Newdelhi:22/3/25:100 New Food Testing Labs to be Established with Financial Support from Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Announces Ravneet Singh Bittu. Bathinda, 22nd March 2025 – In a bid to enhance food safety and quality, Ravneet Singh Bittu, the Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries announced that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) will financially ...
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Shri Ashok Singh Thakur elected as Chairman of INTACH
Newdelhi:22/3/25:The AGM of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) was held on 22nd March 2025 at the Head Office in New Delhi. The Elections were held successfully for the post of Chairman and Governing Council members. After following due procedure the results were declared and Shri. Ashok Singh Thakur was elected as Chairman for a period of 3 ...
Read More »Centre withdraws 20% duty on Onion Export effective from April 1st, 2025
Newdelhi:22/3/25:The Government of India has withdrawn 20% duty on onion export, effective from 1st April 2025. A notification to this effect was issued by the Department of Revenue today on the communication of Department of Consumer Affairs. To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check export utilizing duty, minimum export price (MEP), and even to the extent ...
Read More »Transfer Of Justice Yashwant Varma To Allahabad High Court Was Independent And Separate From In-House Enquiry Procedure
Newdelhi:22/3/25:The Supreme Court has said that the proposal for the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad High Court was independent and separate from the in-house enquiry procedure. The statement came after rumors were being spread in connection with the alleged cash discovery from the residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s transfer. The top court said ...
Read More »13th Edition of India-Italy Military Cooperation Group Meeting concludes in Rome
Rome:22/3/25:The 13th edition of the India-Italy Military Cooperation Group (MCG) meeting was successfully conducted from 20-21 March 2025 in Rome, Italy. The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff IDC (A) from Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), representing India, and the Deputy Head of the Strategic Direction and Military Cooperation Division of the Italian Defence ...
Read More »First-ever export of Anthurium Flowers from Mizoram to Singapore, a fillip to India’s Floriculture Potential
Newdelhi:22/3/25:In a significant step towards enhancing India’s floriculture export potential, particularly from the North Eastern Region (NER), the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture, Government of Mizoram, successfully facilitated the flagging off of the first consignment of Anthurium flowers from Aizawl, Mizoram, to Singapore. The event, held in a hybrid ...
Read More »GI-Tagged Jaggery Exported from Shamli, Muzaffarnagar to Bangladesh
Newdelhi:22/3/25:In a significant boost to India’s agricultural exports, a consignment of 30 metric tons (MT) of GI-tagged jaggery from Muzaffarnagar, a region renowned for its high-quality sugarcane, was flagged off for export to Bangladesh. The flag-off ceremony, organized by the Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) under the aegis of APEDA, took place on January 30, 2025. The ceremony was graced ...
Read More »Prime Minister reaffirms commitment to Water Conservation on World Water Day
Newdelhi:22/3/25:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has reaffirmed India’s commitment to conserve water and promote sustainable development. Highlighting the critical role of water in human civilization, he urged collective action to safeguard this invaluable resource for future generations. Shri Modi wrote on X; “On World Water Day, we reaffirm our commitment to conserve water and promote sustainable development. Water has ...
Read More »IIT Bhubaneswar bags award for for outstanding performance in Plantation
Bhubaneswar, 21st March 2025: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has received the award for best Educational Institute in Bhubaneswar sub-division for outstanding performance in Plantation / Afforestation for the year 2025. The award was conferred on the Institute during the occasion of District level celebration of World Forestry Day, held at the Divisional Forest Office, Khordha on 21st March ...
Read More »Odisha government has rescheduled the school timings to mitigate the heat wave situation
Bhubaneswar:20/3/25: The Odisha government has rescheduled the school timings to mitigate the heat wave situation in the state during summer of 2025. Shalini Pandit, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of School and Mass Education Department, issued a directive to all collectors, outlining the new measures. As part of these measures, the school timing for Class I to XII has been rescheduled from 6:30 AM ...
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