February 27, 2026
122 articles published on this date
Supreme Court Flags Retirement Age Disparity in Armed Forces, Calls for Legislative Reform
The Supreme Court, in a case concerning retirement age disparities within the Indian Coast Guard, observed that the service conditions of armed forces...
J&K High Court Quashes PSA Detention Order, Reinforces Safeguards Against Arbitrary Preventive Detention
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed a detention order under the Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978, ordering the immediate release of the detainee....
India's Q3 FY26 GDP Grows at 7.8%, Beats Estimates After Base Reset
India's GDP for the third quarter of FY2025-26 (October to December 2025) grew at 7.8% year-on-year under the new 2022-23 base year series, released by...
New GDP Series Shows Q3 FY26 Growth at 7.8%, Full Year FY26 Projected at 7.6%
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India's GDP estimates on February 27, 2026, under a new GDP series with the base...
India's FY27 GDP Growth Forecast Raised to 7-7.4% After New Base Year Series
On 27 February 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO/MoSPI) released India's new GDP data series with base year 2022-23, replacing the previous 2011-12...
CAQM vs Carmakers: The EV-Only Mandate Debate for Delhi-NCR
A consultation convened by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR on February 27 revealed a sharp divide between the regulator and...
Gauhati High Court Issues Notice to Assam CM Over Alleged Hate Speech Against Miya Community
The Gauhati High Court issued notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in response to a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) alleging hate...
Jagdeep Dhankhar on Health Reports: The Constitutional Office of Vice President Examined
Jagdeep Dhankhar, who served as the 14th Vice President of India, addressed reports circulating about his health, stating 'I never said I was unwell — I was...
A Century-Old War Loan: Madhya Pradesh Family Seeks Repayment of 1917 British Debt
Vivek Ruthia, a 63-year-old resident of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, has announced plans to formally seek repayment from the British government for a Rs 35,000...
Manipur Violence Inquiry Commission Gets New Chief as Justice Lamba Steps Down
Justice Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and the head of the three-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing the ethnic violence...
Jammu & Kashmir Without Elected Local Bodies After DDC Term Expires
The five-year term of Jammu and Kashmir's District Development Councils (DDCs) expired on February 24, 2026, leaving the Union Territory without any...
Bihar Declared Maoist-Free: The Story of Left Wing Extremism's Retreat
Bihar has joined the growing list of states that have been declared 'Maoist-free,' completing what observers describe as a full-circle transformation from...
Bihar Restricts Microfinance Borrowing to Two Lenders: A Model for Borrower Protection?
The Bihar Assembly passed the Bihar Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending and Prevention of Coercive Actions) Bill, 2026 on February 27...
State Economic Regulations and the Threat to Press Freedom in India
Supreme Court Justice B.V. Nagarathna highlighted that press freedom in contemporary India faces threats not through direct censorship but through economic...
Exercise Vayu Shakti 2026: IAF Demonstrates Operation Sindoor Capabilities at Pokhran
The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted Exercise Vayu Shakti on February 27, 2026, at the Pokharan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan's Thar desert — a major air...
NCERT Class 8 Textbook Controversy: Supreme Court, Contempt Powers, and Judicial Independence
The Supreme Court of India, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, ordered the immediate withdrawal of all physical and digital copies of NCERT's Class 8 Social...
India's Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive: Bridging the Gap Between Vaccines and Awareness
India launched its first nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme on February 28, 2026, targeting approximately 1.15 crore adolescent...
How India and Canada Mended Their Frayed Ties
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in India on February 27, 2026, for a four-day state visit — the most significant diplomatic contact between the...
Explained: How the Pakistan-Afghanistan 'Open War' Follows a Long History of Differences
The declaration of 'open war' between Pakistan and Afghanistan in late February 2026 — following Pakistan's air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and the Paktia...
Why Punjab Is Alarmed by the Centre's Renewed Push for Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertiliser Subsidy
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has renewed the push for transferring India's fertiliser subsidy — currently worth approximately ₹1.7 lakh...
