India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Following the success of the previous fiscal year, an incentive mechanism on mining sector reforms with Rs.5,000 crores outlay has been incorporated in the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) for FY 2026-27. The Operational Guidelines for this scheme component have been issued recently by the Ministry of Mines, which is the nodal Ministry. This is a significant step to encourage mining sector ref...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya today inaugurated a 30-bedded Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at Ompora, Budgam, strengthening healthcare access and social security infrastructure for workers and their families in Jammu & Kashmir. The newly inaugurated hospital is the first ESIC hospital in Kashmir, marking a historic milestone in the expansion of work...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the visionary leadership of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, India continues to strengthen its commitment to ensuring access to quality healthcare and advancing pharmaceutical excellence through strategic institutional collaborations. In line with this vision, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, signed two significant Memoranda of Understanding (MoU...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, launched two Silicon Photonics technology solutions: (a) Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit (PDK) for photonics chip manufacturing, and (b) Universal packaged PPIC (Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit) Test Engine indigenously developed at MeitY sponsored CoE-CPPICS, IIT Madras [https://cppics.iitm.ac.in/], in prese...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Air Force has launched the third edition of the Mehar Baba Competition-3 (https://indianairforce.nic.in/mehar_baba). The theme of MBC-3 is "Collaborative Drone-Based Surveillance Radars." The competition aims to encourage innovation in advanced drone and radar technologies. Meritorious participants will receive development funding from the Indian Air Force, and the top three winners will be honored with awards. The regi...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Navy's Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini arrived at Las Palmas on 23 Apr 2026, as part of her ongoing transoceanic deployment under Lokayan 26. The port call to the Canary Islands archipelago is significant as it marks the maiden visit of an Indian naval ship to the archipelago. The stopover serves as a strategic pause before the ship embarks on her ambitious trans-Atlantic passage. During the visit, the Commanding Off...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Project DANTAK of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) celebrated its 66th Raising Day on April 24, 2026, at Thimphu, Bhutan, marking 65 years of dedicated service in the Kingdom since its establishment in April 1961. The occasion reaffirmed the enduring commitment towards strengthening the partnership between India and Bhutan.The Raising Day celebrations are being marked by a series of events reflecting both professional excellenc...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant step towards strengthening urban mobility and improving driver livelihoods, Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Member of Parliament from Mumbai North, inaugurated the Bharat Taxi driver onboarding initiative in Mumbai on 23rd April, 2026. Organised at Kamla Vihar Sports Club, Kandivali West, the programme witnessed participation from hundreds of auto-rickshaw and cab drivers, transport un...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In line with the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of building a prosperous and self-reliant India through the mantra of "Sahkar se Samriddhi," the Ministry of Cooperation is undertaking a series of regional workshops across the country to accelerate transformative reforms in the cooperative sector. Guided by the directions of Hon'ble Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah, these initiatives aim to br...
India, April 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, inaugurated the second edition of the COAI DIGICOM SUMMIT 2026 in Delhi today. The summit is themed "India's Techade: Accelerating and Shaping the Digital Future." Speaking at the event, he said that India has come a long way and that the changes in the telecom sector have been transformative. He noted that technology is not standing still and...