MAJOR UPDATE ON AGNIVEER SCHEME: NEW PATHWAY TO PERMANENT SERVICE

Under the revised framework, eligible and willing Agniveers will have a pathway towards permanent enrolment as soldiers, sailors or airmen, subject to medical fitness, disciplinary records and assessment criteria.

Key conditions in the updated scheme:

🔘After 4 Years: The top 25% of Agniveers will be eligible for absorption into the regular cadre.

🔘 Two-Year Extension: Other willing Agniveers will have the opportunity to extend their service by another two years.

🔘After 6 Years: Those completing the extended tenure will also be eligible for regular cadre enrolment, with the same seniority as their batchmates.

🔘Exit Benefits: Agniveers choosing not to continue will receive their Seva Nidhi package, with enhanced benefits following the six-year tenure.

AGNIVEER INFORMATION PORTAL HAS ALSO BEEN LAUNCHED

A dedicated information portal has also been launched to provide guidance on service-related matters, post-service opportunities, education and career planning.

🌐 Portal: https://www.agniveerguide.com/index.html

🎤 Ask USTAAD: https://www.agniveerguide.com/chat.html


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When you can't use STARLINK to stop regime change in Texas.

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India is building its critical minerals value chain at home.

The Union Cabinet has approved the ₹2,814 crore Capex Support Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Processing, a 30% capital subsidy for plants that refine lithium, cobalt, nickel into high-purity compounds in India.

#minerals #industry
Link: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2332476&reg=48&lang=1

▪️Union Cabinet approves Rs.14,500 crore Viability Gap Funding Scheme for development of 92 GWh Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems.

▪️Scheme to support 30 GWh Battery Energy Storage Systems, 60 GWh Pumped Storage Projects and 2 GWh emerging storage technologies

#battery #energy #infra

India could get its fifth S-400 system from Russia early next year

The last of the five S-400 systems contracted by the Narendra Modi government in 2018 at a cost of $5.43 billion is expected to reach India in January-February, according to government officials aware of the development.

A pre-dispatch team will visit Russia in December ahead of the delivery. Parts will likely begin arriving in January, the officials added. Earlier reports suggested the system could reach India in November.

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📰Source - Hindustan Times

India’s #cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has secured access to Anthropic’s restricted frontier #AI model Claude Mythos to test its ability to detect and potentially exploit system vulnerabilities, government sources said.

The model is being tested in a controlled environment without access to external digital systems.

It is being used to identify vulnerabilities and recommend fixes.

A senior official said CERT-In preferred a closed-door setup to avoid sharing sensitive information through cloud services.

CERT-In is also using other AI models that deliver approximately 80% to 85% of Mythos’s capabilities.

https://t.co/pB6eZ2W12L

🇮🇳 India unveils three indigenous #AI models under IndiaAI Mission.

🤖 Soket Labs launches 26.3 billion parameter EKA-1.

💻 ZenteiQ releases Dhīr 2B and 5B open-source models.

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India and Kazakhstan Sign Extradition Treaty

Kazakhstan and India signed an extradition treaty in early November 2026 to strengthen cooperation against international crime and terrorism. Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General Berik Assylov and India’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Y.K. Sailas Thangal, signed the document.

Scope and legal framework -

The treaty establishes a framework for extraditing people sought for criminal prosecution or to serve court sentences. It complements existing agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and the transfer of sentenced persons.

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