India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI ) held a high-level consultation with stakeholders today at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The objective was to discuss the future roadmap for financial support to the food processing sector and to outline the next phase of incentive/subsidy schemes. The consultation meeting was attended by senior officials of the Ministry , representatives from IFCI Limited and Invest India, indu...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, will visit Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on July 9, 2026. During the visit, the Vice President will grace the National Launch Programme for the issuance of Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) for Sustainable Harnessing of Fisheries in the High Seas at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, where he will also launch the Odisha Deep Sea Fishing Mission Docume...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Did You Know? Did You Know: The Government of India's Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 integrated programme addresses malnutrition and promotes health, wellness, and immunity. The restructured Mission Integrates Nutrition Support for children, pregnant women & lactating mothers and adolescent girls; Early Childhood Care and Education (3-6 years) and early stimulation for (0-3 years) and Anganwadi Infrastructure including upgrad...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: New Delhi | July 10, 2026: The Sports Authority of India (SAI), under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS), and the Safdarjung Sports Injury Centre (SIC), under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in sports science, sports medicine, athlete rehabilitation, research, innovation, education and capacity building. The MoU aims to create a...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting commenced in Kochi today under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, bringing together Ministers and Heads of Delegation from BRICS Member Countries to strengthen cooperation, advance women's empowerment and reaffirm shared commitment to inclusive, resilient and sustainable development. The meeting builds on the BRICS Women Working Group Meeting held on 6-7 July 2026, where senior officials deliberated o...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The workshop concluded with the presentation of the consolidated recommendations and the adoption of the Bhubaneswar Declaration, a landmark national framework for strengthening Tribal Research Institutes as centres of excellence in research, knowledge generation and evidence-based policymaking. In his concluding remarks, Shri Anant Prakash Pandey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, said, "Over the past two days, we have ...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, has launched Handloom Hackathon 2026 - "Weaving Innovation", a national innovation challenge aimed at harnessing technology, design, entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions to strengthen India's handloom sector. The initiative is being organised as part of the celebrations of National Handloom Day 2026. The Grand Finale of the Hack...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) on 15th August 2020 to combat drug demand in the country. Recognising the urgent need for collective action, the Ministry coordinates various initiatives including prevention, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, aftercare, public information dissemination, and community awareness. As the drug addiction in India has long been a sil...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant effort to accurately model the near-earth space researchers have developed a novel approach to reconstruct the topside ionosphere over the Indian region for the first time by integrating ground and space-based observations. This approach would be critical for satellite operations, communication systems, and navigation services. The ionosphere is a complex, ionized part of Earth's upper atmosphere that plays a vital...
India, July 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Minister of State for the Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds promise of manifold increase in India's Agriculture Economy which, according to one estimate , could be to the tune of around Rs 7...