India-Israel Agricultural Cooperation: From Centres of Excellence to Special Strategic Partnership
India and Israel have deepened their agricultural cooperation under the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP), with 43 Centres of Excellence (CoEs)...
16th Finance Commission Gives Major Boost to Urban Governance as Urbanisation Accelerates
The 16th Finance Commission has recommended an unprecedented ₹3.56 lakh crore in grants for urban local bodies (ULBs) for the five-year period 2026-31 — a...
Peptide Therapeutics and Quantum Computing: A New Frontier in Drug Discovery
Researchers and pharmaceutical companies are increasingly integrating quantum computing algorithms into peptide drug discovery, addressing computational...
Climate Change to Shrink Habitats of Western Ghats Endemic Birds
A new study employed ensemble species distribution models to assess current and future climatic niches for 29 endemic bird species of the Western Ghats....
India's $4 Trillion GDP Milestone by FY27: Base Year Revision and What It Really Means
Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran stated that India is 'comfortably' on track to cross the USD 4 trillion GDP mark in FY2026–27, with...
Supreme Court to Rule: Whose Income Counts for OBC Creamy Layer: Husband's or Parents'?
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a critical question in reservation law: for the purposes of determining OBC Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) status for a...
What Changed in Hong Kong After the National Security Law
Nearly six years after the National Security Law (NSL) came into effect on June 30, 2020, Hong Kong's political and civic landscape has been fundamentally...
FY27 GDP Growth Forecast Revised Upward to 7–7.4%, India Set to Cross $4 Trillion Mark
Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran revised India's FY27 GDP growth forecast upward to 7–7.4% from the Economic Survey's earlier projection...
India-EU FTA: Services, Sustainability, IPR, and Digital Trade at the Core of a 20-Chapter Agreement
The provisional text of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement has been released, revealing a 20-chapter agreement that goes far beyond tariffs to cover...
India Formalises International Information Sharing on Cybercrime and Call Centre Fraud
India has committed to sharing information on cybercrime investigations and call centre scam operations with partner countries, marking a significant...
NABARD Chairman Calls for Transition from MSP to Market-Determined Farm Prices
NABARD Chairman K.V. Shaji, speaking at the Agri-Commodity Summit 2026 in New Delhi, stated that India needs to transition away from the Minimum Support...
Afghanistan-Pakistan 'Open War': Iran, Russia, China Call for Dialogue and Offer Mediation
As Pakistan and Afghanistan descended into declared 'open war' following Pakistan's air and missile strikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and border regions, regional...
Apple Farmers to Protest in Delhi Against Import Duty Concession on US Apples
Apple farmers from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand announced a joint protest in Delhi against the government's decision to grant a...
India's Q3 GDP at 7.8%, FY26 Estimated at 7.6% Under New GDP Series
India's Q3 FY26 (October–December 2025) GDP growth came in at 7.8% under the newly released GDP series with base year 2022-23, as announced by MoSPI on...
India Signals Openness to Rebalancing Trade Deal as Negotiations Progress
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that 're-balancing' the India-US trade deal is possible given 'changed circumstances,' signalling India's...
India's Fiscal Deficit at ₹9.8 Lakh Crore in April–January: On Track for FY26 Target
India's fiscal deficit for April–January 2025-26 (first 10 months) stood at ₹9.8 lakh crore — 63% of the full-year budget estimate of ₹15.58 lakh crore....
Spain Reports Possible Human-to-Human Swine Flu Transmission to WHO
Spain alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) of a suspected case of human-to-human transmission of the swine influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Catalonia in...
India and Israel Pledge to Boost Ties in Defence and Technology
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel in nearly a decade and the first...
India Moves Closer to Dengue Vaccine as Panacea Biotec's DengiAll Enters Final Phase III Trials
India is on the cusp of having its first indigenously developed dengue vaccine, as Panacea Biotec's candidate vaccine — DengiAll — has entered final Phase...
Norway's $2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Adani Green Energy Over Corruption Concerns
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world's largest sovereign wealth fund with approximately $2 trillion in assets, excluded Adani Green...
