June 25, 2026 2:09 PM

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Education Ministry invites nominations for National Teachers Awards 2026

Ministry of Education has invited online applications and nominations for the National Teachers Awards 2026. Applications are now open and nominations can be submitted through the National Awards Portal till 10th of next month. The National Teachers Awards are conferred annually to honour teachers w...

June 25, 2026 2:00 PM

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PM Modi announces ex-gratia for victims of Kolkata accident

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia payment of 2 lakh rupees to the next of kin of each deceased in the accident in Kolkata yesterday, and fifty thousand rupees each to the injured. In a social media post, the Prime Minister expressed grief over the incident and wished for the sp...

June 25, 2026 1:54 PM

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PM Modi recites Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s poem on Samvidhan Hatya Diwas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today recited lines from a poem penned by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Samvidhan Hatya Diwas. In a social media post, Mr. Modi said that the poem is not merely a collection of lines but a vivid expression of the pain, suffocation, and restrictions impose...

June 25, 2026 1:52 PM

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Health Ministry expands QR Code-based track and trace framework for medicines

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, to expand the ambit of Schedule H2 and bring additional categories of drugs under the QR Code-based track and trace framework.   The Ministry said that under the amended provisions, all vaccines, antimicrobia...

June 25, 2026 1:51 PM

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Nine dead in West Bengal’s Taratala mishap, five arrested so far

In Kolkata, the death toll in the Taratala mishap has risen to nine. A total of 29 people were brought to the hospital following the incident. Twenty people are getting treatment at the hospital.    Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari informed the state assembly today that those perpetrators of the inci...