Defence ministry signs Rs 1,943 Crore ($203.2 million) deal with US firm General Atomics to lease two MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones for the Indian Navy for 30 months.

#Defense

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India has sent invitation to Nigerian President to attend the BRICS Summit from September 12-13, 2026 in New Delhi #ForeignAffairs

India arrests 253 people in 14 states in a crackdown on Pakistan based, ISI backed Shahzad Bhatti Network

UP- 62
Haryana-52
Delhi-51
Punjab-44
Rajasthan-15
Maharashtra-8
Uttarakhand-5
Karnataka, Gujarat & Bihar-3 each
Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & Kerala-2 each

#NationalSecurity

Europe has emerged as the top destination for India’s electric car shipments in Q1 FY26, with over 83% of EV exports going westward.

Spain and the UK led the surge, accounting for 35.6% and 25.2% of India’s EV exports to Europe.

Maruti Suzuki’s eVitara drove much of this, with 97% share of India’s EV exports in Q1 and over 41,000 units shipped to 47 countries.

India’s EV exports grew nearly 9x to $707.4 million in FY26, helped by duty-free access under the India-UK trade pact. #Exports #Automobile

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Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran calls for E10 option alongside E20; flags food-vs-fuel trade-off

👉🏻 Restore lower blends like E10, especially for older vehicles
👉🏻 Keep E20 as an option alongside lower ethanol blends
👉🏻 Fix price & water distortions favouring maize over other crops
👉🏻 Reconsider edible oil import duty to support domestic self-sufficiency
👉🏻 Hold at E20 until India properly costs food vs fuel trade-off
👉🏻 52% of older vehicle owners faced ₹5,000+ in extra costs #Automobile

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📰 Sigma Advanced Systems Secures Global Defence & Aerospace Deals

🔹 ₹8,000+ Cr order pipeline, with over 90% from international customers under contracts stretching up to ~7 years.

🔹 Key wins include:
• ₹3,800 Cr long-term supply agreement with Rolls-Royce

• ₹1,013 Cr export order for 155mm base-bleed artillery shells

🔹 Strategic expansion through acquisitions:
• Bromford Precision Solutions (UK) – strengthens aerospace component capabilities

• AS Strategic (Europe) – enhances presence in Rolls-Royce supply chain and NATO/European defence programmes. #Exports #MakeinIndia

BREAKING: Trump to Fox News:

If Oman gets in the way, we will bomb the shit out of them.

#internationalnews

Rural Development Ministry launches e-MB and e-billing modules to digitise PMGSY process. Modules replace paper-based system used for two decades; developed by NRIDA. PMGSY has built nearly 1 lakh km roads connecting 1.63 lakh hamlets since 2000. #Infra

Bengaluru-based L5 Cartronics seeks India OSAT partners

👉🏻 L5 Cartronics, an electronics design & manufacturing firm, is looking for domestic OSAT partners to scale semiconductor packaging in India.

👉🏻 Recently partnered with SEALSQ to build secure IoT connectivity modules for smart cameras and smart metering.

👉🏻 Move aligns with India’s ₹64,000 Cr OSAT push to create end-to-end chip design-to-packaging capacity for automotive, IoT and telecom. #Semiconductor #MakeinIndia

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Agastya Energy announces ₹7,800 Cr expansion into ingot-wafer manufacturing

👉🏻 Agastya Energy will invest ₹7,800 Cr for backward integration into ingot and wafer manufacturing at its Kurnool, AP plant.

👉🏻 Adds to its existing 5 GW cell + 5 GW module capacity and aligns with MNRE’s ALMM push for domestic upstream solar.

👉🏻 Aims to cut import dependence on China and anchor demand with 2 GW/year of own solar projects. #Solar #MakeinIndia

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Govt Approves 31 Investment Proposals Worth ₹7,877 Cr Under ECMS #MakeInIndia

NCRTC proposes a 72.44 km Ghaziabad-Jewar Namo Bharat corridor linking Ghaziabad, Greater Noida & Noida Airport.

▪️11 Namo Bharat + 18 Metro stations
▪️180 kmph max speed
▪️71.5 km elevated
▪️40-50 min travel time

#Infra

Impact of Students Protests in Jharkhand

Jharkhand Government has cancelled the JSSC-CGL examination and all recruitment conducted through the TDPL.

CM Hemant Soren announced on all examinations conducted by TDPL since 2014 would be investigated by the CID, while a committee headed by a retired judge would conduct a separate enquiry into the irregularities.

#Education

#BREAKING | 🇮🇷 🏴‍☠️ 🇦🇪 — Iran seizes UAE-linked tanker near Qeshm Island in Strait of Hormuz, state media reports

Iranian state media, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reports that naval forces have seized a foreign tanker near Qeshm Island / south of Larak Island in the Gulf/Strait of Hormuz. The vessel, described as UAE-linked or Emirati-operated, was allegedly carrying smuggled fuel (around 1 million liters reported in some accounts)

#internationalnews

QuBeats secured two major multi-crore tenders from the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) premier laboratory, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), to develop frontier quantum technologies.
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#defence #tech

Hyderabad's Indrajaal and Sigma Advanced Systems secured ₹155 crore in orders for the Indrajaal Ranger anti-drone platform
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully developed a new set of home-grown technologies for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter, as highlighted in the company's recent annual report.
#Defence #Aatmarnirbharbharat
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Govt readying new incentive framework for India’s nearly $30 billion nutraceuticals industry. Market to grow from $37-38 billion in 2026 to $55-57 billion by 2030. Food processing ministry holds consultations; current PLI ends March 2027 with ₹9,207 crore invested. #Economy

Bihar joins Centre’s pulse procurement network with direct masoor purchases. 3,000 tonnes procured so far vs 32,000-tonne target; 750 farmers receive ₹21 crore at ₹7,000/quintal MSP. State produces nearly 400,000 tonnes of pulses annually. #Agriculture

US President Donald Trump says, his administration was asked by Indian Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar – How can you have an Election in the US without a Valid Photo ID?

#ForeignAffairs