India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The satellites operating in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (less than 2000 km altitude) are more vulnerable to collision risks due to denser space object population in this region. 20 active Indian satellites in LEO, out of total 22 active satellites, are at higher risks. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) executed 20 Collision Avoidance Manoeuvres (CAMs) in year 2025 and till date 9 in year 2026. The "Policy framework and guideline...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The development activities of Gaganyaan mission validating human rating aspects include the following: Parallelly, various ground qualification tests towards demonstrating new systems realized for Gaganyaan are progressing. Gaganyatris have completed generic training at Glavkosmos, Russia. Gaganyaan mission specific training is in progress at Astronaut Training facility, Bengaluru. The 1st test mission, TV-D1 is accomplished. Acti...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has announced an ambitious Nuclear Energy Mission for Viksit Bharat with a target of reaching a nuclear power capacity of 100 GW by 2047. Nuclear Power Projects are having a Project/ Construction period of 10-12 years. No specific Nuclear Power Projects have been sanctioned after the Middle East conflict. Nuclear Power Projects under Construction/ Commissioning Location & State Project Capacity Expected Completio...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the Nuclear Energy Mission announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, a total budgetary provision of Rs.20,000 crore has been allocated for the design, development and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This allocation is aimed at supporting India's objective of developing and operationalising at least five indigenous SMRs by 2033. In this regard, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) a constituent Unit of Department of ...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Nuclear Energy Mission (NEM), announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 is aimed to design, develop and operationalise at least five indigenous SMRs besides with an objective of achieving 100 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2047. In this regard, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has undertaken design, development and deployment of 220 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR-200), 55 MWe Small Modular Reactor (SMR-55), and...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) indigenously designed and built at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has successfully attained its first criticality on 6th April, 2026, marks a major milestone in realizing Dr. Homi J. Bhabha's three-stage nuclear power programme. PFBR is the forerunner for the second stage of its three-stage nuclear power programme. This achievement of attaining first criticality and further power operations paves w...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant step towards strengthening India's pilot training ecosystem and supporting the country's rapidly expanding civil aviation sector, Letters of Intent (LoIs) were awarded today for the establishment of 11 new Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) across seven Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu. Forty-one Flying Training Organisations are current...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Pawan Hans Limited (PHL), a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, today signed a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Noemi Aerospace (Elfly AS), Norway to explore opportunities for collaboration in next-generation sustainable aviation technologies, including electric seaplane solutions. The MoU was signed in the presence of Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and ...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Over the last five years, the Government has carried out a series of structural and procedural reforms to make coal allocation and mining more transparent, efficient, and scientific. The key change has been the shift from allotment to allocation through open competitive auction, alongside the opening of commercial coal mining in 2020 with no restriction on the sale or end-use of coal.   1. Key Reforms for Transparency a...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has operationalised the Inventory-based Cross-border E-Commerce Export Framework under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023 through Notification No. 27/2026-27 dated August 5, 2026 and the corresponding Public Notice No. 25/2026-27 dated August 5, 2026. The framework provides a comprehensive policy and procedural architecture for facilitating inventory-based cross-border e-commerce exports of goods manufactur...