Indian Navy kicks off its first indigenous 24–28 MW Marine Gas turbine program. Among the toughest technologies to be mastered, this will power future warships & boost India’s strategic autonomy

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🇮🇳💥 India hits a nuclear engineering milestone! NPCIL and L&T have flagged off a 700 MWe PHWR steam generator for Gorakhpur—7 months ahead of schedule. It strengthens India's fleet strategy and underpins the ambitious 100 GWe nuclear target by 2047.


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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/steam-generator-marks-milestone-for-indian-fleet-construction

Two State of the Art Stealth Missile Frigates INS Udaygiri (F35) and INS Himgiri (F34) commisoned today at Vishakhapatnam by Def Min Rajnath Singh

Both are part of the advanced Project 17A class, the follow-on to the Shivalik class frigates, designed and developed inhouse by MDL and GRSE with upto 75% indigenous components

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-navy-to-equip-entire-fleet-with-brahmos-supersonic-missile-by-2030-2776906-2025-08-26

With INS Udaygiri and Himgiri inducted the Navy now operates 14 guided missile stealth frigates, each carrying eight vertical-launch BrahMos anti-ship missiles.

While the new destroyers carry 16 BrahMos vertical launchers each, while older ones house eight. These include four Visakhapatnam-class, three Kolkata-class, three Delhi-class, and three Rajput-class destroyers. Combined, the Navy will be able to launch over 300 BrahMos missiles simultaneously by 2030.

🇮🇳 🇵🇰 "Google Earth satellite image of Neelum Valley. On the right, India’s forests stand preserved & protected by rule of law and accountability. On the left, Pakistan’s forests destroyed by the Timber Mafia under the watch of our Pakistani governments. This isn’t just a satellite image, it’s a reflection of our broken system"

--- Tweeted by M. Munib Hamid , Pakistani Political Analyst and News Anchor.

A reality check from MIT: 95% of companies are getting *zero* ROI from their Gen #AI investments.

BREAKING: America's Export Import Bank says it has received an application for a $100 million+ loan to develop Pakistan's Reko Diq mine in Balochistan #IndianSubcontinent

50% Tariff in effect now

#Trade

France may need IMF bailout, warns French Finance minister

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“India and Japan are working on the UNICORN project, which will develop radar masts for the Indian Navy. The two navies are also exploring ship maintenance in India. DRDO and Japan’s ATLA are also in discussions.”

– MEA

#Geopolitics #Defense

India aims to have 350 Airports by 2047 up from 162 currently – Aviation Minister

#Aviation #Infra

गणेश चतुर्थी के पर्व की सभी मित्रगणों को हार्दिक शुभकामनायें 🙏🙏

Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country

Let's increase tariffs on India by another 25%

#InternationalNews
https://t.co/6onL7L4uiq

Indian high commission to Islamabad alerts Pakistan about the floods coming from India due to incessant rains #IndianSubcontinent

India now spends ₹2 trillion/year (0.6% of GDP) on cash transfers to 130M+ women under Ladli Behen Yojana—yet we know little about their effects. This paper presents findings from the first large-scale RCT of maternal cash transfers in India. Here is the synopsis.

> ₹500/month transfers led to a 9–15% jump in calorie intake for mothers and children, with better diet diversity and more protein/iron.

>Mothers’ calorie intake rose faster than others’, reducing intra-household food inequality and hinting at growing maternal empowerment.

>Kids in treated households showed significant improvements in cognitive and motor skills (0.12 SD at age 3), even if height/weight didn’t change much.

>Nutrition gains translated into physical growth only in areas with better sanitation, linking India’s malnutrition crisis to open defecation.

>Cash vs Food Transfers: Families spent ~40% of transfers on food, yielding calorie gains similar to India’s PDS rations. Suggests cash works as well as in-kind.

>Even older siblings (non-targeted) gained weight (WAZ +0.11 SD), showing household-wide effects.

>Such programs already reach 130M women in India, costing ~0.6% of GDP, but evidence like this shows triple dividends—better nutrition, gender equity, child development. #Health #Policy

#Research paper link
https://www.nber.org/papers/w32093