Suryakumar Takes T20 Command: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has unveiled India’s white-ball squads for the crucial 2025 tour of Australia, sending immediate shockwaves through the cricketing fraternity. The announcement, featuring a blend of established match-winners and exciting new faces, confirms the new leadership hierarchy in T20Is while rewarding several young…
Biometric‑Based e‑Health Cards: India’s rural landscape remains underserved in health‑infrastructure, suffering from fragmented records, identity challenges and limited continuity of care. The rise of digital health platforms — such as the ABHA card (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) — has created a foundation for interoperable health‑data systems. To leverage this, the government is piloting a biometric‑based…
Pan Coronavirus Vaccine Breakthrough: The COVID‑19 pandemic exposed humanity’s vulnerability to coronavirus outbreaks. While current vaccines target specific strains of SARS‑CoV‑2, the emergence of new variants and related viruses remains a threat. A pan‑coronavirus vaccine aims to provide broader immunity across multiple strains and reduce future pandemic risk. Experts say this shift from reaction to…
Export Insurance Cover Boost: India has set ambitious targets 500 GW of non‑fossil fuel capacity by 2030, green hydrogen leadership and net‑zero pledges by 2070. Meeting these goals demands large‑scale investment, much of which must come from private and global capital. A recent study estimates India will need as much as $385 billion to meet these targets. …
Ultrathin Transistor Material: The research team at the University of Chicago, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, fabricated a transistor device that uses a layer of atomically thin semiconductor topped by a sheet of molecular crystal. Unlike traditional transistors which rely on stacking diverse semiconductor materials (n‑type/ p‑type), this device leverages charge localization—a phenomenon where electrons…
Renewable Pivot: The Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar has set in motion a bold clean-energy initiative by floating a tender to install rooftop solar systems with battery backup totaling 30 MW across its inhabited islands. Under the scheme, 15,000 homes will each receive approximately 2 kW rooftop systems, spread over three “buckets” of deployment…
AI Generated Political Content: In the run‑up to the next election cycle, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has aggressively moved to regulate the increasingly potent challenge posed by synthetic media, deep‑fakes and AI‑generated content. On 25 October 2025, the Commission formalised its directive that any election‑campaign content created or significantly altered by artificial intelligence tools must…
India’s Trade Position Reinforced: India finds itself at a pivotal moment in global trade. With high‑stakes negotiations underway with major partners such as the European Union and the United States, the nation’s Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has publicly stated that India “will not sign any trade deal in a hurry or with a gun…
LIC Investment: In May 2025, internal documents show that the Indian finance ministry, through the Department of Financial Services (DFS) and in coordination with NITI Aayog, approved a plan to steer approximately $3.9 billion of LIC funds into the Adani Group. Of that, roughly $3.4 billion was targeted for bonds issued by Adani subsidiaries (ports, green energy) and about…
US Deploys World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier: In a dramatic escalation of US military presence in the Western Hemisphere, President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Caribbean Sea. This landmark move is being positioned as a robust response to narco-terrorism networks, as well as a…