NSIC Upgraded to Schedule 'A' CPSE Status by MSME Ministry
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) upgraded the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC) from Schedule 'B' to Schedule 'A'...
Indian Economy to Grow at 7.6% in FY26 Under New GDP Series
Under the new GDP series with base year 2022-23, the government's Second Advance Estimate places India's full-year FY2025-26 GDP growth at 7.6%, up from the...
Predictive Policing and AI Traffic Management in Indian Cities: Benefits and Concerns
India's major cities are increasingly deploying AI-powered policing and traffic management systems, transforming law enforcement from reactive to...
India's Economy Grows 7.8% in Q3 FY26; Full-Year FY26 Estimated at 7.6%
India's GDP grew at 7.8% in Q3 FY26 (October–December 2025) under the new GDP series with base year 2022-23, released by MoSPI on February 27, 2026. The...
India Launches Countervailing Duty Investigation Against Subsidised Chinese PVC Resin Imports
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation against imports of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...
India's Fiscal Deficit at ₹9.8 Lakh Crore (63% of FY26 Target) in April-January
India's fiscal deficit for the first ten months of FY26 (April 2025 to January 2026) stood at ₹9.8 lakh crore, reaching 63% of the full-year budgetary...
India's AI Reckoning: Balancing Techno-Optimism with Long-Term Governance
India's AI governance and economic strategy has reached a pivotal moment — the country has made large bets on artificial intelligence as a driver of...
Nepal Holds First Kathmandu Mayoral Election Since Balen Shah's Rise, with Three Rivals Competing
Nepal is holding its first Kathmandu metropolitan mayoral election since the dramatic 2022 victory of rapper-turned-politician Balendra 'Balen' Shah, with...
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Abandon Red Sea Return, Resume Cape of Good Hope Route
Shipping giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd — operating under their Gemini Cooperation alliance — have reversed a brief return to Red Sea transits and reverted...
Odisha Police's Final Push to End CPI (Maoist) Insurgency
Odisha Police, in coordination with Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF, BSF), is conducting what officials describe as the 'final phase' of operations...
Tribal Affairs Ministry to Revamp Forest Rights Cells into One-Stop Coordinating Units
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has announced plans to revamp existing Forest Rights Act (FRA) Cells established at state and district levels, transforming...
India's Q3 FY26 GDP Growth at 7.8%: What the Numbers Mean for Economic Outlook
The Union Bank of India (UBI) Research report projected India's Q3 FY26 GDP growth at 8.3% (October-December 2025), buoyed by GST rate cuts boosting demand...
Karnataka Launches Dual Action Plans on Snakebite and Rabies: Targets Zero Rabies Deaths by 2030
Karnataka launched two dedicated public health action plans: the State Action Plan for Rabies Elimination (SAPRE) and the State Action Plan for Snakebite...
Model Code of Conduct Strictly Enforced in Tamil Nadu as 2026 Assembly Elections Approach
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) would be strictly enforced in Tamil Nadu against poll inducements...
IAEA Unable to Verify Iran's Uranium Enrichment Suspension; Stockpile Found at Underground Isfahan Site
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated in its February 2026 report that it cannot verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment...
Piyush Goyal Signals India-US Trade Deal as 'Game-Changing' for Bilateral Relations
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gave a strong public signal that the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) would be 'game-changing,'...
Merkel Warns of Fragmented World Order at Inaugural Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered the inaugural Dr. Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, issuing a stark warning that the global...
Supreme Court Weighs National Interest Against Accident Risk in SHANTI Act Challenge
A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard a Public Interest Litigation challenging several...
Fino Payments Bank MD and CEO Arrested Under GST Act in ₹13,000 Crore Betting Fraud Probe
Rishi Gupta, Managing Director and CEO of Fino Payments Bank, was arrested on February 27, 2026, under Section 132(1)(a) and 132(1)(i) of the Central Goods...
Bay of Bengal Nations Plan Major Overhaul of Small-Scale Fisheries
Nations bordering the Bay of Bengal are preparing for a significant transformation in their small-scale fisheries sector, with new regulations...
