India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India-Oman Free Trade Agreement opens significant opportunities across sectors including textiles, food processing, automobiles, gems and jewellery, agrochemicals, renewable energy and auto components. This was stated by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, while addressing the India-Oman Business Forum in Muscat today. Shri Goyal highlighted Oman's strategic location as a gateway to the Gulf Cooperation Coun...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri JP Nadda, in the presence of Union Minister Shri Prataprao Jadhav inaugurated the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi today. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, also shared a special video message that was played during the inaugural session. The session marks the beginning of the three-day mega global scientific congregat...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Cooperation has established a national-level university in the cooperative sector, "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University (TSU), by converting the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), and has declared it an institution of national importance through an Act of Parliament. The "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Bill, 2025, was passed by the Lok Sabha on 26 March 2025 and by the Rajya Sabha on 1 April 2025, followed by Pres...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per 20th Livestock Census, 2019, country has 193.46 million cattle population and out of this 142.11 million are indigenous and nondescript cattle, which is 73.45% of the total cattle population in the country. State/UT Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme Total Animals Inseminated Total AI Done Total Farmers Benefitted Andhra Pradesh 4687703 9745473 1885806 Arunachal Pradesh 1071 1467 507 Assam 860145 12...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Direction on 16th December, 2025 mandating that the entities regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) should adopt '1600' series numbers by the last date of 15th February, 2026 for making service and transactional calls to the consumers. The Direction has been issued with the objective of enhancing consumer trust, curbing spam, and pre...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today laid a wreath and paid his respects at the Adwa Victory Monument in Addis Ababa. The memorial is dedicated to the brave Ethiopian soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the sovereignty of their nation at the Battle of Adwa in 1896. The memorial is a tribute to the enduring spirit of Adwa's heroes and the country's proud legacy of freedom, dignity and resilience. Prime Minister's visit ...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Waste to Energy Programme CFA in Rs Crore Biogas generation Rs 0.25 Crore per 12000cum/day BioCNG generation Rs 4.0 Crore per 4800 kg/day (for BioCNG generation from new biogas plant) Power generation based on Biogas Rs 0.75 Crore/MW (for power generation from new biogas plant) Power based on bio & agro-industrial waste Rs 0.4 Crore/MW Biomass Gasifier Rs. 2,500 per kWe with dual fuel engines for electrical application ...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed cost-effective and location/contaminant-specific membrane-based water purification technologies, as a spin-off of its in-house technology development initiatives, which can find application in treatment of water in flood affected areas. The notable among them are ultrafiltration including hollow fibre-based water purifying device for microbial decontamination and suspended solids r...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The current forecasting models used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) are highly accurate. In 2024, the skill score for 24-hour (one-day) advance detection of heavy rainfall over meteorological subdivisions stands at 85%. At present, the accuracy of IMD's heavy rainfall forecasts, measured as the percentage of correct warnings, is 85%, 73%, 67%, 63% and 58% for lead times ranging from one to five days, respectively. Over...
India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Sarthak, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, entered the Chabahar port in Islamic Republic of Iran, a strategically placed deep-water port that offers India a direct maritime gateway to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The ship is on a four-day visit from 16-19 December 2025 to Iran. Marking the first-ever visit of an ICG Ship to the port of Chabahar, it underscores India's growing maritime engagement i...