February 24, 2026
128 articles published on this date
Kerala to 'Keralam': Union Cabinet Approves Name Change and Triggers Constitutional Process Under Article 3
The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to alter the name of the state of 'Kerala' to 'Keralam' on February 24, 2026 — fulfilling a long-standing demand...
New Seed Bill Likely in Budget Session with Mandatory Registration, QR Codes, and Stricter Penalties
The government is expected to introduce a new Seeds Bill in the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament (2026), replacing the Seeds Act, 1966 and...
RBI Governor Upholds New Bank Lending Norms for Stock Brokers Effective April 2026
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra reaffirmed that the new bank lending norms for stock brokers will proceed as planned, rejecting calls for a rethink from the...
Cabinet Raises POWERGRID's Equity Investment Cap to ₹7,500 Crore per Subsidiary for Green Energy Push
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved raising the permissible equity investment limit for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited...
New GDP Series with Base Year 2022-23 Released; UPI Transaction Data Excluded
On February 27, 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released a new GDP series with base year 2022-23, replacing the previous base year of...
Union Cabinet Approves Renaming Kerala to 'Keralam': Constitutional Process and Historical Background
The Union Cabinet on February 24, 2026 approved a proposal to rename the state of Kerala to 'Keralam,' initiating the constitutional process under Article 3...
PRAHAAR: India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) released India's first-ever National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy, titled PRAHAAR, on February 23, 2026 PRAHAAR...
Income Tax Department Brings Rs 14,601 Crore in Undisclosed Offshore Investments to Tax
The Income Tax Department has successfully brought Rs 14,601 crore in undisclosed offshore investments to tax through a crackdown on foreign asset...
MHA Moves to Fast-Track Deportation of Foreign Drug Peddlers, Seeks Legal Streamlining
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued guidelines directing all law enforcement agencies to fast-track the deportation of foreign nationals...
After 27 Years, ECI Hosts National Round Table with State Election Commissioners
The Election Commission of India convened the first National Round Table Conference with all State Election Commissioners (SECs) since 1999 — a 27-year gap...
PRAHAAR: India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy Explained
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) unveiled 'PRAHAAR' — India's first-ever comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on February...
CAG Audit Flags Kerala MGNREGS Failures: Poor Planning, Low Asset Creation, Declining Work Demand
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) released an audit report on the implementation of MGNREGS in Kerala, identifying systemic lapses in...
Union Cabinet Approves Renaming Kerala as Keralam: Constitutional Process Under Article 3
The Union Cabinet approved the Kerala government's proposal to rename the state as 'Keralam,' setting in motion a constitutional process under Article 3 of...
ECI and State Election Commissions Adopt National Declaration 2026 to Synergise Electoral Processes
The Election Commission of India (ECI) and all State Election Commissioners (SECs) concluded the National Round Table Conference 2026 at Bharat Mandapam...
Central India's Human-Elephant Conflict Spirals as Forests Shrink and Herds Grow
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in central India is intensifying as elephant herds displaced from shrinking forests in Jharkhand and Odisha continue to...
India AI Impact Summit 2026: MANAV Vision, Seven Sutras, and New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments
India hosted the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19–20, 2026 in New Delhi, positioning itself as a leader in inclusive and responsible AI governance...
US Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: What the Ruling Means and Who Gets Refunds
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20, 2026 in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump and V.O.S. Selections v. United States that the International...
ED Can Attach Ancestral Property Under PMLA: Delhi High Court Rules on Proceeds of Crime
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja), in the case of Arun Suri v. Enforcement Directorate, ruled that...
European Leaders Pivot to Beijing Amid US Tariff Pressures
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Beijing in late February 2026, leading a delegation of around 30 senior executives from major German firms...
PM Modi's Israel Visit: Upgrading to Special Strategic Partnership, Defence and Tech Agreements
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026 for a two-day state visit — the second-ever visit by an Indian PM to Israel (after...