EU-India FTA a 'New Chapter': What India's Polish Envoy Interview Reveals
Poland's Ambassador to India, speaking to a major national publication, stated that New Delhi was historically 'seen as difficult and protectionist' in...
India Focused on Securing Best Trade Deal with the United States
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India is focused on securing the best possible trade deal with the United States as bilateral trade negotiations...
Inflexible Electricity Grids Causing 'Dangerous' Situations, Says CEA Chief
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad has warned that inflexibility in India's electricity grid is creating 'dangerous'...
India's New GDP Series Could Revise FY25 Growth to 7.6%
India's statistical authorities are developing a new GDP series that could revise upward the country's economic growth figures for FY2024-25, potentially...
Trump's 'Friendly Takeover' Remarks Reignite US-Cuba Relations Debate
US President Donald Trump made remarks about Cuba during a meeting with Cuban-American lawmakers, describing his vision for a potential 'friendly takeover'...
Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah Tells Fighters to Prepare for Long Iran-US War
Iraq's Iran-backed armed group Kataeb Hezbollah (also spelled Kataib Hezbollah) issued a directive on February 27, 2026, ordering all its fighters to...
India's FDI Inflows Rise 18% in April–December FY26; US Investment Nearly Doubles
India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows rose 18% year-on-year to USD 47.87 billion during April–December FY26 (first nine months of fiscal...
PKK's Ocalan Calls for Legislative Framework as Turkey Peace Process Advances
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called for laws to be passed in the Turkish Parliament as a...
Singapore's Thakral Corporation to Manufacture Drone Components in India
Singapore-listed Thakral Corporation announced plans to manufacture drone components in India through its subsidiary Bharat Skytech, becoming one of the...
How Pakistan and the Taliban Slid from Allies to Open War
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declared on February 27, 2026, that Pakistan and Afghanistan are now in 'open war,' following a dramatic...
NASA Overhauling Artemis: New Docking Mission Replaces Direct Lunar Landing Approach
NASA announced a sweeping overhaul of its Artemis lunar programme on February 27, 2026, adding new missions and restructuring the sequence of steps toward a...
India Will Have to Notify EU in Case of New Export Duty: India-EU FTA Text
India and the European Union released the provisional chapter-level text of their Free Trade Agreement on February 27, 2026 — approximately one month after...
Centre Directs All Ministries to Submit AI Roadmaps by March 2026
Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan issued a directive to secretaries of all central ministries and departments, asking them to prepare comprehensive notes...
US Designates Iran as 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention' Under New Framework
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Iran as a 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention' — the first time any country has been formally labelled under a...
India's April–January Fiscal Deficit at ₹9.81 Trillion: 63% of Full-Year Target
India's fiscal deficit for the April–January period of FY2025-26 stood at ₹9.81 trillion (approximately ₹9.81 lakh crore), equivalent to 63.0% of the...
Indo-Nepal Border Closure: Security Protocol for Nepal's House of Representatives Election
The India-Nepal border remained sealed from midnight of March 2 to midnight of March 5, 2026, ahead of Nepal's House of Representatives elections held on...
Modi's Israel Visit: India Shifts Closer to Tel Aviv, Sidesteps Palestine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel on February 25, 2026 — the second visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel, following Modi's landmark first...
Japan Commits to Connecting Northeast India to the Bay of Bengal
Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Horii Iwao announced at the 6th India-Japan Intellectual Conclave — KIZUNA-6 — held on February 27, 2026, that Japan would...
Iran-US Nuclear Talks: 'Good Progress' Reported, Next Round in a Week
A second round of direct diplomatic talks between Iran and the United States, held in Oman and subsequently in Geneva, concluded with Iranian Foreign...
US Military Laser Shoots Down Own Drone: Counter-UAS Technology and Governance Gaps
The US military used a laser directed energy weapon — the LOCUST system developed by AeroVironment — to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
Centre Releases ₹275 Crore to Jharkhand Under XV Finance Commission for Rural Governance
The Union Government has released ₹275.1253 crore to Jharkhand under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for FY 2025–26 to strengthen Panchayati...
