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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,… |
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Bengaluru's Vimag Labs Secures Fifth Patent for Rare-Earth-Free EV Motor Vimag Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup, secured its fifth Indian patent on July 8 for an electric motor that operates without rare-earth permanent magnets, according to multiple industry reports. The patent, titled "A Robust Rotating Transformer Excited Synchronous Motor and Its Control," covers the core architecture of the company's Virtual Magnet Synchronous Motor (VMSM) platform,… |
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Bengaluru's QpiAI Open-Sources Its Quantum SDK QpiAI, described as a full-stack quantum computing company based in Bengaluru, India, has released the QpiAI Quantum SDK as open-source software, available at github.com/qpiai/quantum-sdk. The toolkit gives developers, researchers, and startups a way to build and run quantum algorithms and connect their workflows to QpiAI's 8-qubit and 25-qubit quantum computers through QpiAI-QCloud. The SDK… |
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Infineon Opens World's Largest Plant for Power Semiconductors Infineon Technologies AG opened its Smart Power Fab in Dresden on July 2, 2026, several months ahead of schedule, according to the company. The plant represents an investment of five billion euros, the largest single investment in Infineon's history, and creates 1,000 new direct jobs. The facility doubles Infineon's manufacturing capacity at the Dresden site, making it the world's largest… |
