July 15, 2026
38 articles published on this date
India-UK trade deal kicks in: PM Narendra Modi says boost for farmers & MSMEs
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) formally entered into force on 15 July 2026, alongside a companion Double Contribution Convent...
Fulfil the promise: On restoring Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir has continued to function as a Union Territory with a legislature since the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 took effect on 31 Oc...
The crisis at the heart of non-proliferation
A recent commentary examines the structural design of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), arguing that the treaty institutionalised...
Cabinet unveils ₹1.9 lakh-crore high-tech push: Clears Mobile PLI 2.0 & Semicon 2.0 to drive local design and chip sovereignty
The Union Cabinet approved two linked schemes with a combined outlay of nearly ₹1.9 lakh crore: the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS), commonly referr...
Cabinet approves ₹1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0, for mobile manufacturing, new highways
The Union Cabinet approved 'Semicon 2.0', a new phase of the India Semiconductor Mission, with a total outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore to build design, fabrication...
Cabinet clears ₹1.9 Lakh crore push for chip, mobile phone manufacturing
The Union Cabinet approved two manufacturing schemes in a single sitting with a combined outlay of nearly ₹1.9 lakh crore: Semicon 2.0 (₹1.27 lakh crore) for...
Cabinet approves Rs 1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0
The Union Cabinet approved the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) with a total outlay of Rs 1.27 lakh crore The scheme is projected to...
Election Commission ready for 'One Nation One Election' with 6-month notice, says panel chief
The Election Commission has communicated to the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the simultaneous elections bills that it can operationalise "One Nati...
'Serious risk' to India's largest nuclear plant after sensitive files leaked on dark web: Report
Nearly 19,000 files (14.3 GB) linked to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) — India's largest nuclear power station — surfaced on a dark web leak site...
Cabinet clears India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 with ₹1.27 lakh crore outlay
The Union Cabinet approved Semicon 2.0, the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission, with a budget outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore. The programme is struc...
Cabinet clears new Rs 62,500 crore mobile manufacturing scheme, Indian-brand phones to get fresh push
The Union Cabinet approved the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) with a budgetary outlay of ₹62,500 crore The scheme runs for five financial years, fr...
India-UK FTA kicks in: What changes for consumers, industry
With the India-UK trade agreement in force from 15 July 2026, India's own tariff concessions to UK-origin goods took effect alongside the UK's concessions to...
Cabinet approves new investment policy for Urea
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Investment Policy for Urea, 2026 (NIPU-2026), to attract fresh investment in domestic urea ma...
U.S. says 90-minute airstrikes target Greater Tunb Island, strategic point in Strait of Hormuz
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted a 90-minute wave of airstrikes on Greater Tunb Island, a landform in the Strait of Hormuz, beginning around 6 a.m....
Centre invites global bids for 10 GWh ACC battery manufacturing under PLI scheme
A global tender was released inviting bids for setting up 10 GWh of Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery manufacturing capacity earmarked for Grid-Scale Sta...
India adds record 29 GW solar, wind in first half of 2026
India added a record 29 GW of combined solar and wind capacity between January and June 2026 (H1 2026), according to official capacity-addition data. Solar a...
China's Brahmaputra mega dam: Can it control river water flowing into India?
Construction is underway on the Medog (Motuo) Hydropower Station, a planned 60,000 MW run-of-the-river project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet Autonomo...
India-UK trade pact takes effect, promising tariff cuts and services boost
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into force on 15 July 2026, alongside a companion Double Contribution Convention (DCC) on...
Cabinet approves₹1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0
The Union Cabinet approved the second edition of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) with a budgetary outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore The approval was annou...
What are the gains from the India-U.K. trade deal? | Explained
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed in London on 24 July 2025, came into effect on 15 July 2026, alongside a companion Dou...
Cabinet approves ₹1.27 lakh crore for Semiconductor Mission 2.0: Here's what's new
The Union Cabinet approved the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 with an outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore, expanding the incentive framework for the country's ...
Forced labour explained: Why India changed its import policy
The central government amended the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, through a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) gazette notification to prohibit t...
Stone pelting, arson, teargas as mob targets Assam Rifles camp in Manipur
A mob resorted to stone-pelting, arson, and vandalism at an Assam Rifles camp in Senapati town, Manipur, on the night of July 14-15 The incident followed an ...
How the Gaganyaan crew module is built to survive
Ahead of the uncrewed Gaganyaan-1 (G1) test flight, explainers on the mission have detailed how the Crew Module and Service Module are engineered to survive ...
How new tehsils, districts for Ladakh address political aspirations? | Explained
Ladakh's administration has rolled out an expanded set of tehsils and operationalised new districts across the Union Territory Seventeen new tehsils have bee...
West Asia War LIVE: Tehran attacks Jordan as U.S. reimposes its blockade on Iran
Iran's retaliatory strikes extended to Jordan, whose military reported intercepting missiles that entered its airspace from Iranian territory. Bahrain activa...
Amended RPwD Act to include persons internally injured by acid ingestion, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Central Government informed the Supreme Court that it has notified an amendment to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 to extend the...
Indigenous Saras Mk II flight tests scheduled for late 2027-28
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) has scheduled flight tests of the redesigned Saras Mk II for late 2027-28, with the maiden test flight target...
U.S. Senators unveil bill for 100% tariffs on India, four others for buying Russian oil
A bipartisan group of US Senators introduced an updated version of Russia sanctions legislation, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, combining full blocking ...
What is compensatory afforestation? | Explained
Compensatory afforestation is the mechanism under Indian forest law by which land is planted with trees to offset forest land diverted for non-forest uses su...
Piyush Goyal hails India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement coming into force today
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the accompanying Agreement on Social Security officially entered into force on 15 July 202...
Mint Explainer | India-UK trade deal kicks in—what CETA means for exporters, services and MSMEs
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), together with a linked Double Contributions Convention (DCC) on social security, entered into...
Mob vandalises Assam Rifles camp, torches vehicles after search operation conducted in Manipur
Assam Rifles conducted an area domination patrol and search operation near Makuilongdi village in Manipur's Senapati district, about 2 km west of a designate...
Whisky, cars and more: What gets cheaper as India-UK FTA kicks in
With the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in force from 15 July 2026, India's import duties on a range of UK-origin goods fell, mak...
US Senators unveil sweeping Russia sanctions bill; name India among nations facing possible tariffs
A bipartisan group of US Senators introduced a bill proposing sweeping sanctions on Russia's economy, including its energy and financial sectors and its defe...
US Russia sanctions bill cuts India, China tariff threat from 500% to 100%
A revised, bipartisan Russia sanctions bill in the US Senate — the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 — was unveiled on 14 July 2026, lowering the proposed secon...
Piyush Goyal holds key meetings with EU, Belgian leaders to deepen trade, clean energy, agriculture cooperation
A high-level Indian business delegation visited Spain, Belgium, and Finland to advance India's economic partnership with the European Union. In Brussels, the...
Madhya Pradesh's UCC draft proposes registration of live-in couples
A government-appointed committee, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, submitted its final Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft to the state government on 13 J...