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Defence exports hits record Rs 38,424 crore

October 10, 2026

Drug Ad Rules, Coal Stocks, ASEAN Trade

October 9, 2026

GST Council Reforms, 6G Patents and Space Economy

October 9, 2026

India Growth: Chips, Power, Ganga & Exports

October 8, 2026

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ISRO says reforms expand the ecosystem, not privatise

September 7, 2026

For six years the Indian space programme has been reorganising itself in public, and for six years a question has...

Electronics production grows seven-fold : MeitY

Numbers of the Week

7.8% Real GDP growth, Q1 (April–June) of FY 2026-27, against 6.9 per cent a year earlier — real GDP of...

Puga Valley Geothermal Project: India’s First Wells Find 135°C Heat

NEW DELHI: Puga Valley is a wide, cold, treeless basin in eastern Ladakh where the ground steams. Villagers have known...

India Investment and Consumption Growth Q1 FY2026-27

NEW DELHI: The headline out of the June quarter is 7.8 per cent, and it has been said often enough...

Maharashtra Vulture Conservation Project

Maharashtra Vulture Conservation: 78% Survival in Tiger Reserves

NEW DELHI: India lost more than ninety per cent of three vulture species inside a decade, and the country has...

The Quarter India Started Building Again

NEW DELHI: There is a sentence that does not appear in the National Statistics Office press note of 31 August...

The Sector Diary — Eighteen Fields, Seven Days

01 Governance & the Union Cabinet • 1 September — Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The government notified Semicon...

Green India Mission CAG Audit: Convergence Failure Exposed

NEW DELHI: The Green India Mission was built on an idea, and the idea was addition. Not a new pot...

India Economy 2026: 7.8% Growth, $740.8 Billion Forex Reserves

The economy : Economy Grew 7.8 Per Cent The National Statistics Office puts real gross domestic product for April–June 2026...

India’s Economy Grows 7.8%, Investment Emerges as New Growth Engine