Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
Google and Epic Games have ended their six-year antitrust battle over the Android app ecosystem by abandoning a proposed revision to a court-ordered injunction, clearing the way for third-party app stores to appear inside Google Play in the United States from July 22, 2026.
The move stems from a 2024 ruling
The Union Cabinet has approved a ₹62,500 crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme to boost production, deepen local value addition and support design-led growth from 2026-27 to 2030-31.
India has launched a ₹15,000 crore AS-HAPS programme to field indigenous stratospheric airships for surveillance, intelligence and long-range communications, leveraging DRDO’s Stratospheric Airship Platform trials and Make-I funding to draw in private-sector aerospace partners.
Cybersecurity researchers have identified architectural vulnerabilities in India’s UMANG e-governance platform that could expose Aadhaar-linked data, EPFO UANs and other service records, raising questions over security in the country’s mobile-first digital public infrastructure.
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Anand Mahindra says AI will strengthen, not shrink, India’s IT services sector, outlining Tech Mahindra’s role in the India AI Mission and its Project Helix strategy.
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
Apple has overtaken Nvidia to regain the title of the world’s most valuable public company, as its market cap hits about $4.9 trillion. A sharp AI-driven rally, boosted by China’s regulatory approval for Apple Intelligence using Alibaba’s Qwen and Baidu’s services, contrasts with profit-taking in Nvidia and a rotation toward memory-chip suppliers.
India’s unemployment stayed at 5.5% in June as urban joblessness rose, rural conditions improved slightly, and elevated oil prices threatened growth and inflation.
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Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, new attention architecture and pricing set to challenge leading US AI systems.
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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
