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India to Host BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting Under its 2026 ChairshipInternational Relations UPI's Free Ride May End: The Law Behind Merchant FeesEconomics The Fiscal Cost of Unconditional Cash TransfersEconomics Delimitation and the Lok Sabha Seat Expansion: The Federal Balancing ActPolity & Governance Census 2027 to Enumerate Caste for the First Time in Independent IndiaPolity & Governance Centre Begins Selection of First 50 Airports under Modified UDAN SchemeEconomics Census 2027 Questionnaire: New Data Fields and the Legal Guarantee of ConfidentialityPolity & Governance Government Sets First-Ever LPG Production Targets for Refiners to Build Domestic Supply BufferEconomics India's Free Trade Agreements and the MSME Export OpportunityEconomics Cauvery Water Release Dispute: Karnataka's Legal Obligations and the Mekedatu ProjectPolity & Governance CEA Notifies Cyber Security in Power Sector Regulations, 2026Science & Technology Government to Launch India's First Minerals Exchange from Next Financial YearEconomics India Works Out a Conditional Handover of Chabahar Port Amid US SanctionsInternational Relations Wildfires Are Eroding Protected Tropical Forests WorldwideEnvironment & Ecology Cauvery Water Row: When Can the Centre Take Over Control of a State's Dam?Polity & Governance Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026: States' Taxation Powers and Fiscal FederalismEconomics Delimitation-Linked Women's Reservation Amendment Fails Special Majority: Implementation Pathway UnresolvedPolity & Governance Draft Rules Open India's Nuclear Sector to Private PlayersScience & Technology Judicial Accountability and the First Full Impeachment Attempt: The Yashwant Varma CasePolity & Governance PM GatiShakti: Network Planning Group Clears Rs 18.66 Lakh Crore Infrastructure PipelineEconomics Great Indian Bustard's Deccan Range: Study Links Recovery to Traditional AgricultureEnvironment & Ecology Finance Ministry Nudges Government Contracts Toward Producer Price Index, Away From WPIEconomics India's Russian Crude Imports Hit a Record High: Energy Security and Maritime ChokepointsEconomics India Opens One-Time Foreign Assets Disclosure Window for Small TaxpayersEconomics Red Sea Crisis Crosses 1,000 Days: GTRI Flags Maritime Chokepoints as a Long-Term Trade RiskInternational Relations White House 'Transshipment Scam' Report Names India Among Top Enablers of China Tariff EvasionInternational Relations Finance Ministry Directs Shift from WPI to PPI in Government Contract Price Escalation ClausesEconomics Cauvery Water Row: Supreme Court to Hear Tamil Nadu's Release Plea: Tribunal, CWMA and Inter-State Water LawPolity & Governance

Renewed Appeal for Consensus on Women's Reservation After 131st Amendment Bill's DefeatPolity & Governance Independence Day Address: Defence Indigenization Push on Drones, Counter-Drones and HypersonicsInternal Security NASA Invites ISRO to Join Moon Base Programme at Lunar South PoleScience & Technology Government Launches Concessional Foreign Asset Disclosure Scheme for Small TaxpayersEconomics Trump's Hormuz "Territory" Claim and the Law Governing International StraitsInternational Relations Myanmar Verifies Over 300,000 Rohingya for Repatriation as Refugee Crisis Enters Ninth YearInternational Relations SCTIMST Develops Indigenous Coronary Stent "Chitra Core"Science & Technology CAG Audit Flags Major Gaps in Green India Mission ImplementationEnvironment & Ecology Red Sea Shipping Crisis Crosses 1,000 Days: Impact on India's Trade RoutesInternational Relations States Push Back on Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill Over Fiscal Federalism ConcernsPolity & Governance Rajasthan Moves Toward a State Uniform Civil CodePolity & Governance India's Engineering Services Exports Rise Nearly Eightfold: NITI Aayog ReportEconomics India's Nuclear Energy Roadmap: 100 GW Target by 2047 and Five New ReactorsScience & Technology The Mountbatten Plan and the Road to the 1947 PartitionModern History Income Tax Department Launches One-Time Foreign Asset Disclosure Scheme for Small TaxpayersEconomics Government Cuts Export Levies on Petrol, Diesel and ATF in Fortnightly ReviewEconomics How Caste Will Be Recorded in Census 2027's Population Enumeration PhaseSocial Issues SHANTI Act Draft Rules: Financial Security Norms for Nuclear LiabilityScience & Technology From Food Security to Nutrition Security: The Next Policy Challenge for Rural IndiaEconomics MMDR Amendment Bill 2026: Centre Restricts States' Power to Tax Mineral RightsPolity & Governance India's Critical Minerals Strategy: National Critical Mineral Mission and Global Supply PartnershipsEconomics Foreign Assets Disclosure Scheme 2026: One-Time Window Under the Black Money ActEconomics Census 2027 Notifies 40-Question Schedule: Caste Returns After 1931Polity & Governance Marine