Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh virtually inaugurated the new radar on September 17 in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The installation is expected to improve monitoring of thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, lightning and other significant weather systems across western Odisha and neighbouring regions.
The investment was announced at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi on September 17. Applied Materials said its plans would concentrate on semiconductor research and development, expansion of its Indian supply chain and growth of its workforce in the country.
The milestone was reached with the completion of electrification on the 71-km Pattukkottai–Karaikkudi section in Tamil Nadu, the final unelectrified broad-gauge stretch under Southern Railway. The newly electrified section underwent statutory inspection on September 9, 2026, after which Southern Railway announced that its complete broad-gauge network had reached 100 per cent electrification.
The Unit Approval Committee of the Falta Special Economic Zone has approved SiCSem’s proposal to establish the manufacturing unit at IDCO Infovalley-II in Arisol Mouza, Jatni Tahasil of Khordha district. The project will involve an investment of ₹3,406.25 crore, cover 21.889 acres and employ approximately 1,270 people.
More than 1.25 crore houses have been sanctioned across PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The programme has also placed women’s ownership at the centre of its housing model, with around one crore sanctioned houses allotted either in the name of the female head of the household or under joint ownership.
The company has committed more than ₹10,000 crore towards its expansion in India, building on an engineering and research presence in Bengaluru that dates back more than two decades. The next phase will add high-purity silicon component manufacturing alongside expanded engineering and R&D capabilities serving advanced semiconductor technologies.
By August 2026, India had installed around 295 GW of renewable-energy capacity, including more than 168 GW of solar and around 58 GW of wind. When nuclear power is included, the country’s non-fossil generating capacity had crossed 300 GW. Solar capacity alone has expanded from only a few gigawatts little more than a decade ago to well above 160 GW today.
The first module combines solid-phase peptide synthesis, or SPPS, and liquid-phase peptide synthesis, or LPPS, giving Neuland the ability to handle different types and lengths of peptide molecules using the manufacturing route best suited to each product.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya announced the formation of the panel on September 15. The task force will be headed by Yugal Kishore Joshi, Programme Director and Adviser at NITI Aayog, and has been asked to examine the policy, taxation, infrastructure and operational issues involved in hosting major international motorsport events in India.
Artificial intelligence will also be used to improve multilingual call handling. The system is expected to incorporate Indian-language speech-recognition technologies so that travellers can communicate more easily in their preferred languages.
