Category: Govt

The Indian Army has tied up with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for trials of hydrogen fuel cell bus technology, demonstrating its determination towards finding green and sustainable transport solutions....

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) Boys and Girls Mountaineering Expedition to Mount Kang Yatse-II was flagged off by Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh, Director General, National Cadet Corps from New Delhi...

According to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), its student Chidanand Naik has won the Cannes La Cinéfe Award for the Best Short Film at the 77th Cannes...

NHPC, India's leading hydropower company has been awarded the prestigious 'The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25'. NHPC has been given this award in recognition of its...

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) India on digitalization...

BEML has received an order worth Rs 250 crore from Northern Coal Fields Limited (NCL) for the supply of 28 BH100 rear dump trucks. The total amount to be paid...

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal visited Chabahar, Iran today on 13 May 2024 to witness the signing ceremony of the Long Term Main...

India has set up its pavilion at the 2024 World Hydrogen Summit, currently going on in Rotterdam, Netherlands from May 13-15. Organized by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Hindalco Industries on May 10, 2024 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi for the purpose of manufacturing and supplying indigenous marine-grade aluminum...

Inauguration ceremony of construction work (keel laying) for 8th ASW SWC (Ex-GRSE) was held on 10 May 2024 at M/s GRSE, Kolkata. The ceremony was presided over by VAdm B...

According to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the combined profit of OMCs for FY 2023-24 stood at Rs 86,000 crore, 25 times more than the previous financial year....

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla, AVSM, NM assumed charge as the Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy on May 10, 2024. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy on January...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) signed an MoU in New Delhi on May 07, 2024 for the supply of indigenous marine graded steel with a...

In line with its motto 'Vayam Rakshaam', the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued a critically ill fisherman at sea from Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Jazeera, about 40 nautical miles off...

The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers launched the Meditech Stackathon 2024 in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi yesterday. MediTech Stackathon is...

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) detained an Iranian fishing boat with a crew of six Indians west of Beypore off the coast of Kerala late on May 05, 2024. Indian...

Emerson supports interconnectivity for India’s longest sea bridge with control technology, advanced software The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link.Emerson provided a remote monitoring solution for the recently completed Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee...

The formal launch of the construction work of the first modern generation high seas patrol vessel (X-GSL) was held on 03 May 2024 at M/s Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa. The...

The Mineral Production Index for the month of March 2024 was 156.1, which is 1.2 percent higher than the level for the month of March 2023. The index for the...

New UHF RFID Reader from Pepperl+Fuchs Enables Transparent Flow of Goods Efficient Detection of Packages and Load Carriers in Logistics IUR-F800-V1D-4A* UHF RFID read/write deviceWith the IUR-F800-V1D-4A*, Pepperl+Fuchs is expanding its RFID...

India's coal production in April 2024 reached 78.69 MT (provisional) as compared to 73.26 MT in the same period last year with a growth rate of 7.41 per cent. During...

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has successfully completed a daring night rescue operation to save a fisherman who had sustained head injuries. On the night of May 01, 2024, a...

The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for February, 2024 (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 139.6, which is 8.0% higher than the level of February, 2023. According to...

Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor assumed charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command on 1 May 2024. He was commissioned into the Fighter Stream of the Indian Air Force on...

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM took charge as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 01 May 2024. On assuming charge, the Flag Officer paid floral tributes at...

The Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight tested on May 01, 2024 at about 8:30 am. This entire process was conducted from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam...

NHPC Limited, the largest hydropower development organization in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Ocean Sun, a Norwegian company to act as a technology provider for...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in collaboration with AIIMS, New Delhi and Union Territory Lakshadweep organized a medical camp at Kavaratti and Androth, remote islands of this Union Territory, from April...

The sixth barge of the 11 On 24th April M/s Suryadeepta Project Pvt. Ltd. (Launch site of M/s SPPL). The launching ceremony was presided over by Shri Madhusudan Bhui, INAS,...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched a transformational digital journey by integrating with DigiLocker platform, a major initiative under the Digital India program in New Delhi on April 26,...

Power major SJVN Ltd has achieved a significant milestone with the inauguration of India's first multipurpose green hydrogen pilot project at its 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS)...

DRDO's Defense Materiel and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur has successfully developed the lightest bullet proof jacket in the country for protection against 7.62 x 54 R API...

The new version of the medium-range ballistic missile was successfully launched on April 23, 2024, under the auspices of the Strategic Forces Command. This launch proved the operational capability of...

