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Government Notifies Bar on Bank Charges for UPI and RuPay Debit Payments up to ₹2,000Economics India's Russian Crude Oil Imports Decline in September, Iraq Emerges as Key AlternativeEconomics SEBI's Closing-Price Call Auction Reform Faces Rollback After Market PushbackEconomics India and China Hold Ministerial Talks to Address Bilateral Trade ConcernsInternational Relations UPI and RuPay Debit Payments Up to Rs 2,000 Remain Free of ChargeEconomics India-EAEU Free Trade Agreement Talks Gain Momentum After New Delhi MeetingInternational Relations Direct Benefit Transfers Cross Rs 2.08 Lakh Crore in FY27, Led by Fertiliser SubsidyEconomics Rate Hike Odds Rise for October MPC Meeting as Crude Oil Prices ClimbEconomics Uniform Civil Code: State-Wise Implementation Push and the Consultation DebatePolity & Governance BRICS 2026: New Delhi Declaration and India's Fourth ChairshipInternational Relations India's Eco-Sensitive Zones: Notified on Paper, Ungoverned on GroundEnvironment & Ecology India-China Relations: "Partners, Not Rivals" Consensus and the Push for Balanced TradeInternational Relations Himalayan Glaciers Nearing "Peak Water": What the Melt Means for India's RiversEnvironment & Ecology India's Counter-Terrorism Architecture: From Restraint to Proactive DeterrenceInternal Security WPI Inflation Hits 9.92% in August: Second-Highest Reading in the New 2022-23 Base SeriesEconomics India Gains Wider EU Steel Quota, but Carbon Border Levy Still AppliesInternational Relations India's Microplastics Problem and the Regulatory GapEnvironment & Ecology Wholesale Inflation Nears Double Digits as Global Oil Pressures PersistEconomics India and Canada Hold Fourth Round of CEPA NegotiationsInternational Relations Maharashtra's Uniform Civil Code Committee Nears Its ReportPolity & Governance Wholesale Price Inflation Rises to Near-Decade High in August 2026Economics Oil Price Surge After Strait of Hormuz and Saudi Pipeline DisruptionsGeography 18th BRICS Joint Declaration: Consensus-Building Under India's PresidencyInternational Relations 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi: New Delhi Declaration, UNSC Reform Push, and the Critical-Minerals WarningInternational Relations

Himalayan Glaciers Melting 65% Faster: Water, Disaster and Economic Risk for IndiaEnvironment & Ecology India's First 100% Hydrogen-Based DRI Pilot Plant for Steel DecarbonizationScience & Technology BRICS Summit: India Flags Weaponisation of Critical Minerals and TechnologyInternational Relations 18th BRICS Summit Adopts the New Delhi DeclarationInternational Relations Defence Ministry Report: S-400 Achieved 314-km Engagement During Operation SindoorInternal Security India-Philippines Defence Cooperation Deepens Amid South China Sea DynamicsInternational Relations Uniform Civil Code Rollout Planned Across 21 States by 2029: Constitutional and Legal BasisPolity & Governance Arunachal Frontier Highway: Border Connectivity Project Targets 2029 CompletionInternal Security India-Vietnam Agree to Accelerate Defence Technology Sharing and Maritime CooperationInternal Security India-EU FTA: Phased Car Import Quotas and Tariff ConcessionsEconomics India-France Deepen Space Ties Through Private-Sector AgreementsScience & Technology Weaponisation of Critical Minerals and Technology: Concerns Raised at BRICS SummitInternational Relations State of the World's Birds: Nearly Half of Migratory Species in DeclineEnvironment & Ecology India-EU FTA's Phased Auto Tariff Schedule Reshapes Sourcing for Domestic ManufacturersEconomics Iran War Tests BRICS Cohesion, Exposing Fault Lines Within the BlocInternational Relations India Secures Annual Steel Export Quota to EU Under the India-EU Free Trade AgreementEconomics Putin Proposes SWIFT Alternative, Grain Exchange and Reinsurance Mechanism at BRICS SummitInternational Relations India's BRICS-Sideline Bilaterals Put Defence and Security Cooperation in FocusInternational Relations India's Uranium Diversification Drive Amid Nuclear Capacity ExpansionScience & Technology India-UAE Ties Enter Next Phase: Advanced Technology and Digital Economy FocusInternational Relations Gujarat's Community-Led Mangrove Restoration as Coastal Defence InfrastructureEnvironment & Ecology India and China Offer "Good Offices" on Ukraine Conflict at BRICS SidelinesInternational Relations BRICS Summit 2026 Concludes: Sanctions Critique, Nuclear Concerns and Global Governance ReformInternational Relations UN Security Council 'Paralysed' but UN 'Not Broken': Guterres at BRICS SummitInternational