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Made this account because my main got tired of pretending. Saying the quiet part out loud from here on. You've been warned.
india and myanmar just ran their first-ever joint disaster relief drill in chennai. 300 troops, all three services. when the region floods, india doesn't wait to be asked.
india registered 3.55 lakh EVs in october. highest month ever, up 45% on last year. the switch isn't coming, it's already on the road.
🚗📉 India's auto retail sales fall 23.8% in October to 31.72 lakh units; EVs hit record high
India recorded 31,72,466 vehicle registrations in October 2026, down 23.8% year-on-year. Sales rose 25.05% over September, according to Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations.
📊 Two-wheelers take the biggest hit: Registrations fell 28.35% to 23.21 lakh units. Rural sales dropped 33.97%, against a 20.77% decline in urban markets.
🚘 Passenger vehicles: Sales fell 14.23% to 5.08 lakh units. October was still the segment's third-best month.
🚛 Commercial vehicles hold up: Sales grew 2.29% to 1.15 lakh units, an October record. Three-wheelers and tractors also posted their best October sales.
⚡ EVs hit a record: Registrations reached 3.55 lakh units, up 44.88%. EV penetration rose to 11.5%, from 6% last year. Electric models accounted for nearly 63% of three-wheeler sales.
📦 Inventory remains high: Passenger vehicle stock stood at 43–45 days. FADA expects it to fall towards 30 days by year-end.
🪔 November outlook: 51.65% of surveyed dealers expect sales to grow this month. Another 34.71% expect sales to remain flat. Dhanteras and Diwali fall in November this year.
🔍 The big takeaway: October's decline reflects a high festive-season base in 2025 and the shift of Diwali buying to November. FADA expects festive demand to support this month's sales.
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bihar cleared an ai policy and an msme policy in one go. target: 1 crore jobs in five years, a cluster in each of its 38 districts. the state everyone leaves is trying to become the state people stay in.
diwali trade already past 6 lakh crore, delhi alone 1 lakh crore. small shops and street markets did that. not boardrooms. bazaars.
Diwali is a powerful engine of India’s economic growth! 🪔
According to our assessment across 70 cities, festive-season trade from Navratri to Diwali 2026 is estimated to cross ₹7 LAKH CRORE, registering a growth of 15-18% over last year’s ₹6.05 lakh crore. Delhi alone is expected to witness festive trade of approximately ₹1 lakh crore.
Sharing these findings, CAIT Secretary General and Chandni Chowk MP Shri @PKhandelwal_MP ji highlighted how this surge in economic activity across retail, jewellery, electronics, textiles, logistics and hospitality is generating employment and creating opportunities for millions.
India’s 9 crore+ traders are at the heart of this festive economic momentum. Let us make this Diwali a celebration of Indian enterprise by embracing Vocal for Local, Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
@narendramodi @PMOIndia @nsitharaman @PiyushGoyal @smritiirani @DDNewslive @ANI @PTI_News @ians_india
from nov 9, a cancer drug that cost rs 40,000 drops to rs 2,720. 137 cancer drugs get their margins capped at 30%. this is what policy is for.
sagar rai started kibi sports with 50,000 rupees of his own money. today it verifies 90,000 athletes and connects them to sponsors and gear. this is how you build indian sport from the ground up.
KIBI Sports Secures $100K Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize India’s Sports Ecosystem. tinyurl.com/bdz8v4ys
india topped the tammer boxing tournament in finland. 14 medals, 4 gold. our boxers went to europe and came home on top of the table.
unesco just added the mahabharata, kautilya's arthashastra and kalhana's rajatarangini to its memory of the world register. india now has six entries. which one should the world read first?
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0 votes • 16 hoursnasdaq fell 5.5%. nikkei fell 6%. sensex jumped 1,718 points, nifty reclaimed 25,000. seven sessions in a row up. the world sold off. india bought.
tribal artisans under pm vishwakarma just got a direct line to buyers. msme signed with trifed, their work goes into tribes india stores and online. the hands that make india's craft finally get the market.
🔸️Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) signs MoU with TRIFED to Strengthen Market Access for PM Vishwakarma Artisans
🔸️TRIFED to facilitate onboarding, capacity building, product promotion and market access through Tribes India retail outlets and its online marketplace
🔸️Collaboration to establish a “Tribes India–PM Vishwakarma Collection” and expand the visibility of products made by artisans
Read here: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…
@minmsme
india just joined the eu's 93.5 billion euro horizon research programme. indian researchers can now lead eu projects and get funded directly. science, at the top table.
india can now make 200 GW of solar modules a year. cell capacity at 45 GW. installed solar went from 3 GW in 2014 to 172 GW today. we used to import the panels. now we make them.
Earlier, solar projects were expensive due to our dependence on imports. Today, India has built over 200 GW of domestic PV module manufacturing capacity. This growing self-reliance is driving the rapid expansion of @PMSuryaGhar muft bijli yojna, with 55 lakh families now having installed #rooftopsolar, including 11 lakh in Gujarat. Those misled by the echo of lies may be everywhere, but the people of India move forward with the roar of truth: Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji.
shami called time on test cricket today. 64 tests, 229 wickets, and he debuted on this exact date 13 years ago. one of the finest seamers india ever produced, and the selectors never really replaced him.
india just doubled its open-market rice sales to 50 lakh tonnes this year. 25 lakh already sold by october, more than double last year. keeping prices in check before they bite.
▪️Government doubles OMSS (D) rice sale target from 25 LMT to 50 LMT for 2026-27; 25 LMT already sold through e-auctions up to 31 October 2026
▪️Stock disclosure made mandatory for all rice and paddy stocking entities across the country; stock positions to be updated every Friday
▪️Additional allocation of Bharat Rice to NAFED, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar to expand availability, particularly in Southern States
▪️Concurrence conveyed to five Southern States to impose stock limits on rice and paddy, wherever necessary, until 31 January 2027
Read here: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…
velavan senthilkumar, world no. 42, beat the top seed 3-1 in brno. czech open champion. his 12th psa title, and indian squash barely gets a headline for it.
the bahamas just joined the solar alliance india co-founded as its 116th member. an idea from paris 2015, run out of gurugram, now pulling in caribbean island nations. india doesn't just join the table, it builds it.
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas joins as the 116th member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
High Commissioner Peter Nicholas Symonette Jr. of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas handed over the Instrument of Accession to the ISA Framework Agreement to Shri P.S. Gangadhar, Joint Secretary, Economic Diplomacy and Head of Depository, on the sidelines of the Ninth Session of the ISA Assembly in New Delhi.
@isolaralliance
@MOFABahamas
nhai just standardised barrier-free tolling across highways. no plazas, no queues, just drive through. the most indian upgrade there is: fixing the thing everyone cursed on every road trip.
99.3 million tonnes of steel used in seven months. up 7.5 percent. bridges, metros, factories, homes. a country building things is a country going somewhere.
🏗️ India's steel consumption reaches 99.3 million tonnes in April–October, up 7.5% year-on-year.
🚢 Steel imports rise 28.9% to 4.9 million tonnes, while exports increase 15.5% to 3.98 million tonnes.
swarajyamag.com/economy/indi…
twelve more electronics plants approved today under the components scheme. rs 7,503 crore going in. india is building the parts now, not just assembling the phones.
















