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Sun, 05 Jan 2025
PM Modi lays foundation stone of new Central Ayurveda Research Institute building at Rohini, Delhi
The 2.92-acre campus will house a 100-bed research hospital and is to be completed in 30 months.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren launches Abua Budget Portal and app to invite public suggestions for 2025-26 budget
Suggestions were open till 17 January 2025, and the three best contributors are to be honoured by the State Government.
Sat, 04 Jan 2025
Health Ministry's Joint Monitoring Group finds no unusual surge in respiratory illness amid China reports
ICMR will increase the number of laboratories testing for HMPV and track its trends for the whole year.
PM Modi inaugurates Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 at Bharat Mandapam
The 4–9 January festival, organised with NABARD, carries the theme 'Building a Resilient Rural India for a Viksit Bharat 2047'.
Coal production hits record 1,039.59 million tonnes in calendar year 2024
Production grew 7.28% and dispatch 6.56% over 2023, both all-time highs.
INSV Tarini leaves Lyttelton, New Zealand, on longest leg of Navika Sagar Parikrama II
The 5,600 nautical mile third leg to Port Stanley crosses the Drake Passage and Cape Horn.
Nuclear scientist Rajagopala Chidambaram, former AEC Chairman and PSA, passes away
Chidambaram played a key role in the 1974 test and led the DAE team in the 1998 Pokhran-II tests.
Jayant N. Khobragade named Ambassador to Poland; Srinivas Gotru to be Ambassador to ASEAN
Khobragade moves from the ASEAN mission, which Gotru, a Joint Secretary in MEA, will now head.
Giriraj Singh inaugurates new campus of Indian Institute of Handloom Technology at Fulia, West Bengal
The ₹75.95 crore, 5.38-acre campus doubles first-year intake from 33 to 66.
Virendra Kumar inaugurates services of CRC Madurai and lays foundation of its new building
The ₹36.41 crore barrier-free campus at Y. Pudupatti will serve persons with disabilities in southern Tamil Nadu.
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory marks 79th Foundation Day; signs MoU with IIT Madras
India's National Metrology Institute also released a new Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya for X-ray diffraction calibration.
Eastern Naval Command holds Operational Demonstration at Ramakrishna Beach, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu was Chief Guest at the display of warships, aircraft, submarines and MARCOS.
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
MeitY releases draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 for consultation
The draft rules to operationalise the DPDP Act, 2023 are open for comments on MyGov until 18 February 2025.
LEADS 2024 report released; Sustainable Logistics added as a fourth pillar
Piyush Goyal released the sixth edition of the Logistics Ease Across Different States report and felicitated LEAPS 2024 winners.
EAM Jaishankar holds talks with Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel; HICDP Phase-III MoU signed
Abdulla Khaleel's 2–4 January visit followed President Muizzu's State Visit to India in October 2024.
NIELIT Deemed to be University inaugurated from Guwahati; MoU with Tata Electronics
The university, the only one under MeitY, starts at 12 locations including five in the North-East.
President Murmu addresses NIMHANS Golden Jubilee in Bengaluru; inaugurates new facilities
New facilities include a Psychiatry Speciality Block, Central Laboratory Complex, 3T MRI scanner and advanced DSA system.
French Carrier Strike Group led by FNS Charles de Gaulle visits India, 3–9 January
The group makes port calls at Goa and Kochi and holds a PASSEX with the Indian Navy's Western Fleet.
EPFO's Centralized Pension Payments System fully rolled out in all regional offices
About ₹1,570 crore was paid to more than 68 lakh EPS pensioners for December 2024 through all 122 pension-disbursing regional offices.
CSIR-CIMFR conducts India's first trial blast for the Dozer Push Mining Method
The trial at the PEKB coal mine in Chhattisgarh used 108 holes drilled by an unmanned automated drill and 60 tonnes of bulk emulsion explosives.
DFS launches revamped 'Baanknet' e-auction portal for PSB properties
The one-stop portal consolidates e-auction listings of all public sector banks; over 1,22,500 properties have been migrated.
Three new trains flagged off and ₹72 crore Tetelia road over bridge dedicated in Assam
The services include a Guwahati–North Lakhimpur Jan Shatabdi and a Tinsukia–Naharlagun tri-weekly express.
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
National Sports Awards 2024: Khel Ratna for Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker
The Sports Ministry also named 32 Arjuna Award winners; the President will present the awards on 17 January 2025.
Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Bihar
Patna High Court Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran administered the oath at Raj Bhavan, Patna.
National Sports Awards 2024: Dronacharya, Arjuna (Lifetime) and MAKA Trophy winners named
Chandigarh University won the MAKA Trophy; the selection committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian.
NSO begins NSS 80th Round, PLFS and ASUSE from January 2025 with district-level sample design
The district now forms the basic stratum for sample selection so that district-level estimates can be generated.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar sworn in as Governor of Kerala
Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar administered the oath at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.
Working Group set up to revise WPI base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23
The 18-member group, chaired by NITI Aayog Member Ramesh Chand, will also recommend a roadmap to switch from WPI to a Producer Price Index.
INST Mohali scientists show nano-melatonin could help treat Parkinson's disease
A human serum albumin nanocarrier gave sustained release and better brain delivery of the 'darkness hormone'.
DoT augments telecom network for Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj
Over 900 new base stations, 78 transportable towers, 150 small cells and 53 help desks have been set up.