Gaganyaan’s 2026 Unmanned Flights: India’s ambitious Gaganyaan mission is gearing up for unmanned flights scheduled in 2026, marking a vital milestone before the historic human spaceflight planned for 2027. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed over 80,000 rigorous tests, developed advanced life-support, crew safety technologies, and established training and ground infrastructure to ensure…
India Australia FMFD 2025 brought External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong together in New Delhi to co-chair the 16th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue. The meeting reviewed progress across the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, covering trade, investment, defence, maritime security, science and technology, energy, space cooperation, education, and stronger people-to-people…
Defense Tech Partnership 2026: In 2026 India and Japan accelerated a strategic shift in their defense relationship — from traditional exercises toward deep technology collaboration. Rising regional tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the growing sophistication of cyberattacks, and rapid advances in unmanned and AI systems convinced both governments to prioritize joint work on drones, cyber resilience,…
Kenya UIDAI Visit took place as a high-level Kenyan delegation led by H.E. Ms. Mercy Wanjau, Secretary to the Cabinet, visited the headquarters of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The UIDAI CEO and the Deputy Director General (Africa Unit) offered detailed briefings on the Aadhaar ecosystem, including enrolment, authentication, service delivery, and last-mile…
Tushar Kharbanda Cyber Fraud case escalated as the Enforcement Directorate’s Delhi Zonal Office provisionally attached seven immovable properties worth ₹11.26 crore belonging to Tushar Kharbanda and his family. The properties, spread across Delhi-NCR and Dubai, are linked to an illegal Noida-based call center accused of impersonating officials and extorting large sums from foreign nationals. The…
HAL EDGE Partnership took center stage at the Dubai Airshow 2025 as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India’s leading aerospace manufacturer, and EDGE Group, a UAE-based defence technology leader specializing in precision-guided munitions, signed a major Memorandum of Understanding. The collaboration aims to jointly develop, integrate, and supply advanced long-range PGMs to global customers. By combining…
The Kodaikanal Solar Magnetic Study has enabled astronomers to reconstruct the Sun’s polar magnetic field over the past century by analyzing digitized historical images from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO). By combining this unmatched archive with modern data from Italy’s Rome-PSPT telescope and applying advanced AI algorithms, researchers identified faint bright features near the Sun’s…
Supreme Court Assent Ruling marks a landmark constitutional interpretation as a Bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai held that courts cannot impose fixed timelines on the President or Governors for granting assent to state legislature bills. The bench addressed 13 questions referred by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143, clarifying that the authority to…
India’s DPI 2.0: By 2026, India’s pioneering Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem has evolved into a groundbreaking model widely studied and emulated by countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The integration of scalable, interoperable platforms like Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Aadhaar identity system, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission…
India IT-BPM Industry is undergoing a paradigm shift as it moves toward an estimated value of US$350 billion by 2026, contributing nearly 10 percent to India’s GDP. According to IBEF, this growth marks a crucial evolution from a service-driven outsourcing model to a dynamic AI product development ecosystem. This transformation is positioning India as a…