India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, has issued a draft Gazette Notification GSR 164(E) dated 9th March 2026, inviting public comments on a proposal to amend Para G (Testing of Blood Products), Part XII C, Schedule F of the Drugs Rules 1945. The proposed amendment seeks to align regulatory requirements for testing of blood products with internationally accepted pharmacopoeial standards and to re...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the vibrant coastal city of Kochi today to  accelerate the development of Keralam by launching multiple high-impact projects. Highlighting the scale of the investment, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for initiatives totaling approximately Rs.11,000 crore. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister noted that coming to Kochi is always a magnificent exper...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, and Smt. Nidhi Chhibber, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NITI Aayog, released the second annual edition of the "Fiscal Health Index 2026" in New Delhi today. It was released in the distinguished presence of other senior officials. The Fiscal Health Index provides a comprehensive and comparable assessment of the fiscal performance of Indian states. The Index has been designed as a data-dr...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Science & Technology (DST), as the nodal Ministry for the RDI Scheme, has formulated and finalized the implementation guidelines for the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund, as well as the Special Financial Rules for the Scheme, in consultation with the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and the Department of Expenditure (DoE). These guidelines have been approved by the Executive Council of the Anus...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah today replied to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha rejected the no-confidence motion by voice vote, after discussion. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that this is not an ordinary event, and that a no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the Lok Sabha has come after n...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Track renewed ~ 54600 Km Sectional Speed  (kmph) 2014 2026 (up to Feb'26) Track Km % Track Km % 130 & above 5,036 6.3 23,713 22.4 110 - 130 26,409 33.3 62,036 58.7 < 110 47,897 60.4 19,923 18.9 Total 79,342 100 1,05,672 100 Upgradation and renewal of tracks is a continuous and ongoing process. The track renewal is carried out as per the laid down criteria based on age, traffic carried, conditio...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: On the margins of the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-70) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York,  Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Savitri Thakur, held a series of bilateral meetings with international counterparts and senior UN leadership on 10 March 2026 to discuss cooperation on advancing gender equality and women's empowerment. Bilateral Meeting with France MoS ...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has established resources of Beach Sand Minerals (BSM) in the red (teri) and coastal beach sands in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal and Jharkhand. State Deposits Ilmenite Rutile Leucoxene Monazite Zircon Garnet Sillimanite THM Odisha 13 172.25 ...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Deployment of thorium-based power at scale in the country in a manner so as to ensure a long term self-sustainable indigenous power production is one of the cornerstones of the Indian three stage nuclear power programme. Its advantages in the long-term energy scenario have been well established. Thorium based reactors are also expected to produce less amounts of long-lived nuclear wastes as compared to uranium-based reactors. Molt...
India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Financial Year Earning Total Expenditure 2020-21 (Covid Year) 4,043 14,821 2021-22 (Covid Year) 7,094 21,423 2022-23 9,967 22,873 2023-24 11,286 26,505 2024-25 11,628 29,225 Period Outlay 2009-14 Rs. 372 crore/year 2025-26 Rs. 3,042 crore (more than 8 time) 2026-27 Rs. 3,795 crore (more than 10 times) Category No. of projects Total Length   Length Commissioned Balance to complete &#...