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47 stories for “USTR” · February 2026
Clear filtersVisakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh saw the inauguration of MILAN's 13th edition, the multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy. Held every two years, MILAN gathers navies of friendly nations to build maritime co...
Google launched the America-India Connect project to strengthen digital and AI infrastructure links between the US and India, backed by its five-year US$15 billion AI infrastructure investment in India. It includes a new...
The Tamil Nadu government signed Memoranda of Understanding worth ₹5,980 crore to boost semiconductor and aerospace manufacturing in the State. Under one agreement, Japan's MinebeaMitsumi will put ₹1,980 crore into a man...
SIPCOT industrial parks grew from 24 in 15 districts (32,525 acres) before 2021 to 54 parks across 49,468 acres. India's largest workers' hostel, with 18,720 beds, was built at Sriperumbudur, and new TIDEL Parks are comi...
The Union Cabinet cleared the Urban Challenge Fund with ₹1 lakh crore of central assistance, aiming to leverage ₹4 lakh crore of total investment over five years. First announced in the 2025-26 Budget, it will run from F...
The Centre opened the first national call for the BIRAC–RDI (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council – Research, Development and Innovation) Fund. The ₹2,000 crore fund forms part of the ₹1 lakh crore RDI init...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced new base years for India's main economic indicators. Gross Domestic Product and the Index of Industrial Production move to a 2022-23 base, while the Consu...
During the Budget session, the Lok Sabha passed the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which gives legal clarity and continuity to the labour laws replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. That Code...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched SATYA, a lab automation portal for the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate. It brings testing, certification and quality as...
The Indian Council of Medical Research is working on a home-grown vaccine against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the KFD flavivirus that spreads through tick bites or conta...
The National Statistics Office released a beta Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for eSankhyiki, India's national portal for official statistics. MCP allows AI tools to query datasets in real time without downloading f...
Overview In February 2026, National Productivity Day was observed with a special focus on 'Artificial Intelligence: The Catalyst for MSME Growth.' The National Productivity Council (NPC) organized a nationwide campaign t...
