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🚨 5 WORLD-FIRSTS 🇮🇳 INDIA ACHIEVED IN 2026 👇

• World’s first nuclear-heat hydrogen production facility: India inaugurated a facility at Kalpakkam using nuclear heat to produce hydrogen.

• World’s first OptoSAR satellite: Indian startup GalaxEye launched Drishti, combining optical and SAR imaging on a single satellite.

• World’s first known tele-robotic ultrasound at an Antarctic research station: Doctors in Delhi remotely operated an ultrasound system at India’s Maitri station.

• World’s first all-women tri-services circumnavigation: Nine Indian women officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force completed a 314-day global voyage.

• World’s first dual-frequency L- and S-band spaceborne radar mission: ISRO-NASA’s NISAR became the first spaceborne radar mission to use both L- and S-band instruments.

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🚨 REPORT: 🇮🇳 India Could Unlock $110 Billion in Processed-Food Exports 👇

India is missing out on up to $110 billion annually in processed-food exports, despite having nearly 14% of the world’s arable land.

India currently accounts for less than 2% of global processed-food exports, highlighting a major untapped opportunity.

The key bottlenecks include weak productivity, fragmented farm supply chains, high costs and inadequate quality-control systems.

(Source: NCAER | IPF 2026)

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🚨 JUST IN: 🇮🇳 Delhi Metro Outperforms 🇺🇸 New York, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong & 🇫🇷 Paris

Delhi Metro has recorded 99.95% train punctuality in 2026, putting it ahead of several major metro systems, including those in Hong Kong, Paris and New York, according to DMRC.

Delhi Metro has maintained punctuality of around 99.9% despite expanding its network and fleet.

Its train frequency has also improved, with headways as low as 2 minutes 18 seconds on the busiest corridors.

The network now spans 416.5 km, 303 stations and 12 lines, serving an average of 64.06 lakh passenger journeys daily.

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🚨 India secures its second major uranium agreement of 2026, signing an arrangement with Australia to enable uranium exports for its civilian nuclear energy programme. 🇮🇳🇦🇺

The move supports India's target of achieving 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047.

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🚨 JUST IN: Google Cloud plans a multi-year expansion of its AI-ready data centre infrastructure in 🇮🇳 India to meet surging demand for artificial intelligence services, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said.

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🚨 Report: 🇮🇳 India's food services market is projected to grow from $90 billion in FY26 to $150 billion by FY31, with online food delivery expected to capture 18% of the market.

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🚨 Australia to return three Chola-era antiquities from Tamil Nadu to India: a Nandi sculpture, a Bhadrakali trident, and a six-faced Lord Karthikeya statue. 🇮🇳🇦🇺

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🚨 JUST IN: India remains the world's fastest-growing major economy in 2026, despite global economic headwinds.

IMF 2026 GDP Growth Forecasts:

🇮🇳 India: 6.4%
🇨🇳 China: 4.6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 4.1%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.4%
🇺🇸 US: 2.3%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 1.7%
🇷🇺 Russia: 1.1%
🇬🇧 UK: 1.0%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.7%
🇫🇷 France: 0.6%
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.6%

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🚨 Apple has restored credit and debit card payments for App Store purchases and subscriptions in India after a four-year gap, with a phased rollout for eligible Visa and Mastercard users.

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🚨 SUNDAR PICHAI ON INDIA

“India has long exported tech talent, and is now driving its own technology revolution,” says Sundar Pichai.

From building global talent to creating world-class innovation at home, India’s tech story is entering a new era.

Do you think India can become the world’s leading technology hub? 🇮🇳💻

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🚨 MAJOR MILESTONE FOR INDIA'S PRIVATE SPACE INDUSTRY

🇮🇳 India's Skyroot Aerospace is set to launch Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, with a launch window from July 12 to August 4.

Founded by former ISRO engineers, Skyroot Aerospace recently became India's first space-tech unicorn, reaching a valuation of over $1 billion after raising $60 million in fresh funding.

Vikram-1 is a three-stage launch vehicle capable of carrying up to 350 kg of payload to low Earth orbit.

The mission will carry both Indian and international customer payloads while validating the rocket's propulsion, guidance, navigation, and stage separation systems.

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🚨 JUST IN: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate tunnel-boring work for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, marking the first use of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for 🇮🇳 India's first high-speed rail corridor.

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🚨 In the blink of an eye, nearly 8,800 UPI transactions are processed across India every second.

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🚨 The Centre has ordered the removal of the BAT-BMS app and two other related apps from app stores after reports that they were being misused to remotely disable e-rickshaws.

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🚨 BIG: India exports its first commercial semiconductor chips from CG Semi's Sanand facility in Gujarat, with the maiden shipment sent to Malaysia.

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🚨 Ford has rehired around 350 veteran engineers after its AI-powered quality control systems failed to deliver the expected results.

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🚨 JUST IN: 🇮🇳 India has reclaimed its position as the world's 5th-largest stock market by market capitalisation, overtaking 🇹🇼 Taiwan and 🇰🇷 South Korea. India's total market value now stands at around $5.05 trillion.

Top 10 Stock Markets by Market Capitalisation:

🇺🇸 United States — $73.3T
🇨🇳 China — $17.1T
🇯🇵 Japan — $8.26T
🇭🇰 Hong Kong — $7.41T
🇮🇳 India — $5.05T
🇹🇼 Taiwan — $4.97T
🇰🇷 South Korea — $4.66T
🇨🇦 Canada — $4.59T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — $4.50T
🇫🇷 France — $3.99T

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🚨 JUST IN: Maruti Suzuki has selected five startups, including Sarvam AI, to develop AI-powered solutions aimed at enhancing customer experience, business operations and sustainability initiatives.

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🚨 The Centre may acquire a 1–2% stake in AI startup Sarvam after its ongoing $300 million funding round, as part of support extended under the IndiaAI Mission.

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🚨 JUST IN: 🇮🇳 India has mastered cryogenic engine technology and is now targeting the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, an indigenous space station by 2035, and a crewed Moon landing by 2040, ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said.