India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per Sections 20A and 20B of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958(AMASR Act), a uniform 100-meter Prohibited Area and 200-meter Regulated Area have been prescribed around all protected monuments and protected areas (sites). Section 20E of the AMASR Act provide provision for framing Heritage Bye-laws for each protected monument and protected area (sites) to prescribe rational and context-specific he...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Name of the Programme Total Target Total Trained Faculty Development Programme (FDP) 75 75 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) 1200 1,110 Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) 600 302 State Name of the Programme FDP EAP EDP Assam 9 64 * Meghalaya 8 161 * Mizoram 10 244 * Uttar Pradesh 31 491 254 Telangana 17 150 48 Total 75 1,110 302 (Total trained) The Ministry of Skill Develo...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President of the Republic of Seychelles Dr. Patrick Herminie is on a State Visit to India from 5 to 10 February 2026. President Herminie's State Visit coming around 100 days after his inauguration signals the shared commitment of India and Seychelles to strengthen, expand and deepen our longstanding and multifaceted bilateral partnership. The State Visit has added significance ...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 807 people went missing in the national capital during the first two weeks of January 2026, as per the Delhi Police data. They include 191 minors and 616 adults. The Police has traced 235 people and 572 remain untraced so far. The Commission has observed that the contents of news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has entered into Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Goa State Pharmacy Council (GSPC), Quality Council of India (QCI), and HLL Infra Tech Services Limited (HITES), to strengthen drug safety, quality assurance, and capacity-building initiatives in the country. The MoU between IPC and GSPC...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Yotta Data Services, India's leading sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services provider, today announced the successful deployment of BHASHINI's end-to-end sovereign AI cloud transformation on Yotta's Government Community Cloud (GCC) and Shakti Cloud. The key milestone closely aligns with IndiaAI Mission objectives and represents a major step forward in India's journey towards self-reliant and scalable AI capabilities. Wi...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The five-day Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) for a delegation from the Ministry of Health, Government of Sri Lanka, formally commenced today at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi. Hosted by the Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, the workshop aims to develop a strategic pathway for...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, attended the closing ceremony of Bastar Pandum 2026 in Chhattisgarh today as the Chief Guest. On this occasion, several dignitaries, including the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, and Deputy Chief Minister Shri Vijay Sharma, were present. In his address, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, said that Bastar, which till a...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The gross NPA ratio i.e. gross NPAs as a percentage of gross loans and advances of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), for domestic operations, has been continuously declining during the last eight financial years, and were at a historic low of 2.15% as at the end of September, 2025 (provisional data), which is lower than 2010-11 level. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated the Asset Quality Review (AQR) in 2015, post which the ...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: New Delhi, 09 February 2026: The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOC Port), inin Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, successfully hosted a high-level pre-event to the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, titled "AI in Ports and Maritime Operations: Practice, Policy and Future". The event brought together senior policymakers, port authorities, technology leaders, and academic experts for a focused discussion on the practical and policy dimensions of ar...