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At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for international networking and education.

At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for international networking and education.

By Kumar Vikram New Delhi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Controversies surrounding the use of Hindi refuse to end, especially given the increased push given to the official language by the government. Developments in the last couple... - Social News XYZ

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  Only about 71,000 migrant workers have been provided skill training under a central government initiative, announced in the wake of the migrant crisis last year.  The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) had targeted training 3 lakh migrant workers from 116 districts identified across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Odisha, MP and Jharkhand.  According to government data, over 1.08 crore migrant workers had returned to their home states ...

Express News Service NEW DELHI: More than half of the women in large parts of rural India — Gujarat included — continue to use unclean kitchen fuel five years after a Central flagship scheme was launched. This is despite the fact that in 2019, the country achieved the Central target of supplying 8 crore free LPG connections to poor households. A National Family Health Survey (NFHS) says that in five states — Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Gujarat — more than 50 per cen...

NEW DELHI:  Only 26% of funds sanctioned under three different verticals of the government’s flagship PM Awas Yojana (Urban) has been utilised in last six years of its implementation and as a result, only 30% of the sanctioned houses could be constructed during the period. Only 25% of the sanctioned funds have been spent under In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR), while the percentage for Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) segment is 26%. Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) vertical also sh...

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  Despite all its ‘Digital India’ push, the Modi government has been unable to make India take the digital route for getting inoculated against Covid-19. More than three-fourth of the total vaccine doses have been administered through onsite/walk-in vaccinations, the Centre has accepted in an affidavit to Supreme Court. “As on 23.06.2021, out of the 32.22 crore beneficiaries registered on CoWIN, 19.12 crore (nearly 59%) beneficiaries have been registered in...

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  The interest rate cut on small saving schemes announced on March 31 and which was withdrawn hours later by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as an "oversight" had the go-ahead of both the ministry as well as the Election Commission (EC), an RTI application filed by this newspaper revealed.  The RTI reply disclosed the swift movement of letters between the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and the EC. The DEA had to seek clearance from the EC as the ...

The average expenditure per admission in a private hospital was Rs 15,500 while in a public hospital it was Rs 10,042.

Garib Kalyan plan: No migrants completed training, says Parliamentary panel report Announced the scheme in June last year, the government had targeted to cover nearly three lakh labourers. However, nearly 86,000 workers could be enrolled till February this year. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- People wearing masks stand in a queue for a train at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai. (Photo | AP) Express News Service NEW DELHI:  Not a single migrant worker has completed skill training under the...