🏙️ Uday Kotak appointed Chairman of #GIFT City

Gujarat Government names Kotak Mahindra Bank founder as Chairman of GIFT City with immediate effect

Uday Kotak :
🔹 Founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank
🔹 Led India’s first NBFC to secure a banking licence in 2003
🔹 Former MD & CEO, stepped down in September 2023
🔹 Among India’s leading banking and financial sector leaders

Move seen as a strategic push to strengthen GIFT City’s global financial positioning 🏦 #Economy

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech yesterday that looks like it came straight out of British Raj era. Wow. #InternationalNews

Official transcript -
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-at-the-munich-security-conference

In a summit address, Narendra Modi said India turned a decade of pandemic and geopolitical disruptions into “unprecedented development,” advancing toward the world’s 3rd-largest economy and contributing 16%+ to global growth. He underscored ₹17 lakh cr capex, FTAs with 38 nations, UPI-led digital reforms, 2L+ startups, ~₹100 lakh cr tax devolution to states, and a 2047 Developed India vision powered by conviction-led reforms.

🇯🇵🤝🇮🇳 Japan External Trade Organization says Japanese FDI in India has crossed ₹2.7 lakh cr, with ~1,400 firms active. Backed by Japan International Cooperation Agency support, the partnership is shifting to AI, semiconductors, hydrogen and batteries. #Economy #MakeInIndia

Cabinet clears ₹1.5 lakh cr #infra push: ₹1 lakh cr Urban Challenge Fund (to crowd in ₹4 lakh cr), ₹18,662 cr Brahmaputra road-rail tunnel, ₹11,000+ cr highways, ₹18,509 cr rail multitracking (389 km), Noida Metro extension, plus ₹10,000 cr Startup FoF 2.0.

🚨 Major boost for Dholera #Semiconductor Hub

Nagase & Co and Nippon Express sign MoU to build high tech supply chain in Dholera, Gujarat 📍

🔹 Focus on front end semiconductor manufacturing materials
🔹 Integration of specialty chemical supply and precision logistics
🔹 Supports Tata PSMC $11 billion Mega Fab in Dholera SIR
🔹 Specialized handling of hazardous and ultra sensitive materials
🔹 Just in time delivery through 100+ offices and 60 warehouses network

Over 15 global supply chain players setting up presence in Dholera

Strategic move to strengthen India’s semiconductor ecosystem and position Dholera as a global tech manufacturing hub 🏭 #MakeInIndia

Bhopal-based Swaayat Robots has successfully demonstrated autonomous driving in off-road conditions on it's Deep Xplorer autonomous vehicle. #AI #Tech #startups

https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2022323287544713370

BIG!

India formally gains foothold in Korea’s #semiconductor hub: 🇰🇷 Indichem Inc’s SemiCon Chemicals plant is officially a step-down subsidiary of 🇮🇳 Acutaas (🇰🇷J & Materials JV).

Acutaas becomes among the first Indian firms to directly produce high-margin, tech-intensive semiconductor chemicals for global fabs, giving India indirect supply chain presence in a critical semicon region.

Acutaas has committed ₹200 cr, targeting clients in Korea, Japan, & Taiwan for photoresist/lithography applications, producing advanced organic chemicals & intermediates, including photoresists & silicon dioxide precursors.

🇦🇿⚡🇮🇱 International relations are a complicated matter, especially when weapons are involved. Israel now finds itself in an embarrassing situation where Armenia has unveiled a version of a suicide drone (loitering munition) developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), angering its closest Muslim ally - Azerbaijan.

A senior 🇮🇱 Israeli defense industry executive tells "Globes" that, he believes the technological know-how reached 🇦🇲Armenia from 🇮🇳India. At the same time, "Globes" has learned that 🇦🇿Azerbaijan is deeply dissatisfied with the situation, as Armenia's possession of such a strategic means poses a direct threat to its security. 🇮🇳🇦🇲⚡🇦🇿

#Geopolitics #Defence #Drones
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-armenia-unveils-suicide-drone-resembling-iais-harop-1001534747

7 Pakistani soldiers captured by Baloch Liberation Army #IndianSubcontinent

#AI in India isn’t just a metro city phenomenon anymore. It’s quietly finding big adoption India’s villages.

From data labelling and pest detection to smart classrooms, farm analytics, local content and even weather forecasts, rural India is already using AI. Frugally, pragmatically, at scale.
This bottom-up adoption across farms, schools and small offices.

May be this what The Economist meant when it said India becoming a different kind of 'AI superpower'. Not model-heavy, but application-led, transformative.

The “India Stack”(India’s digital platform for biometric identification and payments) has already become a model for other countries. Products infused with AI could be the next export of this kind: frugal, scalable innovation that is pioneered in India but adopted across the developing world

“At the #AI summit, we will be launching our bouquet of sovereign models. On so many parameters, the indigenous models are better than Open AI, Gemini Pro and Deep Seek, giving us confidence that India can develop models on very frugal resources,” Ashwini Vaishnaw

At 6 GWh that's OLA meeting ACC PLI target + makes it the largest operational cell gigafactory in India by far—roughly tripling the nation’s commissioned advanced cell output. GG if met.

#Batteries #MakeInIndia #Energy
https://x.com/i/status/2022334121041908162

🚑 PM launches RAHAT scheme for cashless road accident treatment during Golden Hour.

💳 Up to Rs 1.5 lakh coverage for 7 days; integrated with 112 ERSS helpline.

🖥️ Digital processing via eDAR & TMS; funds routed through Motor Vehicle Accident Fund.

#Policy #Health
https://t.co/8d2Fpm05Z1

🔐 C-DOT partners with Synergy #Quantum to develop automated tool detecting quantum-vulnerable encryption

🛡️ Targets defence, telecom and banking networks

🇮🇳 Indigenous solution to strengthen quantum-safe readiness and protect critical digital infrastructure

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2227909&reg=3&lang=1&f

5 Arrested, Contractors Fined Rs 6 Crore After Mumbai Metro Slab Collapse Kills 1

Govt issued compensation of Rs 15 lakh to victim Family

आप सभी को महाशिवरात्रि की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। 🕉️🛕🚩

India's Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla & Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to represent India at Tarique Rahman's swearing-in as Bangladesh PM on 17th February #IndianSubcontinent

India's passport rose 10 places to 75th in the 2026 Henley Passport Index

Indian passport holders can access 56 countries visa-free or with visa-on-arrival

Source

#Aviation