Bengaluru-based Astrobase Space Technologies unveiled EVEREST, an 800 kN liquid-oxygen-methane engine using full-flow staged combustion, which the company calls India's first privately developed engine in this class; a full hot-fire test is planned in 2026, with a first flight of its reusable launch vehicle targeted for December 2028

Monsoon flooding in India's northeastern Assam state had killed 98 people by August 8, up from 87 on August 4, with the affected population rising to 1.68 lakh people (about 168,000) across 15 districts; Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a fresh relief package and said damage assessments would begin soon, with 43,000 families already receiving financial assistance from the state government

Bangladesh's PM Tarique Rahman opened the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum at Hasina's former official residence in Dhaka on August 5, 2026; at the same time, exiled Hasina gave her first public address since ouster at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi, calling the 2024 uprising 'a planned regime change' and promising to return to Bangladesh in December 2026; Bangladesh banned domestic media from airing the speech, summoned India's acting High Commissioner, and called the event 'a clear affront'

The India-flagged cargo vessel MSV Faize Noore Oliya sank in the Red Sea on August 5 after being struck by a projectile near Hodeidah, Yemen; all 14 crew members, including 13 Indian nationals, were rescued by Yemeni forces; India's Ministry of External Affairs called continued attacks on merchant shipping 'deeply worrisome' and said it would press for freedom of navigation

Monsoon flooding in India's northeastern Assam state had killed 87 people by August 4, with 1.28 lakh people (about 128,000) affected across seven districts, 14,230 hectares of cropland inundated, and more than 11,000 sheltering in relief camps; Down to Earth reported the 2026 flood season is worse than recent years because of worsening riverbank erosion

Australia dominated Glasgow 2026 with 70 gold medals and 171 overall, ahead of England and Canada; India finished fourth with 39 medals despite leading the table after Day 10 on the strength of its women's boxing sweep; Nigeria's Ella Onojuvwevwo ended a 32-year Commonwealth medal drought; the closing ceremony on August 2 passed the hosting baton to Ahmedabad for the 2030 centenary edition

The 15th South Asian Football Federation Championship placed defending champions India alongside Pakistan and Maldives in Group B; the draw was held in Thimphu, Bhutan on August 1; the tournament runs in Bangladesh in November

Heavy monsoon rains flooded large parts of India's Gujarat state by August 1, killing at least four people, displacing more than 16,500, and triggering NDRF rescues in Surat, Vadodara, and Morbi; three people died by electrocution in Navsari; authorities closed Ahmedabad's lakefront gardens and issued red alerts in five districts

Karnataka began releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on August 2 after heavy rainfall in Kerala's Wayanad sharply increased inflows into the Kabini reservoir, ahead of an all-party meeting; India's Cauvery Water Management Authority had directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs daily following a July 30 rejection of Karnataka's appeal; the Deccan Herald reported Karnataka moved cautiously under a combination of legal orders and the rainfall bonus

Australia continues to dominate the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow through Day 8, leading the medal table; Nigeria's Para-athlete Nwachukwu won gold with a world record; India has reached 15 medals and Neeraj Chopra is set to compete; the games run until early August 2026

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on July 26 that India would not hold talks with Pakistan except on Azad Kashmir and accused Pakistan's government of backing terrorism against India; Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif replied that India is deflecting from 'internal turmoil,' while Pakistan's Foreign Ministry condemned Singh's remarks as highly provocative and irresponsible and called on the UN to hold India accountable

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on July 24 in a video message that a bill targeting examination paper leaks will be introduced in India's Parliament next week; Modi said several strong steps had already been taken since NEET-UG leak allegations surfaced in May, while Congress called the move an eyewash and Rahul Gandhi accused police of using pellet guns on student protesters

A 22-year-old Delhi University student was reported on July 23 to risk losing partial vision in one eye after suffering pellet-like injuries at the Cockroach Janta Party's 'Sansad Chalo' march on July 20, 2026; Delhi Police denied using pellet guns; opposition parties planned to jointly raise the issue on day four of India's Parliament Monsoon Session on July 24, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah be held accountable

At least 82 people died across northeastern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in heavy monsoon rains on July 23, with 43 of the deaths in India's Assam state alone, where more than 9 lakh (900,000) people are affected across multiple districts; rescue operations are ongoing as rivers including the Brahmaputra flow above danger levels