A recent study led by Dr. Babula Jena and colleagues at the National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom, provides...

The Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) today (22 April 2024) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi for collaborative research and training. The...

Indian Navy's sailing ship Tarini has returned victoriously to its base port in Goa after a nearly two-month "historic transoceanic expedition" carrying two women officers, the Indian Navy said on...

President Smt. Draupadi Murmu presented 3 Padma Vibhushan, 8 Padma Bhushan and 55 Padma Shri awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan today....

The Indian Navy conducted Exercise Eastern Wave off the Eastern Seaboard under the operational control of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. The objective of the exercise was to...

The contract for indigenous design and construction of three cadet training ships was signed on March 23 between the Ministry of Defense and M/s L&T. In this sequence, the steel...

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has handed over the first batch of indigenous Leading Edge Actuators and Airbrake Control Modules to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited...

Government of India has appointed Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, PVSM, AVSM, NM, currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, as the next Chief of the Naval...

The Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on 18 April 2024 for collaborative research and training. On...

Defense Research and Development Organization successfully flight tested indigenously developed cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today, April 18, 2024. All sub-systems of...

Dr. Sameer V Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defense (R&D) and Chairman, DRDO, today inaugurated a state-of-the-art Submersible Platform (SPACE) for Acoustic Characterization and Evaluation at the Underwater Acoustics Research Facility...

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, has played a key role in the Surya Tilak project in Ayodhya. Under the...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully rescued Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Rosary on April 16, 2024. The engine of this small ship broke down about 215 nautical miles off Karwar in...

Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) weapon system indigenously designed and developed by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has been evaluated several times in various flight configurations with the...

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department of Command Hospital Pune (Southern Command) has reported the case of a 7 year old child suffering from hearing loss due to severe congenital...

The 'Steel Cutting' ceremony of the first of the five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) was held at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam on 10 Apr 24 in the presence of Defense...

Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, met Vice Admiral SJ Singh, C-in-C, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral...

NTPC Limited, India's largest integrated power company, is preparing to launch a new edition of its flagship corporate social responsibility initiative, the Girl Child Empowerment Mission (GeM). The program is...

Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera, which was on patrol off the Andhra coast, took prompt action and rescued nine fishermen who were seriously burnt and injured when their boat caught...

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar, during his visit to Southern Naval Command, Kochi, awarded the 'On the Spot Unit Citation' to INS Sharda for successfully conducting...

ndian Coast Guard (ICG) has safely rescued 27 Bangladeshi fishermen in a prompt operation on 04 April 2024. All of them were stranded on their fishing boat in the sea....

As a part of the ongoing Exercise Gagan Shakti-24 of the Indian Air Force (IAF), aircraft recently conducted Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) operation in the northern sector of Kashmir Valley....

Indian Coast Guard Station Pipavav safely rescued a 37-year-old critically injured fisherman from an Indian fishing boat named Pushkar Raj, 50 km off the coast in the Gulf of Khambhat...

Strategic Forces Command (SFC) in collaboration with Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test-fired New Generation Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime from Dr. Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha...

Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Shri Apoorva Chandra launched the MyCGHS App for iOS ecosystem of devices here today. The app is designed to enhance access to electronic health records,...

The index of mineral production in the month of February 2024 was 139.6, which is 8.0 percent higher than that of February 2023. The cumulative growth of this index for...

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) Mumbai, Maharashtra, one of India's leading container ports, has achieved a historic achievement by registering the highest ever throughput of 6.43 million TEU in the...

Paradip Port has been able to increase its berth productivity to 33014 MT from 31050 MT in the last financial year, thus registering a growth of 6.33%. The berth productivity...

According to the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) (base year 2011-12) released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the coal sector recorded the highest growth of 11.6 percent...

Missile Barge Boat LSAM 18 (Yard 128) with Ammunition cum Torpedo Facility built by M/s Suryadipta Projects Private Limited, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shipyard, Thane under the 11x Ammunition...

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and His Excellency Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan, inaugurated the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital, a state-of-the-art hospital built in Thimphu...

In this festive season of Holi, 540 train services are being operated by Indian Railways for the convenience of railway passengers and to manage the extra rush of passengers. These trains...

Southern Air Command (SAC) was established in July 1984 in response to certain geopolitical developments to ensure effective command and control over Indian Air Force assets and combat forces in...

The first test of India's first indigenous 1500 horse power (HP) engine for main battle tanks was conducted in Mysore, Karnataka on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane presided over the test-firing...

