The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has officially notified the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) with a budgetary outlay of ₹62,500 crore spanning FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31.
The Indian Army’s Territorial Army, in collaboration with the non-profit think tank CyberPeace, has launched the 3rd edition of Terrier Cyber Quest 2026 (TCQ 3.0).
Maritime security experts emphasized the urgent need to accelerate the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) to ensure unimpeded global trade and freedom of navigation amidst rising geopolitical tensions in West Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
The Maharashtra FDA issued notices to actors over Vimal Elaichi endorsements, alleging surrogate advertising of prohibited pan masala in violation of food safety and consumer protection norms.
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.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) reaffirmed its decision to restrict the singing of Vande Mataram to only its first two stanzas at party functions, citing its historic 1937 resolution.
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 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is reviewing the Adoption Regulations, 2022 to address procedural bottlenecks and improve adoption of special needs children, including those with treatable conditions.
South Korea’s plastic recycling system has come under scrutiny after research showed that only 16.4% of household plastic collected for recycling in 2021 was actually recycled into plastic, despite official recycling figures of around 73%.
Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan and D.K. Srivastava assessed the Centre’s FY 2026–27 fiscal outlook, noting that strong non-tax revenues and capital spending could keep the fiscal deficit near the 4.6% target, despite tax, subsidy and geopolitical pressures.
The Andhra Pradesh government’s policy framework recommending a Deemed Distribution Licence (DDL) for hyperscale AI data centres—including the Google-Adani AI data centre project in Visakhapatnam—has faced severe legal and civil pushback.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of execution by hanging, rejecting a PIL that challenged it as cruel and violative of the right to dignity under Article 21.
