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Finance Minister Leads India's Delegation to G20 FMCBG Meeting in the US, Visits CanadaEconomics India Restores ~22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land (2011-2020): Progress Under the Bonn ChallengeEnvironment & Ecology India's Non-Fossil Fuel Power Capacity Crosses 300 GWEnvironment & Ecology India's Rising Russian Crude Share: Energy Diversification vs Concentration RiskEconomics NSA Doval Holds 25th Round of Special Representatives Talks with China in BeijingInternational Relations Government Lifts Wheat Export Ban: Trade Policy, MSP and Buffer Stock NormsEconomics Manipur Census Delayed Amid Demands for NRC First: Constitutional and Procedural FrameworkInternal Security India Mobilises $73 Billion in Forex Inflows via RBI Swap Facility, Outpacing 2013 SchemeEconomics One Nation, One Election: Constitutional Concerns Flagged Ahead of Joint Committee ReviewPolity & Governance Global Ocean Records Its Hottest Day on RecordEnvironment & Ecology Anti-Defection Petitions Before Supreme Court: Testing the Limits of Speaker's DiscretionPolity & Governance PPPAC Clears In-Principle Nod for Privatisation of 11 Airports in Five BundlesEconomics Wheat, Atta, Maida and Suji Exports Freed as Government Lifts RestrictionsEconomics CAQM Directs Phased Ban on Non-Electric Light Goods Vehicles in Delhi-NCREnvironment & Ecology Global Sea Surface Temperature Hits Record High as El Nino StrengthensEnvironment & Ecology NITI Aayog Flags Gap Between Women's Skilling and Formal EmploymentSocial Issues Government Estimates ₹8,622 Crore Private Investment in 11 AAI Airports Proposed for LeaseEconomics India's Energy Transition: Balancing Decarbonisation With a Just Transition for Coal RegionsEnvironment & Ecology US Escalates Trade Dispute With Canada: 50% Tariffs on Autos and Steel From January 2027International Relations Cauvery Water Sharing Dispute Resurfaces: CWMA's Role and the Pro-Rata Distress FormulaPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Flags Skilling-to-Employment Gap: Skill India Framework and NEET YouthEconomics One Nation, One Election Bills: Basic Structure Doctrine and the JPC ProcessPolity & Governance UPI Turns 10: Tracking a Nearly 13,000-Fold Rise in Digital Payment VolumeEconomics NSA Doval Holds Special Representatives' Talks in Beijing Amid Border TensionsInternational Relations India's FTA Push: New Deals Under Negotiation Could Add $15 Trillion in Partner GDPEconomics Onion Prices Surge 59%: Government Deploys Buffer Stock via 'Kanda Express'Economics CAA Citizenship Certificates in West Bengal: Implementation Status and the Legal FrameworkPolity & Governance MP Disqualification Plea Before Supreme Court: Speaker's Delay Under the Tenth SchedulePolity & Governance Government to Amend Rules for Semiconductor and Auto Component ManufacturingEconomics India Widens Its Free Trade Agreement Network Toward 75% of Global TradeEconomics UNCCD COP17: The Economic Case for Investing in Rangelands and PastoralismEnvironment & Ecology Centre Forms Committee for a Permanent Political Solution to the Gorkha Identity IssuePolity & Governance US Unveils Sweeping New Sanctions on Iran; Tehran Threatens to Halt Gulf Oil ExportsInternational Relations Iran Oil Spill: Mangrove Damage Near the Strait of Hormuz and India's Energy ExposureEnvironment & Ecology India and GCC Review Progress on Free Trade Agreement TalksEconomics India Eases Scrutiny on Chinese Investment Ahead of Expected Xi Jinping VisitInternational Relations India Removes Export Curbs on Wheat Flour and Related ProductsEconomics India's FTA Network Aims to Cover 75% of Global Trade: Where Talks StandEconomics NSA's Beijing Visit: 25th Round of India-China Special Representatives TalksInternational Relations Chang'e-7 Lunar South Pole Water-Hunting Mission PostponedScience & Technology Globalization 2.0: Services, Strategic Tech, and Reconfigured Value ChainsEconomics China's New Arctic Shipping Route: Promise and Physical LimitsGeography India's Widening FTA Network: Chasing 75% of Global TradeEconomics

The "Barren-Land Fallacy": Why India's Wastelands Are Often Living EcosystemsEnvironment & Ecology India's Space Station Plans: Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035Science & Technology India's New Satellite Re-Entry Guidelines and Global Space Debris NormsScience & Technology GRSE and Yantra India Expansion: Boosting Domestic Warship and Forging CapacityInternal Security India-China Special Representatives Talks Ahead of Xi's India VisitInternational Relations MMDR Amendment: What It Means for Mineral-Rich States Like OdishaEconomics National Space Day 2026: ISRO Outlines Plan for 8 Vehicle and 12 Satellite MissionsScience & Technology Supreme Court Refines the "Triple Test" for Defining IndustryPolity & Governance Ministry of Defence Pushes India's Shipbuilding Hub Ambitions Under AatmanirbhartaEconomics MMDR Amendment Act