Bengaluru-based InCore Semiconductors is working in precisely this area. The company develops configurable processor cores based on the RISC-V instruction set. It also offers system-on-chip design tools, reference designs and supporting technologies for custom silicon development.
Located on the left bank of the Swat River in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Barikot is identified with ancient Bazira, also known in regional traditions as Vajirasthana. Archaeological evidence indicates human occupation in the area from at least the second millennium BCE, followed by successive Early Historic, Indo-Greek, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, later Hindu Shahi and early Islamic phases.
Astra integration on Rafale already has an established industrial foundation. In October 2022, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Dassault Aviation signed a memorandum of understanding covering the integration of Indian weapon systems, including Astra, on the Rafale platform. The agreement created a formal basis for adapting indigenous missiles to the French fighter.
Modern botany recognises the species as Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn., a member of the Combretaceae family. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew records its native range from the Indian subcontinent into Myanmar. The Ministry of Ayush’s e-Charak database specifically identifies the bark as the principal medicinal raw material obtained from Terminalia arjuna.
Vaidisha, identified with the ancient Vidisha-Besnagar region of present-day Madhya Pradesh, occupied one of the most strategically important landscapes of central Bharat. Situated around the Betwa or ancient Vetravati River and close to the Vindhyan and eastern Malwa regions, it stood at a natural meeting point between northern India, the Malwa plateau, Bundelkhand and the routes leading farther south.
The meeting would become a lesson in humility for the mightiest of the Pandavas. Bhima possessed enormous physical strength and had defeated warriors, rakshasas and wild beasts that few men could face. Yet on a lonely mountain path, all that strength would prove useless against the tail of an old monkey. Only when Bhima abandoned pride and approached the stranger with respect would he discover that the monkey before him was Hanuman, the immortal servant of Sri Rama and, through the wind-god Vayu, his own elder brother.
The initiative, called Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea (ATLAS), was launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Washington on August 26, 2026. India participated in the ministerial-level launch through Atomic Energy Commission Chairman and Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty, placing the country among nations examining how advanced nuclear reactors could eventually be integrated into civilian maritime infrastructure.
The programme is being pursued through DRDO’s Technology Development Fund, which encourages Indian companies, particularly MSMEs and technology enterprises, to develop critical capabilities required by the country’s defence and strategic sectors.
This process is already taking place on a substantial scale. By the end of December 2025, 59,202 micro food-processing enterprises had been formalised under PMFME, while more than ₹17,015 crore of investment had been mobilised through the wider programme. The scheme had generated approximately 5.18 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities, demonstrating how relatively small processing units can collectively create significant economic activity across rural and semi-urban India.
The Army issued the formal repair tender covering two accident-damaged RPAs operated by its unmanned aviation units. The programme carries a planned work period of up to 365 days and includes extensive structural repair, aircraft integration, ground testing and eventual flight validation.
