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The summit of ‘Coalition of the Willing’ in Paris, Sept. 4, 2025 | Photo – AP News
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India unveils Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR) 2025
- Ministry of Defence (MoD) released Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR) 2025 on 4 September 2025 → a 15-year blueprint for military preparedness.
- Key highlights:
- Plans to reinforce India’s nuclear deterrence and expand drone warfare capabilities.
- Outlines future acquisitions such as nuclear command-and-control infrastructure, radiation detection tools, and mobile decontamination units.
- Signals unmanned ground vehicles for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance.
- Projects the need for stealth remotely piloted aircraft with ranges of up to 1,500 km and altitudes of 60,000 feet → to carry electronic warfare payloads; nuclear, biological, and chemical detection equipment, and guide artillery fire.
- Emphasizes loitering munitions to carry out precision strikes with AI-enabled targeting and reusable warhead systems.
- Notes the emerging threat of hostile drone swarms → envisages adaptive jamming systems and electronic denial bubbles with a 15 km radius to neutralize such attacks.
Combined assets of REITs and InvITs cross ₹9 lakh crore
- Combined assets under management (AUM) of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) have exceeded ₹9 lakh crore over the past nine years.
- AUM of InvITs and REITs currently stand at around ₹7 lakh crore and ₹2.25 lakh crore, respectively → combined AUM of both is expected to touch ₹25 lakh crore by 2030.
- Currently, there are 7 SEBI-registered REITs and 27 SEBI-registered InvITs in India.
- The first InvIT was registered in 2016, while the first REIT got listed in 2019.
Read: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in India
Read: Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) in India
26 European countries pledge to place troops in Ukraine
- French President E. Macron has announced that 26 countries have promised to deploy troops in Ukraine once the Russia-Ukraine war ends.
- Announcement came after a recent meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Paris.
- Coalition of the Willing: comprises 30+ countries that share the common goal of providing Ukraine with security guarantees → predominantly European nations, but also include Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada.
Miscellaneous
- Finland announced its intention to join the French-Saudi declaration that supports the two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- Anutin Charnvirakul won the parliamentary vote to become the next PM of Thailand.
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