India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah today addressed a press conference in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh. Addressing the press conference, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah said that when our party's government was formed in Chhattisgarh under the leadership of Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, at that time our party's government was also in power at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minis...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed the plenary session of the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland today, reiterating India's steadfast commitment to equitable, inclusive and people-centric healthcare under the guiding principle of "Health for All." Addressing the Assembly on the theme, "Reshaping Global Health: A Shared Responsibility," Shri Nadda underscored India's ...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Certain media reports and social media posts are circulating with claims that the Government of India is planning to issue gold bonds to temples in exchange for temple gold reserves or that a proposal has been approved for monetisation of temple gold holdings. Speculation and rumours suggesting that the Government is planning to introduce monetisation scheme for Gold held by temple trusts, or any religious institution, across the c...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, organised a half-day workshop on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act, 2026 in New Delhi today. The workshop was chaired by Shri M. Nagaraju, Secretary, DFS and attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), leading legal experts, senior executives and officials from public sector ban...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A high-level review meeting of Project Cheetah was held today under the chairpersonship of the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, to assess the progress of the programme and deliberate on the future course of action. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the MoEFCC, project experts, and senior field officers associated with wildlife conservation in the country. Project Cheetah is a p...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 131st meeting of the Enforcement Task Force (ETF) of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) was held on 18.05.2026 to review enforcement actions, inspections and compliance status across the National Capital Region (NCR) for the reporting period from 29.04.2026 to 10.05.2026. During the review, it was noted that a total of 125 inspections were carried out by the Flying Squads of the Commissi...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Keep engines of your vehicles properly tuned. Maintain proper tyre pressure in vehicles. Keep PUC certificates of your vehicles up to date. Do not idle your vehicle, also turn off the engine at red lights. Prefer hybrid vehicles or EVs to control vehicular pollution. Do not litter / dispose wastes, garbage in open spaces. Report air polluting activities through 311 App, Green Delhi App, SAMEER App etc. Plant more trees. Cele...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam General Phan Van Giang in Hanoi on May 19, 2026. Both Ministers reviewed the growing defence partnership between the two countries and discussed ways to further deepen cooperation in maritime security, defence industry, training & regional stability. The two sides exchanged views on regional and glob...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed the final deliverable configuration development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air modes at DRDO test range near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The trials were carried out using an integrated Ground Control System (GCS) to command and control the ULPGM weapon system. The GCS features sta...
India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal addressed the ASSOCHAM India Business Reform Summit 2026 in New Delhi today and called for deeper collaboration between industry and government to advance ease of doing business, enhance India's competitiveness and accelerate the country's journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047. The Minister said the present global situation and geopolitical uncertainties should be viewed as an ...