Month: August 2025

Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shantanu Thakur, moved the Bill to replace the 100-year-old Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925.

FSSAI tested 86,401 food samples for pesticide residues between 2022 and 2025, the government informed the Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, stated that “2.8 per cent samples” were found to exceed the limits.

Kartavya Bhavan-03 is part of the broader transformation of the Central Vista. 

Uttarakhand Rains: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) informed that roads on the NH-34 highway between Uttarkashi and Gangotri have been damaged due to continuous heavy rains in Uttarakhand. A 100-metre stretch was washed away at Papadgad and the road was blocked due to heavy debris near Dharali. 

Restoration work was promptly initiated, and sectional officers were rushed to the site. Authorities have assured that normal traffic will be restored at the earliest.

PM Modi will inaugurate the building on August 6 at noon and will, later in the day, address a public programme at the Kartavya Path.

The President also indicated plans to impose tariffs on foreign semiconductors and chips in the coming week, though details remain undisclosed.

The landslide occurred around 1:45 PM near Dharali village, just 4 km from the Indian Army camp at Harshil. Within ten minutes of the incident, the Army mobilised 150 personnel to the disaster site.

As of July 1 this year, biometric Aadhaar authentication has also been completed for 67 per cent of the existing PMUY beneficiaries.

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, heavy rain will occur in South Bengal districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Bankura, and Murshidabad on Wednesday and Thursday.