July 29, 2026
32 articles published on this date
India Declared Free of LWE-Affected Districts: Understanding the Left Wing Extremism Framework
The Ministry of Home Affairs' comprehensive security review, completed after March 31, 2026, established that no district in the country now falls under the...
INS Machilipatnam Launched: Indigenous Anti-Submarine Shallow Water Craft Programme
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) launched Machilipatnam, the seventh of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built for the Indian...
India Prepares for Xi Jinping, Putin Visits: BRICS Summit in New Delhi, September 2026
India is preparing to host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, during its rotational BRICS chairmanship year. Chinese President Xi...
Rice Yields Could Fall 6.6% Per 1°C of Warming: New Study Triples Earlier Estimates
A study published in the journal Science Advances estimates that India's rice yields could fall by 6.6% for every 1°C rise in global mean temperature, more...
Vande Mataram Bill 2026: Extending the National Honour Act to the National Song
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — popularly termed the 'Vande Mataram Bill' — was passed by Parliament, extending...
India's Mobile Phone Exports Surge 165-Fold in a Decade: PLI Scheme and the Semiconductor Push
The government informed Parliament that India's mobile phone exports have risen roughly 165-fold over the past decade, from about ₹1,500 crore in 2014-15 to...
GST Rollout Boosted State Tax Buoyancy: India Ratings Study
A study by India Ratings (Ind-Ra) found that state tax revenue buoyancy rose sharply after the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), based on a...
Cochin Shipyard Launches Machilipatnam: Seventh Anti-Submarine Shallow Water Craft
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) launched Machilipatnam, the seventh of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built for the Indian...
IN-SPACe Issues Guidelines for Planned Re-Entry of Space Objects
IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) issued a dedicated set of norms, guidelines and procedures for the 'planned re-entry of...
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026: Tougher Anti-Paper-Leak Law
Lok Sabha passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, amending the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means)...
Cauvery Water Dispute and the Mekedatu Project: Constitutional and Federal Dimensions
The long-running dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over sharing of the Cauvery river's waters has resurfaced in connection with Karnataka's proposed...
Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill Passed: Auctioning Cancelled Coal Blocks and Ending the Commercial Mining Monopoly
Parliament passed the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill to provide a legal mechanism for reallocating coal blocks whose earlier allocations had been...
Coal Block Allocations Since 1993 Declared Illegal: Revisiting the "Coalgate" Verdict
The Supreme Court held that the allocation of coal blocks by the Central Government since 1993 lacked a fair and transparent procedure and was arbitrary and...
Beyond Headcounts: The Case for a Density-Based Tiger Conservation Framework
Conservation scientists have proposed shifting India's tiger conservation strategy away from maximising raw population counts toward managing tigers at...
Why India's Tiger Conservation Model Is Under Scrutiny: Numbers vs. Habitat
Wildlife experts have flagged structural flaws in India's tiger conservation approach, arguing that the focus on maximising tiger population counts has...
Supreme Court's Coal Block Cancellation: Executive Discretion and Article 14
The Supreme Court quashed the allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks allotted by the Central Government between 1993 and 2011, holding the allocation...
India's Tiger Population Boom Outside Protected Areas: Rethinking the Reserve-Centric Conservation Model
The National Tiger Conservation Authority's 'Status of Tigers 2022' report shows about 23% of India's tiger population (847 of 3,682 tigers) now lives...
Bill to Tighten Delayed Registration of Births and Deaths Introduced in Lok Sabha
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid opposition protests The Bill was cleared for introduction...
U.S. Senate Advances Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill Targeting Oil Buyers Including India
The U.S. Senate voted 86-12 to advance the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, a bipartisan sanctions bill named for the late Senator...
Lok Sabha Extends JPC Deadline on 'One Nation, One Election' Bills to Winter Session
The Lok Sabha adopted a resolution extending the reporting deadline of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 'One Nation, One Election'...
Cauvery Panel Urges Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to Agree on a Distress-Sharing Formula
The Chairman of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), Vineet Gupta, called on Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to work out a distress-sharing formula for...
Indian Coast Guard Extends Permanent Absorption to Women Officers: Gender Parity Across Uniformed Services
The Indian Coast Guard has moved to extend Permanent Absorption and associated retirement benefits (including pension) to women officers, aligning its...
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026: Stiffer Penalties for Paper Leaks
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, was introduced in Lok Sabha and passed by voice vote. The amendment raises the...
Supreme Court Quashes 2021 Office Memorandum on Retrospective Environmental Clearance
The Supreme Court quashed the 2021 Office Memorandum (OM) that had permitted the Centre and other authorities to grant ex post facto (retrospective)...
India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme: Are Industrial Targets Ambitious Enough?
An independent climate policy analysis has assessed India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) and concluded that its current emission-intensity targets...
Lavender's "Purple Revolution" Helps Jammu & Kashmir Farmers Adapt to a Warmer, Drier Climate
Lavender cultivation, promoted under CSIR's 'Aroma Mission' and popularly called the 'Purple Revolution,' is expanding across Jammu & Kashmir as a...
One Nation One Election Committee Gets Extension Till Winter Session
The Lok Sabha approved a resolution extending the deadline for the parliamentary committee examining the 'One Nation, One Election' (simultaneous elections)...
Last CPI (Maoist) Central Committee Member Arrested: Left-Wing Extremism in Terminal Decline
Misir Besra, a member of both the central committee and politburo of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), was arrested in a joint operation by Jharkhand...
Judicial Removal vs Resignation: What the Justice Varma Case Tests
A three-member in-house inquiry committee, constituted after unaccounted cash was found at the official residence of a Delhi High Court judge in March 2025...
Government Caps Sugar Dealer Stocks at 400 Tonnes to Check Hoarding and Price Rise
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution imposed a stock limit on sugar dealers, restricting them from holding more than 4,000...
Three Bills in Lok Sabha: Birth Registration, Exam Malpractice, and Supreme Court Strength
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha to further amend Section 13(3) of the Registration of Births and...
Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area: Seventh Draft Allows Phased, State-wise Rollout
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued its seventh draft notification proposing to declare approximately 56,825 sq km...