India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India organised the All-India Workshop of Trainers (AIWOT) for the Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey (DTES) and the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Telangana during May 28- 29, 2025. These surveys will be conducted as a part of the NSS 80th Round for a period of ...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Key highlights: In rural areas, approximately 96.8 percent of persons in the age group 15-29 years used mobile phones at least once during the last three months for making personal calls and/ or accessing the internet. The use of mobile phones is estimated at 97.6 percent in urban areas. In the age group 15-29 years, around 95.5 percent of persons own a smartphone among those persons who own a mobile phone (including s...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The D/o Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), M/o Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), is set to organize a groundbreaking conference titled 'AI for Empowering PwDs', on 30th May 2025, in Bengaluru. This pioneering initiative aims to spotlight the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in creating inclusive, accessible, a...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi, in collaboration with CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa, successfully organized a one-day National Workshop on 27th May 2025 on "Emerging Research Frontiers in Marine and Allied Sciences with Spotlight on the Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)". The event brought together distinguished scien...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 1st ISRO-DBT JWG meeting was convened on 28th May 2025 (through online mode) under the Chairmanship of Shri. M Ganesh Pillai, Scientific Secretary, ISRO and Co-Chairmanship of Dr. Alka Sharma, Senior Adviser/ Sci-H DBT. The JWG meeting is follow-up to the MoU signed on 25th October 2024 between Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Depart...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun celebrated Rashtriya Boudhik Sampada Mahotsav (RBSM) 2025 on 29th May 2025 to promote intellectual property (IP) awareness in India. It is a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative and was first launched in July 2023. The programme started with the lamp lighting and saraswati vandana. The opening remarks were given by Dr Deepti Agrawal, In-charge, IPMG, CSIR-IIP follo...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Minister for Railways, Electronics & IT, and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw today interacted with the media at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Sharing key details about the recently approved Third and Fourth Rail Line project between Ratlam and Nagda by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the Union Minister highlighted major aspects of the project and its objective to decongest existing rail line...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space; and Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh today convened a high-level joint meeting of the Department of Perso...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: New Delhi, 29th May 2025 - In a major step towards strengthening governance and public service delivery, the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Capacity Building Commission (CBC) and Karmayogi Bharat for the implementation of Mission Karmayogi. The MoU was signed in the presence of the Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta, the Chief ...
India, May 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said that Diu is a national example in renewable energy adoption, with its entire daytime electricity demand being met through solar energy. The Minister also congratulated Diu's exceptional milestone as the first district in India to meet its entire power demand with solar energy, achieving 11.88 MW (9 MW ground-mounted + 2.88 MW rooftop) capacity. Union Ministe...