Relations Pygmy Hog Comeback in Assam: Captive Breeding Turns Around India's Rarest Wild PigEnvironment & Ecology BRICS Summit: Resilient Supply Chains and the Critical-Minerals WarningEconomics PM Warns Against Weaponisation of Technology and Critical Minerals at BRICS, Flagging Global Trade-Rule GapsEconomics BRICS Summit Day Two: Technology and Critical-Minerals Weaponisation WarningInternational Relations PM Chairs BRICS Session on Inclusive Global Governance, Pitches Global South as "Rule-Shaper"International Relations Russia's Record Fuel Imports from India Spotlight Oil Sanctions and Refining LoopholesInternational Relations Dryland Congress 2026: Delhi Declaration Pushes South-South Cooperation on Dryland AgricultureEconomics 18th BRICS Summit: India's Chairship Agenda on Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and SustainabilityInternational Relations From Galwan to BRICS 2026: The Post-Disengagement Trajectory in India-China TiesInternational Relations MEA Clarifies No BRICS Common Currency Proposal, Points to Local Currency Trade SettlementInternational Relations BRICS New Delhi Declaration Flags "Growing Risks" of Nuclear ConflictInternational Relations BRICS Summit Day 2: Nuclear Risk Warning Puts Global Disarmament Architecture in FocusInternational Relations IBBI Proposes Tighter Safeguards in Personal Guarantor Insolvency ResolutionEconomics

BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026: Global Governance, IMF Reform, and Counter-Terrorism CommitmentsInternational Relations India-China Bilateral Meeting: Special Representatives Mechanism and LAC Border ManagementInternational Relations How BRICS Sherpas Built Consensus on the New Delhi Leaders' DeclarationInternational Relations LAC and the Confidence Building Measures Framework Behind India-China TiesInternational Relations BRICS New Delhi Declaration Calls for Restraint in West Asia, Condemns Pahalgam AttackInternational Relations Ukraine Conflict Omitted from BRICS New Delhi Declaration, a Shift from Rio and KazanInternational Relations India-China Border Peace and the Special Representatives MechanismInternational Relations Modi's Global South Pitch: A Ten-Point Governance Roadmap and a Seafarers' Safety NetInternational Relations BRICS Ties Energy Security and Equity to Its Climate-Trade StanceInternational Relations 18th BRICS Summit, New Delhi: New Delhi Declaration 2026: Key OutcomesInternational Relations BRICS Backs Carbon Market Cooperation, Opposes Unilateral CBAMEnvironment & Ecology BRICS New Delhi Declaration Places AI Access and Governance at the Centre of CooperationInternational Relations New Delhi Declaration: BRICS Calls for "Maximum Restraint" in West Asia, India-China Talks Held on Summit SidelinesInternational Relations BRICS Finance Chiefs Renew Push for IMF and World Bank Governance ReformEconomics BRICS New Delhi Declaration Adopted After Bridging Divisions on Nuclear-Site ProtectionInternational Relations India-China Reset: Border Mechanisms and the Trade Deficit ProblemInternational Relations Iran's Push for New Development Bank Membership at the BRICS SummitInternational Relations India-China Trade Numbers Ahead of the Xi-Modi BRICS MeetingEconomics India-Malaysia Bilateral Talks: Trade, Defence, and Semiconductor CooperationInternational Relations 18th BRICS Summit Tests the Bloc Amid Global Conflicts and Major-Power TensionsInternational Relations BRICS De-Dollarisation: Local Currency Settlement, Not a Common CurrencyEconomics BRICS Summit 2026: Expansion, Institutional Gaps, and the Strategic-Autonomy DebateInternational Relations BRICS De-dollarisation Push Focuses on Local-Currency Payments, Not a Common CurrencyEconomics Xi Jinping's First Delhi Visit in Seven Years: BRICS Institutions in FocusInternational Relations India-China Trade: Record Deficit and Import Dependence in Critical SectorsEconomics BRICS Institutes Troika Continuity Mechanism and Digital Repository to Track Summit OutcomesInternational Relations Modi's Bilateral Talks with Malaysia and Ethiopia on BRICS Summit SidelinesInternational Relations BRICS at 18: Membership Expansion, Institutional Architecture, and the Multipolarity DebateInternational Relations BRICS Summit Convenes Amid an Oil Shock: Chokepoint Risk and Summit Diplomacy FormatsInternational Relations Supreme Court Seeks Timeline for FSSAI's Front-of-Pack Food Warning LabelsSocial Issues BRICS Finance Chiefs Flag Unilateral Tariffs as Inconsistent with WTO RulesEconomics India-Russia Bilateral Talks Set $100 Billion Trade Target, Review Defence and Nuclear CooperationEconomics