According to the government, 1,320 students have benefited from YUVIKA across five editions so far. The programme was not held in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but recent editions have seen around 350 students selected annually, indicating wider reach and stronger participation.
According to the report, Manturov is scheduled to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and is also expected to meet National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. His role is especially significant because he co-chairs the annual India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation, one of the key institutional mechanisms overseeing bilateral cooperation.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the shipment reflects India’s continuing role as a dependable development partner and a credible Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief actor for countries of the Global South. The official statement, conveyed by MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on social media, framed the assistance as part of India’s broader commitment to responsive and need-based international support.
The MHEW-DSS represents a shift from fragmented and partially manual forecasting processes to an integrated, automated and impact-based early warning architecture. According to the PIB release, more than 90 per cent of weather data collection, quality checks and integration are now automated, while over 95 per cent of numerical weather prediction model inputs are being used in forecasting.
The data points to a broader structural shift in India’s defence manufacturing ecosystem. Over the last five years, defence exports have increased by around three times, suggesting that India is moving beyond its traditional role as a major arms importer and is gradually consolidating its position as a credible supplier of military systems, subsystems, components and support equipment.
India’s Kaveri programme is one of the most important and misunderstood efforts in the history
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia describes these actions in a way that aligns with neem’s traditional use in conditions associated with excess pitta and kapha, especially in skin disorders, itching, wounds, and certain inflammatory states.
He ruled the Chalukya kingdom of Vatapi, present-day Badami, from about 610 to 642 CE, and under him Chalukya power reached its high noon. He was the son of Kirtivarman I, and he inherited not a settled throne, but a kingdom already bruised by succession conflict.
Conducted by DRDO’s Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS) at the National Open Air Range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, the trial showcased a vehicle-mounted 30 kW laser weapon capable of engaging fixed-wing UAVs, swarm drones, and surveillance sensors. Official reporting described the trial as a full-spectrum demonstration of the system’s capability, including structural damage to drone targets and disabling of hostile sensors, placing India among a small group of countries that have demonstrated high-power laser directed-energy weapons.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the original capital expenditure provision of Rs 1.80 lakh crore was later enhanced by the Ministry of Finance after the pace of spending in the first half of the year and the armed forces’ rising modernisation requirements, including needs emerging after Operation Sindoor.
