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India-US Trade Pact to Be Finalised in Light of Changed US Tariff Rules: India's Trade Talks MapEconomics Rupee Under Pressure: RBI Opens a Dollar Window for Oil Companies and Tightens Derivative TradesEconomics Ten Years of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015: Supreme Court Consultation Calls for Restoration, Not RetributionPolity & Governance RBI Moves to Support the Rupee: Dollar Window for Oil Companies and Tighter Forex Derivative RulesEconomics RBI's New Rate-Hike Cycle: Report Sees 75 to 100 Basis Points of Tightening as Inflation RisesEconomics Special Intensive Revision: Over 13 Crore Names Removed from Draft Voter ListsPolity & Governance India at the UN: Nuclear Weapons Must Not Be "Routine Instruments of Statecraft"International Relations Asia, Including India, Urged to Speed Up the Shift to Renewable Energy Before COP31: Just Transition and Climate Equity ExplainedEnvironment & Ecology Taiwan Plans Record Defence Spending for 2027: The One-China Question and the Taiwan Strait ExplainedInternational Relations Forest Rights Act Review in Kolkata: Pending Claims, Community Forest Rights and Gram SabhasSocial Issues India and World Trade: Why Experts Want Open Trade, a Stronger WTO and a More Active Indian RoleEconomics India's Oil Palm Push: From Early Doubts to a New Yellow Revolution in Edible OilsEconomics RBI Opens a Special Dollar Window for State-Run Oil Companies: How It Works and WhyEconomics Rupee Near Record Low: The RBI's Package of Steps to Support the CurrencyEconomics RBI Steps In to Support the Rupee Near 96.78 per Dollar: Curbs on Forex Derivatives and a 20% Risk ReserveEconomics India's Africa Outreach: A Three-Nation Tour of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and EthiopiaInternational Relations RBI Opens a Special Dollar Window for Public Sector Oil Companies: Why Oil Imports Matter for the RupeeEconomics RBI's Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve: How the New 20% Rule on Rupee Derivatives WorksEconomics RBI Tightens Rules for Rupee Forex Derivatives and Brings in a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk ReserveEconomics RBI Tightens Rules on Rupee Forex Derivatives: No Rebooking, a $5 Million Limit and a No-Double-Hedging UndertakingEconomics

Navy to Commission 'Mangrol': India's Third Home-Built Shallow Water Submarine Hunter from Cochin ShipyardInternal Security Bharat 6G Alliance Signs Five Global Partnerships: India's Push to Shape 6GScience & Technology Next-Gen GST Process Reforms: Easier Registration, Simpler Returns and Faster RefundsEconomics SIDM Champion Awards 2026: Record Defence Exports and the Push for Private Sector and R&D in DefenceInternal Security National Summit on Women and Child Development: Anganwadis, Nutrition and Women's SafetySocial Issues 57th GST Council Meeting: Process Reforms That Aim to Make GST a "Good and Simple Tax"Economics Madhya Pradesh High Court Strikes Down 27% OBC Quota Law: The 50% Ceiling and Reservation Rules ExplainedPolity & Governance Rural Job Demand Under VB-G RAM G Rises 25% in September: What the Numbers ShowSocial Issues State GDP by the Spending Side: MoSPI's Common Framework for Measuring GSDPEconomics Parliamentary Panel Asks for a System to Make the NTA Answerable to Parliament After the NEET-UG 2026 LeakPolity & Governance Over 75% of Tropical Forests Faced Extreme Drought and Heat in the 2023-24 El NiñoEnvironment & Ecology Census 2027: Registrar General Reviews Second-Phase Preparations in Andhra PradeshSocial Issues ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement Review: Next Round in January 2027Economics GST Council's 57th Meeting: Faster Refunds, Lower Penalties and a Higher Bar for ProsecutionEconomics Supreme Court Upholds Andhra Pradesh High Court Ruling Striking Down 34% BC Quota in Local Body ElectionsPolity & Governance 57th GST Council Meeting: Process Reforms for Registration, Refunds, Arrests and Service ExportsEconomics Critical Minerals Stockpiling Policy Expected Within a Month: Why India Wants a Mineral ReserveEconomics Forests vs Border Roads in Punjab: Supreme Court Asks for a Compensatory Afforestation Land PlanEnvironment & Ecology Why Stubble Burning Keeps Coming Back: Groundwater Law, MSP Incentives and Flawed Fire CountsEnvironment & Ecology Child Marriage in Telangana: Falling, but Not GoneSocial Issues GST Council Approves Big Reforms: Arrest Powers Removed, Prosecution Threshold Raised to ₹5 CroreEconomics

