India: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on April 26, 2025.
MIL-OSI Africa: Digitalization is revolutionising Mozambique’s malaria response
Source: Africa Press Organisation – English (2) – Report: BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), April 25, 2025/APO Group/ — Filipe Basílio, officer in charge of monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique’s malaria programme in the northern Nampula Province recalls the laborious task of data collection and analysis in his day-to-day work: “All record-keeping tools were manual and it used to take a long time for the data to reach the Ministry, because community distributors had to submit their reports at the end of the day to their supervisor, who would then forward them to the district level, then to the provincial […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: European Department, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: IMF – News in Russian April 25, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: MR. HELGE BERGER, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MS. OYA CELASUN, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MR. ALFRED KAMMER, Director, European Department, IMF MODERATOR: MS. CAMILA PEREZ, Senior Communications Officer, IMF * * * * * P R O C E E D I N G S (10:00 a.m.) MS. PEREZ: Hi everyone. Thank you so much for joining today’s press conference on the European Economic Outlook. I’m Camila Perez. I’m a Communications Officer with the IMF. We’re pleased to be joined today by Alfred Kammer, sitting next to me, Director […]
MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: European Department, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: International Monetary Fund April 25, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: MR. HELGE BERGER, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MS. OYA CELASUN, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MR. ALFRED KAMMER, Director, European Department, IMF MODERATOR: MS. CAMILA PEREZ, Senior Communications Officer, IMF * * * * * P R O C E E D I N G S (10:00 a.m.) MS. PEREZ: Hi everyone. Thank you so much for joining today’s press conference on the European Economic Outlook. I’m Camila Perez. I’m a Communications Officer with the IMF. We’re pleased to be joined today by Alfred Kammer, sitting next to me, Director of the […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Earth Sciences Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh chairs a high-level meeting of India Meteorological Department (IMD) and key ministries to review India’s weather and disaster preparedness
Source: Government of India Earth Sciences Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh chairs a high-level meeting of India Meteorological Department (IMD) and key ministries to review India’s weather and disaster preparednessAlso rolls out future roadmap for accurate forecasts For Delhi, which has 18 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in operation, the Minister directs officials to expedite the installation of 50 additional systems, with a long-term goal of scaling up to 100 AWS, this move aims to bring Delhi’s weather forecasting infrastructure on par with global standards Minister briefed about the progress of “Mission Mausam” initiative launched by PM Modi, which aims to revolutionize […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Source: Government of India Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)Meeting of Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) Posted On: 25 APR 2025 5:49PM by PIB Delhi TRAI convened a meeting of the Joint Committee of Regulators (JCOR) on 25thApril, 2025, at its headquarters in New Delhi to deliberate issues needing cross-sectoral regulatory collaboration and formulate collaborative measures including dealing with unsolicited commercial communication (UCC)/ spam and fraudulent communications. Members of the JCoR, including representatives from RBI, IRDAI, PFRDA, SEBI, MoCA, and MeitY, participated in the meeting. Additionally, DoT, and MHA representatives attended the meeting as special invitees. The Joint Committee of […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Interaction of Secretary, MoSPI, with the Officer Trainees of 2023 and 2025 Indian Statistical Service batches at NSSTA
Source: Government of India Posted On: 25 APR 2025 7:38PM by PIB Delhi The National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA) organized a review meeting for the officers of the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) 2023 batch to share insights from their six-month On-the-Job Training conducted at various Sub-Regional and Regional Offices under the Field Operations Division of MoSPI. The event commenced with a warm welcome extended to Dr. Saurabh Garg, Secretary, MoSPI; Shri PR Meshram, Director General (Data Governance); Ms. Puja Singh Mondal, Additional Secretary, MoSPI; Shri K.B. Surwade, Additional Director General (Capacity Development Division); Smt. Sunitha Bhaskar, Additional Director General […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates the Third International Quantum Communication Conclave held on ‘Future of Secure Communication and Cryptography’
Source: Government of India Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates the Third International Quantum Communication Conclave held on ‘Future of Secure Communication and Cryptography’New Quantum Standards Unveiled as India Strengthens Global Quantum Leadership TEC and C-DOT Lead the Charge in Post-Quantum Cryptography and Secure 5G Technologies Minister Scindia Calls for Bold Steps into the Quantum Age at International Quantum Conclave Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia: Quantum Computing Will Revolutionize Innovation and Scientific Discovery Posted On: 25 APR 2025 5:49PM by PIB Delhi The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with the Centre for Development […]
MIL-OSI Global: India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Haines, Associate Professor in the History of Risk and Disaster, UCL India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people. India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, said that “the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism”. India holds Pakistan responsible for the attack, and has responded […]
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Relief to Indiana Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by March Severe Storms and Tornadoes
Source: United States Small Business Administration WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans for Indiana small businesses, private nonprofits, and residents affected by the severe storms and tornadoes occurring March 19. The SBA issued a disaster declaration in response to a request received from Gov. Mike Braun on April 10. The disaster declaration covers the primary counties of Bartholomew and Lake, which are eligible for both physical damage loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs). The declaration covers the adjacent counties of Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jasper, Jennings, Johnson, Newton, Porter, […]
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Relief to Indiana Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by March Storms