C. Rajagopalachari: Temple Entry Reformer, Opponent of Compulsory Hindi, and India's Last Governor-General
A historical profile revisited the multifaceted legacy of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari — known as 'Rajaji' — on the occasion of renewed public interest in...
WhatsApp-Meta Data Sharing Case: CCI Order, NCLAT Review, and Digital Privacy Framework
WhatsApp informed the Supreme Court that it will comply with the directions issued by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on data sharing —...
PRAHAAR: India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) unveiled 'PRAHAAR' — the country's first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on February...
India–Israel Ties: From Non-Recognition to Strategic Partnership
PM Narendra Modi visited Tel Aviv, Israel — his second visit to the country and the second-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel (the first was...
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Crosses 30 Lakh Rooftop Solar Installations
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has crossed 30 lakh rooftop solar installations since its launch in February 2024, generating an estimated 9-10 GW of...
India and Canada to Launch Free Trade Talks During PM Carney's Visit
PM Narendra Modi announced that India and Canada would formally begin negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) — a free trade...
Supreme Court Steps Back from Enforcing Cow Vigilantism Guidelines
The Supreme Court of India reviewed its earlier stance on cow vigilantism enforcement, declining to issue nationwide directives for uniform compensation and...
India's Pulses Imports Ease 4.5% to 65.69 Lakh Tonnes in 2024-25
India's total pulses imports declined by 4.5% to 65.69 lakh tonnes (6.57 million tonnes) in 2024-25, down from higher levels in 2023-24, reflecting improved...
OpenAI and Anthropic Accuse Chinese AI Firms of Industrial-Scale Model Distillation
OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly accused Chinese AI companies — specifically DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax — of conducting coordinated 'distillation...
States' Growing Reliance on Market Borrowings: Fiscal Risks and Bond Market Implications
A report by Vedartha (the AIF and PMS brand under Bandhan AMC) highlights that State Government Securities (SGS) outstanding have surged five-fold since...
India-France Double Taxation Avoidance Convention Amended: MFN Clause Removed, Dividend Tax Revised
India and France signed an Amending Protocol to their 34-year-old Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) during French President Emmanuel Macron's...
India's GDP Estimated to Cross 8% in Q3 FY26 Despite Global Headwinds
A research report by SBI (State Bank of India) projected India's GDP growth to likely cross 8% in Q3 FY26 (October-December 2025), despite global headwinds...
CIA Releases Farsi Guide for Informants as Trump Weighs Military Strikes on Iran
The CIA published a Farsi-language guide on its public website and social media platforms (X, Instagram, YouTube) offering detailed instructions to...
Centre Hikes MSP for Raw Jute to ₹5,650 per Quintal for 2025-26 Season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute (TD-3 grade) for the 2025-26 marketing...
India-France Tax Treaty Amendment: MFN Clause Removed, P-Note Route Affected
India and France signed an Amending Protocol on 24 February 2026 to update the 1992 Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC), coinciding with a state...
Iran Walks a Tightrope Between Diplomacy and Deterrence
As of late February 2026, Iran was engaged in dual-track diplomacy — pursuing nuclear negotiations with the United States in Geneva while publicly...
India and Israel Launch First Round of FTA Negotiations Ahead of PM Modi's Tel Aviv Visit
India and Israel commenced the first round of formal Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in New Delhi on February 23, 2026, scheduled to run until...
Madhya Pradesh Extends Bhavantar Price Deficiency Scheme to Mustard with ₹600/Quintal Bonus
The Madhya Pradesh government announced implementation of the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) for mustard procurement, after receiving the Centre's approval...
Anthropic vs the Pentagon: AI Ethics, Military Contracts, and the Limits of Civilian AI
A public conflict erupted between AI company Anthropic (maker of the Claude family of AI models) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) over contract terms...
Russia-Ukraine War at Four Years: From Invasion to Peace Talks
February 24, 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022. After four years, Russia...
RoDTEP Rate Rationalization: Agricultural and Food Exports Exempted from Cuts
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) rationalized benefits under the RoDTEP scheme by reducing rates to 50% of existing levels for most export...
