India & Oman FTA trade pact talks near completion, announcement likely very soon

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#Trade #Geopolitics

🇦🇲🇺🇸🇦🇿🕊️ US President Donald J. Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign peace and economic agreements at the White House #InternationalNews #Geopolitics

US national debt reaches an all-time high of $37 trillion. #InternationalNews

Adani Power wins LoI to build a $3B, 2,400 MW ultra-supercritical thermal plant in Bhagalpur, Bihar—supplying 2,274 MW to the grid at ₹6.075/kWh. The 3×800 MW facility under DBFOO model will create 12K jobs (10K construction + 3K operational). #Infra #Energy

https://t.co/b7XeAlUcKU

PE giants—KKR, Blackstone, Warburg Pincus—are urging their portfolio firms to set up GCCs in India. Investments in these centres have quadrupled in 5 years, as PE sees India as a powerhouse for global execution, innovation, and cost-efficient scale. #Jobs

At Toshiba T&D’s Rudraram (Hyderabad) plant, India is scaling up green #energy gear manufacturing: adding a ₹65 cr CRGO core unit, a ₹105 cr surge arrester line, and a ₹177 cr power transformer expansion.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-mulls-dedicated-green-energy-equipment-manufacturing-zones/article69909680.ece

India welcomes the understanding reached btw United States & Russian Federation for a meeting in Alaska on 15th August

PM Modi has always said "This is not an era of War"

#Geopolitics

PM Modi to flag off 3 new Vande Bharat Express trains on 10 August, boosting high-speed connectivity:

• Amritsar–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
• Pune–Ajni (Nagpur)
• Bengaluru–Belagavi

#Railways

NEW : Indian Airforce has shared a drone footage of hitting a Pakistani Radar site in Lahore

AN/TPS-43 is a 3D surveillance radar which is said to have a range of 450kms.

#OpSindoor

Footage of Muridke LeT Terror Camp hit by a Indian Drone.

#OpSindoor

Clear images of Chunian Radar Site destroyed by IAF

#OpSindoor

India & Pakistan both issue notifications for simultaneous naval firing exercises, approx. 60 nautical miles apart, in the Arabian Sea

Dates | 11 - 12 August 2025

#IndianSubcontient

IN TIRUPPUR, India’s knitwear capital, exporters are already feeling the heat of the 50 per cent tariff US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. They say orders are being paused, redirected, or lost entirely to competitors like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Cambodia, all of whom have lower US tariffs ranging between 19% and 36%.

#Textile #Trade
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/knitwear-to-apparel-tamil-nadus-textile-belt-starts-feeling-uss-50-tariff-heat-10180224

Indian Navy to induct 2 Stealth Frigate on August 26 named as Himgiri (F34) & Udaygiri (F35)

These Frigate will be the 2nd & 3rd Frigate of the INS Nilgiri Class

#Defense

CBSE approves open-book exams for Class 9 from next Academic Year 2026-27

#Education

UK Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B fighter jet makes emergency landing at Kagoshima airport in Japan due to malfunction.

Let's see how many days they stay there. #InternationalNews

Sweeping order by the Supreme Court on Stray Dogs
Reports on SC Directions -

1. Delhi Govt, MCD, NDMC to pick up dogs from all localities, particularly vulnerable localities. How to do it is for them to look into. If they need to create a force, need to do at the earliest. Should not be any compromise.

2. All authorities to have records of dogs captured, to be produced before us for the next hearing. Not a single dog picked up from any part, should be released back

3. Delhi Govt, MCD, NDMC (noida and gurgaon) directed to immediately create dog shelters, pounds all over Delhi within 8 weeks.

4. Govt shall begin by creating dog shelters for 5000 dogs in 6-8 weeks.

5. Dog to be detained in pounds. Dog shelter would be monitored by CCTV to ensure that no dogs are taken out.

6. In case of dog bites, said dog should be captured, sterilised.

7. Any resistance by individuals, organisations will be viewed seriously. Will be liable to face contempt. Said dog shall be captured, immunised. Shall not be released #Policy

India issues a notification for a likely missile test in the Bay of Bengal region

Date | 20-21 August 2025

#Defense

India nears completion of 73 strategic roads under 1999 border project; road-building pace has doubled to 470 km/yr since 2017. Chinese analysts warn upgrades boost India’s rapid troop, tank & missile mobility, urging Beijing to monitor amid its woes.

https://t.co/n1i5eyThHS

PM Modi inaugurated the 19 km Yellow Line of Namma Metro on Aug 10, expanding Bengaluru’s network to 96 km with 16 stations—serving up to 8 lakh commuters daily. He also laid the foundation stone for Phase 3 —44.65 km, 31 elevated stations,₹15,610 cr. #Infra

https://t.co/lHAqwSEuGr