India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) today highlighted the strong and growing role of GIFT City IFSC in supporting India's foreign currency mobilisation and external financing requirements, with IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) demonstrating significant scale and momentum across key international banking activities. As on 31 August 2026, 20 IBUs have sanctioned USD 54.02 billion under the Reserve Bank of India's...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today inaugurated a 2-day International Workshop on the theme 'Tiger Landscapes: Conservation, Bioeconomy and Ecotourism as Pillars for Livelihood and Income Generation', in New Delhi. The workshop is being jointly organized by the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTC...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, conducted an interactive session at Kathmandu University with the University's Center for Digital Public Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence (DPI-AI) team, followed by a meeting with the Vice Chancellor. The engagement focused on exploring opportunities for jo...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: INS Sudarshini, Indian Navy's sail training ship, arrived in Barcelona, Spain on 01 Sep 2026, as part of her ongoing transoceanic expedition Lokayan 26. During her stay at Barcelona, the ship will undertake professional and cultural engagements with the Spanish Navy and other maritime stakeholders. Sea trainees embarked onboard will participate in professional interactions and seamanship exchanges. INS Sudarshini will be open to ...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Aero India, Asia's largest air show and one of the world's premier aerospace and defence exhibitions, is all set to return with its 16th edition at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru, Karnataka from February 8 to 12, 2027. Organised by the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, the event will bring together leading global aerospace and defence companies, policymakers, technology experts, innovators, industry ...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Surgeon Vice Admiral Dilip Raghavan, VSM assumed the appointment of Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) on September 01, 2026. Born and educated in Chennai and Mumbai, Surg Vice Admiral Dilip Raghavan joined the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune in 1985 and completed his MBBS in 1989. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy on December 26, 1989. During his distinguished career, he held several significant ...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs.10 lakh on Dial4Trade Technologies Private Limited for facilitating the online listing, hosting, advertising and sale of Ammonium Nitrate on its e-commerce platform without the mandatory regulatory safeguards required under law. The final order was passed by the CCPA, headed by Chief Commissioner Smt. Nidhi Khare and Commissioner Shri Anupam Mishra, under ...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Communications and DoNER, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, today laid the foundation stone of the country's 7th Postal Training Centre at Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh marking a significant step towards strengthening the training and capacity-building ecosystem of the Department of Posts, in line with the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a Viksit Bharat. The new centre will serve as a national-leve...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on Trade, Commerce and Investment held its meeting virtually on 1st September 2026. The meeting was attended by officials from India and Afghanistan, including representatives from commerce, industry, customs, regulatory authorities and diplomatic missions. The two sides reviewed various issues relating to bilateral trade and economic cooperation and discussed measures to further fac...
India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India is the world's best location for setting up data centres, said Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, at the CEO Roundtable on "Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) for Scaling India's Data Centre Ecosystem" at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. While Chairing the meeting the Minister said the roundtable provided an engaging and fruitful platform for discussions with stakeholders from the data centre industry on further p...