DeepSeek Trained on Nvidia's Blackwell Chip Despite US Export Ban: AI Semiconductor Controls Under Scrutiny
A senior Trump administration official stated that China's DeepSeek used Nvidia's most advanced AI chip — the Blackwell series — to train a new AI model...
India Pursues Critical Minerals Agreements with Germany and Canada
The Union Cabinet was expected to approve Joint Declarations of Intent (JDI) with Germany and Canada for cooperation in the critical minerals sector on...
Haryana's Land-for-Treatment Scheme: Prime Plots Allocated, Poor Patients Underserved
An investigation revealed that the Haryana government allotted prime urban land to private hospitals at heavily subsidised rates through the Haryana Shahari...
National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0: ₹27,500 Crore Civil Aviation Target
Under the National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0), the Central Government has set a monetisation target of ₹27,500 crore from civil aviation assets...
Russia Opens Criminal Investigation Against Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
Russia opened a criminal investigation against Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov following his arrest by French authorities on August 24, 2024, at...
Supreme Court Closes Suo Motu Case on Polluted Rivers: Transfers Oversight to NGT
A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi closed the suo motu proceedings initiated in 2021 on the...
India Overhauls GDP Measurement with New Base Year 2022-23
The National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) announced a major overhaul of India's GDP data...
WTO Establishes Dispute Panel to Probe India's PLI Schemes Following China's Complaint
The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed on February 24, 2026 to establish a dispute panel to examine India's Production Linked...
Panama Terminates CK Hutchison's Canal Port Contracts Amid US-China Rivalry
Panama's Supreme Court nullified the concession contracts of Panama Ports Company (a CK Hutchison Holdings subsidiary) to operate the Balboa and Cristobal...
US Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: Trade War Implications
The US Supreme Court, in a landmark 6-3 ruling on February 20, 2026 (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump), struck down President Trump's tariffs imposed under...
India-Canada CEPA Talks Advance After Diplomatic Reset: $50 Billion Trade Target by 2030
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a productive meeting with Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu to advance negotiations...
FDA's 'Plausible Mechanism' Framework: A New Approval Pathway for Personalised Rare Disease Therapies
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on 23 February 2026 establishing a new 'Plausible Mechanism Framework' for approving...
India's Per Capita Income Growth Outpacing the Global Average
Recent economic data shows that India's per capita income has grown at a faster pace than the global average, driven by sustained high GDP growth. India's...
India's ₹1.79 Lakh Crore PSU IPO Plan Under NMP 2.0
India plans to raise approximately ₹1.79 lakh crore (~$20 billion) through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of state-run firms by FY2029-30, as part of the...
India-Israel FTA Negotiations Begin: First Round in New Delhi
The first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and Israel commenced in New Delhi, scheduled for February 23-26, 2026 Union...
Cabinet Approves 5% Hike in Raw Jute MSP for 2026-27 Season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw jute at ₹5,925 per quintal for the 2026-27 marketing...
India's AI Ambitions Meet Structural Constraints: Compute, Data, Talent, and Regulation
An analysis highlighted the gap between India's stated ambitions in artificial intelligence and the structural constraints — insufficient compute...
NASSCOM Report: AI's Economic and Social Benefits Outweigh Costs, But Governance Essential
A NASSCOM report argued that artificial intelligence's economic and social benefits — productivity gains, healthcare improvements, job creation in...
India–EU Spice Trade Gets Food Safety Boost Through AISEF–ESA MoU
The All India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) and the European Spice Association (ESA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen food safety...
Democrats Demand Refund of $175 Billion in Trump Tariff Revenues
Senate Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, demanded that the Trump administration refund tariff...
New US Tariffs Take Effect Under Section 122 as IEEPA Authority Falls
New US tariffs — initially set at 10%, subsequently raised to 15% — formally took effect following President Trump's executive order invoking Section 122 of...
How Chennai's Dolphin City Drove India's National Ban on Dolphinariums
A detailed account traces how Chennai's 'Dolphin City' — an entertainment facility that kept captive dolphins — catalyzed a national debate in India on the...
