A useful way to think about Swayam Raksha Kavach is as part of India’s effort to reduce dependence on imported “black-box” avionics and survivability electronics. In fighter procurement, imported EW suites are often among the most tightly controlled technologies, with source code, mission data flexibility, reprogramming rights, emitter library control and future upgrade freedom all becoming strategic issues.
The forest in those days was not a gentle green world of birdsong and filtered
In February 2024, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said space acts as a force multiplier across land, sea, air and cyber, and called for building counter-space capabilities as a deterrent to safeguard Indian space assets.
India’s exports to Australia have grown from USD 4 billion in FY 2020-21 to USD 8.5 billion in FY 2024-25, while export growth in 2024-25 alone stood at 8 percent over the previous year. In FY 2025-26, up to February, total trade between the two countries stood at USD 19.3 billion, indicating continued momentum in the relationship.
The PM-WANI model is designed as a market-driven framework that allows local entrepreneurs to set up and operate Wi-Fi access points based on commercial viability, with the government acting primarily as an enabling policy platform. That structure is intended to widen last-mile internet access without relying solely on large-scale centralised infrastructure, particularly in areas where affordable broadband availability remains uneven.
The study moves beyond conventional water testing methods that rely on average contamination levels and instead examines how risk varies across populations and exposure conditions. Building on earlier findings that river sediments in the Ganga Plain can trap toxic metals and later release them back into the water column, the researchers focused on dissolved metal concentrations and the direct implications for human health.
On the production side, SAIL registered its highest-ever crude steel output at 19.43 million tonnes and saleable steel production at 19.176 million tonnes, marking a new operational high for the company. The performance, according to the Ministry of Steel, also reflected improvements in efficiency parameters, underscoring SAIL’s push toward more competitive and sustainable steelmaking.
In simple terms, it tries to do for digital commerce what UPI did for payments: reduce dependence on a few dominant gateways and make the network itself the public rails on which many businesses can operate.
The Indian delegation was led by Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, and included senior representatives from the Ministry of Defence, the Indian Armed Forces and the Indian Coast Guard. India’s High Commissioner to Mozambique, Robert Shetkintong, and the Defence Attaché also participated in the meeting. The Mozambican side was led by Casimiro Augusto Muieo, Permanent Secretary for Defence.
The company’s March 2026 performance also remained strong. NMDC produced 5.35 million tonnes and sold 5.90 million tonnes of iron ore during the month, registering year-on-year growth of 51 percent in production and 40 percent in sales over the corresponding period last year. For the full financial year, sales stood at 50.23 million tonnes, up 13 percent, making FY26 the best year in the company’s history in both output and dispatch volumes.
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