The Latest Breaking News from Ministry

The Ministry of Home Affairs denied claims by the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan that their helicopters were denied permission to land in Delhi because of restrictions imposed over the ongoing G20 summit in the national capital.

Trade unions allege Centre's coal import moves favour one or two private companies. Power Ministry circular is contradictory, misguiding, deceitful and against the interest of energy consumers, people and the nation, they say. Unions demand disclosure of groups playing vital role in decisions and policies.

Centre seeks public comments on draft guidelines to prevent and regulate 'dark patterns' on Internet, including false urgency, basket sneaking, confirm shaming, subscription trap, etc. Draft defines dark patterns as deceptive design patterns to mislead/trick users to do something they didn't intend.

Previously the Ministry of AYUSH signed an MoU with ASCI for two years to undertake monitoring of AYUSH-related advertisements.

Railway Ministry approves extension of Bengaluru-Mangaluru express train via Mysuru to Murdeshwar.

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

Zelensky says Ministry of Defence needs ‘new approaches and different formats of interaction both with the military and with society’

CIPD urges Centre to inform dealers in advance of any RSP reduction to prevent losses. Dealers have not had margin increase in 6 yrs & faced huge losses in Nov 2021 & May 2022. CIPD seeks compensation for losses & price protection to help industry.

A total of 1,572 institutes across 21 States were identified for evaluation based on red flags and of these, 830 were found either non-operational, fake or partially fake

Read The Hindu explainer on decoding the status of scholarship schemes implemented for religious minorities in India.

Government bans export of Basmati rice below $1,200/MT to prevent misclassification of non-Basmati white rice. APEDA to form committee to evaluate contracts below $1,200/MT. Centre imposed 20% export duty on par-boiled non-Basmati rice & banned export of broken rice in Sept 2022. Curbs impacting availability of foodgrains in African countries.