New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Anurag Singh Thakur, the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 today, the second version of the movement that was launched last year with the goal of making India clean.

New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Central government on Friday refuted the news reports claiming inaccuracies in National Health Accounts (NHA) and reduction in out-of-pocket expenditure by terming it "misleading and incorrect."

Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 7 (ANI/PNN): Viral Desai, an environmentalist and textile industrialist who has acquired the moniker 'Green Man,' uniquely commemorated Gujarat Foundation Day by planting trees in two locations and organising an awareness drive among college students about the danger of 'climate change.'

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): India has averted the rise in extreme poverty through the food security scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), according to the International Monetary Fund report.

Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], March 28 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that untouchability based on caste and religion was abolished by Article 17 of the Constitution, but the centuries-old untouchability towards people afflicted by leprosy has not been completely eradicated even today, said a press release by the President's Secretariat.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 15 (ANI): Under the chairmanship of District Election Officer and District Magistrate Dr R Rajesh Kumar, a review meeting was held with the nodal officers regarding the various activities being conducted ahead of the 2022 state assembly polls.

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Secretary of Department of Youth Affairs Usha Sharma and Secretary of Department of Sports Sujata Chaturvedi on Friday participated in Clean India drive in Delhi's Chanakyapuri, along with volunteers and under this initiative, Usha Sharma said that they have set the target of collecting 75 lakh kg waste, mainly plastic waste with the support and voluntary participation of citizen.

New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for 2019-20 from Rashtrapati Bhawan through virtual mode on Friday.

Chandigarh Sep 21 PTI Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday stressed on the need for taking help of universities and other educational institutions in wiping out drug trafficking from Haryana an official statement said He was interacting with State Narcotics Control Bureau ADGP Shrikant Jadhav who paid him a courtesy call at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday The governor said that youths will be effective in checking the use of illegal substances and preventing drug trafficking effectively He said the officers of the bureau should coordinate with educational institutions and make youth aware of drug prohibition in rural and urban areas Dattatreya said that university administrations can play a better role in preventing drug trafficking and their illegal use through their own information system social media and other means of media including street plays and rallies University students can create awareness against drugs in urban areas villages and other far flung regions by giving effective messages using various media tools he said The governor said that NCC scouts and students associated with the NSS can play an important role as well Besides this the cooperation of the Red Cross and other social government and non-governmental organisations can also be taken he added Jadhav informed the governor that the State Narcotics Control Bureau has been established and there is a plan to open 17 branches of it at the district-level all over Haryana So far its branches have been established in 12 districts he said Jadhav said that so far they have held meetings with chemist associations and medical officers and voluntary organisations in many districts and all have been asked to cooperate with the bureau to bust any kind of smuggling and illegal use of drugs so that Haryana can be made completely drug-free PTI SUN AAR AAR

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 5 (ANI): National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS) jointly organized a "5 km Fit India Freedom Run" on Saturday.