News on Indian Economy
India has concluded nine Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) covering 38 countries over approximately three-and-a-half to four years. These agreements primarily involve developed and high-income economies that offer substantial opportunities for Indian exporters, manufacturers and service providers.
The Government of Manipur’s Organic Mission describes Chak-Hao as a black aromatic rice valued particularly for its pleasant aroma and characteristic stickiness. The official Geographical Indications Registry recognises the protected geographical area as Manipur and Nagaland, making Chak-Hao an unusual GI product whose traditional production zone extends across two northeastern states.
India’s indigenous unmanned aviation industry has received a significant boost with the Technology Development Board
JSR Dynamics’ official product information confirms that its Jet-Powered Loitering Munition (JPLM) is designed for high-subsonic flight, with a stated range of 290 kilometres and a 27-kilogram warhead. The company is also developing a Jet-Powered Bomb with a specified range of 290 kilometres, alongside guided rockets and a lightweight cruise-missile-class weapon designed for ground or ship launch.
Hydrogen refuelling involves handling gas stored under high pressure. Unlike conventional liquid fuels, compressed hydrogen requires specialised valves, pressure regulation, sensors and safety systems to maintain controlled operating conditions.
Founded in 2024 and operating from IIT Madras Research Park, Folium Sensing specialises in Distributed Fibre-Optic Sensing (DFOS). Its technology allows a single optical fibre to function as thousands of sensing points, providing continuous information about the condition of infrastructure without installing conventional electronic sensors at every monitoring location.
Metastable Materials has developed a recycling process that uses the chemical characteristics of spent lithium-ion batteries to recover valuable metals without introducing the conventional acids and chemical reagents used in many recycling systems.
Conventional silicon manufacturing involves energy-intensive industrial processes that convert silica into elemental silicon. Further purification is necessary to produce the high-purity polysilicon required for solar cells and semiconductor applications.
DhruvaPro is a fully integrated radio-frequency receiver chip capable of processing signals from different Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). According to MumbaiSemi, the chip supports India’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), the United States’ GPS, Europe’s Galileo and China’s BeiDou systems. The company has also identified compatibility with Russia’s GLONASS in its technology updates.
Founded in 2020 by Dr. Aridni Shah and Trisha Chatterjee, ImmunitoAI is part of India’s emerging technology-driven biotechnology ecosystem. The company focuses on designing antibody candidates with specific biological and pharmaceutical properties rather than relying exclusively on conventional laboratory screening methods.
