July 25, 2026
33 articles published on this date
Sarnath on the World Heritage List: Ashokan Legacy and Buddhist Diplomacy
Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan...
Sarnath's 28-Year Wait: From Tentative List to World Heritage Status
The Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, was formally inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 48th session of the World Heritage...
Public Examinations Amendment Bill Sets Three-Month Deadline for High Court Appeals in Paper Leak Cases
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes that High Courts dispose of appeals against fast-track court judgments in...
Ken-Betwa Link Project: Why Displaced Communities Are Protesting
Communities affected by the Ken-Betwa Link Project's Daudhan Dam, being built on the Ken river in Madhya Pradesh, have renewed protests over displacement...
ONGC Spuds India's Deepwater Well in Mahanadi Basin Under Samudra Manthan Mission
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) commenced drilling its first deepwater exploratory well, designated MN-DW18-1-H-D, in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin...
Keeladi Excavation's 11th Phase Uncovers Continuous Brick Structures Across the Site
The 11th phase of excavation at the Keeladi archaeological site in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, which began on 18 March 2026, has uncovered continuous...
Tamil Nadu Renews Demand to Move Education Back to the State List Amid the NEET Row
The Tamil Nadu state government renewed its demand for education to be moved from the Concurrent List back to the State List of the Constitution The demand...
Anti-Paper Leak Law Amendment: Institutional and Constitutional Dimensions
The government proposed amendments to the existing anti-paper-leak law, aimed at faster investigation and trial of examination-malpractice offences The...
Sarnath Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List: India's 45th Site
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in its 48th session in Busan, South Korea (19–29 July 2026), inscribed the ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath...
Integrated Farming Systems Help Diversify Farm Incomes in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Villages in Nagaon and Tamulpur districts of Assam and Namisai (Namsai) district of Arunachal Pradesh have adopted Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) that...
Great Nicobar Project's "Commercial vs Strategic" Classification Debate: CRZ, PVTG and NGT Questions
Public correspondence exchanged between a Rajya Sabha member and the Ministry of Defence renewed debate over whether the Great Nicobar Island Development...
US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff on India: 45% of Exports Exempted
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) finalised Section 301 tariffs on 60 economies following an investigation into failures to impose...
India's Engagement With USTR Secures Lower 10% Tier in Forced-Labour Section 301 Action
The Government of India stated that it remained closely engaged with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) throughout its Section 301...
CAG Flags Irregularities in Cyclone Amphan Relief Disbursal in West Bengal
A compliance audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on post-Cyclone Amphan relief and restoration works was tabled in the West Bengal...
Pellet Guns and Crowd Control: The Law on Dispersing an Unlawful Assembly
Allegations emerged that pellet guns were used against a student march heading toward Parliament, prompting a preliminary verification by the force involved...
US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff: 45% of India's US-Bound Exports Stay Outside the 10% Duty
The Government of India confirmed that approximately 45% of India's exports to the United States fall outside the additional 10% duty imposed under the US...
Great Nicobar Project: Environmental Clearance and Regulatory Concerns
In Parliament, the Great Nicobar Island Development Project (GNIDP) was described from an alternative position as primarily a commercial transshipment and...
ICMR Licenses Indigenous Cervical Pre-Cancer and Vaccine Technologies to Pharma Firms
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has licensed three indigenously developed biomedical technologies to Indian pharmaceutical and vaccine...
Vizhinjam Seaport Cleared for Full EXIM Operations from August 18
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has granted final customs approval for Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala to begin full-scale...
Great Nicobar Project: The Strategic and Indo-Pacific Case
In Parliament, the Ministry of Defence set out the strategic rationale for the ₹81,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Development Project (GNIDP), describing it...
Kavach 4.0 Automatic Train Protection Expanded to 2,490 Route Km on Delhi–Mumbai, Delhi–Howrah Corridors
Indian Railways has commissioned Kavach Version 4.0, the indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, across 2,490 route km on the high-density...
National Investment Policy for Urea (NIPU-2026): India's Push for Fertiliser Self-Reliance
The Union Cabinet approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 (NIPU-2026), replacing the New Investment Policy of 2012, to attract fresh...
Grain-Based Ethanol's Growing Share in India's Fuel Blending Programme
Grain-based feedstocks, particularly maize and surplus rice, are accounting for a growing share of ethanol supplied under India's fuel blending programme...
Airport-Airline Cross-Ownership Cap: Centre Weighs Easing a 2006 Safeguard
The government is reported to be examining a proposal to relax the rule restricting airport operators from holding a significant stake in scheduled airlines...
US Section 301 Tariff Regime Pressures India's Gems and Jewellery Exports
The United States has moved from a temporary tariff surcharge to a Section 301 tariff regime with no automatic expiry, maintaining an additional duty on...
Anti-Cheating Law Amendment: Steeper Penalties for Exam Malpractice
A Bill to amend the existing anti-cheating law governing public examinations has been proposed, raising maximum prison terms for both individual and...
Special Intensive Revision Flags Nearly a Third of Gurugram Voters for Possible Removal
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Haryana flagged nearly 4.6 lakh voters (29.3%) in Gurugram as absent, shifted, deceased, or...
US Sets 10% Tariff on Indian Exports Under Section 301 Forced-Labour Action
The United States implemented new tariff slabs of 10% and 12.5% on imports from roughly 60 economies under a Section 301 enforcement action targeting...
Public Examinations Amendment Bill: Fast-Track Courts and Tighter Timelines for Anti-Cheating Law
The government proposed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill to strengthen the existing anti-cheating law The Bill requires...
US-Saudi Arabia Civil Nuclear Agreement Departs From Non-Proliferation "Gold Standard"
The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement (a '123 Agreement') permitting the transfer of US nuclear material...
Delhi High Court's OpenAI-ANI Order: Fair Dealing and AI Training Under Copyright Law
The Delhi High Court declined to grant an interim injunction sought by news agency ANI against OpenAI, holding that using ANI's content to train a large...
Chhattisgarh to Table Uniform Civil Code Bill in Winter Session
The Chhattisgarh government announced that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill will be tabled in the winter session of the state assembly The announcement...
Tiger Reintroduction Planned at Buxa Tiger Reserve: Project Tiger Translocation Framework
The West Bengal Forest Department has planned to introduce tigers into Buxa Tiger Reserve, with a target date around October 2. Senior forest officials have...