Notified: Centre-State Tussle Over Mineral Rights TaxationPolity & Governance India Weighs Linking Additional Diesel Supply to Stalled Bangladesh LoC ProjectsInternational Relations Centre Clears In-Principle Plan to Lease 11 AAI Airports in Five BundlesEconomics States' GST Collections Rise Despite Rate Cuts and End of Compensation CessEconomics India-Japan Trade Push: Business Delegation Targets Semiconductors, AI, Clean EnergyInternational Relations Sugar Production Falls on Red Rot Disease and El Niño: Government Response and Policy FrameworkEconomics FICCI-Coordinated Industry Delegation to Japan Spotlights Semiconductor and Electronics CooperationEconomics NSA Doval's Beijing Visit for the 25th Special Representatives Talks on the India-China BoundaryInternational Relations Explainer: What Changes Under a Uniform Civil CodePolity & Governance Climate Change Destabilises Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve's Forest EcosystemsEnvironment & Ecology Foundation Laid for Rs 3,500-Crore GRSE and Yantra India Expansion Projects in BengalInternal Security Thilamale Bridge's Final Segment Installed: Maldives' Largest India-Backed Infrastructure ProjectInternational Relations Supreme Court Panel Flags Mining Near Kaziranga: Eco-Sensitive Zones and Wildlife Corridor LawEnvironment & Ecology China Calls India Border "Generally Stable" Amid Reports of Arunachal ActivityInternational Relations National Space Day 2026: From Chandrayaan-3 to India's Vision 2047 Space RoadmapScience & Technology Doval's Beijing Visit: 25th Special Representatives Talks Ahead of Possible Xi VisitInternational Relations Regenerative Agriculture: Rebuilding Soil Health for a Resilient Farm SectorAgriculture India Leads Its Largest-Ever Business Delegation to JapanEconomics India's South America Trade Push: Chile CEPA, Mercosur PTA Expansion and Critical MineralsEconomics US-India Trade Deal Nears Completion Ahead of October Ministerial VisitInternational Relations CJI Proposes 'Nyaya Setu' for Judicial Cooperation Among BRICS+ NationsPolity & Governance Agrivoltaics in India: Solar Power and Farming on the Same LandEnvironment & Ecology

Siliguri Corridor Security Review: Border Management of India's "Chicken's Neck"Internal Security Mangrol, Third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, Delivered to Indian NavyInternal Security Chennai Declaration Adopted at 14th BRICS Science Ministerial: STI Cooperation FrameworkInternational Relations UKMTO and the Evolving Architecture of Global Maritime SecurityInternational Relations Canada–US Trade Talks Collapse: 50% Tariffs and Retaliation Escalate the DisputeInternational Relations India's Fighter Jet Roadmap: Tejas, AMCA and the Case for Sixth-Generation PartnershipsInternal Security Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme Notified: Rs 62,500 Crore Push for Domestic Value Addition and Indian BrandsEconomics Supreme Court's Nine-Judge Bench Refines 'Industry' Test Under Labour LawPolity & Governance Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme Notified: Rs 62,500 Crore Push for Domestic Value Addition and Indian BrandsEconomics Supreme Court Sets Aside NGT's Yamuna Floodplain Damage Order: Absolute Liability and Green Tribunal AppealsEnvironment & Ecology US "Great Transshipment Scam" Report Names India: Trade Rules and Tariff ImplicationsInternational Relations Siliguri Corridor Security Review: Home Ministry Proposes 'Triangular Security Grid'Internal Security NIA Searches 10 J&K Locations in Cross-Border Terror Conspiracy CaseInternal Security Assam Proposes Shrinking Kaziranga's Eco-Sensitive Zone from 10 km to 1 kmEnvironment & Ecology EAM's Russia Visit for IRIGC-TEC: India's Energy Diplomacy Amid US Tariff PressureInternational Relations RBI's Special Forex Swap Facility Draws $72.8 Billion in Dollar InflowsEconomics BRICS Youth Ministers Adopt Joint Statement in Visakhapatnam Under India's 2026 ChairshipInternational Relations India's Sugar Stockpile Set to Shrink as 2025-26 Output Estimate FallsEconomics Gaganyaan's Crew Escape System: How ISRO Protects Astronauts During LaunchScience & Technology Press Note 3 Relaxations: Land-Border FDI Rules Eased, First Investment Numbers InEconomics Supreme Court Upholds Hanging as Mode of Execution: Article 21 and the "Just, Fair and Reasonable" TestPolity & Governance US Imposes 50% Tariffs on $20 Billion of Canadian Goods: USMCA Under StrainInternational Relations NMEO-OP at Five Years: Assessing India's Oil Palm MissionEconomics Strait of Hormuz Standoff: US Claims of "Control" and the Law of Transit PassageInternational Relations Rs 62,500-Crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme NotifiedEconomics Supreme Court's Nine-Judge Bench Refines 'Industry' Test Under Labour LawPolity & Governance Siddhavatam Fort: A Vijayanagara-Era Riverine Stronghold on the PennaArt & Culture Chhattisgarh Signs Geospatial and Logistics Pacts Under PM GatiShaktiEconomics