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BSNL’s Indigenous 4G: India’s Homegrown Telecom Stack Enters the National Network

The scale is massive. BSNL placed orders for one lakh indigenously developed 4G sites for pan-India deployment. As of 28 February 2026, the government reported that 97,906 4G sites had been installed and 96,103 sites were on-air. This is a full national rollout, covering urban pockets, rural belts, border regions, hilly terrain and locations where commercial viability has always been difficult for private operators.

INS Sudarshini’s Antigua Arrival Marks a Proud Atlantic Moment for India’s Maritime Diplomacy

The crossing carries special significance because this is the first Atlantic crossing by INS Sudarshini. The last similar Atlantic passage by an Indian Navy sail training ship was undertaken by INS Tarangini in 2007. The leg from Mindelo in Cape Verde to Antigua became the longest stretch of the present expedition, lasting 19 days at sea. During this passage, the ship sailed continuously under sail, facing heavy swells, strong winds and demanding ocean conditions.

India Takes SECURE Vision to Astana as Jaishankar Leads Delegation at SCO Summit

The summit in Kazakhstan brought together leaders and representatives from member states to review the organisation’s journey over the past two decades and discuss the future direction of multilateral cooperation. For India, the meeting carried strategic value because the SCO brings together countries that sit across a vast geographical arc stretching from South Asia to Central Asia, Russia, China and beyond. This makes the platform important for India’s engagement with Eurasia, Central Asia and the wider continental neighbourhood.

Raipur’s Rainwater Revolution Shows How Indian Cities Can Build Water Security from the Ground Up

Under the leadership of Raipur Municipal Corporation, and with the participation of technical experts, builders, institutions and citizens, the city launched a large-scale rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge drive. During 2025 alone, nearly 32,000 rainwater harvesting and recharge structures were created across the city. These include recharge wells, percolation pits, injection wells, recharge shafts, rooftop harvesting systems and stormwater recharge structures.

New Unclaimed Assets Portal Gives Citizens a Single Gateway to Trace Forgotten Money

The initiative directly supports the campaign “आपकी पूँजी, आपका अधिकार” — “Your Money, Your Right”, which aims to help citizens identify and reclaim their rightful financial assets. The Department of Financial Services has been running this campaign in coordination with financial sector regulators, banks and other stakeholders to improve awareness, tracing and restitution of unclaimed assets.

India Becomes World’s Fifth Most Digital Economy and Fourth-Largest AI Market

India’s digital rise has been built on scale. The country has hundreds of millions of internet users, one of the world’s largest smartphone markets, massive digital payment adoption, a rapidly expanding start-up ecosystem and a growing base of technology workers. This scale gives India a unique advantage. A digital product or public platform that works in India has already been tested in one of the most complex, diverse and high-volume markets in the world.

India’s Maternal Mortality Decline Marks a Major Public Health Milestone

India’s journey has been remarkable over the long term. Government material had earlier noted that MMR fell from 130 in 2014–16 to 97 in 2018–20, and further official updates placed the figure at 88 per lakh live births before the latest bulletin’s estimate of 87. This shows a consistent downward movement rather than a one-time improvement.

India–Vietnam Partnership to Expand QR Code-Based Cross-Border Payment Systems

This is significant because digital payments have become one of India’s strongest technology exports. India’s fintech ecosystem, led by fast payment infrastructure, QR-code acceptance and real-time transaction capability, has shown how public digital infrastructure can support everyday commerce at massive scale. The MoU with Vietnam fits into this larger story: India is steadily taking its payment architecture beyond domestic convenience and turning it into a tool of international economic partnership.

India’s First SkyCast System Opens a New Era of Weather-Smart Aviation

SkyCast is important because aviation safety depends heavily on what happens in the lower atmosphere around an airport. Aircraft descent, final approach, landing and take-off are all sensitive to visibility, wind shear, turbulence, moisture, fog density and vertical atmospheric changes. Delhi’s airport faces some of the most difficult winter fog conditions in the country, where dense fog, pollution particles and low visibility can delay flights, divert aircraft and disrupt passenger movement. SkyCast brings these atmospheric details into one integrated monitoring framework.