Indian Air Force fighter and transport aircraft conducted operations at an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) airstrip on National Highway 16 near Addanki in Bapatla district. During the activation Su-30 and Hawk...

Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched 'Ethanol 100', a revolutionary automotive fuel at Indian Oil's retail outlet M/s Irwin...

Indian Railways is on track to register the best ever performance in its history in terms of freight business, total revenue, track laying in the financial year 2023-24.As per preliminary...

Scientists have developed a synthetic material design that can control the temperature at which a material can overcome the electronic 'traffic jam' transition from electrical insulator to conductor, laying the...

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi underlined India's self-reliance in edible oil production during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh. The Prime Minister mentioned Mission Palm Oil, a special campaign run by the...

The Ministry of Defense has entered into an agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru on March 13, 2024 for the acquisition of 34 Advanced Type Light Helicopters (ALH) after...

The Defense Ministry on March 13, 2024 signed a contract with Armored Vehicles Corporation of India Limited (AVNL) for procurement of 693 armament upgrades of Infantry Combat Vehicle BMP2 to...

'Agre' and 'Akshay', the 5th and 6th ships of the 08 . The launch ceremony was presided over by Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhary. In keeping with the maritime tradition, AFFWA President...

Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia today inaugurated Fly91, a regional airline service and flagged off the first flight service between Manohar International Airport (MOPA)...

The launching of the second 25T Bollard Pull Tug Boat Bahubali and construction work of the fourth 25T BP Tug Boat Yuvan was inaugurated by Commander Atul Maini, Chairman SSB...

Union Minister of State for IT & Electronics, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Shri Rajiv Chandrashekhar inaugurated India's first FutureLabs Center at C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. Named 'Center for Semiconductor Chips...

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) conducted the first successful flight test of the indigenously developed Agni-5 missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. This flight test named...

The 25 t Bollard Pull (BP) tug, Baljeet, was launched on 10 Mar 24 by Commodore Rajat Nagar, WPS (MBI) at M/s Shaft Shipyard Pvt Ltd, Bharuch, Gujarat. This tug is...

A study by Bharat Ratna Professor C N R Rao and his team has revealed the precise atomic rearrangements that occur in each phase transition of lead iodide perovskite due...

Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday inaugurated the first of its kind “National Speed Breeding Crop Facility” at the premier National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in...

Further expanding its business diversification portfolio in thermal and renewable energy generation, Coal India Limited (CIL) today entered into an MoU with Rajasthan State Electricity Generation Corporation Limited (RRVUNL) for...

On March 10, 2024, Coal India Limited (CIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rajasthan State Power Generation Corporation Limited (RRVUNL) for setting up power projects of 4,100 MW...

Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma today performed the bhoomi pujan ceremony of the 50 MW solar project being developed at Sonitpur, Assam by SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL),...

R.K. Singh and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar today laid the foundation stone of 630 MW Barethi Solar Power Project of NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (REL)...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 22 National Highway projects totaling 268 km long and costing more than...

Taking an important step towards enhancing the empowerment and skill development of persons with disabilities, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...

Coal India Limited (CIL) has produced a record 703.91 million tonnes (MT) of coal during the current financial year till March 7, 2024, surpassing the previous financial year's production of...

is a premier security and law enforcement agency in the field of railway security in India. It was established in the year 1957 for better safety and security of railway property. This...

Coal production in India has achieved an unprecedented feat by crossing the 900 million tonnes (MT) mark by 6 March 2024 and is on track to achieve the ambitious target...

Karnataka and Rajasthan launched India's first auction of exploration licenses (ELs) for critical and deep minerals on March 6, the mines ministry said. According to the ministry, on March 7, Karnataka...

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguard railway property, passenger areas and the well-being of passengers. In the month of February 2024, RPF continued to ensure...

Under the direction and guidance of the Government of Uttarakhand, an MoU was signed between CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun and UCOST on March 5, 2024 under the...

NLC India Limited yesterday said its wholly owned subsidiary NLC India Green Energy Limited (NIGEL) has won a 600 MW solar power project in the GSECL Khavra Solar Park tender...

India's agricultural products exports to key markets like Iraq, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and UK increased significantly during April-November 2023. in the same period last year, according to data released by the...

To significantly boost the Electronics, IT and Startup ecosystem in Kerala, the Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar...

Scientists have identified a new catalyst that can efficiently oxidize urea and pave the way for better production of green fuels while reducing energy demands for hydrogen production by urea-supported...