India Preserves Ayurveda’s Manuscript Heritage Through Udupi Workshop on Tigalari and Old Kannada Scripts
India’s Ayurveda knowledge tradition has entered another important preservation phase with the inauguration of a
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Hitachi Energy’s ₹2,000 Crore Transformer Plant: A Big Boost for India’s Expanding Power Grid
Hitachi Energy India Limited has announced that the new factory will be located in Karjan, Vadodara, Gujarat. The investment is estimated at around ₹2,000 crore and the facility is scheduled for completion by FY28. The plant will strengthen Hitachi Energy’s existing Indian manufacturing footprint and add new capacity for large transformers used in high-voltage transmission, HVDC systems, power generation, AI data centres and large industrial applications.
Manavikraman Zamorin: The Calicut King Who Stood at the Centre of the Spice World
The Zamorins belonged to the Nediyiruppu Swaroopam of Eranad. Their early base was inland, away from the coast. This was a major limitation because Kerala’s wealth moved through ports. The rulers of Eranad understood that access to the sea was the key to political expansion. They fought the Porlathiri rulers of Polanad and gradually secured the region around Kozhikode. This gave them the one thing their state needed most: a maritime window.
DRDO’s Seabed Sensors: India’s Silent Anti-Submarine Shield Beneath the Indian Ocean
India’s seabed sensor capability must be understood as part of a larger anti-submarine warfare network. It is a silent layer below the visible naval shield. Surface ships carry sonars. Maritime aircraft drop sonobuoys.
RailTel’s ₹15.78 Crore Munitions India Order Strengthens India’s Defence Communication Backbone
COMNET 2.0 is part of the secured communication framework used by defence production establishments. It connects units through MPLS-based wide area network infrastructure, allowing controlled data movement between factories, offices and central systems. In a defence production environment, this type of network supports enterprise applications, file exchange, official communication, planning systems and operational reporting.
UIDAI’s Biometric SDK Benchmarking Challenge Pushes India’s Digital Identity Research Forward
The Face Challenge was won by Innovatrics of Slovakia, followed by IDBio from the United States and Neurotechnology of Lithuania. In the Iris Challenge, IDBio secured the first position, followed by Neurotechnology and Innovatrics. The result shows that UIDAI’s benchmarking platform attracted high-quality international participation while also giving Indian companies and institutions a chance to test their capabilities against global systems.
DRDO’s LRLACM Test Strengthens India’s Long-Range Precision Strike Capability
The test is important because the LRLACM belongs to a category of weapons designed for deep land-attack missions. A land attack cruise missile gives the armed forces the ability to strike fixed land targets with precision from long distances. Such a system strengthens deterrence, supports conventional precision warfare and adds another layer to India’s growing missile inventory.
India-Slovakia Comprehensive Partnership: A New Central European Bridge for India
A major pillar of the partnership is defence and security cooperation. The two sides welcomed the signing of a Letter of Intent on Defence Cooperation, aimed at encouraging regular consultations between defence authorities and exploring collaboration in defence technologies, capacity building, research and development, and defence industrial cooperation. This gives the relationship a strategic dimension beyond traditional diplomacy and trade.
Special Weapons and Astras in the Ramayana: The Ancient Doctrine of Decisive Battlefield Systems
Ordinary weapons fill the daily rhythm of war. Bows, arrows, maces, swords, spears and stones create close combat pressure. Astras change the character of the battle. They bring fire, serpents, wind, water, darkness, shock, paralysis and overwhelming destruction into the field. A warrior who commands an astra controls an effect greater than his physical strength. The weapon becomes a system. It carries range, payload, guidance, psychological power and escalation value. Its deployment signals that the battle has moved from personal combat to specialised warfare.
Green Gram in Ayurveda: Mudga, the Gentle Food That Heals Through Digestion
Ayurveda values green gram because it respects agni, the digestive fire. A food may be nutritious, but it becomes useful only when the body can digest, absorb and transform it properly. Mudga has the rare quality of giving nourishment while keeping digestion clean and steady. This makes it suitable for children, elders, recovering patients, students, workers and people seeking a sattvic daily diet.