India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Central Government has approved India's accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), representing a strategic milestone that reinforces India's position in global fisheries governance. Subsequent to Guidelines for High Sea Fisheries issued in December, 2025 by Government of India, this initiative would provide a regional framework to expand India's fishing fleet into international waters. Consequently, India ...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) and Education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar, called for faster expansion of banking services, greater access to credit and stronger coordination between banks and State Governments to accelerate economic growth in the Northeastern Region while addressing the North East Bankers' Conclave 3.0 at Mizoram University in Aizawl on 13th October 2026. Highlighting the progres...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: "India seeks an Indo-Pacific where all countries - large and small - make their own choices, protect their interests and pursue development in peace," said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh as he called for building trust, respecting each other's sovereignty, following international law and keeping channels of dialogue open to tackle both emerging and conventional "borderless challenges". He was addressing the maiden Association of ...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Navy is scheduled to relinquish Command of Combined Task Force 154 (CTF 154) during a ceremony at Manama, Bahrain, on 14 Oct 2026. The ceremony will mark the completion of the Indian Navy's maiden command of a Task Force of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). CTF 154 is CMF's dedicated multinational maritime Training Task Force and facilitates professional training and capacity building aimed at strengthening interopera...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 29 nursing cadets of Batch IX of the College of Nursing, Army Hospital (Research & Referral) , Delhi Cantonment, were formally commissioned as Lieutenants into the Military Nursing Service (MNS) at the commissioning ceremony held at Army Hospital (R&R) on October 14, 2026. Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R), Lieutenant General Avinash Das reviewed the parade. In his address, Lt Gen Das congratulated the meritorious cadets who were f...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Defence Accounts Department organised a nationwide Shramdaan under the 'Swachhata Hi Seva 2026' campaign, with field offices participating in the two-week-long Swachhata Pakhwada and planting over 25,000 trees under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative. The campaign concluded with a cleanliness drive at MCD Primary School, Bagdola, Dwarka, New Delhi, led by Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Smt Alka Nangia Arora, in...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called for close collaboration among the Defence Forces, DRDO, academic institutions, defence public sector undertakings and private industry, including start-ups, to accelerate the development, adoption & continuous upgradation of indigenous technologies amidst the rapidly evolving nature of warfare. Speaking at the launch of IIT Kanpur's 'Greater Than Us' fundraising campaign in New Delhi on O...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Navy successfully completed its maiden Command of a Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Task Force, with the relinquishment of Command of Combined Task Force 154 (CTF 154) at a ceremony held in Manama, Bahrain, on 14 Oct 2026. The eight-month tenure marked a significant milestone in India's growing contribution to multinational maritime training, capacity building and collaborative maritime security. The ceremony was attende...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The three-day international conference on 'Bharat's Cultural Connections across the Globe' by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India Government of India, was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The conference is being held from 14 to 16 October 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Prime Mi...
India, Oct. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Guided by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of 'Sahkar se Samriddhi' and under the leadership of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, the Ministry of Cooperation continue to promote a transparent, accountable, financially sound and professionally governed cooperative sector. In furtherance of the same, Ministry of Cooperation has mandated the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor's Report) ...