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Gaganyaan’s Quiet Summer of Ground Tests

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India's first uncrewed Gaganyaan flight has no confirmed launch date, and that is the correct way...

Non-Fossil Crosses 300 GW, With Solar Doing the Running

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India's installed non-fossil electricity generation capacity stood at 300.50 gigawatts on 31 July 2026. That is...

Container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India's largest container gateway

From Fifty to Eighteen, and What Changed for Exporters

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Six months after the interim India-United States trade agreement was announced in February, the number an...

LIVE: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh

Vande Mataram at 150, and a Very Different Guest List

August 14, 2026

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: On Saturday morning, for the first time in the Republic's history, Vande Mataram will be sung...

Trump’s press secretary Leavitt to exit White House

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post at the end of August to...

Govt to develop multilingual AI

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India is working on advancing multilingual, voice-first AI solutions for inclusive governance and citizen-centric public service...

India on track to achieve 50 GW solar capacity

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India added 34 GWdc (gigawatts direct current) of solar capacity in the first half of 2026...

Auto sales hit record high in July