Qatar suspends Visa-on-arrival Facilities for Pakistan #IndianSubcontinent

#Defence #Exports

CONCOR launched India’s first reefer express train on Kanpur–Mundra route; service targets temperature-controlled cargo with faster transit vs road. Move expands cold-chain rail logistics with dedicated capacity linking North India to a major port.।#Railways

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Lok Sabha passed Jan Vishwas Bill 2026 amending 784 provisions across 79 Acts; 717 provisions decriminalised and >1,000 offences rationalised. Bill includes 67 amendments to NDMC Act 1994 and Motor Vehicles Act 1988; builds on 2023 law that decriminalised 183 provisions. #Policy #Reforms

NHAI built 5,313 km highways in FY26 vs 4,640 km target (+15%), below 5,614 km in FY25. Capex stood at ₹2.44 lakh crore vs ₹2.38 lakh crore budget (+2.5%), indicating higher spend despite slower construction pace YoY. #Infra

India passed IBC (Amendment) Bill 2025 enabling CoC to invite land authorities in realty cases; 565 projects admitted with 111 resolved covering 162,320 homebuyers. NCLT timelines set at 14 days (admission) and 30 days (approval); ~87 plans pending, ~50,000 buyers to benefit. #Policy #Reforms

India GST collections rose 8.3% YoY to ₹22.27Lcr in FY26 despite rate cuts on 375 items. March collections crossed ₹2Lcr (+8.8% YoY), with import GST up 17.8% to ₹53,861cr vs domestic +5.9% at ₹1.46Lcr. Net GST stood at ₹19.34Lcr (+7.1%); refunds ₹2.92Lcr (+17.8%). #Economy

🇻🇪🛢️🇮🇳 Venezuela oil exports hit ~6-year high with ~1.09mn bpd in Mar 2026, driven by shipments to India. India emerges as key buyer replacing China, which earlier took ~60–80% of exports. #Oil #Energy

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Delhi is set to remove 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras (almost all sourced from Hikvision) and replace them across the capital without disrupting live surveillance. #aatmarnirbharbharat #nationalsecurity #Tech

Why is govt. so focused on phasing out Chinese CCTV? This is why 👆

Recently Ghaziabad police also busted a ISI sleeper cell grp which was installing CCTVs near sensitive sites to monitor Indian army movements. #nationalsecurity #aatmarnirbharbharat

Adani Ports has crossed the milestone of handling 500 million tonnes of cargo. The pace of growth has accelerated meaningfully over time, through continuous capacity expansion & operational excellence, placing them well on course to reach 1 billion tonnes by 2030.

#infra #economy

HAL says that it has imposed Liquidated Damages on GE Aviation for delay in deliveries of F-404 engines for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)

Penalties being imposed on each delayed engine bring delivered.

#defence

India issues a NOTAM for a Firing Exercise in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal off the Campbell Bay, the focus area sits near the Malacca Strait & a major international shipping corridor

Date: 06-08 April 2026

India Has Issued NOTAM For Indian Naval Aircraft And Ship Firing Exercise In Arabian Sea Region. From:09/04/2026 , 08:00 IST
Until:11/04/2026 , 18:30 IST
V-Limit:Surface-70,000 FT

India's Chinook-Like Drone Sabal
20 Cleared for Army Use

EndureAir Systems delivers Sabal 20, a tandem-rotor UAV mimicking CH-47 Chinook for high-altitude ops.

Payload: 20kg (meds, rations, ammo).
Ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,500m) in thin air.
Dual rotors ensure superior stability in mountains. #Drones #aatmarnirbharbharat

Now Delhi Police is firing FIRs on X handles who exposed massive corruption in FSSAI recruitment.

Mock drills announced in Delhi.

Government had allocated INR 400/- crore for Chabahar Port in Iran in the FY 2025-26. The last tranche of this amount was transferred in August 2025: MEA

#Geopolitics

On the question that whether PM Modi was aware of military action during his visit to Israel

No discussions took place related to the matter :MEA

#Geopolitics