UNICEF's Rights-Based Approach to Non-Communicable Diseases: Framing NCDs as a Children's Rights Issue
UNICEF experts called for a rights-based framework for addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among children and adolescents...
India-Canada Diplomatic Reset: Nijjar Probe Cooperation and PM Carney's India Visit
Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh K. Patnaik stated that India is cooperating with Canadian authorities on the investigation into the killing of...
Trump vs the Generals: US Civil-Military Tensions and the Iran War
US President Donald Trump publicly denied and dismissed media reports that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had warned him of the...
Uttar Pradesh Bans Tagged Urea: Fertiliser Diversion, Subsidies, and Regulatory Policy
Uttar Pradesh banned the procurement of urea that comes with fertiliser company tags or branding from neighbouring states such as Bihar and Jharkhand...
Iran Foreign Minister Says Nuclear Deal "Within Reach" Ahead of US Talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described a nuclear agreement with the US as 'within reach,' ahead of resumed diplomatic talks facilitated by...
Export Promotion Mission: Boosting MSME Competitiveness in Global Trade
The Export Promotion Mission (EPM), approved by the Union Cabinet following its announcement in the Union Budget 2025-26, is a flagship government...
WhatsApp Tests SIM Binding Feature Amid DoT Cybersecurity Mandate for Messaging Apps
WhatsApp appears to be developing a SIM-binding feature in response to a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) direction issued on November 28, 2025...
India's Defence Budget: The Persistent Gap Between Allocation and Actual Spending
An analysis of India's defence budget over multiple government tenures reveals a persistent gap between the funds allocated at the start of each financial...
Canada Moves to Revoke Tahawwur Rana's Citizenship: 26/11 Justice and India-Canada Reset
Canada's Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) notified Tahawwur Hussain Rana — a Pakistani-born businessman who holds Canadian citizenship —...
Bombay HC: Not Every Breach of RBI Fraud Rules Warrants Judicial Review
In February 2026, a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad quashed a single bench...
Chhattisgarh's Post-Naxal Development Blueprint: Bastar as the New Frontier
Chhattisgarh presented its ₹1.72 lakh crore budget for 2026–27, marking the first state budget explicitly framed as a 'post-Naxal' development plan for the...
India's "1991 Moment": US Tariff Pressure and the Debate Over Economic Reform
Ahead of US-India Interim Trade Agreement negotiations, a policy debate has emerged comparing the current tariff pressure from the US to the 1991 Balance of...
US Tariff Revenue Under IEEPA: Legal Battle and Trade War Implications
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that approximately $175 billion collected under tariffs imposed via the International Emergency Economic...
Japan's Missile Deployment Near Taiwan: Asia's New Security Architecture
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced in February 2026 that Japan plans to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missile systems on Yonaguni...
Cabinet Approves Jute MSP Hike, Power Grid Equity Limit Expansion, and Kerala Renaming
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, approved a ₹275 per quintal hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw...
Cabinet Approves Rs 9,072 Crore Railway Multitracking Projects Across Maharashtra, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved three multitracking railway projects on February 24...
Namo Bharat RRTS Full Delhi-Meerut Corridor Inaugurated: India's First Regional Rapid Transit System
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the full 82-km Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor (Regional Rapid Transit System) to the nation on February 22, 2026...
US 10% Global Tariff Goes Live Under Section 122 After Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs
New US tariffs at 10% on all imports went into effect on February 24, 2026, replacing the sweeping country-specific tariffs that the US Supreme Court struck...
Mobile Quality Control Vans for National Highway Construction Monitoring
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has deployed Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs) — fully equipped non-destructive testing laboratories...
Trump's Global Import Surcharge Takes Effect: 10% Baseline, 15% for Most Countries
By February 24, 2026, Trump's reworked global tariff regime under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 had taken full effect A 15% uniform import surcharge...
Kerala to Keralam: Language, Cultural Identity, and the Constitutional Renaming Process
The Communist Party of India (CPI) welcomed the Union Cabinet's approval of Kerala's renaming to 'Keralam,' calling it 'intrinsic to the Malayalam language'...
