MANUFACTURING in the aviation sector is going through quite a boom in India, in both military and civil aircraft. In military aircraft, there has of late been a pronounced emphasis on manufacturing indigenously designed and developed platforms. After decades of sharp preference for foreign equipment and doubts about domestic public sector manufacturers, the armed forces appear to have finally decided to put their weight behind self-reliance out of a practical need to reduce external dependence, especially during times of conflict.

THE Budget presented by the Finance Minister has made a number of claims. But true to the Modi Government’s vision of the economy, it believes that once finances are made available, the Indian business community will do the rest. In other words, the animal spirits of capital are enough to propel our dream of a Viksit Bharat. The reality is very different.

ON JANUARY 8, 2026, something unprecedented occurred in the annals of electronic warfare. Iran activated a multi-layered digital suppression campaign that, within hours, degraded Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service from functional connectivity to what engineers described as a "patchwork quilt" of intermittent access. According to Filter.Watch, an Iranian internet rights monitoring group, packet loss in Tehran surged from 30 per cent to over 80 per cent.

RESEARCHERS from Zhejiang University and the First Hospital of China Medical University developed a potential new method for cancer immunotherapy. In these allergy-triggering mast cells, which are a type of immune response cell, researchers have engineered them to serve as targeted delivery vehicles for attacking tumors. IgE antibodies normally recognize allergy antigens.

THE Government of India's Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare's aggressive attempt to reform a sector essential to India's food sovereignty is the Draft Seeds Bill 2025, made available on November 12 for public comment until December 11. The Godi Media has framed the draft bill as a necessary modernisation. The seed industry, represented by bodies like the Federation of Seed Industry of India, has lavished praise, calling it a timely step toward facilitating business and investment.