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These are not conventional warehouse forklifts. Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks are designed to move loads across difficult surfaces and operate in environments where standard industrial material-handling equipment would struggle.
The procurement has been placed under the Buy (Indian – Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category, making the programme another significant transition of a DRDO-developed weapon from development into series acquisition for the armed forces.
India exported approximately $1.9 billion worth of PCBAs in FY2025-26, more than twenty times the level recorded a year earlier. Of this, around $1.5 billion went to China, compared with only approximately $36 million in FY2024-25.
The new regulation builds on IS 19348:2025, a standard developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards for glass screen protectors. BIS established the standard in July 2025, creating measurable specifications for the optical quality, dimensions, manufacturing defects and mechanical strength of chemically tempered screen-protector glass.
The Press Information Bureau highlighted Netrasemi on 22 September 2026 among the Indian semiconductor technologies showcased at SEMICON India, placing the Kerala-founded company within the growing group of domestic startups attempting to move from semiconductor design services towards proprietary Indian chip products.
Speaking during SEMICON India 2026, Addverb co-founder and Chief Business Officer Bir Singh identified semiconductor manufacturing as an emerging market for the company. Addverb is developing automation systems for semiconductor facilities while expanding into solar manufacturing, batteries, electric vehicles and other advanced-manufacturing industries.
According to Integra Robotics, the system can track movements involving the operator’s hands, arms, head, neck and spine. Its Bio-Inverse Kinematics architecture then translates these movements into corresponding commands for the robotic platform, allowing robotic manipulators to reproduce the operator’s intended actions at a remote location.
Hylenr has been developing compact energy systems based on hydrogen-loaded metallic materials and lattice confinement. Rather than restricting evaluation to its own laboratories, the company has moved the BRT-NiUCS-2 into a structured external research programme involving the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Lohum is examining potential nickel-mine acquisitions in Indonesia and the Philippines as it seeks direct access to one of the most important raw materials used by the global battery industry. Both countries occupy important positions in the international nickel market, with Indonesia emerging as the world’s largest producer and the Philippines remaining another significant supplier.
Under the agreement, Engineers India Limited (EIL) will serve as the Project Management Consultant and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management consultant for the project. EIL disclosed the contract on 22 September 2026, adding another major overseas assignment to its engineering portfolio.
