India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition by CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. of certain shareholding in Ctrl S Datacenters Limited. The proposed combination contemplates acquisition by CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. (CIPH) of certain shareholding in Ctrl S Datacenters Limited (Ctrl S). CIPH is a Canadian corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CPPIB. CIPH is an investment holding company. CPPIB i...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: New Delhi, May 12: In the run-up to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2030, set to be hosted in Ahmdabad, Gujarat, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in collaboration with MyBharat, has launched three nationwide engagement initiatives. These initiatives aim to promote sporting spirit, creativity, and youth participation across the country. As part of the campaign, participants can take part in the 'Commonwealth Games 2030 Torch Design ...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Highlights April, 2026 (Provisional) Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 3.74 3.16 3.48 3.63 3.11 3.40 CFPI 4.26 4.10 4.20 3.95 3.71 3.87 Index CPI (General) 105.28 104.92 105.12 105.02 104.62 104.84 CFPI 104.17 104.78 104.39 104.01 104.38 104.14 S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) 1 Potato 0.7549 -19.03 -23.69 2 Onion 0.7006 -2...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has revised the release date of the Provisional Estimates (PE) of Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Quarterly Estimates of GDP for Fourth Quarter (Q4) from last working day of May to 7th June (or the previous working day if 7th June is a holiday) of every year. The revision in the release schedule has been made after due consultati...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Marking National Technology Day and reaffirming India's commitment to technology-led growth and self-reliance, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) organized its monthly Technology Transfer Event at CSIR Headquarters, New Delhi. The event focused on "Technology Transfers by CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CSIR-CBRI), Roorkee", during which 13 indigenous technologies developed by the institute were trans...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri Kamlesh Paswan, will undertake a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh on 13-14 May 2026 to review the implementation and progress of various flagship programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development. During the visit, the Hon'ble Minister will chair a comprehensive review meeting at Naya Raipur with senior officials of the State Government and departmental representatives to assess the pr...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Safeguarding public funds in National Highway projects, NHAI has successfully defended two major arbitration cases related to the Panipat-Jalandhar section of NH-44. The disputes involved high-value claims raised by concessionaires against NHAI in connection with the execution and operation of the National Highway project. The two arbitration matters together involved claims exceeding Rs. 8,375 crores towards alleged termination pay...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: When Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the historic 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link on 6th June 2025, it was a moment that transformed ambition into reality. On 30th April 2026, Union Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the augmented, 20-coach Jammu Tawi-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express. Within just ten days of its regularisation date 2nd May, the 4 train services combined carried 44,727 passe...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) commenced the First Capacity Building Programme for the Civil Servants of Seychelles on 11th May, 2026. The 2-week program is being organized from 11th May, 2026 to 22nd May, 2026 in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Mussoorie and New Delhi. This first cohort brings together 29 high-ranking officials, including Directors General and senior officers across crit...
India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare is committed towards the empowerment of the central government pensioners through prompt and qualitative redressal of their grievances. To achieve the same, Pension Adalat has emerged as a unique initiative which is working on the maxim of 'Whole of government approach', where all the concerned stakeholders of a particular grievance case are boarded on a common platform and solutions or ...