India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: PM Narendra Modi led Union Government is scaling up efforts to transform the Brahmaputra into a multi-functional economic corridor, with Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal spearheading an integrated push that combines transport, trade, tourism and river management. The push was reviewed at the High Powered Review Board (HPRB) meeting of the Brahmaputra Board in Guwahati, Assam today, where ...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Dr. N Kalaiselvi, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR with: a) Prof. Tor Grande, Rector, NTNU; b) Dr. Alexandra Bech Gjørv, CEO Stiftelsen Sintef (SINTEF); c) Ms. Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director, Research Council of Norway; and d) Dr. Andreas A Pfaffhuber, CEO Emerald As India and Norway deepen bilateral engagement during the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Norway, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Rese...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a breakthrough that could reshape astronomers' understanding of how stars evolve, researchers have made the world's first confirmed discovery of a blue straggler star hosting a brown dwarf companion in an extraordinarily compact binary system. Scientists have long been puzzled by blue straggler stars, which appear brighter and bluer than the main-sequence turn-off in star clusters, defying standard stellar evolution because all ...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that promoting 'Grassroots Innovators' can strengthen India's rural economy and reduce regional imbalance through inclusive, innovation-led growth. The Minister said, said grassroots innovators ...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inspected the DND-Faridabad-Sohna Access Controlled Highway Project, being developed to enhance connectivity in the Delhi-NCR region and provide seamless access to the Noida International Airport at Jewar and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The inspection was carried out in the presence of the Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta, Union Ministers of Sta...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the Arakkonam-Chengalpattu Doubling Project (68 km) of Southern Railway at a cost of Rs.993 crore, reinforcing its commitment towards safer, faster and more efficient rail transportation across the country. The section forms part of the important Chennai suburban circular rail network connecting Chennai Beach, Tambaram, Chengalpattu and Arakkonam. The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw s...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the Kiul-Jhajha 3rd Line Project (54 km) at a cost of Rs.962 crore, reinforcing its commitment towards enhancing capacity, improving operational efficiency and ensuring seamless rail transportation on the high-density Howrah-Delhi corridor. The project forms an important part of the High Traffic Density Network of Indian Railways and is expected to strengthen both passenger and freight movement across Ea...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the critical slope stabilisation, tunnel rehabilitation and bridge protection works on the Jammu-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra section of Northern Railway at a cost of Rs.238 crore. The approved works include slope stabilisation, rehabilitation measures, treatment of tunnel seepage issues, bridge protection works, and other related safety interventions at vulnerable locations along the Jammu-Shri Mata Vai...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is accelerating the digital transformation of India's smallest businesses through the Trade Enablement and Access to Market (TEAM) Initiative - a transformative sub-scheme under the World Bank-supported Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Programme. Implemented by the National Small Industries Corporation, the TEAM Initiative aims to provide end-to-end e-commer...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 14th Meeting of the High-Powered Review Board (HPRB) of the Brahmaputra Board was held on 19th May 2026 at Guwahati under the chairmanship of C. R. Patil, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Government of India. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Cabinet Minister; Raj Bhushan Choudhary, Minister of State, Ministry of Jal Shakti, along with other Ministers, senior officials from the Government of India and the North Eastern States, technical ex...