THE OPENING MOMENT THAT STOLE THE SHOW AND THE WORDS THAT SAID IT ALL... When Shloka is your rock, Veda is your guide, and Prithvi is your world… Anant is your infinity, and Isha is your divine light… then Akash has no limits. AMBANI NEXT GEN TAKES CHARGE AS JIO PLATFORMS LISTS ON THE BOURSES.

Four Generations of Ambani Family at the Listing Ceremony of Jio Platforms Limited in Mumbai on 28th October 2026: From Left to Right- Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD&CEO, National Stock Exchange, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, Anant Ambani, Shloka Ambani, Kokilaben Ambani With Prithvi, Aadiya, Krishna and Veda

1. Humble Jamnagar has been dominating headlines, thanks to the visit of US Secretary of State Rubio & Ambassador Gor. There’s been much suspicion, scepticism, even paranoia. This fear comes from all sides. Anti-Americanism and fear of our own private sector are chronic, deep-rooted & instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, & by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters. #NationalInterest   2. The key talking point was Rubio & Gor being hosted by the Ambanis. Why are the Americans taking such interest in Indian refining? Why are they asking the Ambanis to buy Venezuelan oil? Why are they calling India a refining superpower & asking us to increase capacities? Or, to sum up, why were Rubio & Gor in Jamnagar & not in Delhi or Bengaluru as visiting dignitaries did in the past?   3. Why are the Ambanis (and India) being forced to buy oil from the most distant point possible (Venezuela) when Russia is so much closer? Of course, it must be arm-twisting to sell Venezuelan oil the US controls, & a ploy to wean us away from Russia to squeeze Putin. None of this passes the most cursory fact-check, but why let that confuse you out of a delicious outrage. India’s crude purchases from Russia haven’t dramatically declined and are unlikely to.   4. What does a nation of our size do when it’s blessed with almost no hydrocarbons? It starts refining at a global scale what others pump out of their soil or seabed. Without refining, crude is nothing. The global refining capacities were not keeping pace with rising energy consumption. India filled that gap. The Ambani foresight also lies in recognising the peculiar Venezuelan heavy crude challenge, & opportunity. If this made India a refining superpower, isn’t that something to be as proud of as tech & outsourcing in Bengaluru?   5. It’s been said often that if Bengaluru were to suffer a catastrophic power or internet outage, a lot of the world would come to a standstill. If that’s leverage, an element in our CNP, why shouldn’t refining be so? India should, if anything, add more refineries, & at scale. Even Reliance should build another Jamnagar, preferably along the eastern seaboard.   6. We undermine our national interest by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters, not builders of India. The only thing wrong with the fact that India has the Ambanis, Tatas, Adanis, Birlas, Jindals & Bhartis is that there are so few of them. India needs some more. India has to learn to celebrate its entrepreneurs. Jamnagar is only a symbol & reminder of what India can become.   Read #NationalInterest: theprint.in/national-interes…   Watch #NationalInterest:      youtube.com/watch?v=XjWbceKz…

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मैं अरब हूँ। मैं मुसलमान हूँ। मैं अमीराती हूँ। 🇦🇪 और मैं भारत से प्रेम करता हूँ। 🇮🇳 मुझे उस भारत से प्रेम है जिसने मानवता को उपनिषद और भगवद्गीता, रामायण और महाभारत जैसे महान ग्रंथ दिए; उस भारत से, जिसने आत्मा, कर्तव्य, काल और अनंतता पर उस समय चिंतन किया था, जब हमारी आधुनिक दुनिया ने ऐसे प्रश्नों को “दर्शन” कहना भी नहीं सीखा था। मुझे नालंदा और सिंधु घाटी का भारत प्रिय है; संस्कृत और तमिल का भारत, गणित और खगोलशास्त्र का भारत; वह भारत, जहाँ मंदिर मानो पत्थरों पर उकेरी गई कविताएँ हों, और जहाँ कहानियाँ दादा-दादी और नाना-नानी से बच्चों तक पीढ़ी-दर-पीढ़ी जीवित रहती हैं। मुझे उस भारत से प्रेम है जहाँ हिमालय बादलों को छूता है, केरल मानसून को अपने भीतर समेट लेता है, राजस्थान रेगिस्तान को रंगों में बदल देता है, और जहाँ हज़ारों भाषाएँ आज भी अपने-अपने अंदाज़ में एक ही बात कहती हैं: यह मेरा घर है। और मुझे भारत की सादगी में छिपी खुशियाँ भी उतनी ही प्रिय हैं: मसाला डोसा और सांभर, इडली, पनीर, दाल, बिरयानी और चाय। क्योंकि भारत हज़ारों वर्षों का इतिहास केले के एक पत्ते पर परोसकर भी मुस्कुराते हुए पूछ सकता है: थोड़ा और लेंगे? शायद इसीलिए, एक अमीराती होने के नाते, भारत मुझे कभी पूरी तरह पराया नहीं लगता। सदियों से हमारे पूर्वज उसी हिंद महासागर के आर-पार एक-दूसरे की ओर देखते आए हैं। हमारे खाड़ी तटों से मोती भारत की ओर जाते थे, और हवाएँ वहाँ से मसाले, कपड़े, विचार और कहानियाँ लेकर हमारे तटों पर लौटती थीं। अरब और भारत के बीच का समुद्र कभी दूरी नहीं था। वह एक संवाद था। बहुत कम राष्ट्रों को इतनी प्राचीन सभ्यता विरासत में मिली है, जो आज भी इतनी जीवंत हो। साम्राज्य मिट गए। सदियाँ गुज़र गईं। सरहदें बदल गईं। लेकिन भारत अपनी कहानियाँ सुनाता रहा। उसकी प्रार्थनाओं ने भाषाएँ बदलीं। उसके व्यंजन पीढ़ियों का सफ़र करते रहे। उसकी पुस्तकों ने राजवंशों को जाते देखा और स्वयं जीवित रहीं। उसके दर्शन ने सहस्राब्दियों को पार कर लिया। और फिर भी, हज़ारों वर्षों के बाद, हर सुबह भारत जागता है और आज भी उतना ही विशिष्ट, उतना ही जीवंत, उतना ही भारत है। शायद यही भारत का सबसे बड़ा चमत्कार है। कुछ देशों के पास इतिहास होता है। भारत की धड़कनों में सभ्यता बसती है। एक अमीराती दिल से, सम्मान, प्रशंसा और प्रेम के साथ। 🇦🇪❤️🇮🇳

