India is moving to fit its ocean floor with a listening network. A Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)-led project, detailed in reporting on July 6, 2026, will lay underwater fibre-optic cables fitted with advanced acoustic sensors designed to detect the movement and acoustic signatures of submarines operating in the Indian Ocean — providing round-the-clock underwater monitoring rather than the periodic coverage naval patrols and satellites currently allow. 2

On June 30, 2026, India's Unified Payments Interface went live in Greece — the tenth country to plug into New Delhi's homegrown payments rail, and the first in southeastern Europe. The launch was formalised at Eurobank's Athens headquarters, where Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal witnessed a live transaction demo, flanked by Eurobank CEO Fokion Karavias and Fairfax Digital Services CEO Sanjay Tugnait. 10 countries Jun 30, 2026 22,828 Cr ₹300 Lakh Cr UPI accep

Reports of a "stalled" GE Aerospace engine deal for India's fighter programmes triggered alarm in late June 2026 — but a closer look shows two separate negotiation tracks: one for the Tejas Mk2 engine, progressing on schedule, and a second for the AMCA stealth fighter prototype, where GE has tripled its quoted price from roughly ₹70-80 crore to over ₹200 crore per engine. 3× 80% 15 200+ Price increase GE quoted for AMCA prototype F414 engines Technology transfer threshold Ind

The Andhra Pradesh government has approved Reliance Industries' ₹1.08 lakh crore (approximately $13 billion) investment to build a giga-scale AI Data Centre and Cable Landing Station across 855 acres in Vizianagaram district — one of the largest single AI infrastructure investments announced anywhere in the world in 2026. ₹1.08 Lakh Cr (~$13 Bn) 855 acres 2 May 21, 2026 Total approved investment value Land allotted across Polipalli, Bhogapuram West and East villages Core faci

India's iPhone exports crossed ₹2 trillion (approximately $24 billion) in FY 2025-26, making the iPhone India's single largest branded export across every product category tracked under India's Harmonised System trade classification — a milestone that confirms India is no longer Apple's experimental manufacturing outpost, but a core pillar of its global production strategy. ₹2 Lakh Cr (~$24 Bn) 75%+ 250,000 25-30% India's iPhone exports, FY 2025-26 iPhone's share of India's t

Skyroot Aerospace closed a $60 million Series C funding round on May 7, 2026, pushing the Hyderabad-based launch vehicle company past the $1 billion valuation mark — making it India's first private spaceflight unicorn, and a significant proof point for India's young commercial space sector. $60 Mn $1 Bn+ 2018 2022 Skyroot's Series C round size Post-money valuation, India's first private space unicorn Year Skyroot was founded ear Skyroot launched Vikram-S, India's first privat

India's space minister Jitendra Singh confirmed on May 6, 2026, that Gaganyaan's first crewed launch has been pushed to the first quarter of 2027 — the latest in a series of delays to a programme originally slated to fly in 2022, with three uncrewed qualification missions still required before any Indian sits in the capsule. Q1 2027 3 ₹20,193 Cr ($2.1 Bn) 4 New target for India's first crewed spaceflight Uncrewed qualification missions still required before H1 crewed flight T

India's Unified Payments Interface just passed the ten-year mark, marked publicly in early May 2026, having grown from a digital payments pilot into critical national infrastructure now studied and partially replicated by financial institutions and governments around the world. 10 years ₹29.53 Lakh Cr 2016 8 UPI's operational lifespan as of May 2026 Digital payments enabled via JAM Trinity + UPI integration, across 8 countries Year of UPI's original launch Countries where UPI

UK-headquartered Gorilla Technology Group has expanded its AI infrastructure partnership with Yotta Data Services through a project valued at approximately $2.8 billion — deploying over 20,000 additional NVIDIA B300 GPU cards across India by September 2026, in what will become one of the largest NVIDIA DGX Cloud clusters in the Asia-Pacific region. $2.8 Bn 20,736 Sep 30, 2026 5,000+ Total value of expanded Yotta-Gorilla AI infrastructure project Additional B300 GPU cards to b