Monsoon floods in India's northeastern Assam state killed 21 more people in the 24 hours to July 22, raising the total death toll to 31; relief and rescue operations are ongoing across 16 districts as major rivers including the Brahmaputra flow above danger levels in Upper Assam

Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by Delhi police on July 21-22 while protesting outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence over the NEET medical exam paper leak scandal, then freed after hours; Congress staged nationwide protests, and the Chief Justice of India warned of a larger public uprising

Monsoon downpours over the weekend of July 18-19 killed at least 25 people across northern and northeastern India; in Assam state alone, rivers overflowed to submerge more than 600 villages and displace over 200,000 people

Both houses of India's Parliament adjourned on July 21 after the opposition forced repeated disruptions over the NEET UG 2026 paper leak, alleged Ram temple donation fund theft, and a police crackdown on protesters at Jantar Mantar; eight bills including the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 and a National Honour Bill protecting Vande Mataram were listed for debate but proceedings could not continue.

India's parliament Monsoon Session 2026 opened on July 20 and was adjourned for the day within hours after Congress-led opposition members disrupted both Houses demanding debates on the NEET-UG 2026 medical-entrance paper leak and alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya; a CJP-led 'Chalo Sansad' protest march also converged on parliament

India's Parliament begins its Monsoon Session on Monday, July 20, with the ruling BJP government listing seven bills including the debut of the National Commission for Promotion of India (NCPI); the session opens with Trinamool Congress rebels seated separately, reflecting ongoing factional tensions in the opposition.

Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched its Vikram-1 rocket on July 17-18, reaching Low Earth Orbit and becoming the first Indian private company to complete an orbital mission, opening the country's launch market to commercial competition

Delhi Police transferred Sonam Wangchuk, the Ladakh engineer-activist whose hunger strike has become a focal point of India's education-reform protest movement, from the Jantar Mantar demonstration site to Safdarjung Hospital on July 18 after his health deteriorated; Wangchuk refused treatment in hospital, and Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijit Dipke immediately began a solidarity hunger strike, two days before a CJP Parliament march

An explosion and fire levelled an unlicensed fireworks unit in the Ramol industrial area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat on July 18, killing at least nine people and injuring six; the factory had continued operating after its licence was cancelled, police booked the owner under the Explosives Act, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex-gratia payments

Tata Electronics will commission India's first semiconductor wafer fabrication plant using 90-nanometer process technology, Bloomberg and NewsBytesApp reported on July 17; the group chose mature-node processes, which cover power management chips, microcontrollers, and industrial electronics, to make its debut in domestic chip manufacturing

A surge of devotees at Marichikot Square during India's annual Jagannath Rath Yatra festival in Puri, Odisha, on July 16 killed two people and hospitalised more than 100, raising fresh safety concerns about crowd management at one of Hinduism's largest pilgrimages.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking active steps to cut India's reliance on key imports, aiming to protect supply chains and ease rupee pressure as global geopolitical risks escalate, according to reporting published July 16

India's Directorate General of Merchant Marine Affairs ordered ship owners and recruitment agencies on July 16 not to deploy Indian nationals on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, citing the deaths of at least two Indian seafarers and three more feared dead after Iranian attacks on international shipping in recent days

India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval chaired the 5th BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs' meeting in New Delhi on July 16, where member states endorsed new guiding principles for maritime law enforcement and humanitarian disaster relief, and pledged closer cooperation on counter-terrorism and cybersecurity ahead of a broader BIMSTEC summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India's first hydrogen fuel-cell train on July 17 in Haryana, with the train beginning its commercial journey on the 89-km Jind-Sonipat route as part of a Rs 26,800 crore (roughly US$3.2bn) infrastructure package

Iranian missiles struck two UAE-flagged oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz on July 14, killing one Indian crew member and injuring up to ten others among 46 crew, prompting New Delhi to summon the Iranian diplomat in its strongest public rebuke of Tehran's Hormuz campaign

India's Supreme Court set aside declarations by Assam's Foreigners Tribunals that had designated individuals as illegal foreigners, ruling on July 13 that citizenship status must be determined through a fair legal process; the court held that the state's objective of preventing illegal claims cannot override the requirement of judicial fairness; the court also overturned a Gauhati High Court verdict on citizenship and remanded all affected cases for fresh hearings

