🚨 Bengaluru-based VECROS has launched their autonomous warehouse inspection drone JASPER.

This drone can operate without GPS, generate high-fidelity 3D scans, detect anomalies using onboard AI in real time and send encrypted insights. #Drones #Logistics

IndiGo signed an MoU with CFM International for 1,000+ LEAP-1A engines to power 510 Airbus A320neo aircraft, the single largest LEAP order ever. The deal, announced at the Farnborough Airshow, also includes long-term maintenance support and help to set up IndiGo’s own engine MRO facility in India to boost reliability and self-reliance, with the list-price value likely around $14.5 billion. #Avation

India became the 123rd WTO member to accept the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, banning government support for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, overfished stocks, and high seas fishing.

India sought a 25-year transition window to protect small-scale fishers who support millions of livelihoods, while the pact boosts India’s credibility as a responsible seafood exporter.

The WTO also began India’s 8th trade policy review in Geneva from July 21-23, covering 2021-2025. #Trade #Policy

Karnataka has become the first state to secure over 120 crore government land records, including 100-150 year old documents, in fire-proof, high-security compactors inside Modern Record Rooms. The compactors have key locks and the rooms use biometric and facial recognition for restricted access, aiming to preserve valuable archival records long-term while older non-essential records can be destroyed per rules. #Policy #Infra

Kurita Water Industries and India's Membrane Group have formed a 51:49 joint venture, Kurita Membrane India, to manufacture specialized, ultra-pure water infrastructure for advanced industrial applications.

This partnership is highly vital to the semiconductor sector, as it resolves a critical supply-chain bottleneck by providing the hyper-pure water and recycling systems necessary for upcoming mega-fabs like the Tata-PSMC facility in Dholera. #Semiconductor #infra

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Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is crafting a framework to introduce Ethanol as a mainstream household cooking fuel to reduce LPG imports. The Policy is expected to be role out by September

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#Policy #Energy

Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated four advanced R&D facilities at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad:

• the Advanced R&D Facility for Fluorochemicals,
• a 500 KLD Decentralized Effluent Treatment Plant for the Siripuram Handloom Cluster,
• a Continuous Processing Platform for Industrial Chemicals
• the Sustainable Engineering Complex (SustEC).

These facilities bridge laboratory research and commercial markets to foster growth for farmers, MSMEs, and startups via agri-research and industry partnerships. Additionally, a ₹44.46 Crore mega hostel complex for 200 young research scholars was founded. #Research

Standard Engineering Technology Limited (SETL) is investing ₹186.7 crore in Japan’s GL Hakko, initially acquiring a 19.19% stake for ₹70 crore in the first phase, with plans to reach a 51.07% majority stake in the second phase within three years.

This phased transaction transitions SETL from a licensee to an intellectual property owner, targeting advanced #semiconductor and #chemical glass-lining sectors to double GL Hakko's revenue to ₹400 crore.

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Amara Raja is partnering with US-based Nuvation Energy to localize high-voltage Battery Management System (BMS) technology Targeting capacities up to 1500 V, this collaboration focuses on grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and renewable energy integration

This shift addresses FY27–FY28 full-scale integration delays caused by Chinese export restrictions on its Gotion partnership. Amara Raja is now developing cells independently via ePositive Labs and launched a $5 million US subsidiary (ARE&M US Inc.) to secure supply chains, expand global clean-energy distribution, and mitigate geopolitical risks.

#Tech #MakeinIndia #Batteries
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L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT) and Azuremoto Technologies partnered to develop Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices for AI data centers.

Leveraging Hsinchu’s foundry ecosystem, the alliance produces advanced SiC MOSFETs improving efficiency and thermal management in high-density #AI infrastructure, aligning with the broader India-Taiwan technology corridor initiative.

FCRA: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act

➜ Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) is the law that governs how Indian individuals, associations, NGOs, trusts and companies may receive and use money, securities or articles sent to them from a source outside India. It is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

➜ FCRA does three things:

💠 It identifies who may accept foreign contributions, and on what conditions.

💠 It specifies how that money must be received, accounted for, and reported.

💠 It restricts a narrow, defined set of foreign-funded activities that could affect India’s sovereignty, security or public order.

➜ FCRA establishes a clear, rules-based process for every organisation that wishes to receive foreign contributions in India

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2287897&reg=48&lang=2

#Policy

🇵🇦 Panama wants India to join Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty, which guarantees open access to vessels of all nations in peace and war.

Seeka IIT Campus & investment: Panana's FM Javier Martínez

#Geopolitics

Delhi Metro Update

Below mentioned Metro stations will be closed from 07:30 AM till further instructions. However, Interchange facility shall remain available at Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House and Central Secretariat.

1. Lok Kalyan Marg
2. Rajiv Chowk
3. Patel Chowk
4. Ramakrishna Ashram Marg
5. Barakhambha Road
6. Supreme Court
7. Seva Teerth
8. Janpath
9. Mandi House
10. Central Secretariat
11. ITO
12. Delhi Gate
13. Indraprastha
14. Khan Market
15. Jor Bagh
16. Shivaji Stadium

#Policy

India approves first dengue vaccine, Qdenga, for individuals aged 4 to 60 years. #Health #Medicine

PM Modi speaks on Paper Leaks

Fadt-track courts to ensure punishment for those involved in Paper Leaks.

#Education

Havells partners with Norway's Pixii to reduce India's import reliance on advanced power electronics. The collaboration integrates Pixii's bi-directional PCS and EMS with Havells' domestic manufacturing.

By localizing semiconductor and software architecture for millisecond-level grid balancing, synthetic inertia, and predictive peak shaving, the alliance strengthens India's supply chain, ensures compliance with local content mandates, and delivers infrastructure to stabilize the country's renewable energy grid.

#Power

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Simaero, a French aviation training firm, is investing €200 million in India over the next decade to expand pilot training capacity, starting with an Airbus A320neo simulator in Gurugram and plans for up to six simulators plus a satellite centre, while also training local engineers and using AI to boost efficiency, positioning India as a regional hub for advanced aviation training. #Aviation

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Assam has unveiled a ₹77,353 crore plan to transform its power sector, aiming to expand capacity from 450 MW to 8,457 MW in five years through hydro, solar, thermal, and storage projects, alongside major transmission upgrades; supported by green taxes and incentives for clean energy

This initiative seeks to make Assam power-surplus, spur industrial growth, and position it as a leading renewable energy hub in Northeast India. #Power

🔗 ET

“In 2024 we (real NEET students) protested but we were thrashed at 4AM.

On the other hand these terrorists (CJP) are being allowed to sit there.

When people peacefully protest, nobody listens.”

— NEET student Harsh Dubey