Punjab tops school education rankings, surpasses Kerala in NITI Aayog report

#Education
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Cabinet approves Scheme for support to NCRPB for replacement of old trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR area #Environment #Automobile

🇮🇳🤝🇲🇳 #Oil #Infra #ForeignAffairs

Building a refinery from scratch in the middle of the Dornogovi desert means dealing with freezing winters and scorching summers. India's MEIL Group is currently on the ground in , constructing the country's first domestic oil refinery.

The project includes establishing core processing units, a dedicated power plant, and distillation systems. Once active, this facility will process 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil a year, so Mongolia will no longer have to rely entirely on neighbours for its fuel.

IIT Bombay's researchers led by Prof. Dipanshu Bansal, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, have successfully generated high-frequency surface acoustic waves up to 16.5 GHz directly in monolithic silicon with record-low signal loss. This demonstration paves the way for integrating ultra-fast 5G/6G filters, advanced biosensors, and quantum processors into the standard #semiconductor chips that power our modern world. By mastering the "geometry of sound" through higher-order modes, the team has bypassed traditional manufacturing hurdles to deliver faster, more scalable technology. #Research

Read more here:https://rnd.iitb.ac.in/unlocking_high_frequency_surface_acoustic_waves_in_silicon

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✶ Cabinet approves Price Stabilization Fund for Scheduled Indian Airlines towards ATF pricing

✶ ₹10,000 crore interest-free support to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for ATF price stabilization

✶ Fixed ATF price arrangement to provide greater predictability in fuel costs and reduce exposure to sudden fuel price spikes

#Aviation #Oil #Policy

🔰Uttar Pradesh’s #exports have crossed ₹2,01,241 crore for the first time in FY 2025-26, breaching the ₹2 lakh crore mark.

This is an increase of ₹15,182 crore compared to the previous year’s exports of ₹1,86,059 crore.

Major export destinations from UP include USA, UK, UAE, Germany and Nepal, indicating a broad and diversified global market reach. #Economy

RBI issue calcification on the issue #Policy

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on India-Türkiye relations:

If India is going to be resentful about any country having good relations with Pakistan, there are many such countries.

We have no problem on a bilateral level with India and we urge India not to read the issue from a different perspective.

#ForeignAffairs

🇮🇳🤝🇷🇺 4th Squadron of S-400 Arrives from Russia

5th Squadron is expected to arrives within few months time span

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#Defence

🇰🇼⚡🇮🇷 Kuwait has declared members of the Iranian diplomatic mission Persona Non Grata, and are asked to leave the country immediately. #ForeignAffairs

Andhra Pradesh Airport Development Corporation has invited bids for development of a Greenfield airport at Dagadarthi (Nellore).

The proposed airport site is located 30 km away from Nellore along the Chennai-Kolkata Corridor (NH16) to be developed under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with an investment of ₹648 cr. #Infra #Aviation
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IIT Guwahati developed hybrid perovskite semiconductor platform for high-efficiency solar cells + neuromorphic computing. Led by Prof Parameswar K Iyer.

Key points:
• Solar cells: Used molecular interface engineering with donor-acceptor organic molecules to cut interface losses. Achieved 25.73% power conversion efficiency - among best perovskite solar cells globally.

• Neuromorphic computing: Same FA-based perovskite material used for memristor memory devices. 220nm active layer gave stable low-power switching, good endurance, multistate memory - key for low-energy future hardware. #Solar #Semiconductor #Research

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (GMDC) is set to develop India’s first AI-powered rare earth supply chain observatory in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. The project is structured as a phased two-year programme with an investment of £600,000.

GMDC has entered into a strategic collaboration with the University of Cambridge to establish a dedicated Rare Earth Observatory at GMDC’s International Centre of Excellence in Mining. #Minerals
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The government has appointed 29 prominent individuals to the Board of Trade. This board, led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal ji, will focus on enhancing manufacturing and exports. The nominated members will assist in implementing district export hub initiatives. They will also advise the government on policies to increase export earnings and review sector performance. #Exports #Economy #MakeinIndia #Policy
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The central government contained its FY26 fiscal deficit at the budgeted target of 4.4% of gross domestic product (GDP), despite a downward revision of the GDP size under the new series, through prudent expenditure. #Economy

India is planning to order more than $2 billion worth of military #drones from domestic firms this year in its biggest such purchase: Report. #Defence

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Infineon to expand India base + R&D. German chipmaker plans to grow India workforce from 2,600 to ∼5,000 by 2030.

Plans:
1. Invest in semiconductor R&D + supply chain.

2. Deepen partnerships: CDIL, Kaynes Semicon, Zenergize for assembly/testing, wide-bandgap chips, solar/EV/clean energy.

3. Work with Indian OEMs, chip designers, startups, incubators.

4. Already supplied raw chips to 2 Indian firms for packaging/selling under their brand. May build own factories later via OSAT route as market matures.

Driver: India’s green energy growth, 500GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030. Semiconductors/power electronics key. #MakeinIndia #Semiconductor

Cabinet Clears ₹4,415 Cr Madhya Pradesh Highway Project

The CCEA has approved a ₹4,415.60 crore project to upgrade and widen 233.65 km of NH-347B in Madhya Pradesh under the Hybrid Annuity Mode.

• The Route: Upgrades the Hiwarkhedi-Ashapur section (2-lane with paved shoulders) and widens the Deshgaon-Julwaniya section (2 to 4 lanes), bypassing Khargone to fix sharp bends and congestion.

• The Impact: Connects 6 economic, 5 social, and 5 logistics nodes under PM Gati-Shakti—linking tribal areas, thermal plants, and food parks to major airports (Indore/Nagpur) and railway hubs. #Infra
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