India eyes 200 Russian Planes to boost regional connectivity: United Aircraft Corporation, Russia

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#Aviation

IMD announces Arrival of #Monsoon in Lakshadweep, Goa, Coastal & Southern Karnataka, Western & Southern Tamil Nadu

🇮🇳 PRAGGNANANDHAA IS THE NORWAY CHESS CHAMPION 2026 👏👏👏 #Sports

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on India - USA BTA

"By sometime by the middle of next month or so, we should be in a position to execute a very vibrant first tranche. It is only the first tranche of our bilateral trade agreement which will give preferential access to India over our competitors. I expect an even higher level delegation to be coming to India probably towards the end of this month."

#Trade #ForeignPolicy

Govt considering to launch Iso-butanol blended Diesel (iB15)

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#Energy #Policy

2nd development firing of a MICA NG air-to-air missile has successfully been made from a Rafale🇫🇷. Conducted for the first time in supersonic flight configuration. #Defense

Finance Ministry reforms to ease foreign investment + attract long-term capital in equities & G-Secs.

3 big changes:

• PROI equity access: Individual Persons Resident Outside India can now invest via Portfolio Investment Scheme like NRIs/OCIs. Individual cap 5%→10% per company. Overall PROI cap 10%→24% per company. Rules amended via FEMA Non-Debt Instruments 3rd Amendment 2026.

• FPI in G-Secs: FAR expanded to 15/30/40-yr new issuances + Sovereign Green Bonds. For General Route: removed short-term, concentration, security-wise limits. Only 6% cap for Central G-Secs + 2% for SGS retained. 'General' + 'Long-term' sub-limits merged.

• Tax: Interest + capital gains on G-Secs by FPIs exempt from income tax from 1 Apr 2026. Same for BIS. #Economy

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has dropped Coempt Edu Teck’s OnMark platform for the re-evaluation of Class 12 answer scripts over security concerns, officials said on Friday, with student and examination data migrated to infrastructure under the board’s direct control. #Education #Corruption #cybersecurity

What you see behind PM Modi is a 700 MW #nuclear steam generator, indigenously manufactured in India by L&T.
Only a handful of countries can manufacture these at scale, and this one has been build by private sector.
#aatmarnirbharbharat

#Railways Minister AshwiniVaishnaw announces bullet train project for Bengal

▪️Bullet train to connect national capital Delhi with Siliguri

▪️Travel time to be reduced to six hours

RBI is evaluating polymer banknotes as part of India’s currency modernisation programme. Polymer notes typically last 2.5–4 times longer than paper notes and are already used in 30+ countries, including Australia, Canada and the UK. Longer note life can reduce currency printing, replacement and logistics costs for India’s cash #economy.

#Policy
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rbi-governor-malhotra-plan-polymer-currency-notes-india-cash-10725292/lite/

🇮🇳🤝🇧🇹 Hindustan Construction Company secured a ₹127 crore contract for the 258 MW Dorjilung Hydropower Project in Bhutan. The scope includes construction of a concrete gravity dam, intake structures and related civil works. Bhutan currently has ~2.5 GW of installed hydropower capacity, with India as the primary export market for surplus electricity. #Infra #Energy #IndianSubcontinent

https://t.co/HLyHAkpFBq

Mazagon Dock has joined the race to become anchor investor for Andhra Pradesh’s ₹29,000 crore shipbuilding cluster at Dugarajapatnam. The project targets 1.2 million gross tonnage of annual shipbuilding capacity and spans ~3,500 acres. The cluster is part of India’s plan to expand domestic #shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing capacity.

https://t.co/DgxH5qGM9f

PM Modi chairs key meeting of PM Economic Advisory Council on boosting India's growth amid Global turmoil, advancing Ease of living & doing Business reforms & assessing West Asia conflict impacts.

#Policy

Sixty Next-Gen trains to be introduced for Kolkata Metro in 5 years: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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#Metro

IMD announces Arrival of #Monsoon in Puducherry, Southern Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram and parts of Manipur.

Monsoon has also further advances in Karnataka and covered entire Tamil Nadu.

CBSE invited 19-year-old ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary to help identify security gaps in its IT systems

#Cybersecurity