India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 14th Joint Working Group meeting between the Defence Ministries of India and Mongolia took place in Ulaanbaatar on October 16, 2026. Both sides undertook a comprehensive review of ongoing bilateral defence cooperation activities, assessed the progress of existing initiatives and deliberated on measures to expand cooperation in mutually identified areas, reaffirming the commitment to further strengthen the longstanding partnersh...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant step towards strengthening language technology for low-resource Indian languages, the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has developed Text-to-Speech (TTS) models for Sourashtra, a minority Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Sou...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has strengthened the mechanism for remote monitoring of air-polluting industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) by extending the requirement for installation and operationalization of Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras to all categories of industries covered under Statutory Direction No. 98. This will expand the scope of technology-enabled monitoring of fuel...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A high-level delegation of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), led by Dr. T.S. Panwar, Member (Technical), visited Punjab's Moga district today to review the ground-level implementation of measures to prevent stubble burning during the ongoing paddy harvesting season. The delegation held discussions with district officials and undertook field visits to selected hotspot villages in Moga to a...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, convened a two-day workshop on the implementation of the Government of India's Reservation Policy in Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Public Sector Insurance Companies (PSICs), Sectoral Regulators and Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) on 15-16 October 2026 at the Punjab National Bank Staff Training College, Panchkula. The workshop was organised in ...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is actively implementing Special Campaign 6 from 2nd to 31st October 2026, focusing on institutionalizing Swachhata, reducing pendency, improving record management, promoting scientific disposal of e-waste and ensuring optimum utilization of office space. The Campaign is being undertaken in coordination with the Department's subordinate offices and a...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoHFW), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, is actively participating in Special Campaign 6, being undertaken from 2nd October to 31st October 2026, with the objective of institutionalising Swachhata and minimising pendency in Government offices. The mid-campaign progress of the Department was reviewed by Shri Elangbam Robert Singh, Joint Secretary and Nodal Officer ...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah has said that Punjab is today grappling with the rising threats of drugs, gangsterism, and organized crime. Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah in a post on X said that Punjab is today grappling with the rising threats of drugs, gangsterism, and organized crime. The biggest question before the Punjab government is - who will ultimately take responsibility for the securi...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: BLC: Eligible families can construct a pucca house on their own land; AHP: A beneficiary can purchase their own home in public/private housing projects; ARH: For those requiring affordable rental accommodation in cities; and ISS: Interest subsidy of up to Rs.1.80 lakh is provided to EWS/LIG and MIG families availing housing loans of up to Rs.25 lakh. Over 1.93 lakh additional houses were approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojan...
India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Mines and its field offices have undertaken several initiatives during the first fortnight of Special Campaign 6, launched on 2 October 2026, to promote sustainability, cleanliness and responsible resource management. With a focus on the effective collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste, the Ministry and its field organisations are making concerted efforts to adopt environmentally sustainable practices and i...