India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FSQAI) is a component scheme under PMKSY aimed at strengthening and expanding the network of NABL-accredited food testing laboratories by providing financial assistance for setting up food testing labs. The scheme will play a critical role in closing quality and compliance gaps across the food testing ecosystem by significantly expanding laboratory network and improving access to relia...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Posts on 07.01.2026 to operationalize a standardized, faceless, and fully traceable logistics mechanism for the transportation and quality control of samples of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. The MoU aims to ensure secure, time-bound, and tamper-proof movement of samples from collection points to designated...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: To extend the rail connectivity of existing Srinagar - Baramulla section, a survey for Sopore to Kupwara (34 km) New Line has been sanctioned and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared. However, the project has been dropped because it was found to be infeasible. To further improve rail connectivity, in the Border region, the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of following projects have also been prepared: · Qazigund ...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister: Alright, let's begin. Tell me! Student: I am Saanvi Acharya, from your own state, Gujarat. My first question is this: Parents worry about us, teachers support us. But the main issue arises when teachers suggest one study pattern, parents insist on another, and among students there is yet another trend. At that time, we get confused about which pattern is correct. Prime Minister: See, this is how it is in life also....
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Envisioned by Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji, Advantage Vidarbha 2026 - Khasdar Audyogik Mahotsav recorded a significant milestone on its opening day with the signing of 3 transformative MoUs. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. announced an investment of Rs.15,000 crore to establish greenfield manufacturing facilities for multi-category vehicles. Super Smelters Ltd. signed an MoU to set up an integrated steel plant in Gadchiroli with a...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State / Union territory Number of JAKs currently functional Number of JAKs Closed 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 6 4 2 Andhra Pradesh 272 152 3 Arunachal Pradesh 35 3 4 Assam 176 55 5 Bihar 1058 98 6 Chandigarh 19 2 7 Chhattisgarh 345 116 8 Delhi 589 60 9 Goa 18 4 10 Gujarat 848 358 11 Haryana 474 151 12 Himachal Pradesh 74 41 13 Jammu and Kashmir 351 32 14 Jharkhand 16...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings for the Chitradurga, Karnataka Licensed Service Area (LSA), covering extensive city/highway routes during the month of December 2025. The drive tests, conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Bengaluru, were designed to capture real-world mobile network performance across diverse usage environments-urban zones, ins...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Sanjay Seth will lead a high-level Indian delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to participate in the third World Defence Show (WDS) 2026, on February 08-09 2026. WDS is expected to host more than 700 exhibitors and around 400 official delegations. The Indian delegation will comprise senior officers from the Department of Defence Production and the Armed Forces. As part of India's participation, RRM wil...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State / Union territory District Number of JAKs opened 1 Andaman & Nicobar Nicobars 1 2 North And Middle Andaman 2 3 South Andamans 3 4 Andhra Pradesh Alluri Sitharama Raju 2 5 Anakapalli 7 6 Ananthapuramu 12 7 Annamayya 7 8 Bapatla 8 9 Chittoor 12 10 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema 8 11 East Godavari 14 12 Eluru 11 13 Guntur 22 14 Kakinada 5 15 Krishna 9 16 Kurnool 20 17 Nan...
India, Feb. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year No. of Drugs Banned 2021 NIL 2022 NIL 2023 14 for human use and 02 drugs for animal use 2024 157 for human use and 01 drug for animal use 2025 01 human use and 36 drugs for animal use As per the information provided by Department of Health & Family Welfare, number of drugs banned by Central Government under the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, year wise is as follows: However, several writ petitions were filed ...