India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA) Scheme, the Tele Law programme connects citizens with the lawyers to provide pre-litigation advice through the use of Video/Tele conferencing facilities available at the Common Service Centres (CSCs) operated by the Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) at the Gram Panchayat level, Tele-Law Mobile App and Toll Free No. 14454. Under the Tele-Law programme,...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today announced the first national call for the BIRAC-RDI Fund, marking a major push to scale high-impact biotechnology innovations under the Government of India's Rs.1 lakh crore Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) initiative. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences; and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, D...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), in furtherance of its mandate to conserve biological resources and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation, has realised an amount of Rs.2.40 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework in the last 45 days. The amount was received from ten applications for carrying out activities relating to research and commercial use of biological resou...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), DG Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated the Waterjet Production & Testing Facility of M/s Marine Jet Power (MJP) India at Goa on February 13, 2026, marking a significant milestone in India's pursuit of maritime Aatmanirbharta. With this advanced production and testing facility under the Manufacturing and Transfer of Technology framework, India becomes the third country globally, after the ...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl.No. Name of Major Port State 1 Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority West Bengal 2 Paradip Port Authority Odisha 3 Visakhapatnam Port Authority Andhra Pradesh 4 Chennai Port Authority Tamil Nadu 5 Kamarajar Port Limited 6 V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority 7 Cochin Port Authority Kerala 8 New Mangalore Port Authority Karnataka 9 Mormugao Port Authority Goa 10 Mumbai Port Authority Maharashtra 11 Ja...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The cargo handled by Major Ports has increased from 581.34 million metric tonnes (MMT) in Financial Year (FY) 2014-15 to 854.86 MMT in FY 2024-25. During the same period, the cargo handled by Other Than Major Ports (OTMPs) increased from 470.89 MMT to 742.41 MMT. Therefore, during FY 2024-25, the Major Ports account for 53.52% of the total cargo handled in the country, and thus remain a dominant player in the sector. The policy re...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Wheat stock availability with private entities during 2025-26 stands at approximately 75 LMT, which is nearly 32 LMT higher compared to the corresponding period last year. This substantial year-on-year increase indicates a comfortable supply position in the country. Furthermore, as on 1st April 2026, total wheat availability in the central pool with FCI is projected at around 182 LMT thus ensuring that export permissions will not i...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA), Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation, Government of India celebrated its 18th Foundation Day at Mahalanobis Auditorium, NSSTA, Knowledge Park-II, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The theme for this year's celebration was "Reimagining Capacity Building for Official Statistics to achieve vision of Viksit Bharat@2047". The occasion marked NSSTA's journey as a premier ...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sr. No. Date Name of ECT Number of participants Designation 1 28.12.2025 ECT_4_2025 Programme 118 Advocates & Advocates 2 16.11.2025 ECT_8_2025 Refresher Programme for Court staffs & N Step training 52 Staff 3 14.12.2025 ECT_9_2025 Refresher Programme for court staff 142 Staff 4 21.09.2025 ECT_13_2025 Computer Skill Enhancement Programme-Level I & II etc 18 Judicial 5 12.10.2025 ECT_16_2025 Ecourts ...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered an unusual mechanism of heat transport in solids that fundamentally reshapes our understanding of how heat flows in crystalline materials with local disorder. This can have implications in next-generation thermoelectrics and thermal management technologies. Heat in solids is typically carried by phonons, which generally behave like particles that scatter as they move ...