Lost an eye as a child. Cracked UPSC anyway. Irfan Ahmad Lone, the son of a daily-wage labourer from Naidkhai in Bandipora, Kashmir, lost vision in one eye in a childhood accident, with his remaining sight deteriorating over time. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

A Fortune 500 CEO just funded a scholarship named after her mother. For women from economically weaker backgrounds, at her old engineering college. Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex and a BITS Pilani alumna and her husband Jeevan Mulgund endowed a $1 million… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India's Cabinet just approved its last two semiconductor plants. That completes a 12-project program worth Rs 1.64 lakh crore. The Union Cabinet approved two new semiconductor units in Gujarat - Crystal Matrix in Dholera (GaN-based display modules) and Suchi… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

Nine bullets hit him in the 1965 war. He still won India's first Paralympic gold. Murlikant Petkar was wounded by gunfire during the 1965 India-Pakistan war - hit by nine bullets, eight of which were removed… #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

A US couple just gave their old engineering college a record $4 million. The largest individual gift the school has ever received. Chand P. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

Mumbai Metro just crossed 300 million passenger journeys. And the last 50 million came faster than ever before. Mumbai's metro network hit 300 million cumulative passenger journeys on August 3, 2026, across four lines, according to the MMRDA. #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

Born blind in poverty, he captained India to two cricket World Cups. Shekhar Naik was born blind to a poor family in Shimoga, Karnataka; a childhood surgery later restored partial vision in one eye. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

A US doctor just gave her entire life's savings to the hospital that trained her. Roughly Rs 20 crore, to a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Uma Devi Gavini, an immunologist who graduated from Guntur Medical College in 1965 before moving to the US… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India's defence production just hit a record Rs 1.78 lakh crore. And the private sector's share just grew too. India's defence production reached an all-time high of Rs 1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, a 15.6% jump over the previous year. #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

An electric wire took his arm at 8. He won Paralympic gold at 23. And again at 35. Devendra Jhajharia, from a village in Rajasthan's Churu district, lost his left arm as a child after touching a live 11,000-volt wire while climbing a tree. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

A 23-year Navy doctor took military medic training. And rebuilt it for Indian villages. Dr. Thakor G. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India just laid the foundation for a shipyard that can build 200-metre warships. Five projects, one state, over Rs 3,400 crore. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid foundation stones for five brownfield expansion projects by GRSE and Yantra India Limited… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

Polio took the use of his leg. It didn't take his jump. Sharad Kumar, from Motipur, Bihar, was left with permanent paralysis in one leg after a childhood bout of polio. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

This week in India's growth story: 35 stories covering history, sectors and mindset. 1. She leads a global fight against violence toward women. In 2026, she became only the second South Asian in the National Women's Hall of Fame. 2. #Bharat100 #WeeklyRecap #India2047

A US cardiologist still runs free medical camps in the Jharkhand village he grew up in. He's held over 150 of them. Dr. Avinash Gupta, born in Karum village in Ranchi, Jharkhand, arrived in the US in 1986 and has practiced cardiology in Lakewood… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India just finished a 1,000 MW battery that isn't a battery at all. It stores energy by pumping water uphill. THDC India completed the 1,000 MW Tehri Pumped Storage Project in Uttarakhand on April 12, 2026… #Bharat100 #CleanEnergy #India2047

Polio left her leg permanently impaired. Her first husband stripped her and threw her and her two daughters out of their home. She didn't find her sport until she was 34. Sharmila Dhankar, born in Chhithroli village, Haryana, contracted polio at age 2… #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

She gave up a pediatrics career in the US. To build a hospital for one of India's most overlooked regions. Dr. Lata Desai trained in medicine in Gujarat, moved to the US in 1972 to specialize in pediatrics… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India's Coast Guard just commissioned a patrol ship with a feature no Indian vessel of its class had before. Twin engines driving controllable pitch propellers. ICGS Ajit, an indigenous Fast Patrol Vessel, was commissioned on October 9, 2026… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

He lost his hand to a falling metal sheet in 2015 and thought his javelin career was over. Then a disqualification at the Rio Paralympics nearly broke him again. Sundar Singh Gurjar, from Karauli, Rajasthan, was already competing in javelin at the junior… #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047