On April 19, 2026, the foundation stone for India's first advanced 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit was laid at Info Valley, Bhubaneswar — the first facility of its kind on the subcontinent, and only the second outside of the United States and Japan operating at this technology level. ₹1,943 Cr ₹799 Cr 50 Mn Aug 2028 Total project outlay SM fiscal support — central govt. Assembled units capacity per year Commercial production target What was laid at Info Valley on April

Context For six decades, India's relationship with space was singular in its clarity — ISRO carried the nation's ambitions on government budgets, delivered missions of extraordinary cost-efficiency, and asked little of the private sector in return. That model built credibility. Chandrayaan-3's soft landing at the lunar South Pole in 2023 and the Mars Orbiter Mission completed at a fraction of NASA's comparable costs demonstrated what a focused, frugal engineering culture coul

India is quietly moving to lock itself into the global 6th‑generation fighter race, even as it struggles to perfect its own AMCA stealth jet and the long‑troubled Kaveri engine. New Delhi is now in active talks with France and Europe about joining one of the two major 6th‑gen combat‑air programmes—the Franco‑German‑Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and the GCAP - Global Combat Air Programme led by Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Such a partnership would give India

A Simple Guide to Tomorrow’s Air Combat Talk of 6th‑generation fighters and programmes like India’s Ghatak or AMCA often comes with a buzzword: “Loyal Wingman.” In simple terms, a loyal wingman is an unmanned combat aircraft (drone) that flies in close coordination with a manned fighter jet, acting like an AI‑powered backup pilot and weapon‑pack. Unlike older drones that simply relay video or follow pre‑set commands, a loyal wingman has advanced artificial intelligence that l

India’s Path to Energy Independence: The Green Hydrogen Leap India is currently the world’s third-largest consumer of energy, yet it imports nearly 85% of its crude oil and 50% of its natural gas. This dependence creates a "vulnerability gap" where global geopolitical shocks—such as conflicts in the Middle East or Eastern Europe—directly impact the pocket of the common Indian citizen through inflation. To counter this, the Government of India has pivoted toward a "Mission Mod

In the global theatre of Artificial Intelligence, a new narrative is being written — one where India is no longer just a consumer of Western code, but a primary architect of its own intelligence. With the India AI Impact Summit 2026 serving as a defining backdrop, it is clear that the nation is in a well-funded, rapidly accelerating race to build its own Sovereign AI: ensuring the digital future of 1.4 billion people is rooted in their own languages, values, and infrastructur

Budget 2026 / Deep Tech | Read time: ~ 7 min India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, launched via Union Budget 2026, signals India's promising yet measured stride toward becoming a major global semiconductor hub by 2030. ISM 2.0 was one of the most significant technology announcements in the Union Budget 2026, signalling that chip manufacturing has become a national priority on par with infrastructure.With strategic investments, early industrial wins, and lessons from leader

In the global race to Net Zero, India has found its "silver bullet": Green Hydrogen. While solar and wind have successfully greened the national grid, they were never enough to power "hard-to-abate" sectors like steel, cement, and heavy shipping. In 2026, that barrier has finally been broken. Large-scale green hydrogen electrolyzers, powered by massive solar parks in Rajasthan, are now delivering fuel at scale to industrial clusters across the country. Decarbonizing the Giant

Context: The global technology landscape shifted significantly this month as the first batches of commercial-grade semiconductor chips rolled off the assembly lines at the Dholera Fabrication Plant in Gujarat. While India has long been a global leader in chip design, the "Fab" (fabrication) milestone completes the missing link in the country’s tech sovereignty, ending its total reliance on imports from Taiwan and China. The Dholera Breakthrough The facility, a multi-billion d

The AI trend in India has moved from 'asking questions' to 'getting tasks done.' Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are now deploying AI Agents to handle everything from GST filing to automated Hindi customer support, saving an average of 40 hours a week on manual admin. This agentic AI wave is being powered by India's rapidly expanding AI infrastructure — fuelled in part by India's push for Sovereign AI and domestic compute capacity. From Chatbots to AI Co-Workers "The 'Agen