The three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2025 (IPRD-2025), the Indian Navy’s flagship annual strategic conference, concluded in New Delhi on October 30. The dialogue, held from October 28–30, witnessed active participation from over 30 countries, bringing together global experts, senior officers, and scholars to deliberate on regional maritime cooperation. The seventh…
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India Expands Legal Metrology Rules for Accuracy, Fair Trade
In a move aimed at strengthening India’s measurement verification framework and ensuring fairness in trade, the Department of Consumer Affairs has amended the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013. The new Legal Metrology (GATC) Rules, 2025 significantly expand the scope of verification infrastructure, covering 18 categories of weighing…
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DoT to Hold Jeevan Praman Camps for Telecom Pensioners
The Principal Controller of Communication Accounts (Pr. CCA), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has announced the schedule for the Telecom Pensioners Jeevan Pramaan Camps to be held across Delhi and NCR throughout November 2025. The initiative aims to make the submission of life certificates easier and more accessible for telecom pensioners….
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PM Unveils ₹1219 Cr Projects in Kevadia on Sardar Patel Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth ₹1219 crore in Kevadia, Gujarat, on the eve of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th Jayanti. The initiatives, unveiled near the Statue of Unity, reflect the government’s ongoing commitment to strengthening infrastructure and promoting sustainable growth in the…
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Tea Before Lunch: Guwahati Test Sets Historic Schedule Shift
For the first time in the long history of Test cricket, players will sip tea before they break for lunch. The upcoming India vs South Africa Test match in Guwahati, starting November 22, will feature an unconventional schedule driven by Assam’s unique daylight patterns.The Barsapara Cricket Stadium, also known as…
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Trump–Xi Summit: Tariff Cuts and Soybean Truce
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a high-stakes bilateral meeting in Busan on October 30 that produced a tentative trade truce cuts to selected tariffs, a major soybean purchase commitment by Beijing and a pause on some rare-earth export curbs. Officials said follow-up deals could be…
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Mumbai Hostage: 17 Children Rescued from Powai Studio
A dramatic hostage situation at an acting studio in Mumbai’s Powai area ended with all 17 children and two adults safely rescued, while the suspected hostage-taker died during the police operation. Standoff at the Studio The incident unfolded on the afternoon of 30 October 2025 at the premises on the…
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Koyla Shakti & CLAMP Portals: India’s Digital Coal Reform
New Delhi, October 30, 2025: In a landmark step toward digital transformation in India’s coal sector, Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy launched the Koyla Shakti Dashboard and the Coal Land Acquisition, Management, and Payment (CLAMP) Portal in New Delhi. The twin initiatives mark a major…
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ICCVAI Boosts India’s Cold Chain, Cuts Post-Harvest Losses
India has scaled up its cold chain push under the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (ICCVAI) scheme part of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) to reduce post-harvest losses, strengthen food safety and improve farmer incomes. A recent budget boost and fresh operational guidelines aim to widen…
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Piyush Goyal Calls for Reducing Foreign Dependence in Tech
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, has called for a decisive push toward indigenous innovation and reduced foreign dependence in critical technologies. Speaking at TiEcon Delhi-NCR 2025 on the theme “India’s Deeptech Moment: From Digital Leadership to Technological Sovereignty,” he emphasized that India must develop its own…