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🏗️⚡ L&T has officially won the contract to build India’s first dedicated medical nuclear reactor in Vizag, moving beyond the smaller batch limits of Apsara-U and Dhruva. 📈☢️ The high-flux facility will yield 0.8 MCi/year of specialized radioisotopes by 2031 to power the domestic $1B nuclear medicine market. 📉🏥 This localized production ends reliance on costly foreign imports, drastically lowering the cost of advanced cancer scans and therapies for hospitals. #Nuclear #Health

India announces tariff-rate quotas for New Zealand apples, kiwifruit, albumins and mānuka honey ahead of India-NZ free trade agreement coming into force. #Trade

☀️ The Centre is officially preparing to launch PM-KUSUM 2.0, aiming to merge its massive clean energy drive with existing farm schemes to unlock a permanent double income stream for Indian farmers. ⚡ The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is aggressively considering financial incentives for agrivoltaics—a strategic next-generation model allowing smallholders to grow crops and generate solar power simultaneously on the exact same land. #Policy #Agriculture

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🚄 Western Railway is upgrading Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Depot (Phase II) into a ₹307 crore Vande Bharat maintenance hub to service advanced 24-coach trainsets locally, eliminating the need to send rakes elsewhere for heavy servicing. The facility will have a yearly capacity of 12/8 rakes, managing complex SS-I repairs in about 30 days and SS-II overhauls in 45 days. #Railways 🔗 Read more

India to launch Indian Army's GSAT-7B by Mid-2028, IAF's GSAT-7C by ~2030 and 52 SBS-3 Satellites by 2029 ISRO will launch the Army’s dedicated GSAT-7B by mid-2028 under a ₹3,000-cr deal, ending reliance on IAF’s GSAT-7A for border operations. This follows MoD’s ₹2,563-cr pact for IAF’s GSAT-7C and the rollout of 52 SBS-3 surveillance satellites by 2029. 1. Indian Army (IA): Mid-2028 GSAT-7B launch | Ends IAF GSAT-7A reliance | 24/7 beyond-line-of-sight border links 2. Indian Air Force (IAF): ₹2,563-cr GSAT-7C deal signed | Target rollout by ~2030 | Boosts secure tactical airborne networks 3. Indian Navy (IN): Active GSAT-7R deployed | Replaces legacy Rukmini | Links warships, submarines & naval air wings SBS Phase 3: 52 satellites cleared by 2029 | ₹26,968-cr DSA-led mission | ISRO to build 21; private industry makes 31 #space #MakeInIndia

CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das' judicial custody extended for two days by Special Executive Magistrate. #Judiciary

ARDE, DRDO shortlists SSS Defence & Kalyani Group to develop indigenous 20mm gun for Rudra, LCH helicopters. #defence #MakeInIndia

The Centre has directed social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, to ensure that its recommendation algorithms do not result in "disproportionate exposure of users to a single or limited set of narratives." #policy Read More on - The Deccan Herald

🇵🇱 Poland PM Donald Tusk to visit India from Oct 21-23rd: India Statememt #Geopolitics

Qatar is preparing to announce a new regional defence partnership aimed at strengthening its military capabilities, says deputy PM and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani. #InternationalNews

Getting a India-US trade deal was a key reason why America waived tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, indicates US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. #ForeignAffairs

🚀 Public sector banks are driving a massive ₹7.8 lakh crore corporate loan pipeline, fueling a powerful nationwide #infrastructure investment surge as heavy capital rushes directly into sectors like renewable #energy, #semiconductor manufacturing, #steel, #cement, and data centres.

📺 Haier to invest ₹7,000 cr — largest India bet — new manufacturing facility for ACs, washing machines, TVs, small appliances in Satyavedu, Tirupati, AP: 250 acres, Phase 1 ₹4,500 cr by 2028, Phase 2 ₹2,500 cr by 2032; 6K direct + 15K indirect jobs; first South India plant. #MakeinIndia Source

Goa Police Files FIR against 300 people for Anti-Hindu Slogan in CJP Protests on October 11 #Policy

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has released a Security Map on the forming Alliance in the West Asia 🔵 Blue = Israel - UAE Friendly 🍏 Green = Sunni Diamond Friendly 🩷 Pink = Iran Friendly 🪙 Gold = US Friendly Israeli Assessment says All Party/Alliance considers India as a Friendly Country #Geopolitics

🇯🇵 After in European countries now protests have erupted in Japan!! In Tokyo, tens of thousands gathered outside the Diet (Japanese Parliament) demanding the Japanese PM's resignation over her support for the US and Israel. #internationalnews

Cockroach Dahan in Delhi on the Occasion of Vijayadashami This is being done to promote cleanliness.

'We've found the missing head of 11th century Khajuraho Lord Vishnu idol, will be restored soon': ASI Chief The controversy erupted when Former CJI BR Gavai said in Court to the petitioner who asked to find the missing Head of the Idol "Go and ask the deity itself to do something now.” #Heritage