Energy management and automation major Schneider Electric on Saturday announced plans to open three more manufacturing plants in India.

The company currently has 31 manufacturing plants in the country. The three new plants will come up at Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ahmednagar, he said at the event organised by industry body IEEMA in Greater Noida.

#MakeinIndia
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Artson Engineering Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Projects Ltd, will set up a passenger #shipbuilding unit in Kochi in association with the state public sector Malabar Cements Ltd.

#MakeInIndia
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Larsen & Toubro Awarded Mega $1.5 Billion Contract By Saudi Aramco. 🇮🇳🤝🇸🇦 #Infra #ForeignAffairs

India’s first biopolymer plant to be built in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, with an investment of ₹2,850 crore!

🌱 Aims to reduce plastic pollution & boost ‘Make in India’

🏭 To operate on renewable energy

https://t.co/0aAU9uLfc4

🛕 Pilgrimage to Katas Raj Temples

🇮🇳 154 Indian devotees set to visit historic Hindu religious site in Pakistan’s Punjab 🇵🇰.

📅 Pilgrimage scheduled to take place from Feb 24 - March 2.

#Heritage #IndianSubcontinent
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Karan Adani announced 30500 cr investment in Trivandrum in investKerala Meet including 5500 cr for Trivandrum airport #Infra

https://t.co/VPXTdGCjGO

Kalyani Strategic System's new upcoming weapons factory in Pune, will have capacity to produce 300 artillery guns annually, making it the 2nd largest artillery gun producer by capacity, after China's state owned corp NORINCO #aatmanirbharbharat #Defence

https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1892944829358985288

That's more than what the Indian Army inducted in an year

Ukraine President Zelensky proclaims the billions given to the Ukraine by the U.S. was a "Grant, not a debt."

#InternationalNews

German Federal Election:
Single Largest Party CDU Leader Merz

"Interventions in the election by Elon Musk and from Washington were no less drastic and outrageous than from Moscow."

#InternationalNews

https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/indias-average-electricity-supply-rises-226-hours-in-rural-areas-234-hours-in-urban-areas


⚡️ Average rural electricity supply in India jumps to 22.6 hours in 2025 from 12.5 hours in 2014.

💡 Average Urban electricity supply at 23.4 hours in 2025.
- Manohar Lal Khattar (Union Power Minister)

CDU party wins the German election, the AfD sees the biggest gain and comes in second. The far-left Linke surges to 8.7%, according to a projection.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's left-wing SPD has suffered its biggest defeat in the party's history.

#Geopolitics

🇩🇪 German election winner and CDU leader Merz says the interventions in the election by Elon Musk and from Washington were "no less drastic and outrageous than from Moscow."

Merz added: "For me, the absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA."

#Geopolitics

▶️US steps up monitoring of 🇵🇰 PAF F-16 fleet to ensure they are not used against India in any case, only to be used for narco and anti-terror Ops

$397 million budget sanctioned for next 5 years for US technical security teams (TSTs) in Pakistan.

US releases $397m for Pak F-16s monitoring!

#IndianSubcontinent #Geopolitics
https://news24online.com/world/us-to-monitor-pakistans-f-16-fighter-jets-operations-releases-397-million/483623/

In a BIG first, Indian MoD mulls first ever private sector fighter production line for Tejas Mk1A jets & formalise public-private model to execute AMCA stealth fighter program

#Defence
https://www.livefistdefence.com/after-iaf-chiefs-meltdown-mod-to-fasttrack-tejas/

Ukrainian Parliament has voted down the proposal to Extend Powers of Ukrainian President Zelensky "till a new President takes office"

#InternationalNews

🚆 RailTel wins Rs 288cr Kavach tender for 71 stations of East Central Railway

🛤️ Kavach to boost railway safety

💡 Implementing tech for modern #railways

https://t.co/h54KqmZyzI

India’s imports from China set to surpass $101 billion mark by Feb 2025

This surge is contributing to a growing trade deficit, which reached $83.52 billion in the first 10 months of FY25, nearly matching the total deficit of $85.06 billion for the entire 2023-24 fiscal year.

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/business/indias-imports-from-china-set-to-surpass-101-billion-mark-by-february-2025#google_vignette

India abstains at the UNGA resolution by Ukraine, EU that calls for "advancing comprehensive, just & lasting peace in Ukraine" & explicitly condemned Russia’s actions

-93 voted yes
-18 against
-65 Abstentions
-17 Blank
-US,Russia voted against
-India,China abstain

#ForeignAffairs