India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The level of accuracy of weather forecasts issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata over the past three years for different severe weather events such as heavy rainfall, heat wave, thunderstorm and dense fog at district and city levels for the State during last 3-years of 2022-2024 in terms of percentage correct are 84%, 95%, 62% and 90%, respectively against their national averages of 85%, 97%, 88% and 70%. Diff...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has announced a major enhancement to citizen services through the enablement of the Passport Verification Record (PVR) on the DigiLocker platform. DigiLocker is a secure, cloud-based platform under the Digital India programme that enables issuance, storage, shar...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Air Marshal Yalla Umesh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, visited Base Repair Depot, Tughlakabad on 04 December 2025. He was accompanied by Mrs Sreevalli, President, Air Force Families Welfare Association (Regional). They were received by Air Commodore DN Sahu, Air Officer Commanding. Air Force Station Tughlakabad and Mrs Preeti Sahu, President AFFWA (Local). On arrival, the Air Marshal was presented with a Gua...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The number of villages identified under Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) Programme for cultural mapping across the country is 6,38,365, out of which, the data of 6,23,449 villages has been uploaded on MGMD Portal so far. As part of its documentation activities, MGMD, covers a wide range of cultural elements, both tangible and intangible, including oral traditions, beliefs, customs, historical significance, art forms, heritage sites, ...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Number of Satellites launched January, 2004 to December, 2013 January, 2014 to November, 2025 Foreign Satellites 31 398 Domestic Satellites 23 56 India has launched the following number of foreign and domestic satellites in the last 20 years: M/s. New Space India Limited (NSIL), a commercial arm of ISRO got incorporated in the year 2019, and total revenue generated by NSIL through Launch Service (From FY 2019-20 till FY 20...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Posts has undertaken several initiatives to transform into a major public logistics organization and strengthen its parcel services nationwide. Key measures include modernizing the parcel processing and delivery ecosystem to improve speed, reliability, and customer experience through standardized systems across the country. Last-mile delivery has been enhanced with Nodal Delivery Centres for mechanized and dedicate...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Measurement and public disclosure of groundwater data have been made across all 8,203 Atal Jal Gram Panchayats (GPs) of all 7 states through physical as well as electronic means. Community-led Water Budgets (WBs) and Water Security Plans (WSPs) have been prepared by all GPs of all 7 states and updated annually. More than 1.28 lakh GP-level trainings have been conducted, alongside Block, District and State-level capacity-building t...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In recent years (from April, 2015 to September, 2025), Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) has augmented a total of 2,17,560t in-situ U- oxide resource in the country, including new uranium deposits, viz. Rajdah, Kudada and Jaduguda North-Baglasai-Mechua, in the State of Jharkhand; Jahaz, Geratiyon Ki Dhani in the State of Rajasthan; Kanchankayi and Hulkal in the State of Karnataka. Augmentation or establi...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Name of the Project Budget (in Rs. crore) Expenditure (in Rs. crore) Kukadi Project 757.55 757.55 Chilhewadi Medium Irrigation Project 41.27 41.27 Chaskaman Project 114.98 14.19 Name of the Project Likely date of completion Kukadi Project March'2028 Chilhewadi Medium Irrigation Project June'2026 Chaskaman Project June'2029 A. PMKSY-AIBP Rs. in crore S.No. Project Name District Benefited Central Assistance re...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Russia has been a longstanding and time-tested partner of India. Since the signing of the "Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership" in October 2000, India-Russia ties become more tighten and subsequently elevated to the level of a "Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. India and Russia continue to nurture their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership through intensive and multi-layered political engagement...