After the Indian Army recently cleared women officers for command roles, Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has become the first woman officer to take over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with...

A parliamentary delegation from India, led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, is attending the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Manama, Bahrain from March 11 to 15. Upon arrival in Bahrain, the delegation was welcomed by Bahraini officials and...

Health Minister of Telangana T Harish Rao launched a new health program for women named 'Arogya Mahila Yojana' and 'KCR Nutrition Kit Yojana' on the occasion of International Women's Day. Under the programme, tests would be conducted for women every Tuesday initially...

The highly anticipated Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12 at 11:30 AM, following the completion of all necessary works and final inspections. The expressway, which was constructed as part of the Union...

The Central government has announced that 10 percent reservation will be given to Ex-Agniveers in the BSF recruitment. In a notification issued by the Home Ministry, the government has amended the recruitment rules of the Border Security Force. These revised rules...

The first meeting of the India-Central Asia Joint Working Group (JWG) on Afghanistan was held in New Delhi on 7 March 2023. The meeting was attended by the Special Envoys/Senior Officials of the Republic of India, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of...

The researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Tamil Nadu Wetland Mission are the first in the world to photograph the moth species Mimeusemia ceylonica. Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the...

The Ministry of Finance notified the Prevention of Money- laundering (Maintenance of Records) Amendment Rules, 2023 to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. The provisions came into effect on 7-3-2023. In a separate...

The controlled re-entry experiment for the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) was carried out successfully on March 7, 2023. The satellite was launched on October 12, 2011, as a collaborative effort between ISRO and the French space agency CNES for carrying out...

The 5th ASEAN-India Business Summit is held on 6 March 2023 in Kuala Lumpur. Speakers from ASEAN and India discussed how trade ties, connectivity and supply chain resilience can be enhanced. Addressing the ASEAN-India Business Summit 2023, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar...