September 06, 2026
33 articles published on this date
India-China Corps Commanders Meet in Arunachal Pradesh: First Talks in the Eastern Sector
Corps Commander-level military talks between India and China were held for the first time in the Eastern Sector, at the Vacha-Damai (Wacha-Damai) border...
Creamy Layer and SC/ST Reservation: The Government's Constitutional Dilemma
The Union Cabinet has taken the position that reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) will continue without any 'creamy layer'...
Uttarakhand Waqf Board's Revised Nikahnama: Aligning Muslim Marriage Contracts with the State's Uniform Civil Code
The Uttarakhand Waqf Board is preparing a revised nikahnama (Muslim marriage contract) that removes provision for a second, third, or fourth marriage...
Iran Signals New "Exclusion Zone" Near the Strait of Hormuz: Legal and Strategic Dimensions
The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced plans to declare a new 'exclusion zone' outside the Strait of Hormuz targeting vessels...
High Court Chief Justice Appointment Dispute: State Consultation Under the Collegium System
The state Cabinet of Punjab passed a resolution objecting to the Union government's notification of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra's appointment as Chief...
ISRO Launches EOS-05 on GSLV-F17: India's First Geosynchronous Imaging Satellite
The GSLV-F17 mission carrying the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota...
Karnataka Seeks Cut in Cauvery Water Release to Tamil Nadu Ahead of CWRC Meeting
Karnataka filed an appeal before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) seeking a reduction in the quantum of water it is required to release to...
Centre Unveils Three-Year Roadmap for a "Drug-Free India" by 2029
A three-year roadmap (July 2026-July 2029) has been prepared with the target of dismantling 100 national and international drug trafficking networks and...
Iran-US Naval Escalation Renews Focus on the Strait of Hormuz Chokepoint
Iran claimed it struck a US vessel attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz; the US military denied the claim, calling it false The claimed incident...
Manipur, Sikkim Final Electoral Rolls Published After Special Intensive Revision
The Election Commission of India published the final electoral rolls for Manipur and Sikkim following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter lists...
Forest Officials Suspended Over Illegal Tribal Cultivation in Jawadhu Hills: FRA Implementation Gaps
Six forest department officials were suspended after a probe found they had permitted tribal cultivators to encroach on and farm more than 1,000 acres of...
Forest Rights Act Has No Consent Clause for Projects: Tribal Affairs Ministry's Position
The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in an inter-ministerial discussion with the Ministry of Power, stated that the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional...
India-China Hold First Corps Commander-Level Talks in Arunachal Pradesh
India and China held their first-ever Corps Commander-level military talks in the Eastern Sector, at the Vacha-Damai Border Meeting Point in Arunachal...
Kerala Set to Revise District Judiciary Retirement Age to 62 Under Supreme Court Direction
Kerala is expected to shortly revise the retirement age of its judicial officers (district judiciary) from 60 to 62 years, following a Supreme Court...
US Envoys Visit Kyiv and Moscow in Renewed Push to End the Russia-Ukraine War
Two US presidential envoys held talks in Moscow with the Russian President before travelling to Kyiv for their first visit to Ukraine as part of renewed...
AYUSH in India's Global Health Diplomacy: The Push for Credible Standards
Traditional medicine, covering Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy under the AYUSH umbrella, has been formally written into recent Indian trade...
Reservation Beyond 50%: The Constitutional Ceiling, Caste Census, and How States Have Tried to Cross It
A renewed public demand emerged in Karnataka for raising reservation in public employment and the state legislature to 75% for Other Backward Classes...
India Supports UN's "Correct the Map" Resolution, Flags Political Cartography Concerns on J&K
India voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution 'Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable...
India-China Hold First-Ever Corps Commander Talks in Arunachal: Eastern Sector LAC Mechanism Expands
India and China held their first-ever Corps Commander-level talks in Arunachal Pradesh, at the Wacha-Damai border meeting point in the Eastern Sector of the...
India's GDP Methodology Overhaul: Base Year Revision and PPI Inclusion Explained
India's updated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) methodology, released with base year 2022-23 (replacing 2011-12), has come under renewed scrutiny The revision...
ISRO Employee Associations Seek Clarity on Space Sector Privatisation
Multiple employee associations at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wrote to the organisation's Chairperson seeking official clarification on...
Counterfeit Abhayrab Rabies Vaccine Batch Flagged: Regulatory and Public Health Response
A batch of the widely used human rabies vaccine Abhayrab has been flagged as substandard and is under investigation for being potentially spurious, after it...
India Insists J&K and Ladakh Be Shown per Official Map on UN-Backed World Map Redesign
The Ministry of External Affairs stated that any UN-initiated proposed world map must depict the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in...
Engineering Exporters Seek Mandatory Carbon Data From Suppliers Under EU's CBAM
Engineering goods exporters have sought a mandate requiring accredited, verified carbon-emission data from domestic raw-material suppliers, to help them...
Census 2027 Caste Enumeration Format: Open-Ended Column vs Standardised List Debate
Concerns have been raised over the Centre's proposed open-ended format for recording caste details in the upcoming Census 2027, with warnings that it could...
FDI Norms in Plantation Sector May Be Eased to Boost Banana Exports
The government is examining liberalisation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in the plantation sector to bring more commercial crops, including...
Nepal's Langtang Flood: How a Mountain Collapse Triggered Disaster in Minutes
A catastrophic flood struck Nepal's Langtang region near the China border, triggered by the rapid collapse of part of a high-altitude glacier on Langtang...
57th GST Council Meeting Likely Postponed: Ease-of-Compliance Agenda on Hold
The 57th meeting of the GST Council, originally scheduled for September 12, is likely to be postponed A final decision is expected after consultations...
How the Iran Conflict Disrupted the Global Push Toward Green Steel
A regional conflict involving Iran, which began several months before September 2026, included strikes on Iranian steel-producing facilities at Isfahan...
The Strait of Hormuz Flashpoint: US-Iran-Israel Confrontation and Global Energy Security
Fresh military exchanges between the United States and Iran resumed around the Strait of Hormuz, coming as the wider Iran conflict passed roughly its...
Electoral Rolls Shrink Sharply in SIR Phase-3 Draft Lists
Draft electoral rolls published under the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), phase 3, show a decline of more than 15% in elector...
UN General Assembly Declares November 27 as Day Against Child Marriage; India Among Co-Sponsors
The UN General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a resolution proclaiming November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced...
India Emerges as Europe's Key Diesel Supplier via Bab-el-Mandeb Amid Russian, US Supply Decline
India supplied roughly 60% of the diesel transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb strait bound for Europe in August, out of an estimated 200,000 barrels per day moving...