India's PM Narendra Modi and New Zealand's PM Christopher Luxon elevated bilateral relations to a strategic partnership at delegation-level talks in Auckland on July 11, producing 18 outcomes including a maritime cooperation framework, an India Navy and NZ Defence Force logistics agreement, and tighter defence ties covering naval exercises; the pact broadens the India-NZ free trade agreement struck earlier in the visit

A speedboat carrying tourists capsized less than half a kilometer from shore off southern Vietnam's Phu Quoc island on July 11, killing at least 15 Indian tourists; the Indian embassy in Hanoi set up a control room, and Indian authorities in the affected tourists' home states activated emergency response.

India's 2026 monsoon claimed more than 10 lives in a single day on July 10, with deaths in Delhi, Surat in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh as roads flooded, bridges submerged, buildings collapsed, and lightning struck; India's Meteorological Department forecast another week of heavy rain across northwest India and issued a flash flood alert for Uttarakhand

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New Zealand on July 10 for talks with PM Christopher Luxon, his first visit since 2011, with New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay describing the trip as 'a transformative moment in bilateral ties' following the signing of an India-New Zealand free trade agreement that makes 57% of New Zealand exports to India tariff-free on day one

Maharashtra alone recorded 63 deaths from monsoon-related disasters between July 1-8, 2026; at least four more died in a Delhi building collapse on July 9; Gujarat and Kerala are also under flooding; 16 were feared trapped under a Pune garbage mound collapse; India's Meteorological Department issued a red alert for Delhi-NCR after 34.9 mm fell in three hours

India's PM Narendra Modi and Australia's PM Anthony Albanese struck a uranium supply deal and LNG framework on July 9 in Melbourne, alongside defence and critical minerals pacts; the uranium agreement, confirmed by Asharq Al-Awsat and Pakistan's Dawn, delivers Australia as a supplier to India's civil nuclear fleet; SBS Australia noted warm optics masking harder migration and trade politics

India's PM Modi and Indonesia's President Prabowo signed a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile supply deal, an Astra air-to-air missile contract, and a Sabang Port access agreement on July 7, completing the largest defence package in the bilateral relationship

India's Ministry of Home Affairs gazette-notified 23 individuals linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba on July 4; 17 are Pakistani nationals, 6 are Indian nationals operating from Pakistan-controlled territory

India's prime minister departs July 6 on a three-nation Indo-Pacific swing covering Jakarta, Melbourne and Auckland; the New Zealand leg is the first state visit by any Indian PM to the country since 1986

The DAC chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved anti-drone EW systems, precision-strike drones, ship-based UAS, a fixed-wing high-altitude pseudo-satellite, and anti-tank missiles; all under the Acceptance of Necessity process

India filed a NOTAM closing airspace up to 28,000 feet along the Rajasthan-Gujarat frontier for four days of Indian Air Force exercises starting July 7; Pakistan's aircraft remain banned from Indian airspace until August 23, more than 14 months after the two countries' brief war

The 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi produced Japan's first co-development weapons project with any country outside the US-Australia axis, a yen-rupee settlement pact, and joint AI governance commitments

Islamabad convened foreign governments and legal experts June 30-July 1; Bilawal Bhutto warned 'world order will collapse'; India dismissed back-channel talks as 'futile'

Pakistan handed over 250 Indian prisoners, India provided 439 Pakistani or believed-to-be-Pakistani detainees on July 1, fulfilling the biannual Consular Access Agreement obligation; the exchange is the first normal bilateral procedure since the four-day aerial conflict in May 2026

The Indian Army activates four Integrated Battle Groups on July 1, replacing the Cold War division-based structure with leaner combined-arms formations designed for rapid offensive action across the Himalayan and western fronts, in what the Ministry of Defence calls the largest structural reform since 1947

The renamed hospitality group refiles with India's SEBI on June 30 with no offer for sale; ₹4,987.5 crore earmarked to repay debt; SoftBank, Microsoft and Airbnb hold their stakes

India confirmed on June 29 that Bihar Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will represent New Delhi at the state funeral of assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, scheduled across Tehran, Qom, Mashhad and Iraq from July 4-9; Pakistan PM Sharif and delegations from Russia, China and several Central Asian states are expected to attend.

