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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

BEML Bags Order Worth Rs 282 Crore From Ministry Of Defence

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Shares of BEML closed 3.64% higher at Rs 3,987.35 apiece on the BSE before the announcement.

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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

Dhruva Space to deploy two payloads using its home-built satellite platform

Business Standard

Space start-up Dhruva Space is set to launch its first commercial mission, LEAP-1, by deploying payloads for two Australia-based firms using its indigenously developed satellite platform. The Hyderabad-based start-up will launch payloads from Australia's Akula Tech and Esper satellites aboard its P-30 satellite platform on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Q3 of the current fiscal. AI payload Nexus-01 (Akula Tech) and hyperspectral imager OTR-2 (Esper) will fly on Dhruva's P-30 platform, which was successfully tested on ISRO's POEM-3 mission in January 2024. The LEAP-1 mission is officially slated to launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 in Q3 2025, marking not just a significant Indo-Australian collaboration, but also growing support from the United States in Dhruva Space's global commercial journey, the company said. "Following a successful qualification of the P-30 onboard ISRO's PSLV-C58, Dhruva Space is excited to take its indigenously developed P-30 satellite platform to the global market

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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

Iran founds new Supreme National Defence Council after attacks by Israel

Business Standard

Iran founded a new defence council after attacks in June by Israel and the US, Iranian state media reported Monday. Iran's Supreme National Security Council, the country's highest security body, made the decision to establish the Supreme National Defence Council, which will be headed by President Masoud Pezeshkian, the report said. The council will handle defensive plans and improve the capabilities of Iran's armed forces. Members will include the speaker of Parliament, the head of the judiciary and the chiefs of military branches and related ministries, the report said. The defence, intelligence and foreign ministries are expected to be council members, although the report did not provide those details. Iran's decision follows a 12-day air war by Israel and the US that led to the deaths of nearly 1,100 people including military chiefs and commanders. A ceasefire has been in force since shortly after the airstrikes targeted Iran's major nuclear facilities. Iran had a similar counc

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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

SPNI's Gaurav Banejee to serve as BARC's Chairman

Business Line

He takes over from Shashi Sinha, Executive Chairman of IPG Mediabrands India, who served as BARC India's chairman for over three years

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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

ISRO-NASA's NISAR mission signals lift off for Indian private space players

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TREND | 04 Aug 2025

Best of BS Opinion: India must not shy away from trade negotiations

Business Standard

Our Opinion page today makes a case for more trade talks, note less; benefits for Isro from partnering with Nasa; a sustainable fix for urban congestion; and the need for a framework for digital fraud

Collaboration for future: Isro and India will benefit from Nasa

Business Standard | 03 Aug 2025

Defence

TREND | 02 Aug 2025

Defence MSMEs must maintain quality to join global supply chain: BEL chief

Business Standard

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the defence and aerospace sectors must adhere to stringent quality standards to become part of the global supply chain, Bharat Electronics Limited chairman and managing director Manoj Jain said on Saturday. Speaking at the curtain-raiser of the 7th edition of the India Manufacturing Show (IMS), billed as the 'Aerospace & Defence Engineering Expo', Jain stressed the importance of quality and certification. "MSMEs must align with stringent quality and certification standards if they are to be part of the global supply chain," he said, adding that flexibilitywithout compromising regulatory complianceis essential from both large industries and MSMEs. "This calls for a mindset change across the ecosystem," he noted. IMS 2025 is being organised by Laghu Udyog Bharati-Karnataka in association with the IMS Foundation. The international expo, scheduled to be held from November 6-8 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, will showcase core ..

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TREND | 01 Aug 2025

India eyes 10% global space market share, greater private role: Isro chief

Business Standard

Isro chairman V Narayanan says commercial expansion will require upgrades in infrastructure, industry-led development, and manufacturing capabilities to meet rising demand

Defence

TREND | 01 Aug 2025

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan takes charge as 47th Vice Chief of Naval Staff

Business Standard

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, a gunnery and missile systems specialist, on Friday assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Prior to assuming his new charge, Vice Admiral Vatsayan held various important operational, staff and training appointments, including at the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), and Naval Headquarters (NHQ) in New Delhi. "Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM, assumed charge as the 47th Vice Chief of Naval Staff #VCNS on 01 Aug 2025," the Navy posted on X. Commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 1, 1988, the Flag Officer is a gunnery and missile systems specialist, it said. "He held various important operational, staff and training appointments including DCIDS (Policy, Plans and Force Development) and DCIDS Ops at @HQ_IDS_India, Chief of Staff @IN_HQENC, Deputy Commandant of the National Defence Academy, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet and ACNS Policy and Plans at #NHQ," the Navy posted. He succeeds Vice Admiral Krishna

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TREND | 01 Aug 2025

NISAR launch among world's most precise, says ISRO chief Narayanan

Business Line

NASA was so excited to understand that Indians could successfully launch using the indigenously developed GSLV marked vehicle--our own vehicle for placing the satellite into orbit'

NISAR launch among world's most precise, says Isro chief Narayanan

Business Standard | 01 Aug 2025