GST Council Moves to End Arrest Powers and Raise the Prosecution Limit to ₹5 CroreEconomics GST Council Recommends Ending Arrest Powers, a ₹5 Crore Prosecution Threshold and Faster RefundsEconomics CAPF General Administration Law Comes into Force: IPS Share in Senior Posts FixedPolity & Governance Cancer Medicines to Get Cheaper: NPPA Approves a 30% Cap on Trade MarginsEconomics GST Council's 57th Meeting: Faster Refunds, No Arrest Powers and a Trust-Based Tax SystemEconomics India to Release an AI Regulation Consultation Paper: Safety and Deepfakes in FocusScience & Technology CAPF (General Administration) Act, 2026 Comes into Force: Fixed IPS Quota in Senior Posts of Central Armed Police ForcesInternal Security Supreme Court Asks Jharkhand to Revisit Its DGP Appointment RulesPolity & Governance India Joins a 15-Economy Statement Against Global Manufacturing OvercapacityEconomics GST Council Process Reforms: No Rate Change, but Big Relief on Refunds, ITC, Registration and EnforcementEconomics Centre to Release AI Regulation Consultation Paper: Industry to Carry Safety Responsibility, Roadmap for Indian GPUsScience & Technology First Carbon Credits Under the Paris Agreement Questioned: 130 Groups Seek Suspension of Myanmar Cookstove CreditsEnvironment & Ecology 30x30 Target: Mining and Oil Blocks Overlap Protected Areas, Says New Report Before COP17Environment & Ecology Supreme Court to Examine States' DGP Appointment Rules Against the 2006 Prakash Singh JudgmentPolity & Governance Legislative Privilege vs Free Speech: Why the Supreme Court Closed a 23-Year-Old ReferencePolity & Governance 16th Finance Commission's Urbanisation Premium: A One-Time Grant for Cities That Absorb Nearby VillagesPolity & Governance AI Regulation in India: Government to Release a Consultation Paper on AI Safety and DeepfakesScience & Technology 57th GST Council Meeting: Arrest Powers Removed, Prosecution Threshold Raised to ₹5 Crore, No Rate ChangesEconomics Supreme Court Petition Challenges the Appointment of the CEC and Two Election Commissioners: The Law and the Writ Behind ItPolity & Governance Siang Upper Multipurpose Project: Why Arunachal Pradesh Is Divided Over an 11,200 MW DamEnvironment & Ecology RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50%: What It Means for Home, Car and Business LoansEconomics 57th GST Council Meeting: Focus Shifts from Tax Rates to Credit Protection, Refunds and Easier ComplianceEconomics Living Planet Report 2026: Wildlife Down 73% Since 1970, but India Shows Conservation GainsEnvironment & Ecology GST Council Takes Up Removal of Tax Officers' Arrest Powers and Wider DecriminalisationEconomics RBI's Rate Hike and the Rupee: Why Higher Interest Rates May Not Stop Foreign Money LeavingEconomics 57th GST Council Meeting: Input Tax Credit Overhaul, Decriminalisation and Simpler Compliance on the AgendaEconomics WHO Prequalifies CERVAVAC: India's Own HPV Vaccine Cleared for Global SupplyScience & Technology Puri's New Airport Gets Environment and CRZ Clearance, With a Bird Hazard ConditionEnvironment & Ecology WMO Says the 2026 El Niño Could Reach Record Strength: What It Means for IndiaGeography Madras High Court on FCRA: Organisations Engaged in Religious Conversion to Be Denied Foreign Funding RegistrationPolity & Governance Supreme Court to Examine a Curative Plea Against Its Split Verdict on the Election Commissioners Appointment LawPolity & Governance 57th GST Council Meeting: Proposed Reforms on Arrest Powers, Input Tax Credit, Refunds and RegistrationEconomics NTPC Picks Three Sites for Nuclear Power Plants: What It Means for India's Nuclear ExpansionScience & Technology RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.5%: Its First Hike Since February 2023 and a New "Calibrated Tightening" StanceEconomics