India’s Vande Bharat Sleeper is moving from prototype to rollout. In November 2025, the trainset hit 180 km/h during high-speed, loaded trials in the Kota division under RDSO supervision—an important milestone before passenger service. The Railway Minister has indicated a launch after the second rake is ready for operations, while PIB notes a 2025 production…
IndiaAI Mission in 2025: India’s AI build-out is entering an execution phase. The Cabinet’s IndiaAI Mission allocation of ₹10,372 crore (five years) has translated into national GPU capacity, a data/models platform (AIKosha), funding pathways for foundation models, and fresh AI Governance Guidelines to keep deployments safe and fair. For teams deciding whether—and how—to plug in,…
Gaganyaan in 2025: India’s Gaganyaan programme has moved from concept to final-phase execution in 2025. The government’s latest brief sets a crew mission target of the first quarter of 2027, preceded by an uncrewed orbital mission whose window opens in late 2025, with Vyommitra aboard as a test payload. Along the way, ISRO has ticked…
India’s Chip Big-Bang: India’s semiconductor story accelerated in 2024–25 from intent to implement. The Union Cabinet cleared three units in February 2024—including Tata–PSMC’s 28nm fab at Dholera and two ATMP/OSAT facilities—and later approved a sixth unit in May 2025: HCL–Foxconn near Jewar. In parallel, Micron’s OSAT campus at Sanand advanced, and CG Power–Renesas launched a…
UPI Goes Global: India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has moved decisively beyond home turf in 2025. The headline: UPI is being accepted in Malaysia through NIPL–Razorpay Curlec, joining a growing club of destinations (France, Singapore, UAE, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Qatar, and more). In parallel, PayPal World announced an upcoming link to UPI, while NRIs can…
Sustainable Innovations: The race to limit climate change is now powered by a new generation of climate tech — practical innovations that move beyond lab demos into real-world impact. From utility-scale green hydrogen projects and advanced battery chemistries to AI-managed grids and biodegradable computing prototypes, 2026 promises rapid deployment and wider consumer adoption. This post…
Level 4 Autonomous Driving: In a crucial development for autonomous mobility and remote‑vehicle oversight, Japanese technology giant NTT, Inc. has announced that it has developed a “Parametric object‑recognition‑ratio‑estimation model” to assess whether video transmitted from an autonomous vehicle to a remote control station is of sufficient quality to reliably detect objects in front of the…
Tesla’s Optimus Robots: Tech mogul Elon Musk has once again stirred global discourse with a futuristic proposal to eliminate poverty: deploy Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus for labor-intensive tasks while humans receive a Universal Basic Income (UBI). Speaking at the latest AI and robotics showcase, Musk argued that the convergence of automation, artificial intelligence, and sustainable…
ISRO Offers Advanced Data Products: In a major boost to global lunar science efforts, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released advanced polarimetric radar data products generated from its Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which has been in lunar orbit since 2019. These new datasets provide unprecedented insight into the Moon’s polar regions, potentially identifying areas rich…
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