August 15, 2026
34 articles published on this date
PM Modi puts women's quota back on table, makes fresh pitch to opposition
A renewed appeal for cross-party political consensus was made to operationalise the 33% women's reservation in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies...
I-Day: Modi wants India to be defence supplier to world; says focus on drones, anti-drones, hypersonics
In the Independence Day address delivered from the Red Fort, expanding domestic defence production was described as critical to strengthening India's strateg...
Moon Base | India’s lunar future
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to participate in its Moon Base programme,...
Government rolls out foreign asset disclosure scheme for small taxpayers
A new voluntary disclosure scheme was rolled out allowing small taxpayers to declare previously undisclosed foreign assets or foreign income at a concessiona...
Iran fires back at Trump's threat to declare Hormuz a U.S. territory
The US administration stated that it intends to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States once the ongoing West Asia conflict concludes. ...
Myanmar says over 3,00,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year
Myanmar's authorities verified over 300,000 Rohingya refugees, out of a list of more than 800,000 names submitted by Bangladesh, as former residents of Rakhi...
SCTIMST unveils Chitra Core, its first coronary stent
The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, has unveiled its first indigenously developed coronary s...
CAG audit flags major gaps in Green India Mission implementation
A performance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found that the National Mission for Green India (GIM) achieved only a fraction of its forest...
Red Sea crisis enters 1,000th day as shipping detour continues to squeeze trade
Disruption to Red Sea shipping routes, which began with attacks on merchant vessels transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, has now persisted for roughly 1,000 ...
Odisha: BJD plans legal action, public demonstrations against Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill
State-level opposition has emerged in Odisha against the recently passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, with plans for...
Rajasthan to introduce Uniform Civil Code, CM Bhajanlal Sharma announces
The Rajasthan Government announced that it is working toward introducing a state Uniform Civil Code (UCC), describing the move as being "in the spirit" of Ar...
India's engineering services exports surge nearly eightfold to USD 13.8 billion in a decade: NITI Aayog
A NITI Aayog report titled on regulatory regimes in professional services found that India's engineering services exports rose nearly eightfold over a decade...
100GW of nuclear power by 2047, 5 reactors this decade: Inside PM Modi's energy self-reliance plan
In the Independence Day address on 15 August 2026, the government reiterated the target of achieving 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047, up from about ...
The Mountbatten Plan: How June 3 sealed the Partition of India
The Mountbatten Plan, announced on 3 June 1947 (also called the "June 3 Plan"), set out the mechanism by which British India would be partitioned into the tw...
Income Tax Department rolls out foreign asset disclosure scheme for small taxpayers
The Income Tax Department rolled out the Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers-Disclosure Scheme (FAST-DS), a one-time voluntary disclosure window for small taxp...
Government reduces export duty on petrol to nil; diesel and ATF duty also reduced
The export duty (levied as a Special Additional Excise Duty, or SAED) on petrol exports was reduced to nil, down from ₹3.5 per litre. The combined levy on di...
How will caste be recorded in second phase of Census 2027? | Explained
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI) notified 40 questions for the household schedule to be used in the second phase (Population En...
Department of Atomic Energy releases draft rules of SHANTI Act
The Department of Atomic Energy released draft rules under the SHANTI Act, 2025 for public and stakeholder consultation The draft rules require nuclear opera...
80 years of food security, the next step: Building a nutrition-secure rural India
A recent report, marking roughly eight decades of India's food-security policy journey, argues that the next phase of reform must shift focus from calorie-su...
What is the latest Mining Amendment Act about? | Explained
Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, amending the parent MMDR Act, 1957. The Bill inserts a new provis...
PM Modi says India securing critical minerals, deepening global supply partnerships
In the Independence Day address on 15 August 2026, the government highlighted efforts to secure critical mineral supplies and deepen international sourcing p...
Foreign Assets Disclosure Scheme 2026: ₹1 crore limit, 30% tax and December 31 deadline — all you need to know
A one-time voluntary disclosure scheme for undisclosed foreign assets and income, targeted at small taxpayers, opens on August 16, 2026, and closes on Decemb...
Caste, COVID vaccine, bank accounts, voter/aadhaar: The big changes in census 2027
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI) notified a 40-question household schedule for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027....
Marine heatwaves: Why is the ocean getting hotter?
A recent report explained the growing frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves, periods of abnormally high sea-surface temperature, and their link to glob...
Trump says will ‘soon’ declare Hormuz Strait U.S. territory
The US administration stated it would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory once the ongoing conflict with Iran concludes, citing the naval bloc...
PM Modi addresses nation on 80th Independence Day, presents ‘Saptdharas’ to boost Viksit Bharat vision
The 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort outlined a seven-part policy framework (described as "Saptdharas"/"Shakti ki Saptadhara") covering manufa...
India’s edible oil problem is not supply: It is policy uncertainty
India's edible oil sector continues to rely on imports for roughly 55–60% of domestic consumption despite being among the world's largest oilseed-producing c...
UAE state oil company says vessel attacked in Hormuz Strait
The UAE's state-owned oil and gas company, ADNOC, confirmed that one of its vessels was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE condemned the...
Independence Day 2026: PM Modi appeals to Oppn. to help implement women quota, says ‘you may take the credit’
In the Independence Day address delivered from the Red Fort, a call was made for political consensus to operationalise the 33% reservation for women in the L...
Telangana SIR: Botched-up enumeration phase leaves 94 lakh electors at the mercy of 119 EROs
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is underway in Telangana, with the enumeration phase reported to have left a very short adjudication ...
West Asia war LIVE: Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
Iran's government reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to shipping until its conditions for ending the ongoing West Asia conflict are acce...
Govt opens tax disclosure window for foreign assets, income
A limited, one-time window has opened for taxpayers to disclose specified undisclosed foreign assets and foreign income, running from August 16, 2026 to Dece...
India has set target of 200 GW nuclear energy, setting up five new reactors: PM
India's nuclear power capacity expansion targets and plans for five new nuclear reactors were announced during the 80th Independence Day address from the Red...
Reliance to partner Rolls-Royce to develop fighter jet engines
Reliance Industries Limited and Rolls-Royce announced a strategic intent to partner for the design, development, manufacturing, and delivery of an indigenous...