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Govt to allow trading of major minerals on exchange from next financial yearEconomics India works out Chabahar handover to Iran amid US sanctionsInternational Relations Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales globally since 2001, study revealsEnvironment & Ecology Government seeks stakeholder comments on nuclear rules and regulationsScience & Technology From burnt cash to possibly the first impeachment of a judge: The Yashwant Varma saga explainedPolity & Governance PM GatiShakti: 396 infra projects worth Rs 18.66 lakh crore recommended for approvalEconomics Can the Great Indian Bustard reclaim the Deccan part of its range? Yes, provided traditional agriculture is promoted, says studyEnvironment & Ecology India’s Russian crude imports hit record high in JulyEconomics Finance ministry asks ministries to move from WPI to PPI in future contractsEconomics Cauvery water row: Supreme Court to hear Tamil Nadu plea against Karnataka on August 17Polity & Governance

PM Modi puts women's quota back on table, makes fresh pitch to oppositionPolity & Governance I-Day: Modi wants India to be defence supplier to world; says focus on drones, anti-drones, hypersonicsInternal Security Moon Base | India’s lunar futureScience & Technology Government rolls out foreign asset disclosure scheme for small taxpayersEconomics Iran fires back at Trump's threat to declare Hormuz a U.S. territoryInternational Relations Myanmar says over 3,00,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth yearInternational Relations SCTIMST unveils Chitra Core, its first coronary stentScience & Technology CAG audit flags major gaps in Green India Mission implementationEnvironment & Ecology Red Sea crisis enters 1,000th day as shipping detour continues to squeeze tradeInternational Relations Odisha: BJD plans legal action, public demonstrations against Mines and Minerals (Amendment) BillPolity & Governance Rajasthan to introduce Uniform Civil Code, CM Bhajanlal Sharma announcesPolity & Governance India's engineering services exports surge nearly eightfold to USD 13.8 billion in a decade: NITI AayogEconomics 100GW of nuclear power by 2047, 5 reactors this decade: Inside PM Modi's energy self-reliance planScience & Technology The Mountbatten Plan: How June 3 sealed the Partition of IndiaModern History Income Tax Department rolls out foreign asset disclosure scheme for small taxpayersEconomics Government reduces export duty on petrol to nil; diesel and ATF duty also reducedEconomics How will caste be recorded in second phase of Census 2027? | ExplainedSocial Issues Department of Atomic Energy releases draft rules of SHANTI ActScience & Technology 80 years of food security, the next step: Building a nutrition-secure rural IndiaEconomics What is the latest Mining Amendment Act about? | ExplainedPolity & Governance PM Modi says India securing critical minerals, deepening global supply partnershipsEconomics Foreign Assets Disclosure Scheme 2026: ₹1 crore limit, 30% tax and December 31 deadline — all you need to knowEconomics Caste, COVID vaccine, bank accounts, voter/aadhaar: The big changes in census 2027Polity & Governance Marine heatwaves: Why is the ocean getting hotter?Environment & Ecology Trump says will ‘soon’ declare Hormuz Strait U.S. territoryInternational Relations PM Modi addresses nation on 80th Independence Day, presents ‘Saptdharas’ to boost Viksit Bharat visionScience & Technology India’s edible oil problem is not supply: It is policy uncertaintyEconomics UAE state oil company says vessel attacked in Hormuz StraitInternational Relations Independence Day 2026: PM Modi appeals to Oppn. to help implement women quota, says ‘you may take the credit’Polity & Governance Telangana SIR: Botched-up enumeration phase leaves 94 lakh electors at the mercy of 119 EROsPolity & Governance West Asia war LIVE: Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas pricesInternational Relations Govt opens tax disclosure window for foreign assets, incomeEconomics India has set target of 200 GW nuclear energy, setting up five new reactors: PMScience & Technology Reliance to partner Rolls-Royce to develop fighter jet enginesScience & Technology

40 queries in Census Phase-II: Caste, bank accounts, Covid jabs...Polity & Governance Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance enters India’s defence race, joins Rolls-Royce bid to power AMCAScience & Technology ‘India’s defence exports surge to ₹38,424 cr’: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's message on I-Day eveInternal Security TASL, NIBE bag ₹1,577-crore Army contracts for loiter munitionsInternal Security Supreme Court urges Kuki, Meitei groups to make peace, remove blockade on highwaysInternal Security Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-relianceEconomics Defence production rises nearly four-fold to ₹1.78 lakh crore, says Rajnath SinghInternal Security India's green bonds find footing as stable 'greenium' underscores investor appetiteEconomics CBDC-based DBT launched for PMGKAY beneficiaries in Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar HaveliEconomics US says India, 40 others enabling Chinese goods to bypass tariffsEconomics New Development Bank plans $7.5 billion funding to deepen rupee lendingEconomics Wholesale inflation eases to 9.8% on softer energy pricesEconomics Internship scheme aims to bridge skill gap among youth: Nirmala SitharamanEconomics RIL, Rolls-Royce in JV to develop combat engine; plans Aerospace Gas Turbine ComplexScience & Technology Why did Vladimir Putin’s historic Kuril Islands trip spark a fierce Russia-Japan showdown?International Relations HAL ropes in BEML, Adani for light combat helicopter fuselage structure manufacturingInternal Security As record El Nino peaks, world leaders meet in Mongolia to confront a drying planetEnvironment & Ecology India records $8.1 billion deficit in April-June balance of payments, June turns surplusEconomics GOBARdhan scheme: How India plans to turn cattle dung, crop waste and garbage into fuelEnvironment & Ecology Indus Waters Treaty should remain suspended, our lifeblood has drained: Omar AbdullahInternational Relations A $67 bn tariff trail leads the US to India over China trade. Where's the proof?Economics Wholesale inflation moderates to 9.78% in JulyEconomics New plastic treaty document criticised for weaker ambitionEnvironment & Ecology U.S. lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones in war with Iran: reportInternal Security Caste Census 2027: Full list of questions to be asked in the second phase of CensusPolity & Governance India in U.S. crosshairs again — White House report cites countries ‘enabling’ China’s tariff evasionsEconomics India’s FTA exports surge, shipments to Singapore and Sri Lanka more than doubleEconomics Iran president Pezeshkian to visit India for BRICS summit amid Middle East tensionsInternational Relations Mines, minerals bill gets nod, draws fire from Jharkhand, KeralaPolity & Governance Census 2027 to have 40 questions, including details of caste, COVID vaccination, ID proofsPolity & Governance Indian solar mission's new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteriesScience & Technology Swachh Bharat Mission: Liquid waste management covers 5.63 lakh villagesSocial Issues Can climate rankings tell us which country is a good performer?Environment & Ecology The constitutional limits on arrestPolity & Governance India’s cheap-urea model faces an expensive reckoningEconomics Debt grows slower than GDP, CAG says; revenue lapses persistEconomics