India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India, through the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, implements a comprehensive programme to assess and monitor Marine Living Resources (MLR) in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), aligned with the institutions' mandate. In the last three years (2023-2026), CMLRE has undertaken ~19 surveys for the assessment of fishery resources and marine biod...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under Mission Mausam, the India Meteorological Department has strengthened its observational network with 50 Doppler Weather Radars, 1,008 Automatic Weather Stations, and 6,885 rain gauge stations nationwide. These advancements have improved severe weather forecast accuracy by 40-50% over the past decade, significantly reducing cyclone track, landfall, and intensity errors. For flood monitoring, 25 Flood Meteorological Offices issu...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued advance district-level rainfall forecasts and colour-coded impact-based warnings for all districts of Upper Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivasagar, and Charaideo, prior to and during the heavy to very heavy rainfall activity from 18th to 20th July 2026. The forecasts issued by IMD for the State captured the occurrence of the heavy and very heavy rainfall events with a lead time...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and NITI Aayog, Government of India, have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to collaborate on advancing multilingual, voice-first AI solutions for inclusive governance and citizen-centric public service delivery through the BHASHINI for Seva/Sanchalan initiative. T...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In line with the Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision to democratise technology and empower citizens, the Government of India launched the Digital India programme in July 2015. Under the Digital India programme, the Government has undertaken several initiatives to improve digital access and ensure seamless citizen-centric service delivery including UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) and DigiLocker platforms. As o...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Selected Accelerator Startups Kalpataru Centre of Excellence (CoE), AIC STPINEXT, Visakhapatnam i. Aerogravity Private Limited ii. Cairovision Private Limited iii. Epsum Labs Private Limited iv. Scraptechies Solutions Private Limited v. Voptimaise Climate Tech Solutions Private Limited The Startup Accelerator of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development, and Growth (SAMRIDH) programme, designed to accelerate around 300 Star...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In line with Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision, the Government is democratising the development and usage of technology. Data centres are an important & integral component of the overall Digital India Infrastructure ecosystem. The Data Centre industry in India has been growing at a steady pace. The rapid growth of AI and high-performance computing is driving increasing demand for data centre capacity in the countr...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State No. of Women Official Trained 1 Andhra Pradesh 12 2 Assam 11 3 Bihar 11 4 Chhattisgarh 6 5 Goa 7 6 Gujarat 81 7 Haryana 42 8 Himachal Pradesh 30 9 Jharkhand 11 10 Karnataka 73 11 Kerala 36 12 Madhya Pradesh 15 13 Maharashtra 53 14 Manipur 5 15 Meghalaya 16 16 Mizoram 2 17 Nagaland 1 18 Odisha 32 19 Punjab 12 20 Rajasthan 29 21 Sikkim 1 22 Tamil Nadu 64...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: On the occasion of World Elephant Day 2026, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, reaffirmed India's commitment to securing a shared future for elephants and people. In a post on social media, the Minister noted that India has 33 Elephant Reserves across 14 States and 150 scientifically validated elephant corridors. Shri Yadav said advanced population monitoring and stronger measures woul...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Mumbai, 12 August 2026 The Income Tax Department, Mumbai, has inducted 97 accomplished sportspersons under the sports quota, further strengthening its commitment to recognising sporting excellence and nurturing high-calibre talent in public service. The appointment letters were formally handed over to the newly inducted sportspersons by the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, Shri Alok Kumar, at Aayakar Bhawan, Mum...