A survey by the National Institute of Solar Energy, part of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has found that India's can host up to 102 GW of floating solar capacity. The country's current installed power generation capacity stands at nearly 515 GW, drawing from both renewable and non-renewable sources.

Talks between the US and Iran to implement the 14-point agreement have been called off abruptly. The negotiations were scheduled to begin in today but have since been cancelled without explanation.

India is facing a 41% rainfall deficit in June, according to the . The department's data shows deficits of 67%, 42%, 22%, and 6% in central India, east and northeast India, the southern peninsula, and northwest India respectively.

In the high-altitude desert of , disappearing glaciers have caused severe spring water shortages for Himalayan farmers. A new computer-controlled "Automated Ice Reservoir" system now creates artificial ice stupas, reviving local groundwater and providing vital early-season irrigation for crops.

The Communist Party of has approved several unprecedented free-market measures as part of an emergency economic package, which the country's National Assembly is expected to pass shortly. The island nation, long at loggerheads with the US, has been struggling under American sanctions and a fuel blockade imposed by the Trump administration.