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The Trump administration have expanded tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday. The move adds a 5% tariff rate on more than 400 goods with steel and aluminum components. This follows President Trump’s announcement from May, doubling tariffs on those imported metals in an effort to protect domestic producers. “We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America”, President Trump said at the time. The expanded tariffs impact wires…

Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), a Maharatna CPSE and the largest NBFC in India celebrated the 79th Independence Day with great enthusiasm and patriotic spirit at its corporate office in New Delhi. Shri Manoj Sharma, Director (Commercial), PFC, hoisted the National Flag in the presence of staffs, officials and employees. The National Anthem was sung in unison, instilling a sense of pride and unity among all present. Addressing the gathering, Shri Sharma highlighted PFC’s pivotal role in powering India’s growth journey and reaffirmed…

TDB extends support to M/s Primary Healthtech Pvt. Ltd. for IoT-enabled AI-powered Point-of-Care Blood Testing Device The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has signed an agreement with M/s Primary Healthtech Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, for the project titled “IoT-enabled Point-of-care Blood Testing Device for Affordable and Accessible Healthcare powered by AI/ML algorithms.” Founded by Mr. Sahil Jagnani and Mr. Ankit Choudhury, alumni of IIT Guwahati, the company emerged from a multidisciplinary team of…

New Delhi, Aug 2025 – South Korean technology giant Samsung is steadily expanding the manufacturing of advanced devices in India, including laptops, reinforcing the government’s flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative, Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday. India’s electronics production has seen a fourfold growth, rising from $31 billion in 2014-15 to $133 billion in 2024-25. Electronics exports have also registered a 47% surge in the first quarter of FY26 compared to the same period last…

Mumbai Port Trust, in association with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and the Indian Ports Association (IPA), is organising a conference titled ‘Waterways to Wonder: Unlocking Cruise Tourism’ on Monday, August 18 in Mumbai. The event aims to explore the potential of cruise tourism in India and discuss policy initiatives, best practices and strategies for growth. The conference will feature presentations, panel discussions and addresses by dignitaries from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation…

Seven Sub-Committee meetings held on the margins to advance agreement review India hosted the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee and related meetings at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, from August 10 to 14, 2025. The meetings, held in a hybrid format, were co-chaired by Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav, and Deputy Secretary General (Trade), Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry, Malaysia, Ms.…

In line with the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to encourage use of technology and enhance ‘Ease of Living’ for the citizens, NHAI has successfully implemented the ‘FASTag Annual Pass’ facility from 15th August 2025 at about 1,150 Toll Plazas on National Highways and Expressways across the country. The Annual Pass has received an overwhelming response from the National Highway users. Till 7 PM on the first day of implementation, around 1.4 lakh users purchased & activated the…

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) successfully organized the third round of the Sensitization cum Review Meeting of Statistical Advisers (SAs) on August 14, 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The meeting was organized to broad base the consultation on the current effort of the Ministry to strengthen institutional coordination and create a robust, data-driven decision-making ecosystem across Government.  The inaugural session was graced by Shri Adil Zainulbhai,     Ex-Chairman, Capacity Building Commission; Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog; Shri S Krishnan, Secretary,…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its Digital India Vision plans and implements its capacity building initiatives in Digital Governance. As part of this, a 4-day training programme on ‘Digital Transformation of the Organization & Economy’ has been organized at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from August 11 – 14, 2025 by National e- Governance Division (NeGD), MeitY for the officials of Central and State Governments across the country. A total of 27 officers from various…

“Safe, secure, and always connected” experience for BSNL customers BSNL today announced the nationwide roll-out of its network-side Anti-Spam and Anti-Smishing protection for mobile customers—no app to install, no settings to change. Suspicious and phishing URLs in SMS are detected in real time and withheld at the network edge, so spurious links are not delivered to BSNL users, while legitimate OTPs, banking alerts and government messages continue to flow under TRAI’s DLT/UCC framework. The solution was previewed during India Mobile Congress 2024 and is now being…