Uttar Pradesh Leads in Training Opportunities Under PM VIKAS Scheme | Lucknow News

Seekho Aur Kamao: Uttar Pradesh gets highest allocation under PM VIKAS Seekho Aur Kamao, meaning Learn and Earn, trains minority youth in modern trades like retail, hospitality and IT-enabled services, alongside traditional skills such as weaving, embroidery and craftwork, matched to qualification and market demand, with placement built in. It now continues as the core…

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Up Encounter: Rs 1 lakh bounty gangster Asif, wanted in multiple murder and dacoity cases, killed in UP STF encounter | Lucknow News

LUCKNOW: A dreaded criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Ambedkar Nagar district on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Asif alias Vicky Chhaimar, son of Babu alias Mazhar, a resident of Makanpur village under Billhaur police station…

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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Scheme: How it is transforming girls’ education in Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow News

The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Scheme is a centrally sponsored initiative launched by the government in 2004 to establish residential schools at the upper primary level (and now extended) for girls from disadvantaged sections, particularly SC, ST, OBC, minority communities, and those in educationally backward blocks. The scheme addresses gender gaps in literacy by…

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LMC taps into AI to check air quality, pollution | Lucknow News

Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) executive committee on Monday approved measures to strengthen air quality monitoring and curb pollution across the city.Chaired by mayor Sushma Kharkwal, the committee cleared a proposal to install 149 low-cost air quality sensors under an agreement with the Airavat Research Foundation. The sensors will track pollutants such as PM2.5…

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