PM Awas Yojana changed lives, poor families in J&K's Kishtwar get permanent houses

IANS | December 9, 2025 11:37 PM

Kishtwar, Dec 9 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), one of the flagship welfare schemes launched by the Narendra Modi-led Union government, has provided a roof over the heads of poor people living in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district and lakhs of people across the country by allotting them pucca (permanent) houses.

Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, less poverty: UN

IANS | December 9, 2025 7:30 PM

Nairobi, Dec 9 (IANS) The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.

Nightclub fire: CM Dhami speaks to Goa counterpart amid fears of U’Khand residents getting affected

IANS | December 7, 2025 11:18 PM

Panaji/Dehradun, Dec 7 (IANS) The massive fire at a nightclub in Goa's Arpora has triggered concern in Uttarakhand as inputs suggested that some residents of the hill state may be among those affected. Taking cognisance of the reports, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday spoke to his Goa counterpart Pramod Sawant and sought detailed information about the incident and the condition of the victims.