India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, H.E. Denis Manturov, called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today.  First Deputy PM Manturov briefed PM on the progress in various areas of mutually beneficial cooperation, including trade and economic partnership, fertilizers, connectivity and people-to-people ties.  PM recalled the successful visit of President Putin to India in December 2025 for the 23rd...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, has extended financial assistance to Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Private Limited, Roorkee, Uttarakhand for the project titled "Commercialization of Bio-waste / Agricultural Waste Derived Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries." The project aims to establish indigenous capabilities for the production of advanced anode mate...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Biotechnology has been implementing the Biotech‑KISAN (Krishi Innovation Science Application Network) Scheme since 2017 as a flagship farmer‑centric programme. The scheme has made notable progress in bridging the gap between laboratories and agricultural fields by establishing hubs across diverse agro‑climatic zones. These hubs serve as demonstration units, training centres, and enterprise incuba...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri Srinivas Katikithala, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) along with Shri Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), chaired a joint review meeting from New Delhi on 2nd April 2026 through video conferencing with State Urban Development Secretaries, State Civil Supplies Departments, District Magistrates and Municipal Commissioners/Executive Officers of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State 2018 Polluted Priority 2025 Polluted Stretch Priority Trend/Observation Uttarakhand Haridwar IV No PRS - Improved and PRS stretch removed Uttar Pradesh Kannauj -> IV Bijnor -> Tarighat IV / V Partially improved Bihar Buxar to V Bhagalpur D/S-> V Marginal pollution remains Jharkhand No PRS - No PRS - - West Bengal Triveni -> III Baharampore -> V improved Stretch (2018) (2025) -> Varanasi...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Karmayogi Sādhana 2026 was launched by the Capacity Building Commission and Karmayogi Bharat on 2nd April 2026, marking a significant milestone in capacity development for civil servants under the Mission Karmayogi initiative. As part of Sādhana Saptah, a series of webinars are taking place this week. This series will feature leading experts from diverse fields starting tomorrow. These experts will provide valuable persp...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has, for the third successive year, not only generated its Annual Accounts for F.Y. 2025-26 on the very first day of the new financial year but also submitted it to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on April 1st, three months ahead of the June 30, 2026 deadline. By completing this task well ahead of the schedule, CSIR has created a new paradigm in the area o...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The largest steelmaking public sector company, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has achieved its highest-ever performance in FY 2025-26, setting new benchmarks in both sales and production. Strengthening its brand presence and customer reach, the company recorded best-ever sales of 20.14 Million Tonnes  (MT), reflecting an impressive 11.5% growth over the previous year's 18.07 MT. This growth was broad-based, with sale...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Country Sl. No. Name of the project I.C. (MW) 1 Pokhra 1 2 Trisuli 21 3 Western Gandak 15 4 Devighat 14.1 5 Arun-3 900 6 Lower Arun 669 7 Chukha 336 8 Kurichu 60 9 Tala 1020 10 Mangdechhu 720 11 Punatsangchhu -II 1020 12 Punatsangchhu-I 1200 Bangladesh 13 Maitree STPP 1320 Country Sl. No. Transmission Link Nepal 1 Muzaffarpur (India) - Dhalkebar (Nepal) 400 kV D/c line 2 Tanakpur (...
India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release: To enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water, since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with states, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal. This initiative facilitates adequate quantity of prescribed quality water on regular and long-term basis, through tap water connection. To ensure universal coverage through tap water connection, the Department has evolved a comprehe...