JUST IN - U.S. is concerned about China's expanding presence in South Asia and is planning to offer Bangladesh’s next government U.S. and allied defense systems as alternatives to Chinese hardware, Washington's ambassador to Dhaka told Reuters 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇩 #Geopolitics

🇷🇺🇮🇳🇺🇸 India has not informed Russia of any plans to reduce its oil purchases, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

No one except Trump has claimed that India is refusing to buy Russian oil, Sergey Lavrov said.

There are no grounds to believe that agreements between Moscow and New Delhi are at any risk, the Russian foreign minister stressed.

#Oil #Geopolitics

"Our forces and energy security have been sold out” : Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Bengaluru: GPS mapping+drone imagery+digitised records exposing ₹370 crore in property tax evasion across 10,000 properties

Scale this tech-led verification and enforcement. Urban finances can improve despite state govt hardly devolving funds #Policy #Reforms #Drones #Tech

IISc researchers have now uncovered the missing physics behind GaN gate behaviour & engineered a new gate stack that dramatically reduces leakage and raises threshold voltage. This can make GaN devices safer & more robust for high-power applications.

#Research
https://iisc.ac.in/events/redefining-gan-power-devices-for-adoption-in-evs-and-data-centres/

India's trade surplus with US may cross USD 90 billion within a year after India-US deal: SBI Report #Trade

https://t.co/aaIRQuUqbY

DMRC to expend total length of Magenta Line to 89 KMs making it the longest corridor in the Delhi Metro network. The Line will run from Botanical Garden to Inderlok

#Metro #Infra

Italian daily Corriere della Sera reports AI171 Ahmedabad plane crash was not triggered by a mechanical failure but by deliberate action. US experts assisting in the probe have described the findings as “a breakthrough”.

Won't be surprised if DGCA publishes the same report one day. Anything to protect the corporations. 🙂 #Aviation

Special arrangements by Delhi Metro for India's ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Match

Delhi Metro is extending Train services late into the night to facilitate the spectators attending the T20 cricket match on 12th February 2026 at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

#Metro #Sports

Odisha to Convert all State Highways into Four-lane roads.

#Infra

Researchers find 2,000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions on the tombs of Egyptian kings #History #Archaeology

https://t.co/6yf1TGPJCr

🚢 189-tonne Over Dimensional Cargo reaches Assam via National Waterway–2

⚓ Shipment for Tata #Semiconductor facility in Morigaon moved through IBPR route

🌊 Riverine logistics cuts highway congestion, fuel use & emissions

https://t.co/pMeTuU6c1I

Sarvam is building a full-stack #AI platform optimised for 22 Indian languages, code-mixed text and speech, Indian governance and enterprise use cases, and population-scale deployment, areas where global models still leave a large gap #aatmarnirbharbharat

India reaches 99.4% Broad Gauge rail electrification; 25 states/UTs now run fully on electric traction

- Rajasthan, Assam, TN, Karnataka & Goa yet to achieve full electrification but are in the final stretch

-Diesel use down 62%, saving 178 crore litres #Railways #Energy

Over 65% of India’s External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) raised in FY26 so far — totalling $18 billion — have been routed through #GIFT City, according to RBI data. This significant shift reflects growing confidence in GIFT’s regulatory clarity, tax incentives, and banking ecosystem.

https://t.co/YLdWY7kb3e

Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) gives AoN to

– 114 Rafale Fighter Jets for approx Rs 3.25 lakh crore (Jets Rs 2.5 Lakh Cr, plus weapons).

– 6 P-8I planes for Rs 28,000 Cr

– High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites(HAPS) Rs 15,000 Cr

– Scalp Cruise Missile

– 1 Lakh Vibhav Anti-Tank Mines

– Missiles for S-400

#Defense

PM Modi will inaugurate the final sections of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor on 22 February.

The remaining segments a 5 km Delhi stretch between Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar, and a 21 km stretch from Meerut South to Modipuram - are now ready for final inauguration.

Meerut Metro too will begin Operation on the same Line

#Infra #Metro

Special Cabinet meeting in South Block Tomorrow at 4 PM. After that, PMO moves to the newly made Sewa Teerth, its new address

Seva Teerth 1: Houses the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

Seva Teerth 2: Houses the Cabinet Secretariat

Seva Teerth 3: Houses the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the National Security Advisor's Office.

#Policy

Adani Power has established Adani Atomic #Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, to generate, transmit, and distribute nuclear power,company plans to replace its entire thermal capacity with #nuclear power in the coming years.

https://t.co/Ym2ISTX11p