August 25, 2026
41 articles published on this date
25th India-China Special Representatives Talks Held in Beijing
NSA Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing for the 25th meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) mechanism on the India-China boundary question, meeting Foreign...
China's Foreign Minister Meets NSA Doval in Beijing Amid Arunachal Border Face-off
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met India's National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval in Beijing, days ahead of possible high-level India-China...
National Security Strategies Conference: Internal Security Architecture and Priorities
The Intelligence Bureau's National Security Strategies Conference (NSSC) concluded its valedictory session in New Delhi, bringing together central agencies...
Government Opens Conventional Missile Production to Private Industry
The Defence Ministry approved transfer of technology from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to private Indian companies for...
India-China Hold 25th Special Representatives Talks on Boundary Question
India and China held the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary question in Beijing The talks covered efforts to reinforce peace...
Revising the Indus Waters Treaty: Equity, Climate Change and the Case for Renegotiation
A policy commentary has argued that India and Pakistan should codify the principle of 'equitable and reasonable utilisation' while renegotiating the Indus...
Madras High Court Grants Legal Personhood to Tamirabharani River as a Deity
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court held that the Tamirabharani (also called Porunai) river in Tamil Nadu can be treated as a legal/juristic person...
Manipur Civil Society Groups Seek NRC Update Before Census 2027: The Constitutional and Legal Framework
A group of civil society organisations from Manipur has sought tripartite talks involving the Union government and the state government on updating the...
Environmentalists Flag Inadequate Public Consultation Ahead of Supreme Court's Aravalli Committee Deadline
Environmentalists and conservationists wrote to the Supreme Court-constituted committee examining Aravalli protection, flagging that the public consultation...
Supreme Court Takes Up Plea for Time-Bound Speaker Decision on MP Disqualification Under Anti-Defection Law
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a writ petition seeking a time-bound decision from the Lok Sabha Speaker on pending disqualification petitions filed...
Allahabad HC: Headscarf Not Shown to Be an Essential Religious Practice in Islam
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a minor student's petition seeking permission to wear a headscarf along with her prescribed school uniform for Class XI...
RBI's State of the Economy Report Flags Broad-Based Food Inflation Despite Monsoon Recovery
The Reserve Bank of India's 'State of the Economy' report notes a broad-based increase in food prices even after the southwest monsoon recovered in recent...
Indian Navy to Commission Second Indigenous Diving Support Vessel INS Nipun
INS Nipun, the Indian Navy's second indigenously built Diving Support Vessel (DSV) of the Nistar class, is scheduled for commissioning on August 31, 2026...
CSE Study Flags Rigid Thermal Power Contracts as a Risk to India's Energy Transition
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released a study titled 'Beyond Baseload: Reforming Thermal PPAs for India's Energy Transition,' based on RTI...
UN and Red Cross Renew Push for Binding Rules on Autonomous Weapons
The UN Secretary-General and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued a joint statement renewing, with 'greater urgency,' calls for...
US Sanctions Four India-Based Firms Over Alleged Iran Petroleum Trade
The United States Treasury designated four India-based companies, along with several individuals, under a sanctions initiative targeting entities allegedly...
India's August Crude Basket: Russia, UAE, South America and the Sanctions Squeeze
Indian refiners continued sourcing a large share of August crude oil purchases from Russia, alongside the UAE and South American suppliers, even as a new US...
UN Racial Discrimination Committee Flags Concerns on SC/ST and Rohingya Treatment in India
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued concluding observations expressing 'grave concern' over reported law-enforcement...
Drought as a Development Challenge: India at UNCCD COP17
India's Environment Minister, addressing the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ulaanbaatar...
NITI Aayog Report Flags Gap Between Women's Skilling and Formal Employment
NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Reimagining Skilling for Viksit Bharat@2047,' which finds that only about 3% of working women in India hold...
