A big amount of Rs 200 million allocated in the annul development programme (ADP) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for financial year 2011-12 for extending support to SME sector in the province remained unutilised for last one and half year. The fund for […]
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Entrepreneurs laud Kudumbasree: Kerala, India
The Kudumbasree mission is an example of how community energies can be tapped in a positive manner, Aruna Sundararajan, Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, said. She was addressing a meeting on social entrepreneurship at TiECon 2012, a conference of entrepreneurs, organised […]
Continue reading »Applications for 2013/14 Chevening and Sri Lanka/Maldives Chevening Cambridge Scholarships now open
Colombo, 30 October, (Asiantribune.com): Applications for Chevening Scholarships – the prestigious global scholarship programme of the UK government – as well as the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (CCT) co-funded Sri Lanka/Maldives Chevening Cambridge Scholarships are now open. The application period runs […]
Continue reading »Urinary tract infection treatment available at Nizamia Unani Hospital, Charminar:Andhra Pradesh, India
Hyderabad, October 30: Under the stewardship of Dr. Waseya Naveed, Principal and under the supervision of Dr. Mohammed Hamidullah Khan, Asst. Professor, Dr. Arshiya Parveen, P.G. Scholar of the Department of Medicine of this college is treating the patients suffering […]
Continue reading »Madhya Pradesh’s special drive: Insurance cover to parents of girls: India
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the state government will provide insurance cover to the parents of girls benefited under the Ladli Laxmi Yojna in the state. “A special campaign will be launched from November 19 to […]
Continue reading »New Scholarships for Afghan Women: Afghanistan
This new Asia Foundation programme is supported by a US$1 million grant and will run until March 2017 The chronic under-representation of women in higher education in Afghanistan – both among students and staff – is the focus of a […]
Continue reading »BERNINA Donates Over 100 Sewing Machines for Use in Impoverished Communities
The bernette by BERNINA Machines Were Distributed to Groups and Individuals in Guatemala, India and the United States Aurora, IL: BERNINA of America, the world’s premier manufacturer of sewing, embroidery and quilting machines, announced that it donated over 100 bernette […]
Continue reading »Korea to support BISP in education training: Pakistan
KOCIA has showed its interest to work with the BISP in education training programmes. Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOCIA) is willing to work with Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in the field of Vocational & Technical Training along with Waseela-e-Taleem […]
Continue reading »Umeed gives wings to dreams of rural women, products prepared by them finds its way at New York gift fair: India
Sangrur: From small time sewing, embroidery centre at remote Punjab villages to US metros is not an arduous path but dreams of poor rural women of seeing its products at unimaginable places has come true. Thanks to social organization Umeed […]
Continue reading »BISP pays Rs 1567.81m loan to beneficiaries for starting business: Pakistan
Islamabad: A total of 9,933 beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have so far been provided interest free loans amounting to Rs 1,567.81 million under Waseela-e-Haq, said an official. As many as 33,404 beneficiaries have already been selected through 36 computerised balloting. Each beneficiary would be paid Rs 150,000 as loan forstarting […]
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