President Ram Nath Kovind highlighted the importance of the government's flagship 'Khelo India Programme'.  The joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament in New Delhi. President the new government decided to widen the spectrum of the 'Khelo India Programme' to cover the entire ...

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu State Government to launch its flagship universal health insurance scheme named "Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana(SSBY). The Health scheme will be the first of its kind in the state and provide annual health cove of Rs. 5 lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of ...

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.  Higher public sector investment, stronger consumption demand, revival in exports, improved power supply and higher growth in ...

National Health Authority (NHA) and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth signed a Memorandum Understanding (MoU) to train 15,000 state and district personnel. They are trained for Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra scheme. They are to provide the delivery of health services under Ayushman Bharat Scheme ...

India named a 23-member squad to represent the country at the Asian Junior Badminton Championship.  The tournament will be held in Suzhou, China. boys' singles challenge by Manipur's Maisnam Meiraba Luwang.  An impressive total of 1000 points by virtue of a fine run in the domestic ...

Nepal celebrates 5th International Day of Yoga. Government of Nepal planned to organize a yoga program in Kathmandu to celebrate the International Day of Yoga. International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide about the benefits of practicing yoga. The 2019 Theme: Yoga for Climate ...

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs chaired the 20th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) held in New Delhi.  It was attended by senior officers of the Government of India and the Financial Sector Regulators. The meeting reviewed the current global and ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday cancelled his trip to Sri Lanka, still recovering from the Easter Sunday bombings, due to "unavoidable scheduling conflicts" during his visit to the Indo-Pacific region next week. Pompeo's trip to Colombo was aimed at expressing America's solidarity ...

India-Bangladesh cooperation a channel owned on the Doordarshan Free Dish will be available for the viewers of Doordarshan in our country.  DD India would be made available in Bangladesh for being viewed by the people in that country. This arrangement is as a result of the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global campaign named "AWaRe" urging governments to adopt a tool to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), adverse events and costs. It is developed by the WHO Essential Medicines List.  It is classified ...

Microsoft owned GitHub acquired US(United States) based start-up Pull Panda Firm which creates code review tools for the platform for an undisclosed sum Pull Panda offered its products include Pull Reminders, Pull Analytics, and Pull Assigner as a subscription model.  All these products ...

To support startups and entrepreneurs working in the information and communications technology (ICT) space, the government of India is planning to set up of 51 new startup incubators across India as part of its Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) 2.0 scheme, Ministry of ...