Daily ministry and department announcements, explained.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry held the third meeting of the India-Cambodia Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment (JWGTI) in Phnom Penh on 24 August 2026. The meeting brought together…
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions held talks with Mauritius’s Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms to expand cooperation between the two countries in training government officials and building…
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment held a programme called “The Fifth Space – Where Education Meets Responsibility” where Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar spoke directly with school students about education,…
The Election Commission of India has launched Electoral Literacy Clubs 2.0, a revised framework aimed at teaching students across the country about how elections work and why democratic participation matters. Chief Election…
The Chairman of the Railway Board has directed a comprehensive overhaul of food quality monitoring across Indian Railways. The review, which took place at the IRCTC War Room, focuses on tightening passenger…
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has highlighted the success of the National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC) Scheme through the example of Shubhankar Ghorai, a 31-year-old scholar from Paschim…
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has highlighted how access to credit under the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation Self-Employment Scheme can help women from low-income families move away…
The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has highlighted how its NAMASTE-Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) Initiative is helping young sanitation workers transition from unpaid labour to independent business owners. The scheme provides…
The Prime Minister met with the newly inducted batch of Indian Foreign Service officers on 24 August 2026. A group of 50 IFS Officer Trainees from the 2025 batch, drawn from different…
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that Union Minister Piyush Goyal has led India’s largest business delegation to Japan to strengthen economic ties between the two countries. The four-day visit, taking…
