It is assumed that the name Kannur has derived from one of the deities of the Hindu pantheon Kannan (Lord Krishna) and Ur (place) making it the place of Lord Krishna. The district is known as the Land of Looms and Lore. Earlier the district was named Cannanore which is anglicised from of Kannur. The...

Situated in the north-eastern corner, Pakur is one of the twenty four districts of the Jharkhand state and is topographically divided into three distinct regions - hilly, rolling and alluvial. The district is predominantly agricultural based and the main occupation of the people is cultivation....

On July 9, 2013, Government of Haryana announced implementation of National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA 2013) from 20 August 2013 and decided to utilize provisional data of Socio Economic and Caste Survey (SECC-2011) and National Population Register (NPR-2011) on as-is-where-is basis for identification...

Malkangiri district came into existence after the reorganization of Odisha state on 2nd October 1992. Covering an area of 5,791 sq. kms, almost the whole of district is covered with vast dense jungles, with tribal population comprising of primitive tribes notable among them are Bondas, Koyas,...

Tucked away at the southernmost tip of the Northeast, the state of Tripura has made significant contribution to public health care by pioneering e-Hospital@NIC-an integrated Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) which now runs in almost 30 major public hospitals across the country,...