@Telegraph cover: "Chinese spy cameras found on Navy drones" — components "secretly transmitting" data to IP address in #China Trust fails at multiple levels. Banning products is inadequate. What is the way forward? Read the @ORFonline Report by @RLuthra: or-f.org/39908

Tufan Erginbilgiç, CEO, @RollsRoyce, met with the Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi in New Delhi. India continues to be a key market for Rolls-Royce globally, and this meeting reaffirmed our ambitions to deepen our strategic partnership across sectors that matter most to the country's future. The conversation focussed on the strides that Rolls-Royce is making in India and how it can partner the country’s #ViksitBharat vision in areas like #energy, national #security, connectivity, #infrastructure, advanced #manufacturing and #engineering, supporting long term economic growth.

lnkd.in/p/dr2mMPEX A heroic event saved 174 lives yesterday. The incident will make us rethink Aviation Security plans. 10+ years back, there were tech developments about malintent discovery which can prevent such insider threats. Neural tech needs to be at forefront now!

I couldn’t be prouder to have the opportunity to lead the UK’s amazing diplomats and development professionals 👇 gov.uk/government/news/lindy…

@Telegraph cover: "Chinese spy cameras found on Navy drones" — components "secretly transmitting" data to IP address in #China Trust fails at multiple levels. Banning products is inadequate. What is the way forward? Read the @ORFonline Report by @RLuthra: or-f.org/39908

A hacked camera needed human supervision earlier. With #AI, stolen video feeds are now easily searchable, for example: "Show all silver SUVs recorded in the last 30 days." Access plus AI equals industrial-scale intelligence. Read the @ORFonline Report by @RLuthra: or-f.org/39908

RIL Media Statement

A hacked camera needed human supervision earlier. With #AI, stolen video feeds are now easily searchable, for example: "Show all silver SUVs recorded in the last 30 days." Access plus AI equals industrial-scale intelligence. Read the @ORFonline Report by @RLuthra: or-f.org/39908

@Telegraph cover: "Chinese spy cameras found on Navy drones" — components "secretly transmitting" data to IP address in #China Trust fails at multiple levels. Banning products is inadequate. What is the way forward? Read the @ORFonline Report by @RLuthra: or-f.org/39908

🚨 PMO Draws a Deadline for DRDO: India Finally Moves to Break the Bureaucratic Shackles Holding Back Its Defence R&D The government has set a firm deadline to complete the restructuring of DRDO by December 31, 2026, signalling that India's long-pending defence R&D reforms are finally moving from recommendations to implementation. The need for reform is clear. Parliamentary and CAG reviews have repeatedly highlighted project delays, with a significant number of DRDO programmes exceeding their original timelines. Earlier reform committees, including those led by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, P. Rama Rao and others, had already identified structural problems, but implementation remained limited. The latest major push came from the K. VijayRaghavan-led high-level committee, which recommended fundamentally redefining DRDO's role. Its core recommendation is that DRDO should concentrate primarily on advanced research and development, rather than simultaneously handling research, production and excessive administrative responsibilities. The proposed restructuring includes consolidating DRDO's numerous laboratories into a smaller number of specialised national laboratories, separating scientific and bureaucratic responsibilities, opening national testing facilities to private industry, and bringing stronger participation from academia and the private sector. A broader Defence Technology Council involving political leadership, the armed forces, scientists, academia and industry has also been proposed to create a more integrated defence-technology ecosystem. The government has already begun implementing elements of this restructuring, including greater delegation of financial powers to accelerate R&D projects and organisational realignment. DRDO's budget has also increased, although India's defence R&D spending remains significantly below the levels of major military powers. The objective is simple but strategically critical: reduce the distance between scientific innovation and battlefield capability. India cannot afford defence programmes that take decades to mature while warfare rapidly evolves through AI, autonomous systems, hypersonics, electronic warfare, advanced propulsion and directed-energy technologies. DRDO has the scientific talent and technological base. What it needs is a leaner structure, greater autonomy, stronger industry integration and much faster execution. The December 2026 deadline therefore represents more than an administrative target. It is a test of whether India can finally transform DRDO from a sprawling, bureaucratically constrained organisation into a focused, agile and globally competitive defence technology engine.

RELIANCE SIGNALS DEFENCE FORAY RIL announces strategic intent to partner with UK's Rolls Royce to manufacture engines for India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. Former Defence Secretary @giridhararamane says "The Reliance–Rolls-Royce partnership could deliver strategic autonomy in fighter jet propulsion and bridge a crucial gap in India’s defence capabilities" @ShereenBhan #AMCA #RollsRoyce #Reliance #Defence #MakeInIndia #Aerospace

Reliance Industries and @RollsRoyce announce strategic intent to partner on a sovereign indigenous combat engine for India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme, and to explore a dedicated Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex in India. #Reliance #RollsRoyce #AMCA #AtmanirbharBharat #MakeInIndia #ViksitBharat #AdvancedPropulsion