GDP Revamp Reduced India's Measured Economy Size: What the Numbers Really Show
A counter-intuitive finding from the new GDP series with base year 2022-23: the rebasing has effectively reduced the measured absolute size of India's...
India's New GDP Series: Base Year Shifted to 2022-23, FY26 Growth Upgraded to 7.6%
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new series of National Accounts Estimates, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to...
Anthropic Refuses Unconditional AI Use by US Military; Pentagon Designates it a Supply-Chain Risk
A major dispute between the US Defence establishment and an American AI company escalated sharply in February 2026. The Pentagon issued an ultimatum to...
New GDP Series with Base Year 2022-23: MoSPI Overhauls National Accounts
The National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released on February 27, 2026, the new series of Annual and Quarterly National Accounts with base year...
Melania Trump Makes History as First Lady to Preside Over UN Security Council
First Lady Melania Trump presided over a United Nations Security Council meeting in March 2026, becoming the first First Lady (from any country) to chair a...
Casebook on AI and Gender Empowerment Launched at India AI Impact Summit 2026
The Casebook on AI and Gender Empowerment was officially launched on 17 February 2026 at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, marking a key milestone in India's...
PM Modi Inaugurates India's First Semiconductor Unit: Micron's ATMP Facility at Sanand, Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28, 2026, inaugurated the Semiconductor Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron...
ISCCM Calls for Stronger ICU Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship at Criticare 2026
At Criticare 2026 — the 32nd Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) — leading intensivists and public health...
President Murmu Becomes First Indian President to Fly Indigenous LCH Prachand at Jaisalmer
President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in the indigenously designed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand at Air Force Station Jaisalmer, Rajasthan on...
Downward Revision in Nominal GDP to Push Fiscal Deficit Upwards: Experts
The release of the revised GDP series with a 2022-23 base year on February 27, 2026 has created a significant fiscal arithmetic implication: the nominal GDP...
GDP Revision Trims FY26 Size to ₹345 Lakh Crore; $4 Trillion Mark May Slip
The new GDP series released by MoSPI on February 27, 2026 — using the revised base year of 2022-23 — has produced a lower estimate for India's nominal GDP...
Novartis Settles with Henrietta Lacks' Estate Over Decades of Profit from 'Stolen' HeLa Cells
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis reached a confidential settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, resolving a lawsuit alleging that Novartis unjustly...
India's New GDP Series: 2022-23 Base Year, Double Deflation, and What Changes in Economic Measurement
On February 27, 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) released a new GDP series with...
India's Q3 FY26 GDP Growth Likely at 8.3% Despite Adverse Base Effect: UBI Report
A report by Union Bank of India (UBI) projected India's GDP growth for Q3 FY2025-26 (October–December 2025) at 8.3%, despite an adverse base effect from the...
Pakistan Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar, Declares 'Open War' with Afghanistan
Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghanistan's capital Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and Jalalabad, claiming to have killed 274 Afghan Taliban fighters; the...
Centre's Fiscal Deficit at 63% of Full-Year Target at January-End: CGA Data
The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) released monthly accounts data showing that the Centre's fiscal deficit at the end of January 2026 stood at ₹9.8...
Economy Grows by 7.8% in Q3 of FY26 as per New GDP Series
India's official GDP data for the third quarter (Q3) of FY26 — covering October to December 2025 — was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme...
India's Growth May Outpace Current Estimates After GDP Data Overhaul
India's National Statistics Office (NSO) released a new GDP data series on February 27, 2026, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23 — the most...
India GDP Q3 FY26: Economy Grows at 7.8%, FY26 Forecast Raised to 7.6% Under New Series
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the third quarter (Q3) GDP advance estimates for FY26 on February 27, 2026...
PM Modi Highlights ₹12 Lakh Crore Capex Climb in a Decade, Ties Infrastructure Push to Long-Term Growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a post-Budget 2026-27 webinar, highlighted that public capital expenditure has grown from ₹2 lakh crore in 2014-15...