Two projects: a $63m expansion of the MIST cable system and an $89m greenfield Chennai-Singapore cable adding 78 Tbps, both driven by hyperscaler AI data-center demand across the Indian Ocean

A predawn blaze at one of India's largest petrochemical complexes burned for hours; five workers are in critical condition and a nearby rail line was suspended

India is on track to import 2.35 million barrels per day of Russian crude in June 2026, topping the May 2023 record, as the Strait of Hormuz disruption forces refiners to replace Gulf supply with Russian barrels at a $4-$5/bbl discount; the US sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil sales lapsed June 17 without renewal

India hands over a fast patrol ship, a Rs 1,250cr credit line and UPI access as it courts an Indian Ocean island against China's reach

PM Modi and Japan PM Sanae Takaichi agreed joint declarations on AI cooperation and economic security at Hyderabad House; Takaichi's first India state visit expands bilateral collaboration across semiconductors, critical minerals and Bay of Bengal logistics

UP Police arrested eight temple employees and associates for stealing from donation counters; SIT investigation widens a day after the arrests as Champat Rai and Anil Mishra quit the trust

The Shanghai-founded research house puts the US first at 806 and China second at 381; AI is the top sector at 215 unicorns and 36% of value

Rahman's first state visit since winning February's election pivots Dhaka toward Beijing with trade, investment and infrastructure agreements; Xi meeting on June 26 confirmed the relationship reset

US venture capital firm founded in 1983, known for early bets on Facebook, Anthropic, and Flipkart, managing more than US$20 billion and backing 110-plus unicorns globally.

India's technology capital in Karnataka, home to over 30 unicorns and roughly half of India's venture capital flow, a global benchmark for emerging-market startup ecosystems.

Recurring friction between central governments and subnational units over fiscal, police, and legislative authority, reshaping democratic federalism in India, Nigeria, and the United States.

India's second- and third-largest startup cities by VC deal value, hosting 59 of the country's 118 unicorns and anchoring fintech and consumer internet sectors.

China and India have built competing high-altitude military airfield networks across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, the air-infrastructure backbone for potential conflict over their unresolved border.

The Dubai-based body governing international cricket for 110 nations, whose US$900M revenue cycle and India-dominated power structure make it a recurring pressure point in sports diplomacy.

Criminal extraction of sand outside licensing rules, the world's most-used solid material after water, sustains violent organised networks on four continents and kills hundreds each year.

The 3,488-km disputed frontier between India and China, undemarcated since 1962, that shapes South Asian security, Indo-Pacific alignment, and the military posture of the world's two most populous nations.

India and Pakistan, the only nuclear-armed pair to have fought four wars, remain locked in a post-2025 standoff over Kashmir, water rights, and cross-border militancy.

The contest for military basing across the Indian Ocean, artery for half the world's seaborne trade, where the US, China, and India are expanding competing positions.

The 1960 India-Pakistan river-sharing pact dividing six Indus basin rivers; placed in abeyance by India in April 2025, threatening Pakistan's agriculture and hydropower.

India's Prime Minister since May 2014, Modi is the dominant figure in Indian politics and the architect of India's shift from strategic non-alignment to assertive great-power competition, now governing in a coalition third term after a decade of majority mandates.

India's central bank, founded 1935, sets monetary policy for a US$4-trillion economy, manages US$696 billion in foreign exchange reserves, and regulates the banking system.

Russia's exported petroleum blends, primarily Urals, fund roughly one-third of Russia's federal budget and are the primary target of G7 and EU oil sanctions since 2022.

Russia's S-400 Triumf, the world's most capable export-grade surface-to-air missile system, has triggered US CAATSA sanctions against buyers China and Turkey and strained NATO cohesion.

The seasonal wind reversal delivering 75-90% of annual rainfall to nine countries between June and September, driving food security, flood risk, and public health across South Asia.

A globally traded bulk sweetener sourced from sugarcane and sugar beet; supply shocks from Brazil and India set food-import costs across South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Bangladesh's prime minister since February 2026, son of two former heads of state, who directed BNP from UK exile for 17 years before winning a two-thirds parliamentary majority.

The US, Japan, Australia, and India's informal security forum coordinating Indo-Pacific maritime surveillance, technology, and infrastructure against Chinese power projection.