India's 100-Ship Plan: Cutting the Foreign Freight Bill and Building Maritime Capacity
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways announced plans to add 100 new vessels to India's merchant fleet over the next five years, aiming to cut...
Supreme Court Clarifies Who Can Investigate Sex-Determination Offences
The Supreme Court ruled on three questions referred from conflicting High Court interpretations: whether police can register an FIR for offences under the...
Parliamentary Panel Pushes NGT to Use Suo Motu Powers More Proactively
A Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Personnel tabled its report, 'Review of Functioning of Tribunal System in the Country,' in...
25th India-China Special Representatives Talks Held in Beijing
The 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the India-China boundary question was held in Beijing between India's National Security Adviser and...
Pakistan-Iran Talks Explore Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz Amid West Asia Tensions
Senior Pakistani officials held talks in Tehran focused on measures to prevent further escalation in the region and on reopening the Strait of Hormuz to...
NSA Doval's China Visit: 25th Special Representatives Border Talks and Meeting with VP Han Zheng
India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on...
Government Approves Transfer of DRDO Missile Technologies to Indian Defence Industry
The Ministry of Defence has approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies for conventional missile systems to the Indian defence industry, enabling...
Centre Proposes Complete Ban on Carbosulfan: Pesticide Regulation in India
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has proposed a complete ban on Carbosulfan, a widely used carbamate insecticide, citing risks to human and...
Jaishankar-Lavrov Talks: India-Russia Institutional Cooperation Mechanisms
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a wide-ranging conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, covering bilateral cooperation...
OBC Creamy Layer: Centre Seeks Exemption for CSE 2025-26 from Supreme Court's Income-Test Ruling
The Union government has sought exemption of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 and 2026 recruitment cycles from immediate implementation of a...
India Mobilises $73 Billion in Foreign Currency Inflows, Mostly Bound for RBI's Forex Reserves
India has mobilised roughly $73 billion in foreign currency inflows in under 11 weeks, largely through FCNR(B) deposits The rupee has remained range-bound...
India's Fertility Rate Falls Below Replacement Level: Demographic Dividend and the Ageing-Before-Rich Question
India's total fertility rate (TFR) has fallen to 1.9 children per woman, below the replacement level of 2.1 The working-age population share remains...
Xi Jinping's Likely India Visit for BRICS Summit: Grouping's Expansion and India's 2026 Chairmanship
Reports indicate Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to travel to New Delhi for the BRICS Summit scheduled for September 2026, accompanied by a...
One Nation, One Election Bill Before Joint Parliamentary Committee: Constitutional and Federalism Questions
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws...
India Flags Widening $50-Billion Trade Deficit with Russia, Seeks Market Access and Payment Fixes
India's trade deficit with Russia was flagged as a foremost priority during high-level bilateral engagement in Moscow, with the imbalance now exceeding $50...
GDP Growth Estimated to Moderate to 7.1% in April-June Quarter
Gross Domestic Product growth for the April-June quarter (Q1 of FY 2026-27) is estimated at 7.1% year-on-year, according to a consensus of economists'...
US Removes Syria from State Sponsors of Terrorism List After 47 Years
The United States formally removed Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, ending a designation that had been in place since 1979 The US...
India-China Special Representative Talks 2026: Managing Structural Differences Without a Boundary Settlement
The 25th round of Special Representative (SR) talks on the India-China boundary question was held in Beijing, led by India's National Security Advisor and...
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026: Conversion Regulation and Constitutional Challenge
Maharashtra enacted the Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, a law regulating religious conversions, scheduled to come into force from August 28, 2026 The law...
Wheat Export Ban Lifted After Four Years: DGFT Shifts Wheat to "Free" Category
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued notifications reclassifying wheat and wheat products from the 'prohibited' to the 'free' export...
India Eases Raw Sugar Import Timeline, Tightens Stockholding Limits to Curb Hoarding
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a corrigendum extending the timeline for processing and domestic sale of duty-free imported raw...