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India has secured its first export order from Japan for indigenously manufactured electronic train propulsion systems, marking a significant achievement in railway manufacturing.

India's Skyroot Aerospace and Brazil's Concert Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the joint development of a satellite launch vehicle capable of carrying at least 100 kg of payload into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

On 5 November 2026, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight test of the indigenously developed Pralay quasi-ballistic missile.

On 3 November 2026, NITI Aayog launched the India Science and Technology (S&T) Scoreboard, an interactive platform assessing scientific research and innovation across Indian States and Union Territories.

India has achieved an important milestone in naval technology by developing indigenous Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs).

On 23 October 2026, the first participant was vaccinated in the TUMAINI Phase 2/3 clinical trial in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On October 18, 2026, the Press Information Bureau highlighted the nutritional and agricultural benefits of Kufri Jamunia.

India's Ministry of Defence has floated a tender for 500 scramjet propulsion systems to support the country's hypersonic missile development programme.

The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) hosted “Hack the Fork” on October 24–25, 2026.

ISRO’s third next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, is scheduled for launch on October 30, 2026. It could help restore NavIC’s ability to independently determine a user’s position.