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₹37,500 crore coal-gasification push draws seven bids. The trade-off matters
The scheme is designed to turn domestic coal into products such as syngas, urea and synthetic gas while reducing selected import dependencies.
IAF’s DRONATHON puts indigenous drones and counter-drone systems to an operational test
The initiative brings domestic unmanned and counter-UAS technologies closer to real military requirements rather than laboratory demonstrations alone.
Ahead of BRICS, India-China trade frictions are back in focus
New Delhi is expected to raise restrictions affecting high-technology imports and Indian investment as interdependence collides with strategic distrust.
ISRO says it is not being privatised. The private space economy still has to grow
Chairman V Narayanan’s clarification separates ISRO’s public research role from the policy of expanding private participation in commercial space activity.
Why the Western Zonal Council matters for India’s federal system
The 28th Western Zonal Council meeting offers a useful window into how Centre-State coordination works beyond Parliament and the courts.
Defence procurement worth ₹1.10 lakh crore puts indigenisation back at the centre
About 98% of the proposals cleared in principle are expected to be sourced from Indian industry, linking military modernisation with defence manufacturing policy.
India’s next EV challenge is freight, not just cars
NITI Aayog’s new PACT platform and Zero Emission Truck Marketplace are designed to solve a difficult problem: making clean trucking commercially scalable.
Unacademy sold for $206 million. In 2021, it was worth $3.44 billion
upGrad has acquired the edtech company in an all-stock deal. The price captures how sharply India’s pandemic-era edtech boom was repriced.
India wants its official systems to run on one clock
New Legal Metrology rules make IST the common reference for legal, administrative and commercial systems. The change takes effect after 180 days.
UPI could have reached deeper into Asia. India stopped the Alipay+ link
A proposed cross-border payments connection ran into the hardest question in digital infrastructure: how much convenience is worth giving up control over financial data?
IT hiring is coming back. The mix of jobs has changed
Active demand in IT services has reached about 57,000 roles, an 18-month high. Nearly 60% of the openings are for mid-senior and senior talent.
India has put its first imaging satellite into geosynchronous orbit
EOS-05 is designed to watch large areas for longer, changing how India can monitor weather, disasters, agriculture and the ground below.
S&P keeps China at A+ and expects growth above 4%
The stable outlook reflects expectations of stronger fiscal support, even as weak domestic demand and property stress remain risks.
India wants 100 GW of nuclear power. That creates a uranium problem
An elevenfold expansion in nuclear capacity will require far more than reactors. India is now widening fuel relationships from Australia to Uzbekistan.
Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,000 as rescue enters a harder phase
More than 1,000 people have died and thousands remain missing after the Himalayan disaster. Rescue teams are still trying to reach remote communities and trapped hydropower workers.
US judge rules Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting unlawful
The ruling found unlawful retaliation and due-process failures in the Pentagon’s treatment of the AI company.
More than 100 companies call for a defensive surge against AI-driven cyberattacks
OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and others warned that AI-enabled hacking could become far more widespread in the coming months.
Aditya-L1 spots possible early warning signals before major solar flares
ISRO says short-lived brightenings seen in ultraviolet and X-ray observations may help improve space-weather forecasting.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set for an August 30 launch
The next-generation observatory will study dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics from a wide-field view of the universe.
Perspective: oil chokepoints and AI optimism are pulling markets in opposite directions
Hormuz disruption keeps inflation risk elevated while Nvidia’s outlook continues to support the technology trade.