MoSPI estimated real GDP at ₹81.36 lakh crore in April–June 2026, up 7.8% year on year; nominal GDP grew 10.3% and real GVA grew 8.2%.
Source ↗The Department of Telecommunications' C-DOT launched a portfolio covering Quantum Key Distribution and Post-Quantum Cryptography, aimed at protecting strategic and other communication networks.
Source ↗At Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation, De Wever is visiting with Defence Minister Theo Francken; talks will cover bilateral, regional and global issues, including trade, defence, technology and renewable energy.
Source ↗At the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Modi called for collective action against terrorism and its financing, rejected double standards, and stressed dialogue, diplomacy and sovereign connectivity.
Source ↗India rejected the Permanent Court of Arbitration's pronouncements on the treaty and the Ratle hydroelectric project, saying the tribunal was illegally constituted and lacked jurisdiction over India's sovereign decisions.
Source ↗The expanded programme covers chip design, fabrication, packaging, equipment, materials, research and talent; the government expects it to create about 50,000–60,000 direct jobs and train another one lakh engineers.
Source ↗The agreement resolves a dispute of nearly 25 years and is intended to improve irrigation and drinking-water availability across districts in both States, illustrating cooperative federalism.
Source ↗Under an NPCI International Payments Ltd–Uzbekistan National Interbank Processing Centre arrangement, Indian users can pay participating merchants by scanning UZQR codes from existing UPI-enabled apps and Indian bank accounts.
Source ↗The cash-settled futures contract covers the September–December northeast/retreating-monsoon period and was developed with IIT Bombay using official IMD rainfall observations, giving businesses a tool to hedge rainfall variability.
Source ↗The facility at BRIC-NABI in Mohali uses controlled light, humidity and temperature simulation chambers to test genetically modified crops before field deployment, integrating biotechnology, AI and the BioE3 policy's biomanufacturing push.
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