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Vice President of India launched ‘Gnani Artha’, an indigenously developed sovereign Artificial Intelligence (AI) stack comprising the Evon 3.3 language model and the Plexus agentic platform.
Andhra Pradesh’s coastline—particularly Visakhapatnam—is emerging as India’s third major international subsea cable landing hub (after Mumbai and Chennai) driven by major AI data center investments from Google and Microsoft.
A committee constituted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) recommended ending reliance on imported Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology by 2030 to protect India’s power grid from supply chain shocks and cyber vulnerabilities.
Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices dropped 10.3% month-on-month to average around RMB 140,000 per tonne, driving down high-capacity Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) energy storage cell costs.
The Agriculture Ministry has proposed a complete ban on Carbosulfan, citing its severe risks to human health and the environment, based on expert recommendations under the Insecticides Act, 1968.
The Union Health Ministry has tightened rules for FDCs containing chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine, requiring labels to warn against their use in children below four years.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced that it is formulating a dedicated subsidy scheme to establish 30 GW of domestic polysilicon manufacturing capacity by 2030.
Beijing-based LandSpace launched its Zhuque-3 Y2, placing the Honghu-03 satellite into orbit and successfully soft-landing the reusable first stage in Gansu Province.
As ISRO prepares for the uncrewed flight test sequence of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, aerospace experts have detailed the functioning of the crew module’s Thermal Protection System (TPS).
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch the GISAT-1A (EOS-05) Earth observation satellite aboard the GSLV-F17 rocket in September 2026.
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