May 29, 2026
28 articles published on this date
Heat Mortality in India: Study Estimates 3,400 Excess Deaths Per Day of Extreme Heat
A peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Environmental Health by researchers Piyush Narang and Ashok Gadgil of the India Energy and Climate Center...
Supreme Court Mandates Three-Month Limit on High Court Reserved Judgments
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued binding directions to all High Courts, mandating that reserved...
West Asia Crisis Creates Short-Run Headwinds for India's Growth and Inflation
The RBI's Annual Report for 2025-26 identified the West Asia crisis as posing 'headwinds to growth and inflation in the short run' for the Indian economy....
IMD Cuts 2026 Monsoon Forecast to 90% of LPA Amid Rising El Niño Risk
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its second-stage (updated) forecast for the 2026 Southwest Monsoon season (June–September), revising...
Quad's New Delhi Foreign Ministers' Meeting: Outcomes, Limitations, and Indo-Pacific Strategy
The Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in New Delhi on May 26, 2026, bringing together the foreign ministers of India, the United States, Japan, and...
El Niño, La Niña and the ENSO Cycle: Understanding Shifting Global Weather Patterns
The planet recently exited the first 'triple-dip' La Niña of the 21st century — a rare event in which La Niña conditions persisted for three consecutive...
Myanmar President's India Visit: Neighbourhood First and Act East Diplomacy
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing visited India from May 30 to June 3, 2026, marking his first foreign trip since assuming the presidency in April 2026 —...
IMD Revises 2026 Monsoon Forecast Downward, Raises Drought Alarm
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) revised its Southwest Monsoon (SWM) forecast for 2026 downward to 90% of the Long Period Average (LPA), the...
US-Iran 60-Day Ceasefire Extension and Nuclear Programme Negotiations
The United States and Iran reached a tentative memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend an existing ceasefire by 60 days, though the agreement required...
India Dispatches Medical Supplies to Africa CDC as Ebola Outbreak Triggers WHO PHEIC
On 17 May 2026, the WHO Director-General formally declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of...
NFHS-6: India's Maternal and Child Health Indicators Show Accelerated Progress
The sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), conducted across India in 2023–24, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
US-Iran 60-Day Ceasefire Extension and Nuclear Programme Negotiations
The United States and Iran reached a tentative memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend an existing ceasefire by 60 days, though the agreement required...
Right to Trauma Care Held Integral to Right to Life; Supreme Court Issues Pan-India Directions
A Supreme Court bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.S. Chandurkar held that the right to trauma care is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed...
RBI Warns West Asia War Could Rekindle Inflation and Slow India's Growth
The RBI's Annual Report for 2025-26 cautioned that a prolonged escalation of the West Asia war could hurt India's growth momentum and rekindle inflationary...
RBI Annual Report 2025-26: India's Economic Resilience and the West Asia Conflict
The Reserve Bank of India released its Annual Report for 2025-26, projecting India's real GDP growth at 6.9 per cent for 2026-27, even as the West Asia...
Canada-India Trade and Investment Forum 2026: CEPA Negotiations and Economic Reset
India and Canada launched the Canada-India Trade and Investment Forum at a ministerial-level meeting, issuing a joint statement reaffirming commitment to...
NEET-UG Paper Leak: Supreme Court Flags Institutional Weaknesses in National Testing Agency
The Supreme Court, hearing a matter related to the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, observed that the episode had 'traumatised entire families' and pointed to...
Government Launches Unified Portal to Help Citizens Trace Unclaimed Financial Assets
The central government launched a common landing portal that aggregates access to multiple existing portals for tracing and claiming unclaimed financial...
RBI Expands Digital Rupee Pilot to Cross-Border Transactions and DBT Schemes
The Reserve Bank of India announced plans to expand the digital rupee (e₹) retail pilot to additional direct benefit transfer (DBT) schemes and a wider...
RBI Annual Report 2026: Geopolitical Risk from West Asia Conflict and India's Economic Outlook
The Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report 2025–26 projected India's real GDP growth at 6.9% for FY 2026–27, with growth expected to reach 7.2% by the final...
Social Security for Gig and Platform Workers: e-Shram Integration Deadline Set
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has directed platform aggregator companies to integrate their worker databases with the e-Shram portal by June 22...
Extreme Heat Causes an Estimated 3,400 Excess Deaths Per Day Across India
A peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Environmental Health estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths...
Retail Digital Rupee Circulation Drops 24% in FY26 Despite Expanded RBI Pilots
The value of retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in circulation fell by 24.08% during FY 2025-26, dropping from ₹1,016.46 crore to ₹771.66 crore by...
India-US Trade Deal and Critical Minerals Framework: Strategic and Economic Significance
The US Ambassador to India stated that a broad US-India bilateral trade deal is expected to be signed within the coming weeks and months, signalling the...
India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: Trade and Energy Security
India and Oman's Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force on June 1, 2026, marking Oman's first bilateral trade agreement in...
El Niño Onset Pushes India's 2026 Monsoon Forecast to Potential 11-Year Low
El Niño conditions are developing in the equatorial Pacific ahead of India's Southwest Monsoon season (June–September 2026), with IMD assigning a 92%...
CSR Amendment: Companies Can Now Invest Up to 10% of CSR Funds in Social Stock Exchange Instruments
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs amended CSR rules under the Companies Act, 2013, permitting companies to invest up to 10% of their mandatory CSR funds in...
Banni Grasslands: Solar Energy Expansion vs. Fragile Dryland Ecosystem in Kachchh
A proposal to establish a large solar energy installation within the Banni grassland ecosystem of Kachchh district, Gujarat, has sparked conservation...