Author: Punit Panchal

New Delhi: India has recently made a giant leap in its clean energy journey by officially touching the 300 GW mark in non-fossil fuel electricity generation capacity. By this country’s installed non-fossil power generation capacity was at 300.50 GW till 31st July 2026, according to the Census of Non-Fossil Power Generation 2026 which are officially made by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. With this milestone, India has already achieved over 60% of its goal to install over 500 GW of non-fossil fuel power capacity by 2030. Presently, India has an electricity generation capacity of 552 GW, with non-fossils…

New Delhi: As in the past, there is a fresh stand off between India and China regarding the state of Arunachal Pradesh, this time it’s more about place names, maps than and another military standoff. On 7th August, 2026, India officially identified 27 location/geographical feature in Arunachal Pradesh with its standard Indian names on the Indian Survey Map. The sites contain villages, mountains, mountain tops, mountain pass and such like geographical features. The move follows a series of attempts by China to name the areas in Arunachal Pradesh as its own. Why is China angry? China has claimed the entire…

New Delhi: With its latest image sensor developments Samsung is looking to spare the smartphone industry the drudgery of their cameras. The company’s new ISOCELL sensor technology concentrates on enhancing image quality, low-light shooting, zoom performance and camera designs, as well as smartphone use of its extremely high resolution cameras. The main difference is that Samsung is focusing on smaller sized pixels without compromising on the image quality. Samsung has already proved this strategy by using 0.5 microns pixels in its ISOCELL HP5 sensor, which it has announced to have 200MP resolution. The new pixel technologies enable it to capture…

New Delhi: Google has officially started teasing its upcoming Google Pixel Watch 5 ahead of its official debut on August 12, 2026, along with the Pixel 11 series. This teaser specifically notes the watch’s traditional circular module. However, this teaser mocks the more rectangular and squircle-shaped designs associated with competitor smartwatches. Google’s message is essentially that the Pixel Watch 5 has the decency to look like a watch by positioning its circular design as the key differentiator. It is reported to comes in two sizes options: 41mm and 45mm, with Wi-Fi and LTE variants. It is reported to include color…

New Delhi: Now, it is a serious challenge for Jharkhand Government to handle the student agitation. The agitation by students against alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations has gone on for 17 days and now students are marching to Jharkhand Assembly on August 10. Now comes the big question whether the student protest of Jharkhand will be able to get its demands or will it go on as the mange-longstanding student protest which is going on in the recent NEET and CJP-led protest in Uttar Pradesh. The answer is not yet determined. The latest developments, however, indicate the anti-government protest…

New Delhi: An Indian $15-billion data center project led by Google is under scrutiny for the potential effects it has on water resources and local flora and fauna in its construction process in Vishakaghatlam, Andhra Pradesh. It is a project being co-developed by the Adani Group which will likely turn out to be Google’s largest investment in data centres in India and generate out a huge amount of jobs. But environmental groups warn that the project could exacerbate already scarce water supplies. A Reuters report says the city of Visakhapatnam faces a shortage of water of about 70m liters a…

New Delhi: President Donald Trump has taken another step to curtail birthright citizenship, even after a major struggle in US Supreme Court, after being soundly defeated by the High Court in January. In doing so, he has left some important question hanging in the air: What exactly does Trump want the Supreme Court to permit? The short answer is that Trump desires the court to read more stringent interpretations in the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment and that he would like to be able to withhold automatic US citizenship from some children. On 6th August, 2026, Trump issued two new Executive…

New Delhi: Reliance led by Mukesh Ambani is all set for a much larger stake in India’s satellite communication business. Reliance Jio has already consented to SpaceX to launch Starlink satellite internet services in India, but the company is also developing its own big plan network. This indicates that the Starlink collaboration might only form part of Reliance’s broader approach. India is mulling regulations that will give more space to the local satellite communication firms. Conflicting with India’s satellite network, foreign satellite operators like Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb would have to explain with the Indian networks about the spectrum requirement,…

New Delhi: Now, Xiaomi is readying it for its next major salvo in India. The company has developed a great reputation in the smartphone, TV and smart device segment and is now introducing its global smart home brand Mijia to India. By making this move, Xiaomi’s expectations are raised to get more prominent in Indian homes instead of smartphone brand. Mijia will launch its new range of air purifiers in India, later this quarter. Some big home appliances, as well as other connected products, are to be added in the future by Xiaomi. In total, Mijia has over 200 categories…

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is getting ready for a massive nationwide outreach drive, and its founder Abhijeet Dipke said that the organization will commence its ‘Kya Bolti Public’ campaign in September. The campaign will aim to spread awareness about the issues facing the populace in India, which will include one of the biggest among them, unemployment. Dipke announced it at the CJP’s nucleus team meeting that took place in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra over the last two days. The campaign will go straight to the general public around the country and seek to find out their opinions, expectations…