India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Steel has approved the grant of Miniratna Category-I status to MECON Limited, a Schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel. MECON has achieved significant financial milestones in recent years. The Company has reported continuous profits during the last three financial years, recording a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs. 77.62 crore in FY 2023-24 (restat...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India and the European Union have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in sustainable ship recycling, with both sides expressing confidence over the progress made in facilitating the inclusion of Indian ship recycling facilities under the European Union Ship Recycling Regulation (EUSRR). During discussions between Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and European Commissioner for E...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Artificial Intelligence has been used to trace the shift in magnetically active patches on the Sun from 1916 to 2007 by scanning 100 years of hand-drawn Sun records from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO). This could give a much longer view of how solar activity changes over time. For more than a hundred years, scientists have been trying to understand how the Sun's magnetic activity rises and falls in rhythmic cycles. These c...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri Temjen Imna Along, Hon'ble Minister for Tourism & Higher Education, Government of Nagaland, accompanied by Shri Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, Advisor for Science & Technology, Government of Nagaland, today called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, to discuss a compreh...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Marking a historic milestone in strengthening rural livelihoods and advancing the vision of a developed rural India, the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act, 2025 has come into force across the country from today. With the commencement of the Act, eligible rural households will now have a statutory entitlement to 125 days of guaranteed wage employment. The Act seeks to make rural empl...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Amid the devastating floods that have struck Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with Union Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju and Chief Minister Shri Pema Khandu, conducted extensive aerial and ground inspections of the affected areas to assess the extent of the damage. During the visit, Shri Chouhan met flood-affected families, interacted with them p...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the construction of 6 Lane Road Tunnel For NH-148AE connecting Dwarka Expressway (NH 248 BB) with Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj in Delhi with a total project length of 8.1 Km and total capital cost of Rs.6969.67 crore on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) under NH (O) scheme. Project will provide faster connectivity between Wes...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the construction of 117.7 km Kanpur-Kabrai Access-Controlled Greenfield Highway, a four-lane access-controlled corridor with structures designed for future six-laning, forming a key segment of the Bhopal-Kanpur Economic Corridor under the National Highways (O) Programme. With an estimated total capital cost of Rs.7145.14 c...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In order to transform the Electronic Toll Collection system, NHAI has successfully launched Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) based tolling system at the Manoharpura Toll Plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48 in Rajasthan. Last month, NHAI rolled out Rajasthan's first Multi-Lane Free Flow Tolling System at Daulatpura Toll Plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur Section on 19th June 2026. Following the launch at Manoharpura, NHAI is also planning ...
India, July 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major step towards modernising signalling infrastructure and enhancing operational safety, Indian Railways has approved the provision of Electronic Interlocking (EI) at 13 stations on the Durg-Taroki section of Raipur Division in South East Central Railway (SECR) at a cost of Rs.226 crore. The project involves replacing the existing Panel Interlocking (PI) system with Electronic Interlocking (EI) at 13 stations, enabling safer...