India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Navy successfully completed a complex operation involving the recovery of an unexploded missile warhead from the crude oil tanker MT Olympic Life. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, which did not have any Indian nationals onboard, was on passage from Fujairah, UAE, to Kochi reported an explosion in its hull, while off the coast of Oman on 26 May 2026. The vessel reported the presence of an unexploded ordnance as it c...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan interacted with student delegates from Chhattisgarh at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, today, as part of the Yuva Sangam Phase VI programme. Addressing the event, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that Yuva Sangam enabled young people to experience India beyond textbooks and classrooms and gain a deeper understanding of the country's cultural diversity, development ...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the virtual meeting on Global Convergence for Growth Summit, from New Delhi, today. The Summit was held to bring together leaders of advanced and emerging economies to discuss ways of supporting a balanced growth anchored in an efficient global framework. French President H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron presided over the Summit that witnessed participa...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major boost to digital financial connectivity and neighbourhood cooperation, India and Nepal officially launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) cross-border remittance mechanism on June 6, 2026. The newly operationalized system establishes a direct link between India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Nepal's National Payments Interface (NPI). This integration enables citizens of both nations to make seamless, real-time, and secure...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, organized a Scientific Conclave and Interactive Session on Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2026 "Strengthening Pharmaceutical Manufacturing through Pharmacopoeial Standards and Quality Compliance" at Haridwar yesterday, in collaboration with the Association of Devbhumi Pharma Industries (ADPI) and aff...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In the presence of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, a Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in New Delhi today between the Government of India, the Government of Assam and the Government of Nagaland for facilitating mineral oil operations in the Assam-Nagaland boundary areas. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Chief Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta Bi...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 13th BRICS Urbanisation Forum was formally opened by Shri Manohar Lal, Hon'ble Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, New Delhi today. Hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under India's BRICS Chairship in 2026, the two-day Forum brings together Ministers, senior government officials and urban practitioners from Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia,...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Railways and Information & Broadcasting, Sh. Ashwini Vaishnaw today announced the establishment of an Advanced Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications Lab at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur. The lab will be established under the Electronics and ICT Academic Project of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It will focus...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, today virtually inaugurated a 20 kW Akashvani FM Transmitter at Ramgarh in Jaisalmer from the Akashvani Jaipur premises. With this addition, the number of FM transmitters in Rajasthan has increased to 39. The Ramgarh transmitter will ensure radio coverage within an 80-kilometre radius in the border region, cover...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As monsoon rains sweep across Odisha, a silent groundwater revolution is unfolding from school rooftops in Jajpur and community ponds in Cuttack to recharge wells in Ganjam. Guided by the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Whole of Government, Whole of Society approach embodied in 'Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari', the state is transforming seasonal rainfall into a lasting source of water security. By capturing rainwate...