Tamil Nadu CM Vijay meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi after 12 years, marking his first interaction since stepping into Tamil Nadu politics as CM.

Among issues raised:
• Clarification from Centre on singing of Tamil Thai Vazhthu at govt events
• Setting up DRDO’s Airborne Systems Centre in Tamil Nadu
• Opposition to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project over the Cauvery river

CM Vijay thanked PM Modi for his efforts linked to the return of the historic Aanai Mangalam copper plates from the Netherlands

30L beneficiaries of TMC govt's direct cash transfer scheme for women either non-Indians or who don't feature on voter list: Bengal CM. #Policy

Madras HC Bans Public Slaughter of Cows in TN ; Slaughter can be carried out only in designated Slaughter Houses

#Judiciary

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India has become the first steel company in the world to manufacture the highest strength welded pipes equivalent to API 5L X100 standards, marking a significant development in offshore and marine engineering applications.

#MakeInIndia
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India targets reduction in USD 50 Bn annual petrochemical imports

• India is exploring local production of over 200 petrochemical products to cut import reliance

•DPIIT has asked industry stakeholders for input on domestic manufacturing feasibility urgently

• The import bill for these petrochemicals exceeds $50 billion, highlighting high external dependence. #Economy
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Gujarat Themis Biosyn (GTBL) will acquire Japanese CDMO MicroBiopharm Japan for ₹1,300 cr via debt + equity, using a Japan SPV.

MBJ has 3 facilities, FY26 revenue ~₹570 cr, and expertise in microbial fermentation, biologics, ADCs, plasmids, and oncology APIs.

This follows GTBL’s ₹1,700 cr buy of Sanofi’s anti-infectives/TB portfolio last month. In Q3 FY26, GTBL posted ₹43.4 cr revenue, ₹12.5 cr profit. #Medicine #Biopharam
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TCS launches sovereign cloud offering for customers in European Union

The same offering was first launched in India last year and has since been rolled out in Kenya, East Africa, and the Philippines.

#IT
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/tcs-launches-sovereign-cloud-offering-for-customers-in-european-union-13931966.html

UPDATE

Madras HC has completely banned Slaughter of Cows and Calf in the State

During the debates in the Constituent Assembly, it was pointed out that cow is a revered animal and that it has been associated with our civilisation from the time of Lord Krishna

#Judiciary

Supreme Court refuses to pass any direction to stay CBSE’s policy mandating the study of two regional languages for Classes 9-10

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant has, however, issued notice to the CBSE seeking a response to a batch of pleas challenging the two-language mandate. The Court has listed the matter to be heard on July 15-16. #Education #Policy

Govt sanctions over 60% manpower boost for ED

The Union government on Wednesday sanctioned a significant manpower boost for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), authorising more than 1,200 additional investigators and staff for the anti-money laundering agency. #Policy

CBSE regional head everyone.

Digital copy badalo pe rakhte hai, jab baarish hoti hai toh information wipe hojati hai. #Education

WB Govt has initiated intensified measures to strengthen Border Security by facilitating construction of BSF Outposts & Barbed-Wire Fencing, further enhancing security in the Border areas. Additional land has now been handed over to BSF, taking the total tally to 142.79 acres

#NationalSecurity

Indian foreign minister Dr Jaishankar in Cyprus days after country's President Nikos Christodoulides visited India. Dr Jaishankar to attend EU FMs meet as special guest. Indian Envoy Manish welcomed the EAM. #ForeignAffairs

🎉 A day of World Records for Bharat!

At the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Esha Singh scripted history by winning Gold in the Women’s 25m Pistol event with a phenomenal World Record score of 43. #Sports

IACS Kolkata developed an indigenous PE-CVD setup for high-quality Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) solar cells and ultra-thin photovoltaic films. #Solar

Integrated with RETINA, this facility bridges R&D and prototyping, lowering ToT costs and accelerating commercialization.

The flexible films enable flexible solar panels, Si-perovskite tandem cells, energy-harvesting IoT, wearables, biosensors, and OLED displays.

🔥 Researchers from IIT Madras and IISc Bengaluru have solved a chemistry puzzle that remained unanswered for over 70 years.

IIT Madras and IISc Bengaluru created the first carbon-free version of ferrocene after 70 years.

They replaced iron with osmium and carbon rings with boron rings, making a stable osmium-boron “sandwich” molecule.

it proves carbon isn’t essential for this structure and the discovery could open new pathways for designing advanced materials with unique chemical and structural properties. #Research

🇮🇳🤝🇷🇺 Rosatom unit JSC Giredmet and India’s Nexon Geochem signed an MoU for rare earth extraction and processing technologies covering electronics, chemicals and nuclear sectors. Giredmet also partnered IIT-ISM’s TEXMiN on NdFeB magnet R&D spanning the full metallurgical cycle and pilot-scale validation. #Mining #Geopolitics

Maharashtra approved ₹89,731 cr for 5 mega/ultra-mega projects, creating ∼20,000 jobs. CM Fadnavis-led panel cleared incentives for:

- *Adani Enterprises*: ₹70,000 cr coal gasification plant, Nagpur — 10,000 jobs

- *Akshat Greentech*: ₹12,500 cr solar cells/modules/ingots/wafers, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar — 4,000 jobs

- *Graphite India*: ₹4,651 cr synthetic graphite anode for Li-ion batteries, Nashik — 1,166 jobs

- *HS Hyosung India*: ₹1,740 cr tyre cord plant, Nagpur — 400 jobs

- *NLMK India*: ₹840 cr electrical steel plant, Aurangabad — 153 jobs, already operational

Projects in Vidarbha, Marathwada, Nashik to roll out over 3-10 years.

Panel also finalized land rates for Purandar airport near Pune, needing 3,000 acres. #Solar #Batteries #Energy
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Just in: India donates emergency Ebola diagnostics, therapeutics and medical supplies to Africa CDC, health care agency of African Union to help tackle the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. #Health #Medicine #ForiegnAffairs

Meta is slowly putting every app behind a paywall. #NWO

Jupiter Tatravagonka Railwheel Factory signed a 10-year supply agreement with Europe’s Tatravagonka for rail wheels, axles and wheelsets. The Odisha facility targets exports of 50,000 wheelsets/year to Europe from end-2027; Tatravagonka currently consumes 20,000–30,000 wheelsets annually. #Railways #Exports

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