Heatwaves: Why the Ocean Is Getting HotterEnvironment & Ecology Hormuz Strait "Territory" Claim Puts Focus on International Straits Law and India's Energy SecurityInternational Relations Independence Day Address 2026: Government Outlines Seven-Pillar Policy Framework for Viksit Bharat 2047Science & Technology India's Edible Oil Import Dependence: Why It's a Policy Coordination Problem, Not a Supply ShortageEconomics ADNOC Vessel Attacked in Strait of Hormuz: Maritime Security and Law of the SeaInternational Relations Independence Day 2026 Address: Women's Reservation Implementation Timeline and Left Wing Extremism PolicyPolity & Governance Telangana Electoral Roll Special Intensive Revision: Enumeration Phase and the ERO's Quasi-Judicial RolePolity & Governance Strait of Hormuz Blockade and Rising Oil Prices: Energy Security DimensionsInternational Relations Foreign Assets Disclosure Window 2026: Structure and the Detection Framework Behind ItEconomics India Sets Nuclear Capacity Target, Five New Reactors Planned as Kalpakkam Breeder Reactor Attains CriticalityScience & Technology Reliance-Rolls-Royce Partnership for AMCA Combat Engine: India's Fighter Propulsion PushScience & Technology

Census 2027 Population Enumeration Adds Financial and Digital Identity Questions to the 40-Question FormatPolity & Governance Reliance-Rolls-Royce Partnership for AMCA Combat Engine: India's Fighter Propulsion PushScience & Technology Defence Exports Cross ₹38,000 Crore as DAC Clears ₹8.75 Lakh Crore in AcquisitionsInternal Security Army Signs ₹1,577-Crore Contracts for Loiter Munitions: Procurement Route ExplainedInternal Security Supreme Court Seeks Proposals from Kuki, Meitei Groups to End Manipur Highway BlockadesInternal Security Andhra Pradesh Signs ₹150 Crore Lithium-Gallium Exploration MoU in Kadapa BasinEconomics Defence Production Rises Nearly Four-Fold: Assessing India's Self-Reliance PushInternal Security India's Sovereign Green Bonds Sustain a Stable "Greenium" Amid Rising Investor AppetiteEconomics CBDC-Based Direct Benefit Transfer Launched for PMGKAY Food Subsidy in Two Union TerritoriesEconomics US Report Flags India Among 40+ Nations in Alleged China Transshipment NetworkEconomics New Development Bank Plans $7.5 Billion India Push via Rupee LendingEconomics WPI Eases to 9.8% While Retail and Food Inflation Rise: India's Dual Inflation IndicesEconomics PM Internship Scheme Upgraded: Stipend Raised, Eligibility Age Lowered to Bridge Industry Skill GapEconomics Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce Announce Strategic Intent for Indigenous Combat Engine, Aerospace Gas Turbine ComplexScience & Technology Putin's Kuril Islands Visit Reignites the Russia-Japan Northern Territories DisputeInternational Relations HAL Brings BEML and Adani Defence into Prachand Light Combat Helicopter Fuselage ProductionInternal Security UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia: Confronting Global Land Degradation Amid Record El NinoEnvironment & Ecology India Posts $8.1 Billion BoP Deficit in Q1 FY27 as Portfolio Outflows Widen the Capital Account GapEconomics GOBARdhan National Circular Bioenergy Scheme: Turning Organic Waste into FuelEnvironment & Ecology Indus Waters Treaty Suspension: Legal Basis, River Allocation, and Dispute MechanismInternational Relations US Flags India in 'Great Transshipment Scam' Report: Rules of Origin and Tariff Evasion ExplainedEconomics Wholesale Inflation Eases to 9.78% in July, but Core WPI Hits a Series HighEconomics New Global Plastics Treaty Draft Criticised for Diluted AmbitionEnvironment & Ecology US Loses Quarter of MQ-9 Reaper Drone Fleet in Iran Conflict: What It Means for India's Own MQ-9B DealInternal Security Census 2027 Second Phase: Caste Enumeration and the QuestionnairePolity & Governance White House Report Names India's Pune-Gujarat-Chennai Belt in China Transshipment NetworkEconomics India's Exports to FTA Partners Surge in Q1 FY27, Led by Singapore and Sri LankaEconomics Iran's President Expected in New Delhi for BRICS Summit Amid West Asia TensionsInternational Relations Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2026 Passed: States' Taxing Power Over Minerals CurtailedPolity & Governance Census 2027 Questionnaire Finalised: Caste Enumeration Returns After Nine DecadesPolity & Governance Aditya-L1 Findings Shed Light on the Sun's Coronal Heating MysteryScience & Technology Swachh Bharat Mission's Liquid Waste Management Push Extends to 5.63 Lakh VillagesSocial Issues Climate Rankings Compared: Why EPI and CCPI Disagree on the Same CountriesEnvironment & Ecology Constitutional Safeguards Against Arbitrary Arrest: Article 21, Article 22 and the Grounds-of-Arrest DoctrinePolity & Governance India's Cheap-Urea Model Faces a Costly Reckoning Amid Global Price ShocksEconomics CAG Flags Revenue Lapses in Export Incentive and Tax Dispute Schemes Even as Debt Growth Trails GDPEconomics