𝗕𝗘𝗠𝗟 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

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#tech #infra

Union Cabinet has approved Jaipur Metro Phase-2, a 41 km long North–South corridor from Prahladpura to Todi Mod, comprising 36 stations, at a total project cost of ₹13,037.66 crore.

The project will be implemented by Rajasthan Metro Rail Corporation Limited (RMRCL), a 50:50 joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Rajasthan. #Infra #Metro

World Bank upgrades India's 🇮🇳 GDP growth to 6.6% from 6.3% for FY27 🥳

#economy

Union Cabinet approved Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project (1,200 MW | ₹14,106 Cr)

📍First hydropower project in the Lohit Basin in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh

⚡Clean energy contribution: 4,853 million units of renewable energy annually

#infra #energy

PM Modi will inaugurate the ₹80,000 crore Pachpadra Refinery on April 21 in Balotra district, Rajasthan. It's total refining Capacity is 1,80,000 bpd

The project is India’s first integrated petrochemical complex of its kind and is expected to boost industrial growth in the Marwar region.

#Infra #Energy

EAM Dr S Jaishankar to travel to UAE from 11-12 April

#ForeignAffairs

🇮🇱⚔️🇱🇧 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Axios that Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire agreement with Iran.

Additional 150 CAPFs Companies to be deployed in Bengal raising the number to 2,550 #Policy

🇦🇪⚡ Oil installations in Al-Fujairah, UAE struck by Iran earlier today

🇮🇷🇱🇧⚔️🇮🇱 “We are preparing a harsh response to the crimes of the Zionist entity Israel in Lebanon.” - Commander of IRGC Aerospace Force Majid Mousavi

The Indian #ports are becoming the world's fastest ports now.

Were sluggish a decade ago.

🇮🇷⚡ Airstrikes in Capital Tehran & Karaj,Iran. ADS Active

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 "The United States has begun violating the ceasefire and attacking the Iranian capital, Tehran." - Mehr News, Iranian state media.

Ceasefire Collapsed ?

🇮🇱⚔️🇱🇧- Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu:

The ceasefire does not include Lebanon

We don't see Pakistan as a credible player. I think that the United States has decided to use the services of the facilitation of Pakistan for their own reasons

– Israel Ambassador to India

#Geopolitics

Strait of Hormuz has been closed again.

Only 2 oil tankers passed through the strait unharmed.

The ceasefire is practically dead already.

US President Donald Trump is back with Greenland Threats

#InternationalNews

India to roll out ~20 maritime #reforms in first 90 days of FY27; includes ₹25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund. Indian ships carry <5% of EXIM cargo, with ~$75 bn annual freight outflow. Coastal shipping share targeted to rise from 6% to 12% by 2047.

India CEA to include data centre demand in power plans as capacity may rise from ~1.2 GW in 2025 to ~10 GW by 2030. Electricity use projected at 40–45 TWh vs 10–15 TWh in 2024. Govt targets $200 bn data centre/AI investment by 2030; clusters may add ~2–3 GW base load per state. #Energy #Tech #Infra

China got hacked by a hacker group calling itself FlamingChina breached the China National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and exfiltrated up to 10 petabytes of classified defence data.

The samples posted on dark web forums include bomb and missile designs, animated explosion simulations, structural integrity tests, renderings of the J-20 stealth fighter, sixth-generation aircraft concepts, nuclear submarine schematics, hypersonic weapons systems, and target analyses for American assets including HIMARS launchers and carrier strike groups. #Cyberwarfare

Japan's Daikin Industries is setting up its first R&D centre outside Japan in India . The ₹1,000 crore hub will be focused on chillers and AC systems for data centres, residential, and commercial use. The centre, likely near its existing Neemrana plant, will hire 500 engineers from top Indian institutions.

Beyond R&D, Daikin is also building a compressor plant, setting up a local refrigerant production entity, and investing ₹200 crore to locally manufacture data centre chillers #MakeInIndia