US Flags China's Nuclear Expansion as New START Treaty Lapses: Nuclear Arms Control at Crossroads
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, officially expired on...
Seemanchal's Demographic Shift and Border Security: Amit Shah's First-Ever High-Level Review in Bihar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah undertook a three-day visit to Bihar to chair the first-ever high-level review of demographic changes, illegal infiltration...
US Pursues New Trade Investigations After Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs
The US Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on February 20, 2026, that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
Taiwan Seeks Assurances on US Tariff Deal Amid Shift from IEEPA to Section 122
Taiwan sought assurances from the United States that the terms of their recently negotiated bilateral trade deal (Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, signed...
RoDTEP Rebate Cuts by 50%: Export Costs Rise as India Rationalises Tax Refund Scheme
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, issued Notification No. 60/2025-26 dated February 23, 2026, cutting...
EU's €90 Billion Ukraine Loan Pledged Amid Hungarian Veto
On February 24, 2026 — the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travelled to...
India and Israel Launch FTA Negotiations Ahead of Modi's State Visit to Jerusalem
India and Israel formally launched the first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in New Delhi from February 23-26, 2026, following the signing...
Cabinet Approves MSP for Raw Jute at ₹5,925/Quintal for 2026-27: A 4.87% Hike
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute (TD-3 grade) at...
US-Iran Military Standoff: Strait of Hormuz, Nuclear Strikes, and the Risk of Escalation
Following Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in mid-2025, a fragile ceasefire has left the US-Iran relationship at one of its most volatile points in...
India-Israel Free Trade Agreement: First Round of Negotiations Concluded
The first round of India-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations was held in New Delhi from February 23-26, 2026, and concluded successfully. The...
MSP Procurement Approved for Gram, Mustard, and Lentils Under Rabi 2026
The Union Cabinet approved procurement of gram (chickpea), mustard (rapeseed-mustard), and lentils (masoor) under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the...
Raw Jute MSP Hiked to ₹5,925 per Quintal for 2026–27 Marketing Season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw jute at ₹5,925 per quintal...
Kerala to Keralam: The Constitutional Procedure for State Renaming
The Union Cabinet formally approved the proposal to rename Kerala as 'Keralam' — setting in motion the constitutional procedure under Article 3 of the...
Scientists Confirm HIV Capsid as Drug Target: Lenacapavir Resistance Comes at a Fitness Cost
A new study published in Science Translational Medicine confirms that while HIV can develop resistance to lenacapavir — the first-in-class HIV capsid...
Trump Imposes 10% Global Tariff Under Trade Act 1974 After Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Duties
The US Supreme Court on February 20, 2026, in a 6-3 ruling (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump), held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
India's Strong Macro Fundamentals: RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta's Assessment
RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta, in a speech delivered on February 20, 2026, at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, stated that India's...
India Allows Export of 25 Lakh Tonnes of Wheat: Partial Relaxation of Four-Year Ban
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), through Notification No. 62/2025-26 dated February 24, 2026, permitted the export of 25 lakh metric tonnes...
New BOT Road Projects: Equitable Risk-Reward Sharing Under Revised Model Concession Agreement
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced significant modifications to the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for...
India's Import Reliance Mapping Exercise: Strengthening Atmanirbhar Bharat
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched a nationwide import reliance mapping drive, collecting data from all...
Centre Approves 5,000 Houses for Internally Displaced Persons in Manipur
Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the construction of 5,000 houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs)...
Numaligarh Refinery Expansion: Cost Revised to Rs 34,000 Crore as Northeast Energy Security Gets a Boost
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is seeking government approval for a cost revision of its capacity expansion project, with the revised estimate rising to...
India-US Trade Talks Paused as Washington Reassesses Tariff Regime Post-Supreme Court Ruling
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India will resume trade negotiations with the United States once there is greater clarity on Washington's revised...
