August 05, 2026
39 articles published on this date
Supreme Court: A Political Party's Decision Prevails Over Legislative Majority: Anti-Defection Law Explainer
During proceedings arising from a political party split and the resulting disqualification dispute, a Supreme Court bench observed that the validly...
Supreme Court Judge Strength Raised to 38: Parliament Clears Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 by voice vote, completing Parliament's approval after the Lok Sabha had...
NVS-03 Navigation Satellite Ready for Launch as NavIC Constellation Is Replenished
The Minister of State for the Department of Space informed the Lok Sabha that the NVS-03 navigation satellite is ready for launch, with two more satellites...
Supreme Court Judges Strength Raised from 33 to 37
Parliament cleared the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges (excluding the Chief...
Jharkhand's Special Intensive Revision: Over 43 Lakh Voters Excluded from Draft Rolls
The draft electoral roll published after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Jharkhand excludes over 43 lakh (43,61,987) names from the...
RBI to Standardise Interest Rate-Setting Rules Across Regulated Entities
The Reserve Bank of India announced plans for a new principle-based framework to standardise interest rate rules on advances (loans) across all its...
Parliament's Monsoon Session 2026: Delimitation, FCRA Amendment, and Key Legislation Passed
Parliament's monsoon session (running from 20 July to 13 August 2026) has faced repeated adjournments amid sustained floor protests, continuing into the...
NITI Aayog Proposes National Caregiving Framework for Ageing India
NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Reimagining Care: Strategies for Empowering Caregivers in Viksit Bharat@2047', examining India's caregiving ecosystem...
Study Flags Rising Flash-Drought Risk in Maharashtra's Semi-Arid Districts
A 44-year study (1981-2024) published in the journal Physics and Chemistry of the Earth analysed drought patterns across Maharashtra's districts The study...
Supreme Court Judges Bill Clears Rajya Sabha: Ordinance Route and Legislative Procedure
The Rajya Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 and returned it to the Lok Sabha, completing the bill's passage through...
Special Parliament Session (Aug 16-18) to Retry Delimitation and Women's Reservation Amendment Bills
A three-day special Parliament session from 16 to 18 August 2026 has been announced to take up the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 (which links...
DGFT Notifies Export-Only Inventory Rules for Foreign-Funded E-Commerce Firms
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified operational rules allowing foreign-funded e-commerce entities to hold inventory of domestically...
RBI to Resume On-Tap Licensing of Urban Cooperative Banks After Two-Decade Pause
The Reserve Bank of India announced it will resume licensing of new Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) on an 'on-tap' basis, ending a pause that had been in...
CBDC and Unified Lending Interface See Growing State Government Adoption
The Reserve Bank of India noted continuing expansion of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the Unified Lending Interface (ULI), with growing...
MoD to Reimburse 18% GST on R&D Grants for Defence Startups
The Ministry of Defence issued an office memorandum agreeing to reimburse Goods and Services Tax (GST) charged on grant-in-aid disbursed to private-sector...
India's Forestland Diversion Crosses 2 Lakh Hectares in 12 Years: Forest (Conservation) Law Framework
India approved diversion of 215,943 hectares of forestland for non-forest use between 2014-15 and 2025-26, according to official data Nearly 62% of this...
India-UK CETA: Tariff Cuts Set to Boost Agriculture and Automotive Exports
Experts assessed that the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will boost India's agricultural, processed food, and automotive exports...
Seven Years After Article 370: The Path Back to Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir
August 5, 2026 marked seven years since Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted Jammu and Kashmir special autonomous status, was abrogated and the...
Uzbekistan Opens Mining and Critical Minerals Sector to Indian Investment
Uzbekistan invited Indian companies to invest in its mining, metallurgy, and critical minerals sector, highlighting opportunities in gold, copper, uranium...
Ramsar Wetlands and Mining: What the Supreme Court's Order Really Covers
The Supreme Court, in continuing proceedings on wetland protection, examined whether a 10-km mining restriction attached to wetland conservation reserves...
COP31 Antalya: UN Climate Negotiations Shift from Targets to Implementation
COP30, held in Belem, Brazil, was framed as the 'COP of Implementation,' marking a deliberate shift in UN climate diplomacy away from negotiating new...
Agasthyamalai Eviction Order Reopens the Forest Rights Act Debate
A Supreme Court order (A. John Kennedy and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu, delivered on May 29, 2026, by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta)...
Delimitation Bill 2026: Reviving the Seat-Reapportionment Debate
Government representatives and parliamentary leaders held a consultation on the proposed Delimitation Bill ahead of its planned reintroduction in...
RBI's Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate, Revises Growth and Inflation Outlook
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in its August 2026 review, maintaining a 'neutral'...
Inventory-Based E-Commerce Export Norms: The Exporter-on-Record Framework
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified operational procedures, along with a new application form (Aayaat Niryaat Form, ANF-9A), for...
East Africa's Tropical Glaciers Are Disappearing: What Their Loss Signals for Climate Science
The ice caps atop East Africa's three glaciated mountain systems — Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), and the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda-DRC border)...
Strait of Hormuz Reopening Plan: Global Oil Security and India's Energy Exposure
Iran and Oman are reported to be working on a plan to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, months after transit through the waterway collapsed...
Iran-Oman Talks on the Strait of Hormuz: Geography of a Global Chokepoint and the Law of Transit Passage
Diplomatic engagement between Iran and Oman on arrangements to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has entered a new phase, according to Iranian state media. An...
RBI Raises FY27 GDP Growth Forecast, Trims Inflation Projection
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the real GDP growth projection for FY27 marginally to 6.7%, from an earlier estimate of...
Repo Rate Hold Streak: Reading the RBI's Neutral Stance
The Monetary Policy Committee left the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% for a fourth consecutive bi-monthly review, extending the pause that began after...
Antineutrino "Ghost Particle" Detection: A New Tool for Nuclear Safeguards
Researchers have experimentally confirmed that spent nuclear fuel and shut-down reactor cores continue emitting a measurable flux of antineutrinos ('ghost...
BRICS Summit 2026: What New Delhi Is Hosting and Why It Matters
India is set to host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi in September 2026, under its current chairship of the grouping. The summit's theme has been announced as...
Flexible Inflation Targeting: How RBI's FY27 CPI Forecast of 5.0% Fits the Framework
At its August 2026 review, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, trimmed its CPI inflation forecast for FY 2026-27...
Lok Sabha Takes Up Bankers' Books Evidence Bill and Taxation Amendment Bill: Digital Evidence and Tax Law Updates
The Lok Sabha took up the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 and the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for consideration and passing The...
Cooperative Banking Reform: Understanding India's UCB-RCB Regulatory Architecture
The Reserve Bank of India, alongside its August 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, proposed resuming licensing of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) after...
RBI MPC August 2026: GDP Growth Measurement and Policy Communication
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), meeting August 3-5, 2026, kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and retained a 'neutral' policy...
RBI MPC At a Glance: How the Committee Actually Decides Rates
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its August 2026 bi-monthly review, keeping the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%....
RBI's Developmental Package: UCB Licensing, Rural Bank Risk Norms, and Lending Rate Reform
Alongside the August 2026 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resolution, the Reserve Bank of India issued its accompanying Statement on Developmental and...
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% in August 2026 Review
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), meeting from August 3 to 5, 2026, unanimously voted to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at...