Reserve Bank of India data for the week ending August 14, 2026 showed total reserves rising to $716.907 billion, compared with $707.002 billion a week earlier. The increase was driven primarily by higher foreign currency assets and the rising value of the RBI’s gold holdings.
The Nagal pig is a familiar part of rural life in many parts of the state, where pig rearing remains closely linked with household livelihoods, food traditions and local agriculture. Until now, however, the breed existed largely as a locally maintained population without a separate national identity.
The Mumbai-based company expects exports to reach around ₹120–130 crore in FY27, compared with approximately ₹50–60 crore in FY26, Technical and R&D Director Amit Mahajan told Reuters. Exports accounted for roughly 10% of Paras Defence’s revenue during the previous financial year.
Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the scheme would place greater emphasis on Indian-owned brands, intellectual property, product design and research and development. He said the government expects India to see its first strong indigenous mobile phone brand by around mid-2027.
The frightened dove flew directly towards King Shibi and dropped into his lap, trembling for its life. In that instant, the king was confronted with a question far greater than the fate of a single bird. A helpless creature had sought his protection, yet the predator pursuing it was also acting according to the laws of nature.
India and the United States are preparing to conduct the 22nd edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas in September 2026, with part of the bilateral Army exercise scheduled at Auli in Uttarakhand, around 95 km from the Line of Actual Control with China. The exercise will also include a major desert-warfare phase at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan, exposing troops to two very different operational environments.
The Mahabharata remembers Avanti mainly through its two warrior rulers, Vinda and Anuvinda. They first appear as kings who resisted Sahadeva during the Pandava campaign conducted before Yudhishthira’s Rajasuya sacrifice. They were defeated but retained their kingdom. Years later, when the great conflict between the Pandavas and Kauravas began, both rulers chose Duryodhana and became prominent warriors in the Kaurava army.
Ayurvedic literature identifies Kadali with Musa paradisiaca. Modern botanical taxonomy usually writes the cultivated plantain complex as Musa × paradisiaca L., recognising it as a hybrid associated with Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew currently accepts Musa × paradisiaca as a hybrid within the Musaceae family.
Of the 254 designs taped out so far, 175 have been processed at the 180-nanometre technology node at Semiconductor Laboratory, Mohali, while another 79 have gone to overseas foundries. Tape-out represents a crucial stage in semiconductor development because it marks the point at which a completed circuit design is sent for physical fabrication.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Jaishankar is travelling at the invitation of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and will co-chair the 27th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation, or IRIGC-TEC. The mechanism serves as one of the principal platforms for coordinating the expanding economic relationship between the two countries.