Source: United States Small Business Administration WASHINGTON –The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans for Indiana small businesses, private nonprofits, and residents affected by the severe storms and tornadoes occurring March 15. The SBA issued a disaster declaration in response to a request received from Gov. Mike Braun on April 10. The disaster declaration covers the primary counties of Harrison and Orange, which are eligible for both physical damage loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs). The declaration covers the adjacent counties of Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Lawrence, Martin and Washington in Indiana, […]
MIL-OSI Security: Lame Deer man sentenced to 2 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
Source: Office of United States Attorneys BILLINGS – A Lame Deer man who distributed methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 24 months in prison to be followed by 6 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Shannon Tyrone Seminole, 50, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters presided. The government alleged in court documents that in the spring of 2022, law enforcement received reports that Shannon Seminole was selling methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Agents arranged two controlled […]
MIL-OSI Security: St. Francis Man Sentenced to 7 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Larceny in the Rosebud Indian Reservation
Source: Office of United States Attorneys PIERRE – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte has sentenced a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Larceny. The sentencing took place on April 22, 2025. Larry White Lance, age 29 was sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. White Lance was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2023. He pleaded guilty on January 29, 2025. The conviction […]
MIL-OSI Security: Indian Citizen Convicted of Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, after a two-day trial before United States District Judge Joseph Laplante, a federal jury convicted Nasir Hussain, 31, a citizen of India who had been living in Orlando, Florida, of submitting a false statement of material fact on an immigration application, specifically an I-360 Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) self-petition. Immediately following his conviction at trial, Hussain was sentenced to time-served. Hussain has been in continual federal custody since his arrest in May of 2023 on a wire fraud […]
MIL-OSI Economics: RBI imposes monetary penalty on Indian Bank
Source: Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated April 08, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,61,40,000 (Rupees One crore sixty one lakh forty thousand only) on Indian Bank (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Advances’, ‘Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme’ and ‘Lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary presides over Passing Out Parade of 75th batch of 42 Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) officer trainees at NACIN, Palasamudram
Source: Government of India Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary presides over Passing Out Parade of 75th batch of 42 Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) officer trainees at NACIN, PalasamudramConfident that new batch of officers will advance vision of Viksit Bharat by promoting economic progress and social equality: MoS Shri Pankaj Chaudhary CBIC Chairman urges officers for balance between enforcement and facilitation, encouraging officers to lead with empathy, confidence, and discipline Public servants must remain accessible, fair and citizen-centric in their conduct: CBIC Member The 75th batch is the first to undergo entire Foundation Training […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi termed the steel sector as the “foundation of India’s growth” and the one writing the “story of change”
Source: Government of India Posted On: 24 APR 2025 8:27PM by PIB Mumbai Mumbai, 24 April 2025 Addressing a gathering electronically at the India Steel 2025, PM Modi said that he hoped the event would prove to be a new launch pad for sharing new ideas, forge partnerships and boost innovation. “This event will become the foundation of a new chapter in the steel industry. “The role of steel in all developed economies has been like a skeleton. Be it sky-scarpers, highways, high speed trains, smart cities, industrial corridors…every success story is backed by the strength of steel,” PM […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: 3-Day ‘India Steel 2025’ Kicks Off with Visionary Dialogue and Industry-Driven Innovation on Day 1
Source: Government of India Posted On: 24 APR 2025 8:30PM by PIB Mumbai Mumbai, 24 April 2025 India Steel 2025 was inaugurated today at the Bombay Exhibition Centre with a dynamic Day 1 that set the tone for three days of ground breaking dialogues, collaborations, and innovations. The biennial event, jointly organized by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, and FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), has once again cemented its status as the country’s premier platform for the steel industry. The inaugural session was addressed by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through a […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Chosen with Love: Stories of Adoption in India
Source: Government of India Posted On: 25 APR 2025 3:20PM by PIB Delhi “I love you Mom because you take me out to play…” Moksh’s mother had tears in her eyes when she read this simple, loving, and heartwarming note written by her son in uneven letters and wobbly handwriting. Though it seems like just ten simple words written by a kid to his mother. But behind those words lies a powerful story of love, waiting, and hope. Moksh was born with a condition called “knock knees,” which made his legs bend inward. He was left at a Child Care […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: NHRC, India condemns the killing of innocent civilians by terrorists in the Pahalgam area of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
Source: Government of India NHRC, India condemns the killing of innocent civilians by terrorists in the Pahalgam area of the Union Territory of Jammu & KashmirSays, the time has come to act against those indulging in terrorism directly or indirectly and to hold them accountable for this menace against humanity It is expected that the State will take all necessary steps to fix accountability; bring the perpetrators to justice, and provide succour to the families of the victims in all possible manner Posted On: 25 APR 2025 12:56PM by PIB Delhi “The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India is deeply […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 25 April 2025
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 25 April 2025 The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, this morning. The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, this morning. The Prime Minister began by saying he was horrified by the devastating terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, which saw the tragic loss of 26 innocent lives. He expressed his deep condolences on behalf of the British people to all those affected, their loved ones and the people of […]