The most widely traded nitrogen fertilizer globally, derived from natural gas or coal, with the Persian Gulf supplying 36 percent of exports and China's coal-based output setting the world price floor.

The US and India run more than US$230 billion in annual two-way trade, with tariff negotiations and a July 2026 deadline shaping both economies' strategic alignment.

The world's most widely traded grain, a daily staple for roughly 2.5 billion people; global prices hinge on Russian exports, US Great Plains weather, and Indian food policy.

Goyal and Greer report 'substantial progress' but leave key issues open before the tariff snap-back

Rahman travelled directly from WEF's Dalian forum for a four-day state visit, sealing Bangladesh's first-ever Chinese fighter-jet acquisition and deals covering the Teesta project, green development and education

January's automatic mechanism keeps the cap 15% under a trailing Urals average; with the grade already below $40 at points, the cap now chases the market down rather than setting it

A levy on cash transfers abroad hits Mexico and Central America hardest while migrants reroute to exempt digital channels

NIA arrested a BKI module in Jalandhar on June 26 as India and Canada finally exchanged intelligence after Ottawa named the same network in the Air India bombing case; drone smuggling seizures crossed 400 in 2025-26 and the Bishnoi-Brar gang moved from extortion to political targets

The BNP government deploys the army across six districts and arrests dozens; the home minister says 'there is no organisation by the name of Awami League'

Series H of primary and secondary shares at ~US$4.5bn post-money; Miten Sampat becomes interim CEO; CRED says Meta gets no board seat and no customer data

The 16th NSAs' meeting in Delhi exposes the bloc's fault lines, China draws lessons from the Iran war while Tehran demands a stand on 'state terrorism', ahead of a September Modi summit

Doval and Wang Yi note 'gradual normalisation' and an 'early harvest' sectoral track even as the MEA calls CPEC infrastructure in the China-held Shaksgam Valley 'illegal and invalid'

New Delhi ties restoration to an end of cross-border terror as ministers vow to choke Pakistan's flows; Islamabad calls water security a casus belli

Modi inducts INS Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray as a marker of self-reliant defence, and an answer to PLAN's Indian Ocean push

A 46% rainfall deficit by June 22 dries the soybean and groundnut belts even as Mumbai finally gets rain

The ₹99,446-crore PM-VBRY pays first-time formal workers up to ₹15,000 and subsidises employers; a ₹2,400-crore first tranche reaches 15 lakh, but start-ups and micro-firms barely know it exists

First leaders' talks in 16 months order a 'commercially meaningful' deal; USTR Greer flies to Delhi as a July 24 tariff cliff looms and Congress cries appeasement

Both governments announced on June 17 that their landmark Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, signed in July 2025, will take effect on July 15, 2026; India immediately cuts tariffs on 90% of UK goods and the UK on 99% of Indian goods, with bilateral trade forecast to rise by £25.5 billion annually

Zahed Ur Rahman held 2.5 hours at Indira Gandhi International on June 16; Dhaka called India's explanation unsatisfactory; row exposes bilateral tension beneath the China-pivot optics

President's Rule was lifted in February for a BJP chief minister; by June a Kuki-Naga rupture, mass hostage-taking and fresh shootings show the conflict is mutating, not ending

A $1.5B valuation built on a sovereign-AI pitch, sharpened by Anthropic cutting off foreign access to its top models

With India's suspension still in force, Sindh says it is starved of Indus flows during peak kharif sowing while Punjab draws near its full share

DAC cleared 114 jets in February; a Letter of Request went out in June; but France's refusal to share AESA radar, SPECTRA and MDPU source codes has blocked progress, and Modi raised it directly with Macron in Nice

A year after the 2025 ceasefire, troops still die at 20,000 feet on the world's highest battlefield, mostly to altitude, not to each other

The first full year on a new 2022-23 base year shows the fastest-growing major economy, even as a rare rise in unemployment and an implausibly low deflator fuel a credibility debate

The Supreme Court orders GPS tracking and CCTV in the Chambal sanctuary; 18 die in a mining blast as the sand mafia kills officials and reporters

The fourth regimental set started arriving in June 2026; Delhi sounds out a fresh batch even as Moscow's own war drains stocks

