Italy Prohibits Ground-Mounted Solar Panels on Agricultural Land

DST, DRDO Institutes Partner to Strengthen Space Situational Awareness

The Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) institute ARIES, Nainital, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun, to enhance India’s ground-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) capabilities.Signed on 13 May 2025 by Dr Manish Kumar Naja, Director of ARIES, and Dr Ajay Kumar, Director of IRDE, the partnership will utilise ARIES’s national observing facilities, including the 3.6-metre Devasthal Optical Telescope and the ST Radar system.IRDE spe..

Minister Chairs Curtain Raiser for Rising NE Investor Summit

Union Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, chaired the curtain raiser event for the Rising North East Investor Summit 2025. The event showcased the region’s immense potential as a future growth hub for India.Shri Scindia highlighted the government’s commitment to the North East, with almost Rs 1000 billion allocated annually as part of gross budgetary support, tax devolution, and private sector participation. Once seen as the periphery, the region has now become central to India’s growth story.He emphasised the North East’s rich..

ECI Launches Training Programme for New Electoral Officers

The Election Commission of India (ECI) inaugurated a two-day capacity-building training programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), BLO Supervisors, and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) from Bihar, Haryana, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi.A total of 371 grassroots election officials are participating, including 306 BLOs from Bihar, 30 officers from Haryana, and 35 from Delhi. With this batch, over 2,600 field officials have been trained by the ECI in the past two months.Chief Election..