The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) held its first-ever Shipbuilding, Indigenisation & IT Conference at Madikeri, Karnataka on 27 November 2025, bringing together shipyards, equipment manufacturers, classification societies, technocrats and policymakers to accelerate domestic shipbuilding and digital transformation. A highlight of the conference was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding…
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Scindia Charts Manipur’s Roadmap for Sustainable Growth
Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia chaired the third review meeting on Manipur’s Development Roadmap on October 30, 2025. The meeting, attended by Hon’ble Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, senior officials from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), and the Manipur State…
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Koyla Shakti & CLAMP Portals: India’s Digital Coal Reform
New Delhi, October 30, 2025: In a landmark step toward digital transformation in India’s coal sector, Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy launched the Koyla Shakti Dashboard and the Coal Land Acquisition, Management, and Payment (CLAMP) Portal in New Delhi. The twin initiatives mark a major…
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Piyush Goyal Calls for Reducing Foreign Dependence in Tech
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, has called for a decisive push toward indigenous innovation and reduced foreign dependence in critical technologies. Speaking at TiEcon Delhi-NCR 2025 on the theme “India’s Deeptech Moment: From Digital Leadership to Technological Sovereignty,” he emphasized that India must develop its own…
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President Murmu Takes Historic Rafale Sortie in Ambala
Ambala, 29 October 2025: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday carried out a 30-minute sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station Ambala in Haryana, reaching altitudes of around 15,000 ft and speeds of about 700 km/h. This historic sortie makes her the first President of India to…
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India Advances AI Self-Reliance with National LLM by 2025
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) hosted pre-summit events at India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025 in New Delhi on October 10, setting the stage for the upcoming India–AI Impact Summit 2026. The initiative highlights India’s push toward AI self-reliance and the launch of a National Large Language Model…
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Rajnath Singh Visits HMAS Kuttabul, Co-chairs Defence Talks
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited the strategic naval base HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney, Australia, on October 10, 2025, highlighting the growing defence ties between India and Australia. Accompanied by Australia’s Assistant Minister of Defence, Mr Peter Khalil, the Raksha Mantri toured the state-of-the-art facilities and was briefed aboard Admiral…
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iDEX-DIO & EdCIL Join Hands for Dual-Use Tech via ASPIRE
New Delhi, 10 September 2025: Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) – Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) has signed a landmark MoU with EdCIL (India) Limited to develop dual-use technologies under the new ASPIRE (Accelerating Strategic Progress in Research and Education) program. The collaboration aims to merge defence expertise with cutting-edge ed-tech…
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DRDO Conclave Boosts MSMEs for UP Defence Corridor
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has intensified its outreach to India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and start-ups. On September 6, 2025, its Defence Technology and Test Centre (DTTC), Lucknow organised a high-level conclave at Amausi Campus to strengthen collaboration with industry players and accelerate the development…