India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Test House (NTH), Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, is set to host a grand celebration for its 115th Foundation Day tomorrow, 29 August 2026, at its Jakkuru Campus in Bengaluru. The flagship event will be graced by Shri Pralhad Joshi, Hon'ble Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, New & Renewable Energy, and Education as the Chief Guest. The commemorative programme will also...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has taken a series of proactive measures to ensure adequate availability of sugar and prevent artificial tightening of supplies in the domestic market. Ex-mill sugar prices have declined by around 20% in recent days, while retail sugar prices have also started coming down. Given the normal transmission of changes through the supply chain, retail prices are expected to follow the downward movement in ex-mill prices sh...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), with the support of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), organised one-day "Tech for Professionals" Workshop - Building India's Digital Infrastructure for Professional Services at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 27 August 2026. Graced by the Secretary, Ministry Corporate Affairs, Dr. Pallavi Jain Govil as chief guest, the Workshop brought together poli...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The inaugural meeting of the India-Kuwait Joint Defence Committee (JDC) was held in New Delhi on August 28, 2026. Both countries agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation across a wide range of areas, including training, military exercises, military medicine, staff talks, defence industry, and Research & Development (R&D). The first meeting of the JDC marked an important step towards operationalising the objective...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has undertaken a comprehensive set of reforms to simplify the Defence Export Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and the Open General Export Licence (OGEL) framework, in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of making India a reliable, competitive and trusted global defence manufacturing and export partner, while advancing the objectives of Make-in-India and Aa...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, today urged school students to extend the core values of Rakshabandhan, that is, love, care and protection, to the environment. She added that the Festival symbolized a bond of love that could be shared with anyone including family members, friends and even trees. She was celebrating Raksha Bandhan with students from schools across the country at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Expressing concern at th...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 56 kg seized methamphetamine 20 kg seized methamphetamine operation Continuing its sustained crackdown on narcotics trafficking along North-Eastern frontier, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in two intelligence-led operations in Assam and Mizoram has seized 76 kg Methamphetamine tablets. Two persons have been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. On 25.08.2...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Emphasising India's commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of malaria elimination by 2030, Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, chaired a high-level review meeting with senior officers of the Ministry, National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC), Mission Directors of National Health Missions and Distri...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, organised a Scientific Conclave and Interactive Session on "Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2026: Advancing Quality, Safety, and Innovation in Drugs, Food and Phytopharmaceuticals" at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Guwahati on 27th August 2026. The interactive meeting, organised for the ...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah celebrated the auspicious festival of Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad with girls from his parliamentary constituency who are suffering from Type-1 diabetes. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation in his post on 'X' said, Today, in Ahmedabad, I celebrated the auspicious festival of Raksha Bandhan with the daughters in my parliamentary constituency who are suffering...