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India-China Ties: Managing Competition Beyond the Unresolved BoundaryInternational Relations Pakistan's Security Calculus: Nuclear Deterrence, Sub-Conventional War, and the Mecca Defence PactInternational Relations ISRO and NASA's Artemis Moon Programme: Where India StandsScience & Technology Javelin Anti-Tank Missile: What India's Planned Acquisition InvolvesInternal Security Bihar's Differentiated Consent Rule: Central Employees Exempt, State Employees NotPolity & Governance BRICS' Push for an Alternative Cross-Border Payments SystemInternational Relations NTPC and Talcher Fertilisers Apply Under the Rs 37,500-Crore Coal Gasification SchemeEconomics India's Q1 GDP Growth at 7.8%: Savings, Consumption and the Developed-Economy GoalEconomics SCO's Bishkek Summit: Iran Strikes, Multilateralism, and India's RoleInternational Relations China Confirms Brahmaputra Mega-Dam Will Proceed Under 15th Five-Year PlanGeography Shekhawati Havelis Enter UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage ListArt & Culture PM E-DRIVE Motor Localisation Deadline Extended to April 2027 Amid China's Rare-Earth CurbsEconomics JCR Upgrades India's Sovereign Rating to A-: Understanding Sovereign Credit RatingsEconomics Coal Gasification Scheme: TFL, NTPC Applications and India's Push for Syngas Self-RelianceEconomics Nepal's Glacier-Flood Disaster and the Himalayan Risk Behind China's Mega-DamGeography Digital Arrest Scams: CBI's Nationwide Crackdown and the Legal-Institutional Framework Against Cyber FraudInternal Security Ladakh's Sixth Schedule Demand: The High Powered Committee and How Existing Autonomous Councils WorkPolity & Governance BRICS Chief Justices' Forum: India Hosts Judicial Leaders, CJI Pushes Bilateral CooperationInternational Relations Greater Bengaluru Authority, One Year On: Assessing Urban Decentralisation in PracticePolity & Governance Kharg Island: Why Iran's Main Oil Terminal Is a Strategic TargetInternational Relations Behind the Retirement Age Hike: India's District Judiciary Vacancy and Pendency CrisisPolity & Governance UN General Assembly Backs Shift to an Equal-Area World MapInternational Relations Ladakh's Sixth Schedule and Statehood Demands Ahead of Fresh Talks with CentrePolity & Governance Census 2027 Questionnaire: New Questions and the NPR DebatePolity & Governance LeT Commander Killed in J&K Counter-Terror Operation Linked to 2024 IAF Convoy AttackInternal Security Bihar Reasserts Prior-Consent Requirement for CBI Probes Involving State EmployeesPolity & Governance US-China AI Safety Talks and the Global AI Governance LandscapeInternational Relations Integrated Sugar-Ethanol-CBG Model: Reworking Sugarcane Farm EconomicsEconomics India to Host iBRICS Sovereign Capital Summit Alongside 18th BRICS SummitInternational Relations A Community-Conserved Turtle Habitat Faces a Pollution CrisisEnvironment & Ecology Central Banks Are Repatriating Gold Reserves: What It SignalsEconomics Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Serves as First Successful "Bridge" to Human TransplantScience & Technology Forex Reserves Hit Record High: Composition, Rupee Impact, and the Bank Credit-Deposit GapEconomics

UNCLOS at Over Four Decades: Why It Is Still Called the "Constitution of the Oceans"International Relations SAARC and BIMSTEC Disaster Frameworks Sidelined During Nepal FloodsInternational Relations Bihar Reaffirms OBC Creamy-Layer Income Test: Salaries, Agricultural Income ExcludedPolity & Governance India Invokes CBDR-RC After Nepal Raises Climate Damage ConcernsEnvironment & Ecology India's New GDP Series: Base Year Revision and the Double-Deflation DebateEconomics India-Uzbekistan Ties Elevated to Comprehensive Strategic PartnershipInternational Relations Nepal's Glacier-Collapse Disaster Reopens the Climate Loss-and-Damage DebateEnvironment & Ecology GSLV-F17 Places EOS-05 in Orbit: India's First Geosynchronous Imaging SatelliteScience & Technology J&K High Court Quashes PSA Detention Order Over Mere Possession of LiteraturePolity & Governance India's Balancing Act on the Russia-Ukraine War and Its Energy Sourcing PolicyInternational Relations UNEP's "Limiting Overshoot" Report: Crossing 1.5°C and the Path BackEnvironment & Ecology Port of Antwerp-Bruges Pitched as India's Gateway to European Markets Under the India-EU FTAInternational Relations India Invokes Climate Equity Principle Amid Nepal's Post-Disaster "Compensation" DebateEnvironment & Ecology Yemen's Deadliest Clashes in Years Renew Focus on the Bab al-Mandab ChokepointInternational Relations Supreme Court Pushes States to Raise the Retirement Age of District JudgesPolity & Governance India's New FTA Wave: Duty-Free Access and the Rules of Origin QuestionEconomics India Reasserts CBDR Principle as Nepal Clarifies Climate "Compensation" RemarksEnvironment & Ecology Jaishankar's Poland-Ukraine Visit: India's Continued Engagement on the Russia-Ukraine WarInternational Relations India-UK CETA Implementation Review: What the Trade Deal Requires From ExportersEconomics Punjab's Groundwater Overdraft: When Extraction Outpaces RechargeEnvironment & Ecology Ganga (Farakka) Water Treaty Nears 2026 Expiry: Renewal, Federalism, and River-Sharing LawInternational Relations El Niño Forecast to Persist Through February 2027: Implications for IndiaEnvironment & Ecology Sikkim Identifies 40 High-Hazard Glacial Lakes, 16 at Highest Risk of OutburstEnvironment & Ecology RAKSHA: India's 10-Year Blueprint for Defence DiplomacyInternational Relations Weakening Natural Carbon Sinks and the Net Zero MathEnvironment & Ecology FEMA Amended to Allow Inventory-Based E-Commerce for Exports OnlyEconomics GDP Base Year Revised to 2022-23: Methodology, History, and the Data Credibility DebateEconomics Western Ghats: Seventh Draft Eco-Sensitive Area Notification Reignites Old DebateEnvironment & Ecology GSLV-F17 Successfully Places EOS-05 Earth Observation Satellite in OrbitScience & Technology

