India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The annual awards in the genre of children's literature - the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025 of the Sahitya Akademi will be held on Friday, 14 November 2025 in the Triveni Auditorium, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. The awards will be presented by the President of the Akademi, Madhav Kaushik. Eminent Gujarati writer, Varsha Das will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest, and the Vice President of the Akademi, Kumud Sharma will propose the vote ...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), P- Quest Group at IIT Bombay has developed India's first indigenous Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM) for dynamic magnetic field imaging - a breakthrough that marks a milestone in quantum sensing and has earned India its first patent in this domain. The QDM which was formally announced on the sidelines of the recently concluded Emerging Sci...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has cracked down on a major gold-smuggling syndicate in Mumbai under "Operation Bullion Blaze." The operation uncovered an organised racket involved in smuggling gold into India, melting it in covert furnaces, and illicitly selling the refined bullion into the grey market. Acting on specific intelligence, on 10.11.2025 DRI officers carried simultaneous searches at four discreetly locat...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar has called for deeper collaboration with start-ups & innovators to strengthen the technological backbone of the country and achieve the goal of Aatmanirbharta in defence. Addressing the Delhi Defence Dialogue organised by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi on November 12, 2025, he emphasised the importance of working with young entrepreneurs & i...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The IndiaAI Mission, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has announced a global Call for Abstracts for the upcoming Casebook on the Real-World Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Energy. The collaboration seeks to leverage the IEA's global expertise and analytical framework while supporting the vision of the IndiaAI ...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Jhpiego, convened a three-day National Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop, starting today, on Nursing Policy Priorities and Best Practices in India to strengthen policy dialogue and advance reforms in the nursing and midwifery sector. The workshop brought together key stakeholders including policymakers, senior gove...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, has launched the Startup Common Application Journey on the Jan Samarth Portal during the Public Sector Banks Review Meeting in New Delhi today. The application form was launched by Shri M. Nagaraju, Secretary, DFS, in the presence of senior officials of DFS, Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA), MDs and CEOs of Public Sector Banks, MD & CEO of PSB Alliance and se...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India today is a key part of global transition to a self-reliant hydrogen economy, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh said while addressing the 3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2025) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Minister underscored that clean energy is no longer a matter of environmental choice, but an "economic, technological, and strategic impera...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, reached Gaborone, Botswana, yesterday (November 11, 2025), on the final leg of her State Visit to Angola and Botswana. This is the first-ever Presidential visit from India to Botswana. The President is accompanied by Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Railways, Shri V. Somanna and Members of Parliament, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava and Smt D. K. Aruna, on this State visit. Today (N...
India, Nov. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Moditoday approved introduction of Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters (CGSE) for providing 100% credit guarantee coverage by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC) to Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) for extending additional credit facilities upto Rs.20,000 crore to eligible exporters, including MSMEs. Implementation strategy and targets: The ...