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

🚄 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

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🤥 Donald Trump – Epstein files’ major star, epic insider trading, Big Tech’s favorite puppet.

🥱 Emmanuel Macron – Rothschilds-backed free speech butcher.

🤣 Friedrich Merz – BlackRock appointee, Wall Street's man in Berlin.

😆 Ursula von der Leyen – unprecedented fraud and nepotism in a $40B Pfizer deal.

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☀️ 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

🏗️⚡ 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

🇫🇷⚡ Several French Cities announces Night Curfews as Violence Continues in the country

#InternationalNews

State Bank of India (SBI) has won the World’s Best Consumer Bank 2026 Award

Mumbai becomes diplomatic capital for a day

1200: EAM Jaishankar, UAE Deputy PM Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan hold talks


1550: EAM Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Bilateral

#Geopolitics

⛏️ Vedanta doubles SA zinc capacity to 5L tonnes with ∼$600M Gamsberg Phase II, N Cape — targets 3MT/yr across India+SA (Hindustan Zinc 2MT, VZI 1MT); plans smelting hub in N Cape; among largest mining investments in SA this decade. #Mining

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🚀 KKR is investing over ₹6,000 crore in Gentari Renewable India, the green energy arm of Malaysian oil giant Petronas. The funding will drive the expansion of renewable #energy and green hydrogen projects, while giving KKR a future equity option in the company. This massive deal further cements KKR's growing $10 billion infrastructure footprint in India.

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May the spirit of Dussehra inspire you to choose love, courage and honesty every day.

Wishing you all a very Happy Dusshera!!

The India - New Zealand FTA comes into effect from today unlocking around 20 billion dollars of investment in India by New Zealand!!

#Trade

Next gen Space Situational Awareness

DRDO's IRDE is developing an ultra-wide field telescope array for tracking objects in orbit, with an industry partner building the optics under IRDE's design review.

▶️ Each system pairs four 250 mm off-axis reflective telescopes, f/1.64 with a field of view of at least 12 degrees and a dichroic split between visible-NIR and SWIR, with two 50 mm refractive telescopes covering 48 degrees or more.

▶️One prototype and one functional unit are planned, with delivery at 18 and 24 months from contract. A 250 mm aperture at f/1.64 across a 12 degree flat field is a demanding optical design, and it points to India building its own wide-area search layer for space surveillance.

#Defence #space

🇮🇳🤝🇦🇪 UAE FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to EAM Jaishankar

"India, UAE relationship special"

"We are very close, but we want to be closer"

#Geopolitics

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇦🇪 EAM Dr S Jaishankar held a trilateral meeting with DPM & FM of UAE and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mumbai #Geopolitics

Brent Crude #Oil Surpasses $109/barrel

🛢️ US Seeks India's Help Amid Diesel Crisis

Before high-level talks with Foreign Minister Jaishankar in Mumbai, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled India a "refining superpower" for its unique capability to process heavy crude.

The US aims to leverage Indian refining giants like Reliance to process more Venezuelan oil, a strategic move designed to directly ease the current American diesel shortage. #GeoPolitics #ForeignAffairs