EOS-05: India's Redemption Mission for Geosynchronous Earth ImagingScience & Technology ISRO's GSLV-F17 Places EOS-05 Satellite in Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer OrbitScience & Technology CEA Draft Rules Mandate Co-located Storage and Grid-Forming Capability for New Solar and Wind ProjectsScience & Technology 31-Member Joint Committee Set Up to Examine the FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026Polity & Governance India and Belgium Sign Defence Industrial Pacts on Rockets, Vessels and Armoured PlatformsInternal Security Parliamentary Committee Reviews New Income Tax Act: Enforcement, Compliance and Taxpayer-Reliance ConcernsEconomics Iran Strikes US Military Bases in Kuwait Amid West Asia ConflictInternational Relations CAQM Seeks Better Ground-Truthing of Satellite Fire Counts for Stubble BurningEnvironment & Ecology Dual GDP Series Proposal: Double Deflation and the New Base Year DebateEconomics India-Belgium Defence and Security Cooperation Widens Alongside Trade PushInternational Relations India-US Trade Deal: Why the Final Agreement Hinges on a Preferential Tariff EdgeInternational Relations India-Belgium Ties Deepen: Trade, Defence and Critical Minerals CooperationInternational Relations China's Grey-Zone Tactics Along the LAC: Concept and India's ResponseInternational Relations External Affairs Minister's Kyiv Visit: India's Diplomatic Balancing on the Russia-Ukraine ConflictInternational Relations El Nino Strengthens Rapidly, Firmly Established: WMO AssessmentEnvironment & Ecology India and Belgium Set Five-Year Target to Double Bilateral TradeInternational Relations India Signals Readiness to Support Diplomatic Resolution of Russia-Ukraine ConflictInternational Relations 'RAKSHA' Document Released: A 10-Year Roadmap for India's Defence DiplomacyInternal Security India Secures Assurance from Belgium Against Defence Cooperation with PakistanInternational Relations India's Q1 FY27 GDP Growth and Its Bearing on Global Economic ConfidenceInternational Relations India's FTA Outreach Drive: Taking Trade Agreement Benefits to Every DistrictEconomics India Reviews Himalayan GLOF Preparedness After Nepal's Deadly FloodEnvironment & Ecology Thermal Power Plants Ordered to Audit Water Use Amid Rising Water StressEnvironment & Ecology RBI's Dollar Deposit Surge and the Liquidity Management ToolkitEconomics Manipur Ethnic Violence: Casualty Data and the Security-Law FrameworkInternal Security India and Belgium Sign MoUs on Defence, Diplomatic Training and Counter-Terrorism CooperationInternational Relations India's Weakening Southwest Monsoon: A Multi-Sectoral Stress TestEnvironment & Ecology India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Set to Enter Into ForceEconomics India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement: Preferential Tariff Terms the Sticking PointEconomics India and Belgium Agree to Widen Cooperation on Trade, Defence and Critical MineralsInternational Relations Supreme Court: Bar Council of India Cannot Discipline Law StudentsPolity & Governance Iran Strikes US Bases in Kuwait and UAE: West Asia Escalation and India's Energy Security ExposureInternational Relations Supreme Court Notice on Plea to Deny Post-Retirement Perks to Judges Who Resign to Avoid RemovalPolity & Governance Manipur Ethnic Violence: Assembly Told of Death Toll Since May 2023Internal Security UNCCD COP17 Concludes in Ulaanbaatar: Indigenous Participation and Rio Convention Synergy StalledEnvironment & Ecology FSSAI's Proposed Red Hexagon Warning Label for Packaged FoodSocial Issues Farmers' Protest Renews Demand for Legal MSP Guarantee and Review of Inter-State Water AgreementsEconomics India Seeks Tariff Advantage Before Finalizing Bilateral Trade Agreement with the USEconomics New GDP Series with Base Year 2022-23: A Structural Overhaul of National AccountsEconomics India-New Zealand FTA Set to Enter Into Force: 100% Duty-Free Access for Indian ExportsEconomics India-Belgium Ties: Target to Double Bilateral Trade in Five Years, Expand Defence and Critical Minerals CooperationInternational Relations JCRA Upgrades India's Sovereign Rating to A-, First "A" Grade in Over Three DecadesEconomics GDP Methodology: Why a Negative Manufacturing Deflator Does Not Mean Factory-Gate Prices FellEconomics Bihar's Concerns Flagged Ahead of Ganga Water Treaty Renewal with BangladeshInternational Relations Karnataka's SC/ST Medical Seat Reservation Reverts to Pre-Hike LevelsPolity & Governance