Narendra Modi

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging and productive talks with his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong in New Delhi  on 4 September 2025.

♦ Five MoUs were concluded in important fields, including cooperation on a green and digital shipping corridor, promoting collaboration in the space sector, cooperation in training and R&D in the field of civil aviation, and cooperation in digital asset innovation.

♦ The two leaders adopted a Roadmap for Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

♦ The Roadmap reflects the depth of bilateral cooperation and provides direction and momentum to it.

♦ This Roadmap will facilitate bilateral engagements across eight priority areas.

♦ These include economic cooperation, skills development, digitisation, sustainability, connectivity, healthcare and medicine, defence and security cooperation, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

BHARATI

♦ The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) launched its new initiative, BHARATI, to boost India’s agri-food exports.

♦ BHARATI has been designed to support 100 agri-food startups, promote innovation and boost exports to 50 billion dollars by 2030.

♦ BHARATI stands for Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation for Export Enablement.

♦ Aligned with the government’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Startup India, APEDA aims to accelerate export, foster innovation and strengthen India’s position in global agri-food trade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India.

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Semicon India 2025 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi on 2 September 2025.

♦ The conference, themed “Building a Robust, Resilient and Sustainable Semiconductor Ecosystem”, will run until September 4.

♦ It has brought together more than 20,000 participants, including CEOs of leading global chipmakers, policymakers, innovators, and students from across the country. 

♦ Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday presented the first made-in-India 32-bit processor chip named  Vikram-32 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inaugural ceremony of Semicon India 2025.

♦ The chip developed by ISRO’s Semiconductor Lab, along with test chips from four approved projects.

♦ The Vikram-32 is an engineering marvel, specifically designed and qualified to operate within the punishing conditions of space launch vehicles.

♦ It is built to withstand extreme temperatures and environmental stresses, a critical requirement for ensuring the reliability of space missions.

♦ Developed and fabricated at SCL's facility in Mohali, the 32-bit processor is capable of handling complex instructions and floating-point arithmetic, making it ideal for the demanding computations needed for satellite launches and vehicle guidance.