The week's defining number is an arc of distance: India entered the elite club of nations able to intercept ICBM-class missiles as DRDO flight-tested a multi-layered ballistic missile shield and the maiden NASM-MR, even as Dr Jitendra Singh projected the space economy leaping to USD 45 billion in a decade on 400-plus start-ups. Governance got a frame and a deadline: PM Modi chaired the 11th NITI Aayog Council on Inclusive Human Development, while I&B's draft rules folded television and radio into the Telecom Act 2023, finally burying the 1885 Telegraph Act. Markets opened up too, from the gazetted Coal Exchange Rules and the BHAVYA portal for 100 industrial parks to the India-Nepal UPI-NPI remittance corridor. Welfare quietly saturated: West Bengal became the 36th State/UT under AB PM-JAY, PMSMA turned ten, and BBBP nudged the sex ratio at birth to 929. Threading it all was the West Asia crisis, managed through 51% fertilizer stocks, an excise cut and a 200-litre diesel cap. Aditya Tiwari Sir's tip: link the Telecom Act 2023 to the Coal Exchange Rules and BHAVYA as a single story of legacy-law reform and market-led, digitally-governed state-building toward Viksit Bharat 2047.
The 11th Governing Council met at Rashtrapati Bhavan with CMs and LGs to frame an inclusive human development roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047.
I&B released draft rules consolidating six legacy broadcasting guidelines under the 2023 Telecom Act, retiring the colonial Telegraph Act of 1885.
Under the DISHA Scheme and Reforms Utsav, the Department of Justice rolled out a year-long Nyaya Prabodh campaign to deepen citizens legal literacy.
The Coal Exchange Rules 2026 were gazetted under the MMDR Amendment Act 2025, letting CCO-registered exchanges shift coal from one-to-many sales to market price discovery.
The BHAVYA portal went live to operationalise a Cabinet-approved scheme for 100 plug-and-play industrial parks with a ₹33,660 crore outlay, run by NICDC.
A P2P remittance corridor connecting India UPI to Nepal NPI went live, enabling instant cross-border mobile transfers between the two neighbours.
The government approved 96 companies under Round-3 of the Textile PLI Scheme, drawing ₹12,822 crore of committed investment into man-made fibre and technical textiles.
The government extended CGSMFI-2.0 to August 2026 and raised the per-MFI loan cap to ₹1,000 crore to push up to ₹20,000 crore of credit to NBFC-MFIs.
The Union Cabinet cleared a 6.03 km, five-station Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A corridor linking the airport, taking the network past 77 km at ₹2,169 crore.
The CCEA approved a ₹1,299 crore central government office complex at the greenfield capital Amaravati to house some 8,000 officials under one roof.
DRDO flight-tested a multi-layered ballistic missile defence shield able to engage ICBM-class threats, plus the maiden test of a medium-range naval anti-ship missile.
Dr Jitendra Singh said India space economy could grow from USD 8-9 billion today to USD 40-45 billion within a decade, powered by over 400 space start-ups.
Avataar launched Varya under the IndiaAI Mission, a distilled video AI cutting generation from 50 steps to 4 and claiming up to 10x cost efficiency at ₹0.48 per second.
TDB-DST is supporting Bengaluru-based TIEA Connectors to commercialise vibration-resistant electrical connectors for aerospace, defence, space and EV applications.
The National Biodiversity Authority reconstituted its Agrobiodiversity Expert Committee under the Biological Diversity Act, naming Padma Shri Dr P L Gautam as Chair.
Amit Shah pushed an integrated Delhi-Haryana-UP plan for the Yamuna, announcing an MCD-NDDB dairy-waste-to-biogas MoU and 59 new STPs by 2027.
Odisha is recharging aquifers through ARUA recharge shafts and CHHATA rooftop harvesting in Jajpur, Cuttack and Ganjam under the Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari campaign.
Rajnath Singh cleared a 250 MW solar-plus-storage project at Sitapur on vacant defence land, the first such large-scale renewable build on MoD land, run by NTPC.
India was kept on the EU list of authorised exporters of aquaculture, honey, eggs and casings beyond September 2026, safeguarding USD 1.59 billion of fishery trade.
Amid the West Asia crisis, ministries reported 51% fertilizer stocks, normal LPG supply and a fire aboard MT MARIVEX off Oman with all 24 Indian seafarers safe.
INS Tarkash reached Port Victoria, Seychelles, and INS Sharda concluded a Colombo visit, advancing capacity-building under the MAHASAGAR maritime vision.
PM Modi and President Macron jointly inaugurated Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, showcasing 120 Indian deep-tech start-ups to over 350 global investors.
NHA signed an MoU with West Bengal making it the 36th State/UT to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, extending cover to about 1.43 crore families.
The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan completed ten years, with a commemorative ₹75 coin and ₹5 stamp marking its nine free monthly antenatal services.
Ahead of International Day of Yoga 2026, the Ayush Ministry set a Guinness World Record with 4,35,831 verified viewers of a YouTube live yoga session.
At eleven years, BBBP has lifted the Sex Ratio at Birth from 918 to 929 and girls secondary enrolment to 80.2%, evolving into a tri-ministry national movement.
A twelve-year review showed DBT-led scholarships and welfare schemes worth over ₹71,000 crore reaching 11 crore students, senior citizens and marginalised groups.
TRIFED unveiled RISA - Timeless Tribal, a premium brand and store for tribal textiles and handicrafts spanning seven traditions including Eri silk and Toda embroidery.
The National SC-ST Hub Scheme has lifted public procurement from SC/ST-owned MSEs nearly 37-fold to ₹3,738 crore, benefiting over 1.79 lakh entrepreneurs.
President Murmu conferred 7 Kirti, 15 Vir and 29 Shaurya Chakras at the 2026 Defence Investiture, with 12 Vir Chakras tied to the 7 May 2025 actions.
The government appointed Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, currently Vice Chief, as the next Chief of the Army Staff from 30 June 2026 as Gen Upendra Dwivedi retires.
MoD contracted Bengaluru-based Accord for 20 Enhanced Capability GNSS jammers for the Indian Navy at ₹449 crore under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.