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🇮🇳 India’s seafood exports reached a record high of USD 8.46 billion in FY 2025-26.

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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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🚨 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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🚨 Delhi CM Rekha Gupta has given coaching centres across the capital one month to complete mandatory fire safety audits and comply with prescribed safety norms, warning that violations could lead to sealing.

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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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🚨 BIG: INDIA'S ENTERPRISE STORAGE INDUSTRY TAKES OFF

MiPhi Semiconductors has become 🇮🇳 India's first company to locally manufacture enterprise-grade SSDs at its Greater Noida plant, targeting AI, data centres, automotive and mobile markets.

The company aims for ₹1,000 crore in revenue this year and plans another ₹1,000 crore investment to expand production.

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🚨 BIG: 🇯🇵 Japan's Daikin Industries will establish a new R&D subsidiary in 🇮🇳 India and build a research centre in Haryana by 2028 to develop advanced cooling solutions for the Global South.

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🚨 BIG: 🇮🇳 India has emerged as the world's eighth-largest tourism economy, contributing $231.6 billion to the national economy, and is projected to climb to fourth place over the next decade, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

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🚨 BIG: Jewar is set to emerge as one of 🇮🇳 India's leading electronics and semiconductor hubs, backed by two manufacturing projects worth ₹6,750 crore that are expected to generate around 3,000 jobs, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

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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.

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🚨 Navi Mumbai International Airport aims to handle over 1 million passengers a month from November, becoming 🇮🇳 India's eighth airport to cross the milestone.

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🚨 Hollywood actress Millie Bobby Brown has expressed her desire to star in a Bollywood film, saying 🇮🇳 India is on her bucket list and she's open to doing a comedy.

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🚨 All restaurants, hotels and food outlets across Maharashtra must now provide free drinking water to customers, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has directed.

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🚨 BIG: 🇮🇳 India recorded a record arms trade surplus of $691 million in FY26, driven by a sharp rise in defence exports.

Key highlights:

• Arms trade surplus surged from $63 million in FY18 to $691 million in FY26

• Armenia, Romania & Slovenia among top importers of Indian arms

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🚨 BIG: 🇮🇳 India generated $110 billion in green revenues in 2025, emerging as one of Asia's fastest-growing green economies.

The country also deployed nearly $100B in clean energy capital, becoming Asia's second-largest market after China.

(Report: London Stock Exchange Group)

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🚨 India has joined the 35-country US-led Pax Silica initiative to build trusted AI supply chains and strengthen cooperation on chips, AI compute and critical technologies.

Pakistan was not invited to join the alliance.

Confirmed member countries include:
🇺🇸 United States
🇮🇳 India
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇯🇵 Japan
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇮🇱 Israel
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇫🇮 Finland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇬🇷 Greece
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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🚨 BIG: 🇮🇳 India to soon develop Singapore, Dubai-style Airport Cities as Adani Airports unveils a ₹20,000 crore development across 655+ acres in 5 states.

• 22 million sq. ft. of mixed-use development planned in Phase 1.
• Hotels, retail, offices, entertainment and convention centres to be built around airports.
• Project spans 655+ acres across 6 airports in 5 states.
• ₹20,000+ crore to be invested in the first phase.

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🇮🇳 🇮🇹 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni recalled her 2023 visit to India, saying Italy's Deputy PM Antonio Tajani joked that if she contested elections in New Delhi, she would win "a million votes" after seeing the warm public welcome she received.

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Amazon has raised its planned India investment to $48 billion by 2030 after CEO Andy Jassy met PM Narendra Modi. Here's what the new $13 billion AWS AI and cloud investment means and why global tech giants are betting big on India.
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🚨 India has secured ~$95 billion in major investment commitments as of June 25, 2026 👇

• Amazon: ~$48 billion by 2030 – Cumulative investment commitment (2026–2030).
• Google: ~$15 billion – For AI infrastructure hub in Visakhapatnam.
• ABB: ~$75 million – For manufacturing and R&D expansion.
• AirTrunk: ~$30 billion – For 5 GW data center capacity by 2030.
• CPP Investments: ₹7,000 crore – Strategic stake and JV with CtrlS Datacenters.
• Saint-Gobain: €1 billion – Five-year expansion pledge.

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🚨 BIG: Amazon announces a total investment of $48 billion in India by 2030 after CEO Andy Jassy met PM Narendra Modi.

The total includes a previously announced $35 billion investment and a new $13 billion commitment.

> The new investment will expand AWS AI and cloud infrastructure in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
> It will increase data centre capacity and AI services for startups, businesses, and government organizations.

Amazon's cumulative investments in India from 2010 to 2030 are expected to exceed $88 billion.