Viksit Vibrant Villages Programme to Empower Border Communities in May
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs, will launch the Viksit Vibrant Villages Program from fifteenth to thirtieth May 2025, focusing on remote border regions of Leh-Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.The initiative will engage five hundred MY Bharat volunteers from across India, working directly with communities in one hundred selected villages. Volunteers will support educational, healthcare, infrastructure, and cultural projects, driving sustainable development and youth leadership at the grassroots level.Registration for the prog..
DoSJE and WB Host Seminar on Rehabilitation of Vulnerable Groups
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE), Government of India, in collaboration with the World Bank, hosted a seminar Headlined ‘Hard to Reach Population – SMILE (Beggary)’ on twenty-fifth April 2025 in New Delhi.The event aimed to deliberate on strategies for rehabilitating beggars, the homeless, and the destitute. National and international experts participated, contributing to the ongoing dialogue on strengthening India's social protection systems.Chief Guest Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), highlighted th..
CSIR-IMMT Signs Declarations with Russian Institutes for Mineral R&D
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through its minerals research institute CSIR-IMMT, has signed two Joint Declarations of Intent with leading Russian institutions to enhance cooperation in critical mineral processing and sustainable resource development.Separate agreements were signed by Dr. Ramanuj Narayan, Director of CSIR-IMMT, with Dr. Andrei I. Golinei of JSC Giredmet, part of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, and Dr. Michael R. Filonov of the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow. The collaboration is coordinated by Dr. Ka..
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