and his brother-in-law of indulging in corruption.
Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters on Wednesday that the group of about 100 UN personnel from across the system travelled from Kabul to Almaty, where they will continue their work remotely.
An Indian Christian priest, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, abducted in Afghanistan eight months back, has been released, PM Narendra Modi announced on Sunday.
'Terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past, and information suggests they continue to do so'
Carols, joyful tidings, presents, beautifully decorated trees, bright lights and a time for a heartfelt prayer. As the world readies for the festival of Christmas, we bring you glimpses.
The draft environment impact assessment (EIA) notification, 2020, which involves the procedure of issuing environmental clearances to various projects, was issued by the Environment Ministry in March this year and has received thousands of suggestions from the public.
A US Congress-constituted quasi-judicial body on Wednesday asked the Joe Biden Administration to designate four nations, including India, as "countries of particular concern", alleging that religious freedom conditions there in 2020 continued their negative trajectory.
It should stop what it is deliberately doing to the NGO sector and let it operate as freely as the rest of the private sector, asserts Aakar Patel.
The NGO alleged that the minor's family members and community elders made her undertake the fast as part of a ritual.
The work will finish by end of the year.
'One man went berserk or rogue that does not mean the Mumbai police should be ashamed.'
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