INDIA OPENS ITS MEDAL TALLY IN ASIAN GAMES

India wins first Asian Games 2026 medal with silver in 10m air rifle women's team

Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, and Vidarsa K. Vinod won India’s first medal of the Asian Games 2026, as they combined to clinch the silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle Women Team event on Sunday.

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The Maldives has repaid a USD 150 million loan to India by settling the final tranche this week. The State Bank of India had subscribed to these treasury bills in 2019, which were extended six times. India bore the interest payments on the USD 150 million treasury bills over the past five years.

India Absorbed the $45M Interest On Maldives $150M Loan

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Russia's Kapotnya #Oil refinery (Moscow Area largest) on Fire after Ukrainian Drone Strikes #InternationalNews

Mumbai Police has booked Suryanarayan Dulla, an IIT Bombay Professor, under multiple sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, along with a Charge of abetment of suicide.

The Professor had caught a 2nd Year Student Cheating during Exam using Mobile Phone and uploading the Question Paper on ChatGpt.

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🇷🇺⚡🇫🇷 French intelligence is now almost certain there will be a major Russian attack on Europe by 2030. Current projections assess the attack will happen in Autumn 2027.

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UnearthIQ counted 111 greenfield GCCs in India in the first eight months of 2026, versus 100 across all of 2025. Hyderabad took 40, Bengaluru 30 and Pune 18; the cohort is estimated at 70,000–75,000 jobs and $2.5–2.8 billion annualised revenue. US firms opened 65 centres, or 59% of the total. #IT #Jobs

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From demanding Former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation because it allowed some students to Cheat through paper leaks to now demanding a Professor’s arrest because he didn’t allow a student to cheat using Chatgpt.

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Before sale of armed drones to Pakistan, Trump family linked company signed up to make anti drone systems in India.

Powerus signed licensing agreement in June with Paras defence to manufacture and sell Guardian interceptors in India, though no orders have yet come from Indian armed forces.

In September, Powerus executives met Asim Munir, announce drone sales and MoU with Pak Army. Say "proud to support Pakistan Ministry of Defence". #Defence #Security

🚨 Bengaluru-based Vishwatronix has developed Pinaka, a 5 kg remote weapon station for quadruped robots.

It offers 360 degrees of rotation, day/night vision and AI-assisted target tracking, while keeping firing control with the soldier.

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#ISRO lays foundation stone of its Advanced Radar Research Centre at Chandrapur, Assam 🇮🇳

Under Project NETRA, ISRO is building:

📡An indigenous phased array radar
🎯Able to detect objects as small as 10 cm
🌍With a tracking range of up to 2,000 km
🏗️On 124 acres at the old Chandrapur thermal power plant site
🎓With internships and training for Northeast students

Why does Space Situational Awareness matter?
Earth's orbit is getting crowded with satellites and debris. Even a 10 cm fragment can destroy a satellite. ISRO carried out 19 collision avoidance manoeuvres in 2021, up from just 3 in 2015.

Until now, India has relied on NORAD and other foreign sources for debris data. NETRA will give India its own eyes in the sky to protect its growing fleet of satellites.
A first-of-its-kind ISRO facility for the Northeast.

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𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮

🥈 Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane and Rudrankksh Patil combined to win the silver medal in the men’s 10m Air Rifle Team event at the Asian Games 2026 🇮🇳 The Indian trio aggregated 1890.1 points to finish second.

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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗠𝗔! 🇮🇳🥉 , She missed out on an assured Silver Medal

Suchika Tariyal has scripted history at Aichi-Nagoya, becoming the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in MMA. She secured bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg event, giving India its fourth medal of the ongoing Asian Games 2026.

Although her match ended in a draw after the Indian side lodged a protest regarding the outcome, she lost out on a place in the finals because of a very controversial rule where her opponent was declared to have proceeded to the finals because her opponent weighed less than her during the morning weight in! She weighed 700 g more than her opponent!!

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