New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Eight states account for 193.8 million poor people out of the national total of 301.7 million, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
Minister of State for Planning V. Narayanasamy identified the states as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS/WAM) Microsoft Inc. will work towards strengthening the security of information systems and networks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
aeCERT, the telecommunications regulatory authority in the Gulf signed an agreement with Microsoft Gulf to promote its Security Cooperation Programme (SCP), which would help enable secure computing environments in government offices as well as of common citizens.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The number of low income households in India is falling, parliament was informed Thursday.
Minister of State for Planning V. Narayanasamy said this emerged from a book published by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) called “How India Earns, Spends and Saves”.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) More than a third of India, or 37.2 percent of the population, has been classified as poor, Minister of State for Planning V. Narayanasamy said Thursday.
Answering a question from Gyan Prakash Pilania in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the Planning Commission had accepted that 41.8 percent of the rural and 25.7 percent of the urban populations were poor.
London, Aug 19 (ANI): Whoopi Goldberg’s limited run in the West End production of ‘Sister Act’ is attracting fans in huge numbers, so much so that people are camping out for days in a bid to secure tickets.
The actress-turned-U.S. TV personality played nightclub singer Doloris in the hit 1992 movie and its sequel the [...]
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): NASA and award-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige are teaming-up to encourage young women to pursue exciting experiences and career choices by studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have got the most comprehensive and exact data on the distribution and decline of mangrove forests from across the world, all thanks to new satellite imagery.
The research, carried out by scientists from the U.S Geological Survey and NASA, and reveals forest distribution is 12.3 percent smaller than earlier estimates.
Mangrove [...]
Gurgaon, Aug 19 (IANS) Egypt has been voted the “perfect holiday destination” by the Pacific Area Travel Writer’s Association (PATWA) and tourism publication Safari India at a tourism conclave here.
Director of Egyptian Tourism Office in India, Adel El Masary, was Wednesday evening honoured with a prize for the best tourism director from overseas while Egypt was described by Safari India as the “right mix of entertainment, leisure, business” preferred by the globe-trotting businessperson and the corporate Indian traveller.
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