India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Commanders' Conference 2026/02 (the second edition of 2026 Indian Navy's biannual Conference) is scheduled over a period of three days from 29 Sep 2026 to 01 Oct 2026 at Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi. As the Navy's Apex Level forum, the Conference provides an avenue for senior Naval leadership, including outstation Operational and Area Commanders, to undertake a comprehensive review of Operational preparedness at the military-stra...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully averted a major maritime incident following a distress situation onboard the Belize-flagged chemical tanker MT Seagull 9, approximately 37 nautical miles East-South-East of Paradip, Odisha. The vessel, carrying 9,000 metric tonnes of palm oil with 23 crew members onboard, issued an urgent distress call at approximately 0730 hrs on September 27, 2026 following main engine failure and rapid...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A 60-member Indian Armed Forces contingent departed today for Oskemen, Kazakhstan, to participate in the ninth edition of the India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND, scheduled to be conducted from 28 September to 11 October 2026. The Indian contingent is drawn mainly from a battalion of the GARHWAL RIFLES, along with troops from other arms and services, and personnel from the Indian Air Force. The Kazakhstan Armed Forces ...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Education, Shri Pralhad Joshi, held a bilateral meeting with Minister for Higher Education, Research and Space of France, H.E. Philippe Baptiste, in New Delhi today. The two Ministers discussed ways to further strengthen cooperation between India and France in education, research, innovation, academic mobility and institutional partnerships. Welcoming the French Minister and his delegation, Shri Pralhad Joshi h...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India highlighted its significant achievement in forest and landscape restoration and reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable forest management, climate action and resilient forest landscapes at the Twenty-eighth Session of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Committee on Forestry (COFO 28), being held in Rome from 28th September to 2nd October 2026. Delivering its Statement during COFO 28, India welcomed FAO's focus on F...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India today underlined the need for conservation of whales and other cetaceans at the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC-70), being held in Hobart, Australia, from 28.09.2026 to 02.10.2026. In its Opening Statement at IWC-70, India emphasized the importance of continued collaboration among range countries, scientific institutions and relevant international organisations for effective cetacean conservation. ...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (EFCC) Shri Bhupender Yadav today chaired a high-level meeting with Chief Minister (NCT Delhi) Smt. Rekha Gupta to review the Delhi Government's Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan and assess the progress of measures undertaken to prevent and control air pollution in the national capital. The meeting reviewed the measures already undertaken, progress achieved on the ground...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, today launched the Livestock Insurance Portal (https://rashtriyapashubima.dahd.gov.in), a comprehensive digital platform aimed at transforming livestock insurance delivery across the country under the Livestock Insurance activity of National Livestock Mission (NLM). The Portal was launched by Shri Rajiv R...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India's aquaculture story is one of sustained growth - greater production, wider participation, and stronger market linkages. But the same factors that drive expansion also amplify risk. Disease, floods, and climatic variability can disrupt an entire aquaculture crop cycle and impose severe financial stress on farmers. PM-MKSSY's aquaculture insurance initiative responds to this reality through a structured framework of risk cover...
India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The due date for furnishing Return of Income for Assessment Year 2026-27 is 31st October, 2026 in the case of persons mentioned at Serial No. 2 in the Table below Explanation 2 to sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the aforesaid due date of furnishing of Return of Income from 31st October, 2026 to 21st November, 2026. Accordingly, the 'specified date...