Designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, Nipun was delivered to the Navy on July 30 after completing extensive outfitting and sea trials. Its induction marks another important step in India’s effort to develop specialised naval platforms domestically.
The company has focused particularly on green chemical propulsion as an alternative to conventional toxic satellite propellants. Its propulsion systems are designed to support orbital manoeuvring, station-keeping, collision avoidance, controlled deorbiting and future orbital servicing missions.
Goyal outlined the scale of India’s trade strategy while addressing business representatives during his visit to Japan on August 24, 2026. He is leading India’s largest-ever business delegation to Japan, comprising more than 200 representatives from sectors including manufacturing, semiconductors, automotive, steel, clean energy, financial services, healthcare and startups. The four-day visit covers Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and is intended to deepen investment, technology and industrial cooperation between the two economies.
The discovery comes from Leilo Kaa, a rock shelter in the Chiphur area of Noklak district near the India-Myanmar frontier. A joint team from Nagaland University’s Department of History and Archaeology and the Government of Nagaland’s Department of Art and Culture conducted the first preliminary archaeological cave expedition in the district in March 2026. The wider survey identified and mapped five caves and four rock shelters across the rugged limestone terrain of the Naga Hills Ophiolite Belt.
The requirement has been issued by DRDO’s High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) in Pune, the organisation’s specialist centre for high-energy materials. The tender calls for the “Development of software for numerical simulation of response of HE charges and encased HE charges under thermal and shock effects” .
Yadav met Bhutan’s Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Lyonpo Younten Phuntsho, for discussions covering agroforestry and climate-resilient agriculture. The two sides also explored stronger transboundary cooperation for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration, areas where the interconnected Himalayan environment makes cooperation between neighbouring countries particularly important.
The more immediate programme is QRSAM, now formally identified by DRDO as Anant Shastra. The system has already received Acceptance of Necessity for induction, and BEL has indicated that the remaining major step before the expected order is approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security. During its July 2026 investor interaction, BEL said all activities and inputs required from its side had been completed and that it was awaiting CCS clearance. Management continued to guide for the order during the first half of the current financial year, with September mentioned as the expected outer timeline.
Modern geographical identification: Vidisha and the eastern Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India
Ayurveda knows the banyan as Vata or Nyagrodha. Botanically, it is Ficus benghalensis L., an accepted species in the Moraceae family. Kew’s Plants of the World Online identifies its native range as the Indian subcontinent and records medicinal, environmental, food and social uses for the species.
Four of the Pandavas lay motionless beside a beautiful forest lake. No arrows had struck them and no warrior had defeated them. Yudhishthira stood alone before the still water as a mysterious crane claimed dominion over the lake. What followed was not a contest of weapons but one of wisdom, restraint and Dharma, culminating in one of the most celebrated conversations of the Mahabharata.
