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Andhra Pradesh Launches Twin AI Centres to Give DeepTech Startups GPU Power and Mentorship Andhra Pradesh has set up two new AI-focused facilities, one in Amaravati and one in Visakhapatnam, which began operating on July 28. The initiative comes with backing from the central government's electronics and IT ministry, working alongside the state's own IT and electronics department. Both sites will run under the… |
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Apollo Hospitals, ePlane Sign MoU for e200X Air Ambulances and Amber Wings Drones The ePlane Company and Apollo Hospitals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring electric air ambulances and medical delivery drones into India's emergency healthcare system. The MoU was signed in Chennai and announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. Karthik Reddy, Director of Apollo… |
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SpaceX Launches DARPA's Decade-Long Robotic Arm Project to Service Satellites in Orbit SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and three Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 21. The spacecraft is now making its way to geostationary orbit, where the servicing campaign will begin in the coming weeks. The MRV is equipped with two 10-foot robotic arms built under the Robotic Servicing of… |
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EWskills Launches EWsim.io - A Free Browser-Based Circuit Simulator Pune, India — July 2026. EWskills, the Industry focused skill-building platform for electronics and embedded engineers, has announced the launch of EWsim.io, a browser-based mixed-signal circuit simulator that executes microcontroller firmware. The tool is free to use, requires no installation, and is aimed at Engineers, students, educators, hobbyists, and Makers.Developed by the team behind… |
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US-India NISAR Satellite Radar Reveals a 'Hummingbird' Etched in Antarctic Ice The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite has produced an image of a mountain peak in East Antarctica that scientists have nicknamed "the hummingbird." The image shows Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja, a mountaintop poking through a stream of ice flowing northeast toward the ocean, and was generated using data from the satellite's L-band radar instrument collected during systems testing… |
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Paras Defence to Expand Beyond Defence With ₹6,200 Crore Semiconductor Packaging Bet Paras Defence and Space Technologies has announced a ₹6,200 crore investment through its subsidiary Paras Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. to establish a greenfield advanced semiconductor packaging facility in Madhya Pradesh. The project marks the company’s expansion into the semiconductor packaging segment alongside its existing defence and space-related operations. The company said the… |
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NPCI Reportedly Developing Offline UPI Tap-to-Pay via NFC for Payments Up to ₹2,000 The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is developing a new offline UPI payment feature that would let users pay at merchant terminals without an internet connection, according to a Business Standard report. The system uses near-field communication (NFC) technology, allowing customers to tap an NFC-enabled smartphone on a compatible point-of-sale (PoS) terminal to complete… |
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Seoul Semiconductor Considers India LED Facility to Access ISM 2.0 Incentives South Korea's Seoul Semiconductor is evaluating plans to establish a manufacturing facility in India, with discussions underway with multiple state governments, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat. The optoelectronics company is assessing possible sites as India sharpens its pitch to global electronics and semiconductor-linked manufacturers under the next phase of its chip and… |
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Hyderabad's Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Raises $40 Million, Led by Norwest and Skegen Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group (RVAG), a Hyderabad-headquartered precision manufacturing and deep-tech company serving the aerospace, defence and energy sectors, announced on July 20, 2026, that it has raised $40 million, approximately ₹400 crore, in its latest funding round. The round was led by Norwest and Skegen Asset Management, with participation from Indus Bridge Ventures, GJNX Ventures and… |
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BrainCo Debuts Brain-to-Robot AI Platform and Data Collection Solution at WAIC 2026 BrainCo, a brain-computer interface company, unveiled a Brain-Controlled Robot AI Platform at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, 2026, according to the company. The platform allows users to direct a robot through neural signals picked up by a lightweight EEG headset, with AI algorithms decoding the signals to identify motor or control intent before… |
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Skyroot's Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit, India's First Private Orbital Rocket Launch Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 18, 2026, with the upper stage reaching its planned 450-kilometer low Earth orbit 15 minutes after liftoff. The mission, called Aagaman, made Skyroot the first Indian private company to place a rocket into orbit on its maiden attempt, putting India among a small group of nations alongside the United… |
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India Approves ₹1.27 Lakh Crore Semicon 2.0 Program for Chip Design and Manufacturing The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Semicon 2.0 on July 15, 2026, with a total budget outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the program covers the entire value chain of the semiconductor ecosystem and rests on six pillars: chip design, manufacturing of machines and materials, fabrication plants,… |
