IN-SPACe invited Expressions of Interest for the transfer of technology of ISRO's heavy-lift LVM3 launch vehicle to the private sector, with ISRO support, to free up the agency for Gaganyaan and advanced R&D.
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said India needs to build and launch over 200 satellites in the next three years to meet its growing needs, and called for greater participation from private industry, startups and academia.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said India's bioeconomy has grown nearly 20-fold in a decade to around $165-200 billion and now contributes over 4% of GDP, with a target of $300 billion by 2030 under the BioE3 policy.
SpaceX made a blockbuster Wall Street debut with a $75 billion IPO priced at $135 a share, and the surge briefly pushed Elon Musk's net worth past $1 trillion, making him the world's first trillionaire.
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the regulator will review its delisting framework to ease company exits, alongside LODR, KYC and AI-related norms, as part of a broader capital-market reform drive.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $711 million to $681.610 billion as of June 5, as a drop in foreign currency assets outweighed a rise in gold reserves, per RBI data.
The government said the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme had drawn around Rs 2.4 lakh crore in investment across 14 sectors by the end of FY26, generating production worth over Rs 22 lakh crore, large exports and over 14 lakh jobs.
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi announced that education from kindergarten (KG) to postgraduate (PG) level in all government institutions will be made completely free, calling it a landmark step toward universal education.
