Author: Rishabh Sharma

VADODARA — To enhance its top-tier corporate governance and strategic oversight, the leadership of Axel Polymers Limited has officially appointed Yogesh Keshariya to the Board of Directors. He joins the company as an Additional Director designated in a Non-Executive Independent capacity.

NEW DELHI — In a major infrastructure win for India’s renewable sector, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has secured a high-voltage inter-state transmission project designed to anchor the massive Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia production facilities emerging in coastal Andhra Pradesh. The state-run central public sector enterprise (CPSE) formally received the Letter of Intent (LoI) on June 12, 2026, after outbidding competitors under the Ministry of Power’s Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) framework. Project Scope & Technological Framework The specialized green energy evacuation project, officially titled “Transmission system for proposed Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia projects in Kakinada area…

NEW DELHI — In a major mid-level administrative realignment at the Centre, Mrunmai Shashank Joshi has been officially assigned as Deputy Secretary (DS) within the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the Ministry of Finance.

NEW DELHI — In a brief administrative readjustment, the Government of India has assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to senior bureaucrat Neeraj Verma. Verma, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1994 batch from the Assam-Meghalaya (AM) cadre, is currently the Secretary of the Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice.

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued an official departure statement ahead of a critical five-day diplomatic tour to France and the Slovak Republic, spanning June 13–18, 2026. The multi-nation itinerary is strategically designed to deepen India’s high-tech manufacturing corridors, cement economic partnerships with the European Union, and present the economic priorities of the Global South at the 8th consecutive G7 Summit. The tour commences in Nice, France, following an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron. The engagement builds directly on Macron’s state visit to India earlier this year, which formally elevated bilateral ties to a Special Global…

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a comprehensive statement detailing a structural pivot in India’s socio-economic planning over the last 12 years, moving from basic welfare metrics to an active framework of “women-led development.” The Prime Minister emphasized that policy interventions across consecutive administrations have been designed to transition women from passive beneficiaries into core drivers of the nation’s infrastructure, technological landscape, and grassroots economy. Multi-Sectoral Policy Integration The administration mapped out the multi-dimensional scope of this governance model, noting that the integration of Nari Shakti (women power) is now visually and economically measurable across several primary…

HYDERABAD — In a major assertion of its hydro-diplomatic strategy, India has explicitly linked downstream water access under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) to regional security. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the federal government will continue to block Indus River system waters from reaching Pakistan as long as Islamabad provides sanctuary to cross-border militant factions. Speaking at a policy and civic assembly in Hyderabad, the Defence Minister made it clear that New Delhi has abandoned its historical policy of separating transboundary water sharing from active state-sponsored security threats. The New National Security Doctrine: “Operation Sindoor” The ongoing enforcement,…

NEW DELHI / GOA — The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced it will host the Global Wind Day 2026 Conference in Goa on June 15, 2026. Centered around the theme “Wind Energy: From Ambition to Acceleration,” the high-level convention will gather policy makers, regulatory bodies, and green energy manufacturers to design an execution roadmap for India’s next generation of onshore and offshore wind installations. Accelerating Toward High-Capacity Climate Targets The summit arrives on the heels of a highly successful performance cycle for India’s clean energy grid. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Shri Pralhad Joshi…

NAVA RAIPUR — The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has concluded a high-level, two-day national regional workshop in Chhattisgarh aimed at accelerating India’s transition toward zero leprosy transmission. While India technically achieved leprosy elimination as a national public health problem in 2005, localized transmission remains a significant challenge, with a small cluster of states continuing to carry the bulk of the country’s case burden. Five States Ground Zero for Half of National Burden The workshop highlighted a sharp geographical concentration of the disease. Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary and Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM), revealed that…

BHUBANESWAR — State-run exploration major Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL) is moving to build a deep research partnership with the CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT). The joint effort will focus on modernizing India’s critical mineral supply chain and driving tech innovation across the mining sector. The framework for the alliance was mapped out during a strategy meeting in Bhubaneswar between MECL Chairman Indra Dev Narayan and CSIR-IMMT Director Dr. Ramanuj Narayan. Uniting Field Machinery with Lab Innovation The incoming partnership establishes a direct bridge between field-level mineral prospecting and advanced laboratory-scale metallurgical sciences: Exploration Scale: MECL will…