ONGC will allocate half of its 1.75 million metric tonne Mangaluru oil storage to India’s strategic petroleum reserves, with the remainder for commercial operations. Fully funded, this boosts energy security by adding to crude storage capacity, which currently covers 74 days of net imports. Further expansion is planned in Chandikhol and Padur. #Oil

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Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Esri India have signed an MoU to co-develop advanced GIS and GeoAI solutions for India’s defence sector, combining BEL’s expertise in defence electronics with Esri’s Indo ArcGIS platform to enhance situational awareness, predictive threat detection, and operational readiness, while supporting Atmanirbhar Bharat by building indigenous geospatial capabilities. #Defence

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Indian Railways has fined service providers ₹5.13 crore over the past three years for poor food quality and unhygienic pantry conditions; Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted measures like modern base kitchens, CCTV monitoring, and digital billing to improve passenger experience and ensure accountability. #FoodSafety #Railways

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Adani aims to establish a AI-focused data centre in Odisha with a ₹1 trillion investment, designed to run on renewable energy in partnership with EQT and EdgeConneX. This 1 GW facility would be India’s largest of its kind, positioning Odisha as a key hub for AI and digital infrastructure while the state government evaluates land, power, and water requirements to support the project. #Ai #IT

MEA confirms attack on Indian flagged commercial vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya off the coast of Yemen; Says all 13 Indian crew members rescued. #ForeignAffairs

L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore won an ADNOC Offshore contract worth over ₹15,000 crore ($1.8 billion) for the Lower Zakum offshore project. The EPC scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of offshore facilities, expanding L&T's Middle East order book. #Economy #GeoPolitics

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🇺🇸 US House of Representatives (Lower House of the Parliament) member raise concern on FCRA Bill

This white guy says Christianity appeared in India almost 2000 years ago if we match it with the timeline of Jesus Christ resurrection theory!! Leave it to the whites to distort history and they became the Picasso of it!! Around that time the Chola kingdom was in its early stages and they sure as hell weren't Christians!!

#ForeignAffairs #opinion

🇾🇪🚀🇦🇪 Reports of Houthis Strikes against UAE's Jebel Ali Industrial Area, Dubai

Lohia Aerospace has partnered with Israel’s Massivit to establish India’s first large-format 3D composite tooling facility in Kanpur, with an investment of USD 8–10 million. The project will drastically reduce aerospace tooling timelines by up to 90%, cut costs by nearly 50%, and create 60–100 skilled jobs, strengthening India’s domestic aerospace and defense manufacturing under the Make in India program. #Defence

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SIAM has withdrawn its earlier complaint about fuel contamination in E20 petrol, clarifying that the figures cited were partial and unauthenticated.

It emphasized that the automobile industry remains fully supportive of India’s E20 ethanol-blending initiative, noting that fuel quality is regulated across 150+ parameters, OMCs conduct frequent checks at over 87,000 outlets, and precautionary limits for chloride and sulphur are already in place, assuring consumers there is no cause for concern. #Oil #Automobile

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Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Adjourned till 2 PM today #Parliament

Greater Noida will build Uttar Pradesh’s first double-decker elevated road, a 2.5 km corridor from 130-Metre Road to NH-9 via Crossing Republik, costing ₹1,200 crore and jointly developed by multiple authorities; with three one-way lanes each side elevated 9–10 meters, it aims to ease congestion and cut travel time for over one lakh commuters daily. #Infra

How much of India's infrastructure was built after 2014?

• 100% of Dedicated Freight Corridors
• 98% of Solar Capacity
• 85% of the Expressway Network
• 79% of Tap Water Access
• 75% of Metro Rail
• 71% of Port Capacity
• 69% of Railway Electrification
• 60% of 4-Lane National Highways

Infrastructure is built over decades.
But some decades build more than others. #Infra

India is set to plant the world’s first gene-edited rice variety, Pusa DST Rice 1, developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute using CRISPR-Cas9 technology; supported by an upcoming MoU between ICAR and US-based Corteva, the rice is designed to withstand drought and salinity, with seed multiplication and testing planned before wider cultivation. #Agriculture

#IT #Policy

ICAR has developed India’s first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere genome of pigeonpea variety Asha, assembling all 11 chromosomes and identifying over 36,500 genes with 99.9% accuracy.

This breakthrough provides a complete genetic blueprint to accelerate climate-resilient breeding, improve nutritional traits, and strengthen India’s mission for pulse self-sufficiency. #Agriculture

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META admits "Lots of Money was paid for boosting certain type of content".

#Tech

GST collections rose 15.4% YoY to ₹2.11 lakh crore in July, exceeding the Union Budget's 10% nominal GDP growth assumption. 9.6 million+ taxpayers are now registered under state GST, while e-invoicing, e-way bills and data analytics continue to expand the tax base and improve compliance. #Economy

Porkistan military bans the use of WhatsApp for all personnel after the ISI assessed that Indian R&AW and NTRO have the capability to monitor WhatsApp conversations and calls in Pakistan

The military will migrate en masse to Chinese messaging platform WeChat, which also has concerns over encryption. #IndianSubcontinent

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Government is preparing PLI 2.0 with incentives focused on high-performing sectors as existing schemes expire. The review will prioritize sectors delivering higher investment, production and exports, while reducing support for underperforming segments. The recalibrated framework aims to improve returns on the ₹1.97 lakh crore PLI outlay. #Economy