RBI is now holding $136 Billion short US Dollar Forward position to defend Rupee fall

LARGEST Short position in RBI's History. #Economy

🇵🇰 " The economic cost Pakistan has incurred so far due to India 🇮🇳 stopping the flow of water is no less than $2 billion.

India is completing four more major dams within a year, which would be nothing less than a death sentence for us.

Farmers in Punjab use Chenab River water, and Punjab is the country’s breadbasket.

Yet the Punjab government’s response has been almost nonexistent."

— Pakistani Water expert Rashid Abbasi

#IndianSubcontinent

Wipro Kawasaki Precision Machinery will invest ₹1,000 crore in a hydraulic pump plant at Harohalli Phase V, Karnataka industries minister MB Patil said.

The plant is expected to create 1,200 jobs on 30 acres and start within a year, lifting capacity above 2 lakh pumps from 80,000 now. #MakeinIndia

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni thanks PM Modi for his wishes to her for becoming the longest serving Italian PM, says relations between Italy and India are stronger than ever!!

#foreignaffairs

DRDO invites bids for Development of Air-to-Air Refuelling Pod

The Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) has issued RFP under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme for the development of an indigenous Air-to-Air Refuelling Pod (AARP).

The project aims to develop an advanced, reliable and indigenous refuelling pod for in-flight refuelling of multiple receiver aircraft, reducing dependence on foreign OEMs and strengthening India’s aerial refuelling capabilities.
#Defence #AatmarnirbharBharat

A graph of how much of India’s mass consumption happened after 2014. #Economy

🇮🇳🤝🏻🇦🇪 Major General Rashid Mohammed Al Shamsi, Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence of UAE, received Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, a number of topics of mutual interest were discussed, alongside exploring ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the military and defence fields, contributing to supporting joint efforts and enhancing security and stability in the region.

#defence

India Forex Reserves have reached an All time high of $740.80 Billion.

Gold Holdings have increased by $2.19 billion to $116.41 Billion #Economy

EAM S. Jaishankar in Warsaw, Poland

Russia-Ukraine conflict is a war ‘without winners’. On India's energy trade with Russia, points, "solution lies in negotiation rather than trade".

India has been "continuous touch" with Russian, Ukrainian side & have had "details discussion" on "ideas, suggestions" that can be "developed in some ways" to contribute in "cessation of conflict"

#Geopolitics

UN experts demand probe into killing of Baloch student in Pakistan

UN human rights experts have called for a swift and impartial investigation into the disappearance, alleged torture, and killing of Baloch student Imran Ali.

They said his case reflects a broader pattern of enforced disappearances, unlawful detention and killings of Baloch people in Balochistan, and urged authorities to ensure accountability and justice for victims’ families. #IndianSubcontinent

🔗 Official Press

QpiAI Opens Asia's Largest Quantum Chip Foundry, Eyes 10,000 Qubits

🔹 Bengaluru startup inaugurates 8-inch quantum foundry at Jakkur - 70,000 sq ft R&D centre.

🔹 Phase 2: can fab 128-qubit flip-chip superconducting processors; Phase 3 next year targets 10,000 physical qubits on single QPU

🔹 Lineup so far: 8-qubit QVidya, 25-qubit Indus, 64-qubit Kaveri, 9-qubit Yukti fluxonium - next is 128-qubit Ganges
#Semiconductor

Source

Ex-IB officer Kamath’s point the media buried: ideology doesn’t buy ammunition. Cash does. Demonetisation froze the Naxals’ stored money. No banking. No clean exchange.

So the “revolutionaries” went back to zamindars and begged them to convert the notes. Ideological cadres watched their leaders kneel before the bourgeois they were sworn to destroy. Some walked out. Collections froze. Movement starved. Armed Naxalism took a body blow.

#security

Rs 1,722 Cr Bandra Fort Connector Cleared To Ease VBSL Traffic

🔹 3.55 km road linking VBSL Bandra Fort end to Savarkar Bridge approved
🔹 Cost Rs 1,722 cr, MSRDC to build, tender in 2-3 months
🔹 2 lanes each way, to handle 3,500 cars/hour
🔹 Worli-Fort travel cut from 45 mins to 5-10 mins
🔹 To be ready by May 2028 with VBSL
#Infra

🔗 Swarajya

TCS has secured 264 acres of land to develop a large-scale #AI data center campus of up to 1GW capacity in Hyderabad. #Infra #Tech

Japanese-owned businesses in India rose to 1,463 in 2026 and employ more than 459,000 people, Grant Thornton Bharat said. Cumulative Japanese FDI reached $48.14 billion, with $3.75 billion in FY26. Bilateral merchandise trade was $27.48 billion in FY26; Japanese GCCs in India now number 75.
#Economy

🔗 Source

Zeiss Opens 1st Innovation Hub Outside Germany At Chennai's IIT Madras

🔹 German optics giant launches hub at IIT Madras Research Park - first outside Germany
🔹 Starts with 4-5 researchers, focus on frugal engineering, harsh-environment optics, robotics, fluid dynamics
🔹 To work with IITM depts, incubation cell, startups, health-tech ecosystem, student exchanges #Research

🔗 The Hindu