The curtain-raiser for Swavlamban 2025 the Indian Navy’s flagship innovation and indigenisation seminar was held in New Delhi on 20 November under the chairmanship of VAdm Sanjay Vatsayan, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Scheduled at the Manekshaw Centre from 25–26 November, this fourth edition places emerging and disruptive technologies…
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India’s First Manikin Flame Test at NITRA Dedicated
Lead: Union Textiles Minister Shri Giriraj Singh on Saturday dedicated India’s first Manikin Flame Test System at the Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA), Ghaziabad, and inspected a pilot milkweed (aak) cultivation on campus — urging industry to adopt milkweed-based fibres and the new testing facility to strengthen protective textiles…
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Electricity Amendment Bill 2025: Key Reforms
The Electricity Amendment Bill 2025 aims to modernise India’s power sector by promoting competition in distribution, introducing cost-reflective tariffs, and enabling regulated shared-network access — while explicitly protecting subsidised tariffs for farmers and vulnerable households. Why the Bill was proposed India’s power distribution system has long faced deep financial stress…
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Tejas Crashes at Dubai Air Show; IAF Pilot Killed
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show on Friday, Nov 21, 2025. The pilot sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead, the IAF said. A court of inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident….
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MyGov Space Day Quiz 2025 Winners Visit ISRO Sriharikota
The top 100 winners of MyGov’s National Space Day Quiz 2025 were given an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota Range (SDSC-SHAR), experiencing first-hand India’s launch operations, mission control and the infrastructure that supports the country’s growing space ambitions. From online quiz…
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Kuki Group Says Manipur Police Sent Edited Clips to SC
The Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust told the Supreme Court on Friday that the Manipur Police forwarded only short, edited audio clips to the National Forensic Science University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, instead of the complete 48-minute recording that the petitioner had submitted. The trust says the selective transmission rendered the…
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Adaptation finance gap widens India urges scale-up at CoP30
India flags widening gap and calls for global collective action At the Baku High-Level Dialogue on Adaptation held during CoP30 in Belém, Brazil, Shri Bhupender Yadav said adaptation must be treated as “an essential investment, not an optional add-on.” He cited the 2025 Adaptation Gap Report to underline the scale…
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Sanchar Saathi Helps Recover 50,000+ Phones in October, Boosts Digital Security
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced on November 25 that the Sanchar Saathi platform helped recover over 50,000 lost and stolen mobile handsets in October 2025 the highest monthly tally since the service’s launch. This milestone contributed to India crossing the larger benchmark of 7 lakh total handset recoveries, underscoring…
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India Post Unveils Gen Z–Themed Post Office at DU
India Post on Thursday inaugurated the revamped Delhi University Post Office — the second campus outlet redesigned under a nationwide initiative to make post offices more relevant to Generation Z. Guided by the vision of Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, the project reimagines post offices as student-centric, tech-enabled spaces…
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GeM & UN Women Sign MoU to Boost Women Entrepreneurs
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) and UN Women India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase participation of women entrepreneurs—especially those from the informal sector—in India’s public procurement ecosystem. The agreement, signed at GeM’s Jeevan Bharti office in New Delhi, aims to scale the Womaniya initiative and deepen market linkages…