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23% complaints in National Consumer Helpline from Southern States: Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, GoI Karnataka and Kerala State Commissions Lead with Over 100% Disposal Rates in 2025 The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, organized a Regional Workshop on “Consumer Protection in the Southern States/UTs” on 13th June 2025 in Chennai to reaffirm its commitment to strengthening consumer grievance redressal mechanisms and promoting institutional efficiency. In her keynote address, Smt. Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, GoI, emphasized…

Gurugram : REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise and a leading NBFC under the Ministry of Power, organized a blood donation camp on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, in collaboration with Lions Blood Centre — a charitable blood bank committed to saving lives. International kickboxer Shri Sudhir Saxena graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour. The camp witnessed enthusiastic participation from REC employees, and Shri Saxena’s presence inspired donors by emphasizing the importance of fitness,…

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) students have designed, developed and built a solar-powered car. Called ‘Aagneya’, this Car was developed by Team Agnirath from the Centre for Innovation (CFI), which is the largest student body in India Team Agnirath is all set to take part in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025, the world’s foremost innovation challenge in solar technology that features a 3,000-kilometre drive from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia. It is scheduled to be held from 24th to 31st August 2025.…

To enhance quality and supervision mechanism of the National Highway projects, NHAI has restricted the maximum number of 10 projects per ‘Engineer’ for the consultancy firms for supervision of construction or maintenance of National Highway projects.  It was observed that the Consultancy Firms working as Independent Engineer, Authority Engineer or Supervision Consultant are assigning supervision obligations of many projects to a designated ‘Engineer’. The compliance of specifications and contract provisions is primarily controlled and supervised by the Consultant’s team through…

Task Force to Create Unified Platform for Addressing Critical Textile Sector Issues The first meeting of the Task Force on Textiles Exports was held under the Chairmanship of Commerce Secretary, Shri Sunil Barthwal, at Vanijya Bhawan in Delhi on 10th June 2025 to discuss issues & strategies for enhancing textiles exports from India. The primary objective of setting up the Textiles Task Force is to create a unified platform for addressing critical issues concerning the textile sector by involving all relevant…

AI-Native Telecom Networks Take Centre Stage at Global ITU Focus Group Meeting in New Delhi India Proposes to Host ITU PP-30, Nominates Ms. M. Revathi for Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Build-a-Thon 2025 Launched to Co-Create AI-Native Network Solutions As part of the ongoing efforts to explore the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) native in telecommunication network, the third meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence Native for Telecommunication Networks (FG-AINN) was inaugurated in…

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has successfully raised ₹2,005.90 crore through a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP). The capital was mobilized by issuing 12.15 crore equity shares at a price of ₹165.14 per share, which includes a premium of ₹155.14 per share over the face value of ₹10. The issue price of ₹165.14 reflects a discount of 5.00% to the floor price of ₹173.83 per equity share. Launched on June 5, 2025, the QIP issue closed on June 10,…

Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) hosted a symposium on the Discovery and Development of Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics today at its campus. This event brought together leading experts from the pharmaceutical industry, start-ups, CRDMOs, various funding organizations (such as BIRAC, Wadhwani Foundation), and academic organizations for scientific knowledge exchange and to explore innovative models for advancing monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies in India. The symposium underscored India’s burgeoning biopharmaceutical sector and the immense potential for indigenous innovation in this critical…

CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), Chennai, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (1965-2025), on 10 June 2025. The 60 glorious years of shaping infrastructure and service to the nation. As a part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a meet with stakeholders  Stakeholder Connect – was organized on 10 June 2025 at 9 AM and the CSIR-SERC Diamond Jubilee Celebration function was held in the afternoon. Dr. V. Govindaraj, Head (R&D), ECC Division, L&T Ltd., Chennai was the chief guest of the Stakeholder…

“TDB empowers future-ready infrastructure through Home-Grown Trenching Innovation by M/s Autocracy Machinery”- Secretary, TDB In a decisive move to strengthen India’s infrastructure and machinery manufacturing capabilities, the Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), has extended financial support to M/s Autocracy Machinery Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, for their project titled “Commercialization of the State-of-the-Art Trencher Technology.” The board has sanctioned financial assistance for this initiative, which is poised to transform India’s trenching and underground infrastructure landscape with home-grown,…