India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a high-level meeting in Mumbai on Thursday to review Self-Help Group-bank linkages and individual enterprise financing under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). The meeting laid out a concrete roadmap for ensuring faster, adequate and accessible credit for women entrepreneurs, while al...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today held a joint round table with StartUps and Investors, and also launched BIO-NIVESH, a strategic platform aimed at strengthening engagement between biotechnology innovators and the investment community and catalysing the flow o...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A simple yet powerful molecular strategy to create highly efficient piezoelectric biomaterials using peptides-the natural building blocks of proteins could help develop implantable medical devices that power itself using body movements such as heartbeat, breathing, or walking Piezoelectric materials are special materials that can convert mechanical force, such as pressing, bending, or stretching, into electrical energy. This uniqu...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, visited The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI) Gwal Pahari campus in Gurugram today and reviewed a series of green shipping initiatives, positioning the sector's decarbonisation as a priority area for his ministry. Sarbananda Sonowal, who planted a tree during the visit to mark the occasion, was briefed on the National Centre of Excellence for Green Ports ...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raihan (name changed), a 29-year-old resident of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh, faced serious personal, social and economic challenges due to alcohol dependence. Educated up to the high-school level and unemployed, he struggled with low self-esteem, emotional distress and uncertainty about his future. His recovery was made more difficult by an unstable home environment. Raihan's father was also affected by alcohol dependence, whi...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse has been scheduled this month to mark the 6th anniversary of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA). The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the Nodal Ministry that aims to mobilise 10 Crore+ citizens through both physical and online participation. In this connection, two high-level coordination meetings chaired by Joint Secretary (Drug Prevention) in the Ministry Dr. San...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Occupational Safety Training Programme under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme was inaugurated in West Bengal, with the first batch commencing for sanitation workers of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation. The programme was organised under the NAMASTE Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, with technical support from the CSIR-Central Mechanical Engin...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 1. Steel Production & Prices 1a. Production Overview (in Mt) Production Aug 2026 Aug 2025 YoY % Apr-Aug 2026 Apr-Aug 2025 CPLY % Crude Steel 14.1 14.1 -0.1 70.3 69.0 1.8 Hot Metal 8.0 8.1 -1.1 40.0 39.2 1.9 Finished Steel 13.5 13.4 0.3 68.1 65.6 3.8 Producer Annual Crude Steel Capacity Crude Steel Production Hot Metal Production Finished Steel Production Top 7 117.4 39.2 ...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Bharat Tex Trade Federation (BTTF) and Premiere Vision SA, one of the world's leading international platforms for creative fashion, textiles, and sourcing, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 2nd September, 2026 at the Premiere Vision (Paris) exhibition to establish a multi-year institutional partnership aimed at strengthening India's engagement with the global fashion and textile ecosystem. The MoU was signed by Dr....
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Smt. Ranjana Chopra, Secy, MoTA reviews Ministry of Tribal Affairs' schemes such as DAJGUA and PM JANMAN on 3rd September 2026 with a focus on strengthening delivery mechanisms, improving convergence, accelerating fund utilisation and addressing implementation bottlenecks across states and implementing agencies. The review, held under the Chairpersonship of Smt. Ranjana Chopra,Secretary Ministry of Tribal Affairs brought together ...