🇮🇳🤝🇪🇺 India - EU FTA will be signed by December 2026 ; Effective by February 2027

– Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

#Geopolitics #Trade

India does not want to remain only a buyer country in defence sector, our armed forces cannot become just a market for world : PM Modi

#Defense

Suhrawardy Avenue Road in Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area named as Gopal Mukherjee Road.

P.S. – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was the Muslim League Chief of Bengal during "Direct Action Day". Although previous Govt said it's in the honour of Former Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University Hassan Suhrawardy. Same surname was not taken in good faith.

Direct Action Day in Kolkata killed an estimated 10,000+ Hindus in 1946. Gopal Mukherjee also known as "Gopal Patha" is credited as the most prominent person to save the life of thousands on Hindus in this riots.

#Policy #History

Petrol and diesel rates may ease as cheaper Crude arrives

– Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri

#Energy

I have joked that I have two very, very important Indian and Pakistani in my life. The Indian is my wife, and the Pakistani is Field Marshal Munir: JD Vance.

So did Vance really called Failed Marshal his mistress??

Reliance raised its battery manufacturing target to 120 GWh and signed a $3 billion green ammonia supply agreement with Samsung C&T. The ammonia contract runs for 15 years with deliveries starting in FY29. Reliance is building integrated solar, battery and electrolyser capacity to support its clean-energy platform. #Batteries #MakeInIndia

https://t.co/TqzvRpaeG7

MIDHANI achieved indigenous production of armour-grade aluminium alloy wide plates for defence applications, replacing imports of a critical military material. The plates were produced at MIDHANI’s ₹500 crore Wide Plate Mill, which can process plates up to 3,100 mm wide for defence, aerospace and strategic sectors. #aatmarnirbharbharat #Defence

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🇮🇳🤝🇧🇪 An India-Belgium JV will be building advanced lithium recycling & critical minerals platform in Andhra Pradesh.

N.A.N. GreenMet (Navin Agarwal/Vedanta) & Belgium’s Silox launch 50:50 JV for advanced Li-ion recycling hub in Andhra Pradesh.

Why it matters: Recovers high-value Li, Co, Ni, Mn from EOL batteries — turning waste into strategic assets.

Numbers:
40k TPA shredding + 20k TPA refining capacity (phased).

Full hydromet recovery to battery-grade specs.

Future: Cathode materials + 2nd life ESS applications.

#Batteries
https://t.co/BdCPaKJJAG

Nepal will export 40 MW to Bangladesh from June 15, 2026. India has not approved an additional 20 MW due to transmission constraints. Pending are revised agreements and decisions from the Nepal-India Energy Joint Steering Committee. The 40 MW export follows 2024 agreements, but expansion faces delays due to India's transmission line capacity limits.

#IndianSubcontinent

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🇪🇸 Spain wins 4️⃣ - 0️⃣ against 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia #FIFAWC2026

🇶🇦⚡️ A massive fire has broken out at the Ras Laffan Gas Plant just outside of Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Cause Unknown, more info awaited

#InternationalNews

🇶🇦⚡ Qatar says Technical Incident

🇧🇪 Belgium and 🇮🇷 Iran plays a Fierce Goaless draw.

1 Red Card also seen

#FIFAWC2026

🇨🇻 Cape Verde puts up another phenomenal performance and stops the two time World Champions 🇺🇾Uruguay in their tracks and picks up another point in this FIFA World Cup!!

Final Score  - Uruguay 2⃣ - 2⃣ Cape Verde

#FIFAWC2026

Exactly on this day in 1986 , the greatest world cup goal was scored, also regarded as the goal of the century.

🇦🇷 Argentina's Diego Armando Maradona against England. FIFA World Cup Quarter Final.

#FIFAWC2026 #Sports

🇪🇬 Egypt wins 3️⃣ - 1️⃣ against 🇳🇿 New Zealand #FIFAWC2026

Cape Verde after drawing back to back against World Champions Spain and Uruguay #Sports #Meme

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a plan to ensure India’s entire criminal justice process—from FIR to conviction and appeals—is completed within three years, driven by expanded use of AI, technology, and scientific evidence. He launched new NCRB-developed tools like NCRB‑Abhigyan, CrPI, e‑Prosecution 2.0, and e‑Forensics 2.0 to speed up investigations, strengthen fingerprint databases through NAFIS, and support predictive policing using machine learning to identify repeat offenders and prevent crimes. #MHA

To secure digital sovereignty and boost internet speeds for its massive population

the Indian government has requested ICANN to establish a 18-server root cluster in the country. This setup would mirror all 13 global DNS root servers, reducing India's reliance on foreign infrastructure while significantly improving local latency, cybersecurity defenses, and protection against foreign espionage. ICANN is currently evaluating the design to accommodate India’s data traffic. #Internet