Goa: In a significant stride toward self-reliance in defense production, Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched India’s first indigenously built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), named Samudra Pratap, in Goa today. The vessel, constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), is designed to combat oil spills along the nation’s coastline. During…
New Delhi: In a move toward internationalizing education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Ministry of Education has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to the University of Southampton (UoS), UK, allowing them to establish their first-ever campus in India. Ranked among the top 100 higher education institutions globally, the UoS campus will…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, inaugurated the ASSOCHAM Environment and Carbon Conference today, focusing on building a collaborative ecosystem to achieve India’s net-zero target by 2070. The conference, held in New Delhi, brought together key stakeholders and industry leaders to discuss sustainable development and climate…
New Delhi: In a significant move towards ensuring safer workplaces for women, Union Minister Annpurna Devi today launched the SHe-Box portal, a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace. The portal, unveiled at an event in New Delhi, aims to streamline the redressal process for women across both government…
New Delhi: In a significant initiative to support retired athletes, Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, today launched the Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training (RESET) Programme in New Delhi on the occasion of National Sports Day. The RESET Programme aims to empower retired sportspersons who have brought laurels to…
New Delhi: The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA), Government of India, organized a landmark National Workshop today focused on the development of a Right to Repair Framework for the mobile and electronics sectors. The event aimed to build consensus among industry stakeholders on key parameters like accessing repairability indexes, promoting product longevity, and ensuring…
Bhubaneswar: As part of the ongoing National Sports Week celebrations, the Odisha Sports and Youth Services Department organized a captivating martial arts performance against the backdrop of the historic Dhauligiri Peace Pagoda, the site of the Kalinga War. The event featured demonstrations of Kickboxing and Pencak Silat, attracting a large audience of tourists and sports…
Bhubaneswar: To revive the tiger population in Odisha, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved an ambitious inter-state tiger translocation project for the Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) in Angul district. Over the next five years, 14 tigers will be relocated from Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) to Satkosia, aiming to boost the state’s tiger…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is set to enhance its renewable energy capacity with the introduction of new wind power projects totaling 392.8 MW, announced Deputy Chief Minister and State Energy Minister K V Singh Deo in the assembly today. The state is intensifying its efforts to increase electricity production from unconventional sources. As part of this initiative, proposals…
Pune/Mumbai: In a breakthrough development for India’s quantum technology ambitions, scientists from the DRDO Young Scientists Laboratory for Quantum Technologies (DYSL-QT) and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have completed the successful end-to-end testing of a 6-qubit quantum processor based on superconducting circuit technology. The test was demonstrated in front of the apex committee…
