Railways preparing Master plan to integrate development of Varanasi’s 3 key stations; targets 500 daily train departures

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#Infra #Railways

Bengaluru needs tunnels in its mobility mix but this is a good reportage that points to serious issues in planning.

Experts have flagging 121 flaws on the proposed 16.7-km tunnel plan including bare-minimum geological studies, missing soil analysis, shaky DPR, threats to Lalbagh’s rock ecosystem, risky TBM routes under highly-populated neighbourhoods. #Infra

Foreign official US Treasuries held in Fed custody fell to $2.78 trillion in October, the lowest since 2012.

These are Treasury securities held by foreign governments, central banks, and other official international institutions through accounts at the Fed.

Foreign official holdings in Fed custody have declined -$166 billion since March.

Since the 2021 peak, securities in custody have dropped -$356 billion.

This signals weakening foreign demand for US debt and growing diversification away from US Dollar assets.

Gold has been one of the main beneficiaries of this trend.

The world is diversifying away from US debt. #NWO #Economy

🇮🇳🤝🇦🇴 India has extended a USD 200 million Line of Credit (LoC) to Angola focused on #Defense Cooperation.

Angola to Join International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) and the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA).

#Geopolitics

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Funny things are happening.

#trade #geopolitics

🇭🇺🇺🇸 — Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó denied reports that the U.S. exemption on Russian oil and gas sanctions for Hungary is limited to one year, stating instead that the exemption is “permanent for an indefinite period.”

#energy #geopolitics

🇮🇳✈️🇨🇳 India resumes direct flight to Shanghai after 5 years #ForeignAffairs

US Air Force personnel and their families standing in line for food stamps as their salaries are blocked due to US govt shutdown. #IndianSubcontinent #NWO

India to ramp up Neodymium Rare Earth Metal output Ninefold to 500 tonnes by FY27 : IREL

FY25 : 40 Tonnes
FY26 : 200 Tonnes (Target)

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#Minerals

In the last 5 days alone,

One doctor caught with 350kg RDX.
One doctor caught with ricin(Extremely lethal toxin).
Two doctor caught with AK-47s.
One IT engineer caught with IED manuals.

Three of these within the last 24 hours. #NationalSecurity

Thailand has Suspended its peace agreement with Cambodia following a LandMine Explosion for the time been. #InternationalNews

Major breakthrough by J&K Police

A massive Inter-State Terror Module linked with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) has been busted.

📍Recoveries made:
• 2900 kg of IED-making materials (explosives, chemicals, reagents, inflammables, electronic circuits, wires, batteries, remotes, timers, metal sheets) and multiple guns. #NationalSecurity

🇮🇳🤝🇷🇺 India and Russia are set to finalise a mobility agreement during President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit — paving the way for more Indian workers in Russia and better rights protection for them. A labour-shift that underlines evolving India-Russia ties. #ForeignAffairs

Hindustan Copper Ltd. is set to restart a 50,000-tonne/yr secondary copper smelter & refinery in Gujarat (dormant since 2019) — tapping stronger global copper prices, rising scrap recycling demand & India’s critical-minerals push. #MakeInIndia

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#Economy #Environment

💥 🇮🇳 DRDO announces successful test of stage 2 rocket motor of K5 MIRV'd SLBM (Test was carried out in September, 2025)

#defence

IndiGo has announced 5 New International Routes

Delhi - Guangzhou 🇨🇳
Delhi - Manchester 🇬🇧
Kolkata - Siem Reap 🇰🇭
Vijayawada - Singapore 🇸🇬
Bengaluru - Riyadh 🇸🇦

#Aviation

Ola Electric refutes allegations that LG’s proprietary battery tech was leaked via a former LG researcher, calling the claims baseless and noting that the old pouch-cell tech is irrelevant to its 4680 Bharat Cell now entering commercial production.

The firm suggests that timing is hard to ignore when India’s first large-format indigenous cell is set to hit the market, whispers of “tech intrigue” suddenly appear. A case of global incumbents getting uneasy about India building real battery muscle? #Batteries #aatmarnirbharbharat #Geopolitics

🚨🚨BREAKING: Twin car blasts reported near the Red Fort in New Delhi.