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WEBWIRE – Sunday, February 27, 2022 “The Story of Teeny Tiny Tammy” is a fictional tale that follows a little girl whose mother was taken away when she was a child. She was left to forge her own path to womanhood with the help of three female figures from the “Contrariest Forest.” Tammy is only six inches tall, but she learns the attributes that lead to womanhood from the cloister of women she meets along the way. The “Contrariest Forest” is the starting point for a girl’s search to becoming a woman, as well as a location where ... Read more

The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance today released an amount of Rs. 1154.90 crore to 4 States for providing grants to Urban Local Bodies.  The States to which grants were released on Monday are Andhra Pradesh (Rs. 225.60 crore), Bihar (Rs. 769 crore), Gujarat (Rs. 165.30 crore) and Sikkim (Rs.5 crore).  The grants released are meant for Non-Million Plus cities (NMPCs) including Cantonment Boards.               The 15th Finance Commission in its report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has divided the Urban Local Bodies into two categories: (a) Million-Plus urban agglomerations/cities (excluding Delhi ... Read more

ATLANTA – Oct. 13, 2021 – PRLog — Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc. (SEM Link) was awarded a grant from Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, to support the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Journal Club.  The STEM Journal Club will use the $54,980 grant to cultivate the next generation of STEM Researchers. The journal club, a program of SEM Link’s Experimental Design Program, aims to develop STEM literacy skills in high school students from ethnic and racial communities with historically low participation in high-level STEM research competitions. Participants will engage in scholarly research, read and ... Read more

The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance today released an amount of Rs. 2427 crore to 11 States for the Urban Local Bodies.  The amount released is the 1st instalment of tied grants for the year 2021-22.  These grants have been provided for the Non-Million Plus cities (NMPCs) including Cantonment Boards.   The 15th Finance Commission in its report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has divided the Urban Local Bodies into two categories: (a) Million-Plus urban agglomerations/cities (excluding Delhi and Srinagar), and (b) all other cities and towns with less than one million population(Non-Million Plus cities) and has recommended separate grants for them. Out of the total ... Read more

ATLANTA – March 24, 2021 – PRLog — Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc. (SEM Link) was awarded a $30,000 grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (https://blankfoundation.org/). The gift was made possible through the Blank Foundation’s Relief and Recovery Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. The grant funds are for operating expenses and consultant support to implement SEM Link’s strategic plan.  “The impact of this grant is immeasurable; our organization directs most of our available resources towards programming. Obtaining this funding will equip our organization with tools to maintain our future growth, which will allow us ... Read more