India, Aug. 6 -- 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 a 12-year-old girl died due to jaundice caused by consumption of contaminated drinking water in Shahzadpur, Ambala district, Haryana. Several other children have also been diagnosed with jaundice in the locality. The residents have alleged that the drinking water being supplied through a public tap in the area is contaminated. Th...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has called upon citizens to celebrate National Handloom Day on 7th August by promoting India's rich and diverse handloom traditions. "Share your videos with your favourite handloom products, including GRWM videos on social media", Shri Modi said. Shri Modi posted on X; Tomorrow, 7th August is National Handloom Day. Let's make India's handloom diversity popular. Share your videos with your...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received a telephone call from Prime Minister of Israel, H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu today. The two leaders reviewed sustained progress in India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the bilateral cooperation across various sectors for the mutual benefit of the two countries. PM Netanyahu and PM Modi exchanged views on the recent developments...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today shared Sanskrit Subhashitam emphasising that humanity may live in harmony with the Earth, as earth is the nurturing mother of all life and the moral order that sustains her should be respected. The Prime Minister shared a Sanskrit verse- विश्वस्वं मातरमोषधीनां &...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla paid floral tributes to Dr. G. S. Dhillon, former Speaker, Lok Sabha, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, on his birth anniversary, today. Deputy - Chairman, Rajya Sabha Shri Harivansh; Members of Parliament, former Members of Parliament; Secretary-General Lok Sabha, Shri Utpal Kumar Singh and other dignitaries also paid floral tributes to Dr. Dhillon. Dr. Dhillon was a distinguished parliame...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce headed by Ms. Dola Sen, M.P., Rajya Sabha presented its 200th Report on 'Evaluation of India - US Trade Relations' to both the Houses of Parliament on 6th August, 2026. In the Report, the Committee has evaluated the India - US Trade Relations, identified the key challenges arising from US tariff measures affecting various sectors of economy and made recommendations ...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved GOBARdhan, the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme, with a total outlay of Rs.23,731 crore. GOBARdhan marks a defining moment in India's clean energy journey. It will transform the country's abundant agricultural residue, cattle dung, press mud, municipal organic waste and other biomass resources into clean fuel, organic manure, rural income and nation...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the development of 135.871 km, 4-lane access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur Corridor of NH-15 in Assam. The project will be developed on Built-Operate -Transfer (BOT) Toll Mode at a total capital cost of Rs.8970.20 crore under NH(O). The project envisages construction of an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) (4.9 Km.) in Tez...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ayush and Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav chaired the 27th Meeting of the Governing Body of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) in New Delhi today. During the meeting, Union Minister Shri Prataprao Jadhav virtually inaugurated the vertical extension of the Research Laboratory and Animal House Building at CCRAS-RARI, Pun...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today informed the Rajya Sabha that India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has achieved major milestones in the development and validation of critical human-rating systems, marking steady progress towards the country's maiden i...