New Delhi The fourth round of negotiations for the India–Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) concluded successfully on 5 December 2025, marking a substantive step forward in efforts to deepen bilateral economic ties. The five-day round, held in New Delhi, featured intensive, constructive engagement between Indian and Chilean delegations and…
Month: December 2025
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IEPFA Boosts Financial Literacy with Niveshak Didi & CFL
New Delhi : The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) has reinforced India’s financial awareness ecosystem through a wide-ranging investor-focused outreach that leverages community networks, postal channels and public awareness drives. Combined efforts under the Centre for Financial Literacy (CFL), Financial Awareness Messages (FAME), Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) and…
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TRAI Reconsiders Satellite Spectrum Recommendations to DoT
New Delhi : The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has formally responded to a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) back-reference dated 12 November 2025 regarding TRAI’s earlier recommendations of 9 May 2025 on the “Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services.” The regulator…
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National Digital Policy: Safeguarding India’s Heritage
New Delhi : As India accelerates digitisation of built heritage and archival collections, policymakers and heritage professionals are increasingly calling for a formal National Digital Preservation Policy to guarantee long-term access, authenticity and security of digital cultural records. Recent steps including the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) digitisation…
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Indian Navy’s Sagar Bandhu Aids Sri Lanka
New Delhi : As Cyclone-affected regions of Sri Lanka grapple with damage to infrastructure and urgent humanitarian needs, the Indian Navy has intensified its relief mission under Operation Sagar Bandhu. In a fresh deployment, four additional naval vessels INS Gharial, LCU 54, LCU 51 and LCU 57 were dispatched to…
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India Leads 2026 Big Cat Conservation Alliance
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav chaired a high-level interaction today under the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), urging all big-cat range countries to join the collaborative conservation effort as India prepares to host the Global Big Cats Summit in 2026. Ambassadors and High Commissioners…
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Community Action Strengthens India’s Environment
New Delhi : The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has outlined a wide array of community-driven initiatives that are strengthening environmental protection across India. From urban tree clusters under the Nagar Van Yojana to school nursery programmes, beach clean-ups and the national Mission LiFE push, the government…
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UPI Powers 49% of Global Real-Time Payments
New Delhi : India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been recognised as the world’s largest retail fast-payment system by transaction volume, according to international assessments cited in a parliamentary reply on 8 December 2025. The International Monetary Fund’s June 2025 note on growing retail digital payments acknowledged UPI’s scale, while…
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Health Minister Spurs TB-Free Rajasthan Action
New Delhi : Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday urged Members of Parliament (MPs) from Rajasthan to intensify district-level action and community mobilisation as part of India’s sustained drive to create a TB Mukt Bharat. The meeting, held during the Winter Session of Parliament,…
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Namami Gange Update: 344 Projects Complete
New Delhi : The Namami Gange programme continues to make measurable headway: as of October 2025, 513 projects have been sanctioned under the scheme at a combined cost of ₹42,019 crore, of which 344 projects are complete. A large share of the investments focuses on sewage infrastructure recognised as the…