India's coal imports declined by 12.95 per cent in April 2026 to 21.13 million tonnes (MT), down from 24.27 MT in the corresponding month last year, according to the Ministry of Coal. The decline was ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday unveiled an ambitious agenda to deepen the India–Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, with agreements ...

The Ministry of Coal has amended the Coal Blocks Allocation Rules, 2026 to allow the use of Insurance Surety Bonds (ISBs) in place of Performance Bank Guarantees (PBGs) for coal blocks allocated under ...

NITI Aayog is developing policy recommendations on royalty structures and incentive mechanisms to boost critical mineral extraction and strengthen India’s value chain, Anupam Lahiri, Principal ...

New Delhi, Jul 2 (KNN) The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Agriculture Department under Seychelles' Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Blue Economy have signed a Memorandum ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday invited French businesses and investors to deepen engagement with India across artificial intelligence, clean energy, healthcare, digital ...

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is looking to constitute a panel of up to 20 technology companies to drive artificial intelligence-enabled modernisation of legacy IT ...

The Ministry of Steel will hold an Open House on July 9, 2026, to address issues related to steel imports, including matters concerning the Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS), SARAL SIMS and ...

The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) launched the Rajasthan Language Model Training Hackathon to strengthen AI models for regional languages and expand the use of language technology in digital ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told a parliamentary standing committee that virtual digital assets (VDAs) such as cryptocurrencies pose a threat to an emerging economy like India and should not ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside orders passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) after finding that both forums had relied on ...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday clarified that Indian companies are not directly selling refined fuels to Russia, even as reports emerged that Moscow ...