RoDTEP Scheme: Reduced Rates Not Applicable to Agricultural and Processed Food Exports
The government clarified that the reduced rates and value caps notified under the RoDTEP scheme (via Notification No. 60, dated February 23, 2026) do not...
Kerala Renamed Keralam: Constitutional Process for State Name Change Under Article 3
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to alter the name of the State of 'Kerala' to 'Keralam' on February 24...
ECI–State Poll Commissioners Conference: Electoral Roll Coordination After 27 Years
On February 24, 2026, the Election Commission of India (ECI) convened a National Round Table Conference with State Election Commissioners (SECs) of all...
Indian Textile Exports and the US Trade Deal: Gokaldas Expects Margin Recovery
Gokaldas Exports, one of India's largest garment exporters, stated that the India-US interim trade deal (framework announced February 6, 2026) is expected...
TRAI Recommends Full Spectrum Auction, 35% Cap and Lower Entry Barriers for Telecom
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its recommendations for the 2026 spectrum auction for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT...
India Launches FTA Negotiations with Gulf Cooperation Council
India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) formally launched negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on February 24, 2026, in New...
RoDTEP Rates Cut by 50%: Impact on Textile and Auto Exporters
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a notification capping applicable RoDTEP rates at 50% of existing rates, effective immediately from...
India Permits Wheat Exports of 25 Lakh Tonnes: Partial Relaxation After Three-Year Ban
The government, through a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notification under the Commerce Ministry, has permitted the export of 25 lakh metric...
National Coal Exchange: CIL's Phased Rollout Demand and India's Energy Security Calculus
Coal India Limited (CIL), India's state-owned coal giant and the world's largest coal mining company, has backed a phased rollout of the proposed National...
India's Palestine Policy: Historical Commitments and the Shifting Reality
Ahead of PM Modi's Israel visit (February 25-26, 2026), the Congress party accused the Modi government of 'abandoning Palestinians' and accused him of moral...
MoSPI Pushes National Drive to Harmonise Administrative Data for AI-Ready Governance
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) convened a National Level Consultative Workshop on 'Using Administrative Data for...
National Coal Exchange: Phased Rollout, Market Design, and Energy Security
Coal India Limited (CIL) has endorsed a phased rollout of the proposed National Coal Exchange, arguing that market reforms must be carefully balanced with...
India's GDP Base Year Revised to 2022-23: Overhaul of National Accounts Methodology
India released a new GDP series on February 27, 2026, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23 — the first base year revision in over a decade. The...
India Launches First Round of FTA Negotiations with Israel, Signs Joint Statement with GCC
India launched the first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Israel, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal meeting the Israeli delegation in...
WTO Panel Established in China's Dispute Against India's PLI Schemes for Auto and Renewable Energy
The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel to examine China's complaint (DS642) against India's Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes in...
Trump's 15% Uniform Tariff and Asia-Pacific: Winners, Losers, and India's Position
Moody's Analytics published an assessment of Trump's 15% uniform tariff announced February 21, 2026, finding that it would benefit Asia-Pacific economies...
National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0: Infrastructure Asset Recycling at Scale
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0) on February 24, 2026, with a monetisation target of ₹16.72...
WTO Establishes Dispute Panel on China's Challenge to India's PLI Schemes
The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel on February 24, 2026, to examine China's complaint against India's automotive and renewable energy...
India-Canada CEPA Negotiations Resume Ahead of PM Carney's Visit
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held a virtual meeting with Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu on February 24, 2026, focusing on...
National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0: India's Second Phase of Asset Monetisation
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0), prepared by NITI Aayog, covering the period FY 2026–FY 2030. NMP...
Cabinet Approves Renaming of Kerala to Keralam: Article 3 Constitutional Process Initiated
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the proposal to alter the name of the State of 'Kerala' to 'Keralam' — aligning the...
MoUs Signed for Dust-Free Urban Roads in Delhi-NCR: CAQM, CSIR-CRRI, SPA Framework
Four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between the Public Works Departments (PWDs) and Urban Development Departments of NCR States (Delhi...