Karnataka to Proceed with 50% Quota Cap as HC Stays 2022 Reservation Hike
The Karnataka government announced it will proceed with recruitment under the existing 50% reservation cap, after the High Court issued an interim stay on...
Canadian PM Carney Visits India to Repair Ties and Launch CEPA Negotiations
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited India from 27 February to 2 March 2026 — his first bilateral visit to India after assuming office and the first...
India-EU FTA Introduces Dedicated Mediation Annexure for Trade Dispute Resolution
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement, concluded January 27, 2026, includes a dedicated annexure on mediation — a structured, time-bound mechanism for resolving...
New GDP Series with 2022-23 Base Year: FY26 Growth Revised to 7.6%
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new GDP series with 2022-23 as the base year, replacing the earlier 2011-12 base...
MoSPI Releases New GDP Series with Base Year 2022-23, Replacing 2011-12 Series
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new GDP series with base year 2022-23 on February 27, 2026, replacing the...
India Orders More Polish Loitering Munitions; Indian Firm Plans Munitions Factory in Poland
India has placed additional orders for Polish loitering munitions and tactical surveillance drones from WB Group (Poland), building on earlier procurement...
GDP Base Year Revision May Widen FY27 Fiscal Deficit Ratio and Raise Debt Path Concerns
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released new GDP estimates with a revised base year of 2022-23 (replacing the earlier...
FY27 GDP Growth Outlook Raised to 7–7.4%: Chief Economic Adviser Nageswaran
Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran raised India's GDP growth forecast for FY27 (2026-27) to a range of 7 to 7.4 percent, with upside risks...
India Backs Afghan Sovereignty as Pakistan-Taliban Conflict Escalates; Views Pakistan's Actions as Masking Domestic Failures
India is closely monitoring the dangerous escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban government following Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul...
India-US Trade Deal May Be 'Rebalanced' If Circumstances Change; Agriculture and Dairy Fully Protected
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the proposed India-US interim trade deal includes a rebalancing clause — either country may modify its...
India's GDP Growth Revised to 7.6% in FY26 After New Calculation Framework
Following MoSPI's release of the new GDP series with base year 2022-23, India's full-year FY2025-26 GDP growth estimate has been revised to 7.6%, higher...
Supreme Court Reprimands West Bengal for Obstructing Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls
The Supreme Court reprimanded the West Bengal government for repeatedly filing vague, poorly drafted petitions to delay the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...
Govt Temporarily Discontinues Rice Fortification Under PMGKAY, Cites Shelf Life Concerns
The central government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other allied...
India's Q3 FY26 GDP Grows at 7.8% Under New Base Year Series (2022-23)
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India's first GDP data under the new series with base year 2022-23, on February 27...
India's April-January Fiscal Deficit at Rs 9.81 Lakh Crore, Narrows to 63% of FY26 Aim
The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) released data showing India's fiscal deficit for April-January 2025-26 stood at Rs 9.81 lakh crore — equivalent to...
India's New GDP Data Series: Key Questions About the Economy's Fresh Math
MoSPI released a new GDP data series on February 27, 2026, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23, triggering widespread questions about what...
CBI Court Rules Investigative Agencies Cannot Probe Election Funding Independently
A CBI special court in New Delhi delivered a landmark ruling while discharging AAP leaders including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor...
Government Suspends Fortified Rice Rollout in Welfare Schemes Citing Shelf-Life Concerns
The central government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and allied...
Nirmala Sitharaman Calls for Delivery-Focused Governance at Post-Budget Webinar on Viksit Bharat
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a post-Budget webinar titled 'Technology, Reforms and Finance for Viksit Bharat' — the first in a series of...
India-Bhutan Deepen Cooperation on Trans-Boundary Rivers, Flood Management, and Hydropower
India's Secretary of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR), V. L. Kantha Rao, led a delegation to Bhutan from...
India's Trade Partnerships: FTAs with UK, Oman, New Zealand, GCC and EU Signal New Era
India ranks 3rd among Global South economies in trade partnership diversity, according to UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2025, with a diversity index...