India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has framed the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with a vision to strengthen learner-centric and technology-enabled education. In alignment with this vision, the Government has envisaged the establishment of a Digital University platform to provide flexible learning for all students. The National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), under the Ministry of Electronics & Informatio...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Fund released 13839.43 16859.87 19054.74 19770.47 20527.43 Expenditure 13606.52 16080.55 18676.31 19742.07 20507.48 Year 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 (As on 06.08.2026) Central Share 249.13 359.50 181.06 350.83 864.25 507.00 Released The details of total funds released by the Ministry of Education and utilised by the University Grants C...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Establishment of a dedicated functional group in IMD to strengthen research and development in AI/ML applications for weather, climate and extreme weather forecasting. Development of a deep learning model (meteoGAN) for the Delhi-NCR region, successfully tested for rainfall downscaling at 300-metre spatial resolution using ground-based observations and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data (CHIRPS). Devel...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its First Stage Long Range Forecast for the 2026 Southwest Monsoon Season on 13th April 2026, predicting below-normal seasonal rainfall at 92% of the Long Period Average (LPA). This was updated in the Second Stage forecast to 90% of the LPA, while anticipating the development of El Niño conditions. In line with these predictions, June recorded 35% below-normal rainfall with 70% ...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India, through the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, implements a comprehensive programme to assess and monitor Marine Living Resources (MLR) in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), aligned with the institutions' mandate. In the last three years (2023-2026), CMLRE has undertaken ~19 surveys for the assessment of fishery resources and marine biod...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under Mission Mausam, the India Meteorological Department has strengthened its observational network with 50 Doppler Weather Radars, 1,008 Automatic Weather Stations, and 6,885 rain gauge stations nationwide. These advancements have improved severe weather forecast accuracy by 40-50% over the past decade, significantly reducing cyclone track, landfall, and intensity errors. For flood monitoring, 25 Flood Meteorological Offices issu...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued advance district-level rainfall forecasts and colour-coded impact-based warnings for all districts of Upper Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivasagar, and Charaideo, prior to and during the heavy to very heavy rainfall activity from 18th to 20th July 2026. The forecasts issued by IMD for the State captured the occurrence of the heavy and very heavy rainfall events with a lead time...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and NITI Aayog, Government of India, have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to collaborate on advancing multilingual, voice-first AI solutions for inclusive governance and citizen-centric public service delivery through the BHASHINI for Seva/Sanchalan initiative. T...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In line with the Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision to democratise technology and empower citizens, the Government of India launched the Digital India programme in July 2015. Under the Digital India programme, the Government has undertaken several initiatives to improve digital access and ensure seamless citizen-centric service delivery including UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) and DigiLocker platforms. As o...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Selected Accelerator Startups Kalpataru Centre of Excellence (CoE), AIC STPINEXT, Visakhapatnam i. Aerogravity Private Limited ii. Cairovision Private Limited iii. Epsum Labs Private Limited iv. Scraptechies Solutions Private Limited v. Voptimaise Climate Tech Solutions Private Limited The Startup Accelerator of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development, and Growth (SAMRIDH) programme, designed to accelerate around 300 Star...