28,964 Myanmar refugees registered in Mizoram by June 4, Naga insurgents killed three Assam Rifles in March, NIA arrested foreign mercenaries linked to Myanmar networks, and AFSPA rollback by 2027 - India's Northeast is the most complex security quadrant on its map

Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh revealed at Shangri-La that Vietnam's deal was signed quietly last fiscal; Indonesia confirmed an agreement in March; Operation Sindoor's combat debut put the missile in every buyer's brief

A Rs 70,000-99,000 crore inter-governmental agreement with Berlin for six Type-214 AIP submarines cleared Finance Ministry in May 2026; the sixth Scorpene entered service in January 2025; India's third ballistic missile submarine was reportedly commissioned in April 2026; the DRDO indigenous AIP module is ready for fleet retrofit

An ₹18.36-crore freeze on Kerala's ex-CM revives 'weaponised agencies' charges; the Supreme Court's November opinion narrows its own April ruling that had reined in Governors

Jaishankar, Rubio, Wong and Motegi unveiled the IPMSC on May 26, an India-proposed real-time satellite tracking system for vessels in the Indian Ocean, the most operationally specific initiative the Quad has produced

Demand reached 270.82GW on 22 May; air-conditioning now adds 60-70GW to peak, and coal is run to its flexibility ceiling to cover evening ramps

4,399 days surpasses Nehru, a record the cabinet calls a democratic milestone and the opposition calls 'dubiously invented'

The NTA scraps the 2.27-million-candidate medical entrance after a paper leak; a satirical youth movement demanding the education minister's resignation gains 22 million followers in a month

A year after Operation Sindoor the ceasefire holds technically, but the active front has moved, militants now favour Rajouri, Poonch and the Chenab valley, where forest terrain blunts India's surveillance advantage

Modi's party ends Mamata's 15-year rule and wins a third Assam term, but Vijay's TVK seizes Tamil Nadu and Congress sweeps Kerala, three of four states change hands

Hopes that the EU-India trade deal would revive the India-Mideast-Europe Corridor run into India-US friction and a Hormuz stress test

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to expand parliament to 850 seats and freeze delimitation on the 2011 census fails the two-thirds bar amid a united opposition and southern revolt

A Rs 62,370 crore contract extended the Tejas Mk1A run; GE signed 80% technology transfer for the F414 in April 2026 but kept FADEC; Tejas Mk2 taxi trials began and first flight is targeted for mid-2026; Tata, L&T and Bharat Forge are shortlisted for AMCA manufacture

DPSUs tripled exports year-on-year; BrahMos led the platform sales; Armenia absorbed Pinaka, Akash-1S and howitzers; US and France anchor the components tier; Rs 50,000 crore target by 2029

A decade after Modi vowed to quarantine Pakistan, Islamabad signs minerals and crypto deals with Trump's circle and an 'all-weather' upgrade with Xi, and India is left protesting from the sidelines

Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on March 30 that India is 'Naxal-free'; the CPI(Maoist) lost its general secretary in combat in May 2025 and its second-in-command surrendered in February 2026, leaving only one politburo member at large

US holds 42% of exports; Germany overtakes China; Ukraine is the world's top arms importer

INMSS-2026, the INS Varsha nuclear-submarine base and Rs 150 billion of Andaman infrastructure mark India's pivot from a continental army to a blue-water IOR guardian, as Chinese survey vessels and dual-use ports close in on both flanks

Modi addressed the Knesset in February 2026 and signed $8.6B in deals covering Rampage missiles, Air LORA ballistics and SPICE kits; Army MRSAM intercepted a Pakistani Fatah-2 over Sirsa during Operation Sindoor; Adani's Negev LMG line shipped its first batch in April 2026; Iron Dome was not on the table

Yunus's interim government hands over after a February landslide; Jamaat-e-Islami a distant second, the student NCP nearly shut out

Two decades of stalled talks ended on geopolitics as much as commerce; the text is signed only on paper, with formal signature due by end-2026

Akash-NG extended to 50km range passed final user evaluation on December 23 2025; Pralay demonstrated salvo-launch capability from Abdul Kalam Island on December 31 2025; initial squadrons of both systems are on the mid-2026 induction queue

31 armed Predators split among all three services, 21 assembled in India; Rajnath Singh and Hegseth signed a decade-long partnership in Kuala Lumpur; COMPACT and TRUST replace iCET as the joint-tech architecture