BIS ramps up testing capacity in 2025 with major lab upgrades and 40 new...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) expanded and modernised its nationwide testing infrastructure in 2025, reinforcing its role as the country’s apex body for conformity assessment. Testing continues to...
Indian scientists create Sunlight‑Powered Supercapacitor that merges Solar Harvesting and Energy Storage
Scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed an innovative sunlight-powered supercapacitor...
India’s Ramsar Network expands to 98 Sites with addition of two New Wetlands
Ahead of World Wetlands Day on February 2, 2026, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that two more sites have been added to India’s...
Only two Nipah cases reported in West Bengal since December; situation under control: NCDC
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that only two cases of Nipah Virus Disease have been detected in West Bengal since December last year, the Union...
BIS makes HUID mandatory for Silver Jewellery from September 2025; launches major initiatives to...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has announced a significant consumer-protection measure by making Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) mandatory for all hallmarked silver jewellery from September 1, 2025. While...
AI-Powered, 17-Language Consumer Helpline records tenfold surge in calls and Rs 27.61 crore refunds
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs has overhauled the National Consumer Helpline (NCH), transforming it into a nationwide, single-window platform for swift,...
