EPFO Extends date of filing of new ECR up to 22nd October 2025

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched revamped Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) system, which is applicable starting wage month September 2025. The revamped system aims to simplify and enhance user experience of the return filing process for employers via the EPFO's employer portal. However, considering the request from a number of employers in adapting to new features of the revamped ECR and consequent...


Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal launches LEAPS 2025 to benchmark logistics excellence in India

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, today launched the Logistics Excellence, Advancement, and Performance Shield (LEAPS) 2025 during the event marking the 4th Anniversary of PM GatiShakti at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. LEAPS is a flagship initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, aims to benchmark logistics excellence, str...


Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Highlights Transformative Impact of PM GatiShakti on India's Infrastructure and Development Vision

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, during the commemoration of four years of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) in New Delhi today, highlighted the transformative impact of this path-breaking initiative launched four years ago on this very day. Union Minister noted that PM GatiShakti brings both speed and strength, and that it is not an ordinary programme. PM GatiShakti has a very deep meaning, e...


Historic moment as 3 lakh + schools participate in India's largest ever live school innovation challenge

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Viksit Bharat Buildathon (VBB) 2025, in New Delhi today. Over 3 lakh schools participated simultaneously in the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, the India's largest synchronized innovation hackathon for school students. The Minister, during the inaugural session, interacted with the students of PM SHRI Government High School, Khorda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Details of the...


Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurates the ground-breaking ceremony in Jaipur for investment proposals worth Rs.4 lakh crore in Rajasthan

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurated a state-level exhibition on new criminal laws in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and performed the ground-breaking for investment proposals worth Rs.4 lakh crore today. Besides, Shri Shah also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects of the Government of Rajasthan. On this occasion, Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma, Union H...


Morning Coffees Could Hold the Secret to Spotting Deadly Dyes in Food

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Scientists have found a simple yet effective method of detecting toxic molecules at incredibly low concentrations - by exploiting the same phenomenon that makes coffee stains. When a coffee drop evaporates on a tabletop, it creates a distinctive dark circle around the edge. This daily phenomenon, or the coffee-stain effect, is due to the fact that as the liquid dries, particles suspended in the liquid move outward and cluster alon...


NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two workers and the critical injuries to another due to collapse of an advertising hoarding in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that two workers died and one was critically injured due to collapse of an advertising hoarding from the roof of a seven-storey building in the Bopal area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The incident happened on 27th September, 2025. The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of human rig...


8th Session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) inaugurated in Guwahati

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was inaugurated today in Guwahati by the Hon'ble Governor of Assam, Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya, reaffirming India's leading role in shaping global food standards and trade practices. The session is being hosted by the Government of India, with the Spices Board of India serving as the Secretariat under the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) - a joint int...


Foreign Minister of Canada calls on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: H.E. Ms. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. Prime Minister welcomed Foreign Minister Anand and conveyed that her visit would contribute to ongoing efforts to impart new momentum to the India-Canada bilateral partnership. Prime Minister recalled his visit to Canada in June this year for G7 Summit during which he held an extremely productive meeting with Prime Mini...


GST Rationalistaion: Cultivating Growth, Crafting Prosperity in Mizoram

India, Oct. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Introduction Mizoram's economy is deeply rooted in its land and forests, from organic spices and horticultural crops to bamboo crafts and eco-tourism. The state's unique terrain and traditional farming practices give its products a distinct identity, with the Mizo Bird's Eye Chilli recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product for its distinctive quality and flavour. The recent GST rate rationalisation provides a timely boo...