🇮🇳🤝🇴🇲 India-Oman CEPA comes into force today. #Trade #ForeignAffairs #Economy

🇮🇳🤝🇲🇲 Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing meets PM Modi in Delhi.

Note - for the 1st time, a newly elected President of Myanmar has visited New Delhi before Beijing. #IndianSubcontinent #Geopolitics

Chairman of Nepal's Ruling Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rabi Lamichhane in Delhi. Welcomed by BJP's Gen Secy Arun Singh & foreign dept incharge Vijay Chauthai wale. Lamichhane expected to call on PM Modi on Wednesday. #ForeignAffairs

Supreme Court has refused an urgent hearing of a plea seeking that the 2026 NEET UG exam, which has been rescheduled to June 21, be conducted through the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.

#Judiciary

Nepal's parliament descends into chaos as opposition parties demand PM Balendra Shah retract or prove his claim that Nepal has encroached on Indian territory; MPs say it undermines national interests. #IndianSubcontinent

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🇮🇳🤝🇦🇺 India, Australia issue joint statement after defence dialogue in Delhi

1. Quad Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration (IPMSC) initiative, to be implemented initially in the Indian Ocean Region.

2. Joint Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap and boost undersea domain awareness in Indo-Pacific:

3. Joint Army exercises with new focus on amphibious and littoral operations

4. Indian instructor at Australian Defence College and more Aircraft deployments for Operational familiarity

#Geopolitics #Defense

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari acknowledged that Bengal had received over ₹42,000 crore in assistance from the Government of India within three weeks of the formation of his government. #Policy

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing told PM Modi that his country is sensitive to India's concerns over insurgent groups & "would do everything to take action" against them.

#IndianSubcontinent

🇮🇳🤝🇲🇲 India - Myanmar Joint Statement

#IndianSubcontinent

Mumbai-based IdeaForge is exploring UAV-to-UAV aerial deployment (Project ALE) where one drone carries, positions & deploys another drone mid-air.

#Drones #Startups

🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷 India issues Letter of Request to France for Rs 3.25 lakh crore 114 Rafale jet deal, 94 jets to be #MakeInIndia. #Defence

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PM SVANidhi beneficiaries using digital payments reported 2x higher average monthly income growth than non-digital vendors. The scheme sanctioned 94 lakh+ loans worth ₹14,000 crore since 2020. Digital transaction-linked cashback and credit history improved access to repeat loans and formal lending. #Economy

🇮🇳🤝🇰🇷🛰️ Bengaluru-based Bellatrix Aerospace has signed a MoU with South Korea-based TelePIX to develop a Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) imaging satellite.

#Space #Startups

Indian chip startups moved from prototypes to production as 20+ semiconductor firms taped out chips in the last 3 years. Govt allocated ₹76,000 crore under the semiconductor programme. Firms including Mindgrove and InCore shipped commercial silicon as India added fab, ATMP and design capacity. #semiconductor #startups #aatmarnirbharbharat

DPIIT began localisation analysis of India’s 500 most-imported items to cut the import bill and identify domestic manufacturing gaps.

DPIIT analyzing production capacity, bottlenecks, import dependence for items like machinery, fertilisers, chemicals, plastics, silicon wafers, carbon fibres, cotton staple fibre. #MakeinIndia

Asus expanded local laptop manufacturing with Dixon Technologies and plans to raise India-made share from 30% to 70% by end-2026. India’s PC market shipped 14.4 million units in 2025. Asus targets 20% annual growth in India through deeper penetration beyond metros. #MakeinIndia #Tech
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Chile offered Indian firms access to copper, lithium and cobalt mining projects as India-Chile CEPA talks entered the final phase. Chile holds >20% of global copper reserves and 30% of lithium reserves. Both sides target CEPA completion in Q3–Q4 2026 to secure critical mineral supply chains. #Mining

Union Govt is planning two major Link Project on Chenab River

1. Linking Chandrabagha (Chenab) to Beas River in Himachal Pradesh

2. Linking Chenab River to Tawi River, diverting water from Akhnoor to Udhampur, which will finally divert Water from entering into Pakistan just before crossing the International Border.

3. A numbers of Dams are under Various Stages of Construction/Tender/Pre Tender Phases on Chenab River and its Tributary

Construction Stage (Phase 1)

1. Pakul Dul – 1000 MW
2. Ratle – 850 MW
3. Kiru – 624 MW
4. Kwar – 540 MW

Tender/Clearance Stage (Phase 2)

1. Sawalkote – 1,856 MW
2. Dulhasti-II – 260 MW

Pre Tender Stage (Phase 3)

1. Bursar – 1,250 MW
2. Kirthai-I – 930 MW
3. Kirthai-II – 390 MW

#IndianSubcontinent

AirTrunk to invest $21 billion in India data centre #AI #Infra #Tech

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Iran ends negotiations with US and vows to 'completely' block the Strait of Hormuz - IRGC says.

DRDO has successfully conducted a trial of a high-calibre bomb at the TBRL facility in Haryana 🇮🇳💥

Test required a 2km danger zone, with fragments projected up to 1.5 km-pointing to a very large warhead and future heavy air-delivered, bunker-busting, or LRPGM strike munitions. #Defence