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Governance And Institutions

  • Assam, Meghalaya record lower literacy rate

    Assam and Meghalaya have recorded lower literacy rate than the all India average while Arunachal Pradesh has got the dubious distinction of maximum number of illiterate persons in the entire North

  • Camel art, new mantra in experimental learning

    A group of retired High Court advocates, IAS officers and prominent industrialists in the Ahmedabad city (Gujarat) have come together to take up the task of spreading awareness amongst the backward

    • 14/12/2001

  • And now first village court in state

    Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh inaugurated the state's first village court in the Neemuch district aimed at providing justice at the village level only avoiding costly litigation.

  • Getting back Assam's Children to schools

    A total of 31,534 children aged between five to seven years who are either dropouts or had never been to school at all will start going to regular school from August 16, thanks to a 'Bridge Course'

  • Hole in the ozone layer

    Here's an argument that ought to put the one about a hole in the ozone layer at rest. Unfortunately, it hasn't been well documented. The last few decades have seen conservation advocates shout from

  • Gram sabhas to be held on I-Day

    The Gram Sabhas to be organised in all village panchayats across Rajasthan on the Independence Day will discuss the implementation of various social security and public welfare schemes, including the

  • Total literacy within reach

    Buoyed by the reasonable performance in the just concluded Chaduvula Panduga, the Hyderabad district authorities are confident of achieving 100 per cent literacy in the next two years, at least a

    • 12/12/2001

  • State to computerise land records, panchayat services

    As part of its e-governance project, the Gujarat government has decided to computerise all vital statistics on land and latest status of panchayat services like health, primary education,

    • 12/12/2001

  • More CNG outlets planned

    Taking cognizance of the taxi and autorickshaw unions' demand to increase the number of compressed natural gas(CNG) outlets in Mumbai, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday announced that 17 new

  • USAID to provide $ 100 m. to Pak.

    The USAID, which resumed its operations in Pakistan a few days ago, has signed an agreement with the Musharraf Government to provide a $100 million grant to support the country's educational

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