{"id":246100,"date":"2025-11-05T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/246100\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:13:10","slug":"first-indian-state-to-welcome-elon-musks-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/246100\/","title":{"rendered":"First Indian State To Welcome Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/starlink11762370067.jpeg\" align=\"absmiddle\" alt=\"First Indian State To Welcome Elon Musk's Starlink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to join hands with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Satellite Communications for launching satellite-based internet services.<\/p>\n<p>The state government signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Starlink to bring high-speed connectivity to government offices, public institutions and rural areas in remote districts like Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Dharashiv and Washim.<\/p>\n<p>The signing ceremony took place in Mumbai, attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and IT Minister Ashish Shelar.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Fadnavis said the collaboration supports the state\u2019s Digital Maharashtra mission and aligns with programs for electric vehicles, coastal development and disaster resilience.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed pride that Maharashtra will now lead India in satellite-enabled digital infrastructure, helping realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Digital India goals at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement follows Maharashtra\u2019s new vision document for Viksit Maharashtra 2047, aiming to transform the state into a $5 trillion economy through inclusive, sustainable and technology-driven growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to join hands with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Satellite Communications for launching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[995,308,103013,90,416,9676,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-246100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-elon-musk","9":"tag-india","10":"tag-maharasthra","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space","13":"tag-starlink","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}