
World Bank’s Global Findex Report 2025
The Global Findex 2025 by World Bank has flagged a major issue in India’s financial inclusion efforts over one-third of bank account holders have inactive

Bima Sakhi Scheme Enrolled Over 2 Lakh Women
Bima Sakhi Scheme launched on 9 December 2024, aims to empower women through professional opportunities in life insurance sector. It seeks to advance financial inclusion

Meri Panchayat App Wins WSIS Prizes 2025 Champion Award
“Meri Panchayat” mobile application, developed jointly by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) and the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has been honoured with World Summit

First-Ever Longmatra Mango Festival Held in Kiphire, Nagaland
Longmatra area in Kiphire district, Nagaland, hosted its first-ever Mango Festival, showcasing region’s potential in mango cultivation and aiming to strengthen the rural economy. The

GRSE Launches Final Anti-Submarine Warship for Indian Navy
Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has launched “Ajay” (Yard 3034), the eighth and final vessel in a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

RBI Grants Scheduled Bank Status to NSDL Payments Bank
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has officially included NSDL Payments Bank Limited in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, granting

India’s Mission Millet Praised at Global Food Safety Meet in Rome
India’s leadership in global food safety and international standards for traditional crops received praise during the 88th Executive Committee session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

India Fast-Tracks Space-Based Military Surveillance
In a major boost to national security, India has accelerated the deployment of 52 next-generation military surveillance satellites under the SBS-III (Space-Based Surveillance-III) programme following

ICMR to Commercialise India’s First Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies, and manufacturers for the Transfer of Technology

Kerala’s Kathakali & Keraleeya Nritta-Natya Awards – 2023
The Kerala State Kathakali Award, Pallavur Appu Marar Vadya Puraskaram, and Keraleeya Nritta-Natya Puraskaram for 2023 were announced by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi under the

World Bank’s Global Findex Report 2025
The Global Findex 2025 by World Bank has flagged a major issue in India’s financial inclusion efforts over one-third of bank account holders have inactive

Bima Sakhi Scheme Enrolled Over 2 Lakh Women
Bima Sakhi Scheme launched on 9 December 2024, aims to empower women through professional opportunities in life insurance sector. It seeks to advance financial inclusion

Meri Panchayat App Wins WSIS Prizes 2025 Champion Award
“Meri Panchayat” mobile application, developed jointly by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) and the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has been honoured with World Summit

First-Ever Longmatra Mango Festival Held in Kiphire, Nagaland
Longmatra area in Kiphire district, Nagaland, hosted its first-ever Mango Festival, showcasing region’s potential in mango cultivation and aiming to strengthen the rural economy. The

GRSE Launches Final Anti-Submarine Warship for Indian Navy
Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has launched “Ajay” (Yard 3034), the eighth and final vessel in a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

RBI Grants Scheduled Bank Status to NSDL Payments Bank
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has officially included NSDL Payments Bank Limited in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, granting

India’s Mission Millet Praised at Global Food Safety Meet in Rome
India’s leadership in global food safety and international standards for traditional crops received praise during the 88th Executive Committee session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

India Fast-Tracks Space-Based Military Surveillance
In a major boost to national security, India has accelerated the deployment of 52 next-generation military surveillance satellites under the SBS-III (Space-Based Surveillance-III) programme following

ICMR to Commercialise India’s First Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies, and manufacturers for the Transfer of Technology

Kerala’s Kathakali & Keraleeya Nritta-Natya Awards – 2023
The Kerala State Kathakali Award, Pallavur Appu Marar Vadya Puraskaram, and Keraleeya Nritta-Natya Puraskaram for 2023 were announced by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi under the