August 29, 2026

Kautilya

Defense Make in India

Kolkata Startup AvionX Advances ‘Vajra’ Naval Loyal Wingman Concept for AI-Enabled Maritime Combat

Vajra is particularly significant because its proposed mission closely resembles the direction in which the Indian Navy itself has been moving. Rather than merely developing another remotely piloted aircraft, AvionX is attempting to build what is increasingly called a Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCA — an unmanned aircraft capable of operating as part of a combat formation with crewed fighters .

By Kautilya / August 28, 2026
Economy Infrastructure Make in India

India’s Small Reactor Ambition Expands From Industrial Power to Future Nuclear Shipping

India joined the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea, or ATLAS, initiative on August 26, 2026, placing the country inside a global effort to establish the technical, safety and regulatory foundations required for peaceful nuclear power at sea. The initiative comes at the same time that India is investing heavily in its own indigenous Small Modular Reactor programme, creating an intriguing long-term convergence between nuclear engineering and the country’s rapidly expanding maritime economy.

By Kautilya / August 28, 2026
Vidya

NBEMS Announces Additional FMGE by October

The development marks an important shift for thousands of Indian and Overseas Citizen of India medical graduates who obtain their primary medical qualification abroad and are required, subject to applicable regulations and exemptions, to clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination before securing registration to practise medicine in India.

By Kautilya / August 28, 2026
Economy Make in India

Genrobotics Expands From Robotics Pioneer to Defence and Space Manufacturing With New Kerala Facility

The new facility at KINFRA International Apparel Park in Menamkulam, near Thumba, marks an important transition for a company that first became widely known for using robotics to eliminate hazardous manual sanitation work. Genrobotics is now applying its experience in rugged robotics, autonomous mobility, artificial intelligence and sensor systems to technologies designed for some of the most demanding environments on Earth and in space.

By Kautilya / August 28, 2026
Economy Make in India

ISRO Qualifies Improved SSLV First Stage, Boosting Payload Capability and Industrial Readiness

The improved first stage, known as SS1, incorporates a series of changes designed to increase launch performance while simultaneously reducing structural mass and simplifying manufacturing. According to ISRO’s assessment, the upgraded stage could provide approximately 100 kg of additional payload capability to Low Earth Orbit, a significant gain for a launch vehicle originally designed to place payloads of around 500 kg into LEO.

By Kautilya / August 28, 2026