The Union government has approached the Supreme Court to stay further proceedings in the petitions pending final hearing before the Calcutta High Court, which allege that provisions of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) were violated in obtaining consent for its ₹92,000-crore Great Nicobar Island project.

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#Nationalsecurity #defence

5 times World Champions,the Brazilian National Football team has arrived in India 🇧🇷🇮🇳

India will be playing an international friendly match against Brazil on October 3rd ⚽️ at VYBK, Kolkata.

#sports

BAPS France on Thursday welcomed the findings of an investigation that found no explicit request from the religious group to remove or exclude female staff during its delegation’s visit to the Eiffel Tower.

#InternationalNews

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Just in: Indian PM Modi speaks to Captain Smit Machchaar.

During the conversation, the Indian pilot gave details of the incident & "what gave him courage", officials in the know say.

PM lauded his bravery, wished him a quick recovery.

HISTORIC FIRST MEDAL FOR INDIA IN RECURVE ARCHERY -

India wins its first-ever Medal in the Mixed Recurve Team event at the Asian Games!!

The duo of Kumkum & Dhiraj wins it for India! ASIAN GAMES SILVER MEDALIST! 🥈

#AsianGames2026

INDIA WINS ITS FIRST GOLD IN BOXING IN THIS ASIAN GAMES!!

The second ever boxing gold for Women In Asian Games

Lovlina Borgohain celebrates her birthday with a GOLD medal, upgrading her 2023 silver to gold after defeating China’s Bao Ziyi in the women’s 75kg final 🇮🇳

She becomes only the second Indian woman boxer, after Mary Kom, to win gold for India at the Asian Games.

#AsianGames2026

𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠! 🥈🇮🇳

The Indian trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan went down 1-5 to South Korea’s Kim Je Deok, Kim Woojin and Lee Wooseok in the final.

This is India’s fourth medal in the men’s recurve team event at the Asian Games, having won bronze in 2006 and 2010, and silver in Hangzhou in 2022 👏

#AsianGames2026

Nethra Kumanan won the bronze medal in the women’s dinghy event in sailing at the Asian Games 2026 🥉⛵️

The Chennai-based sailor finished third behind Sophia Montogomery of Thailand and Jania Ang of Singapore to secure India’s third medal in sailing this edition.

#AsianGames2026

INDIA HAS WON THE FIRST EVER GOLD IN WOMEN’S TEAM RECURVE ARCHERY! 🏅

India defeated multiple-time Olympic champions South Korea 🇰🇷 in the Finals

India won its first-ever Gold in the Women’s Recurve Team event at the Asian Games .

The trio of Kirti, Ankita & Kumkum does it!!!!

#AsianGames2026

HISTORIC BRONZE FOR INDIA IN SEPAKTAKRAW AT ASIAN GAME!🥉🇮🇳

India’s Men’s Quadrant Team secures the country’s first ever Asian Games medal

The Indian team went down 0-2 (12-15, 13-15) to hosts Japan 🇯🇵 in the semifinals but finish with a historic bronze.

#AsianGames2026

🚀 EtherealX has unveiled “The Anchorage,” a new 150-acre rocket-engine testing complex in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, located just 50 km from India's primary spaceport (SDSC SHAR).

The site's first operational section is a horizontal test facility for Pegasus, the company's 80 kN semi-cryogenic upper-stage engine.

Future expansions will include an 11-metre-deep flame trench, integration facilities, and infrastructure for the massive 1.2 MN Stallion booster engine.

Designed as a single consolidated hub, the facility aims to bring engine development, multi-stage hot-fire testing, and reusable launch vehicle (RLV) refurbishment under one private roof in India. #Space #Startups

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PM Modi holds video call with Capt. Smit Macchar.

https://x.com/narendramodi/status/2105931116058411146

India and Saudi Arabia signed an investment pact cutting local dispute resolution time to two years, shorter than the UAE-Israel three-year window. This aims to boost inflows from Saudi Arabia’s $1.2 trillion Public Investment Fund (PIF). #Economy #Trade

📈 India's macro data shows strong economic growth with September GST collections surging 14.7% to ₹2.03 lakh crore. Driven by ahead-of-festive demand, top automakers registered double-digit sales growth—led by Maruti Suzuki (37%) and Kia (41%)—while PE-VC investments jumped 21% year-on-year to hit $31.7 billion in the first nine months. #Economy

🧵 The Union Cabinet is expected to approve four key components of the integrated textile programme within the next two months to provide funding and operational clarity. Part of the 2026-27 Budget strategy, the initiatives (including NFS, TEEM, Tex-Eco, and Samarth 2.0) aim to modernize traditional clusters, boost domestic machinery manufacturing, and scale India's textile market to $350 billion by 2030. #Policy #Textile

🤖 Govt Near Picking Private AI Integrators for DigiLocker Expansion

MeitY is finalizing the empanelment of private AI integrators to scale up the DigiLocker ecosystem by finding and onboarding new user institutions, handling live operational integration, and driving sustained transaction volumes on the cloud-based platform. #Policy #Ai

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PARVEEN HOODA WINS BOXING GOLD AT THE ASIAN GAMES 2026! 🥇🇮🇳

-3rd Indian Women’s Boxer ever to win the Asian Games boxing Gold !!!!

#AsianGames2026

Anthropic called Swami Sarvapriyananda, a Vedanta monk and flew him to the San Francisco head-office.

> Closed door meeting with NDA signed.
> theologians and mental health people in the same sitting, all of it aimed at training Claude.
> and one of the founders stayed in the room the whole time.

The purpose is to give AI a sense of moral compass. NYT already reported that Anthropic held several such meetings with Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Catholic and other religious thinkers and signing closed door agreements.

From 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas' YT channel #AI