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India's NDC Targets: Milestones Reported to ParliamentEnvironment & Ecology NITI Aayog Identifies 12 Sectors to Boost India's Global Manufacturing ShareEconomics CAG Audit Flags Massive Shortfall in Green India Mission's Forest Cover TargetsEnvironment & Ecology India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement Talks Continue Under February FrameworkEconomics MMDR Amendment Inserts Section 9D: Centre Curbs States' Power to Tax Mineral RightsPolity & Governance MCA Notifies Accounting Rule Changes Aligning with OECD Pillar Two Global Tax FrameworkEconomics Mining Law Amendment Echoes Justice Nagarathna's Lone Dissent in the 2024 Royalty-Tax CasePolity & Governance Arunachal Border Row at Taksing: Patrolling Points, the LAC, and the McMahon LineInternal Security India-US Trade Talks Remain on Track Despite New Tariff PressuresEconomics India-US Talks Continue Amid US Senate's Russia Sanctions Bill Proposing 100% TariffsInternational Relations NASA's Moon Base Programme and the Invitation to India: What It MeansScience & Technology Supreme Court Frames Environmental Compensation Framework for Solid Waste RulesEnvironment & Ecology Kerala Objects to MMDR Amendment on State Fiscal Autonomy and Land Powers GroundsPolity & Governance Madhya Pradesh Set to Implement Uniform Civil Code: Constitutional and Comparative FrameworkPolity & Governance Supreme Court Hears Final Arguments in Shiv Sena Symbol Dispute: Anti-Defection Law in FocusPolity & Governance Tamil Nadu Seeks Permanent Freeze on Lok Sabha Strength at 543 Seats Ahead of DelimitationPolity & Governance Supreme Court Sets Final Deadline for FSSAI on Front-of-Pack Food Warning LabelsPolity & Governance Parliament Passes MMDR Amendment Bill, 2026: Critical Minerals Push and Captive Mining ReformPolity & Governance Supreme Court to Examine Facial Recognition Use on Protesters: Privacy vs SurveillancePolity & Governance Legislative Privilege vs Free Speech: Supreme Court Refers 2003 Case to Seven-Judge BenchPolity & Governance What a "River Board" Would Mean for the Cauvery Basin: ExplainedPolity & Governance Parliamentary Panel Backs IBC Recovery Steps, Flags Large Gap in Avoidance Transaction RecoveryEconomics CBD's Nairobi Meetings End with Bracketed Text: Where the Kunming-Montreal Framework Stands Before COP17Environment & Ecology AI-Designed Viral Genomes: A New Frontier in Biosecurity GovernanceScience & Technology India's Electronics Exports Surge 11-fold to Rs 4.24 Lakh Crore; Women Near 30% of WorkforceEconomics Parliament's Monsoon Session 2026 Ends: Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill Passed Amid DisruptionsPolity & Governance IN-SPACe Approves India's First Fully Commercial Earth Observation Satellite ConstellationScience & Technology India's Roadmap for Five Indigenous Small Modular Reactors by 2033Science & Technology AQIS Named Behind 2025 Red Fort Blast: UN Sanctions Monitoring ReportInternal Security BHAVYA-Rasayan Scheme: Rs 3,030-Crore Push for Three Mega Chemical ParksEconomics Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Finds Charges "Proved" Against a High Court Judge: What Happens NextPolity & Governance NGT Petitioned Over Illegal Riverbed Mining Near Kaziranga National ParkEnvironment & Ecology Justice Yashwant Varma Inquiry: In-House Panel Findings and the Judicial Removal ProcessPolity & Governance CJI Forms In-House Committee to Probe Cash Discovery at a Sitting Judge's ResidencePolity & Governance Marine Heatwaves Are Intensifying: What They Mean for Ocean EcosystemsEnvironment & Ecology Parliamentary Panel Seeks Review of FDI in Private Hospitals Amid Corporatisation ConcernsEconomics

Sugauli Treaty's Original Document Untraceable: Implications for the Nepal-India Border DisputeInternational Relations IAF Issues RFP for 60 New Transport Aircraft: $10 Billion Procurement to Replace AN-32 FleetInternal Security Attacks on Gulf Shipping Raise Cost and Supply Risks for India's Crude, LPG and LNG ImportsInternational Relations Parliamentary Panel Flags Delays in India's Strategic Petroleum Reserve ExpansionEconomics Kaziranga's Eco-Sensitive Zone: Assam Proposes Cut from Default 10 km to 1 kmEnvironment & Ecology FCRA Amendment Bill 2026: The Legal and Constitutional Concerns Behind the PushbackPolity & Governance Retail Inflation Above RBI's Midpoint Target for a Second Month: The Oil Price RiskEconomics Cybersecurity at Nuclear Installations: Government Response to Kudankulam Data BreachScience & Technology Retail Inflation Rises to 19-Month High of 4.45% in July 2026Economics Parliamentary Panel Examines India's Position on Local-Currency Trade Ahead of BRICS SummitInternational Relations Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill Passed: Article 3 Process for Renaming a StatePolity & Governance RBI Proposes Harmonised Framework for Loan Interest Rate Setting Across LendersEconomics Cauvery Water Dispute: CWMA Directions and the Supreme Court's RolePolity & Governance India-SACU Sign Terms of Reference to Revive Preferential Trade Agreement TalksEconomics India's Trade Strategy Shifts Toward PTAs Over FTAs with Developing EconomiesEconomics July Retail Inflation Rises to 4.45%, Stays Above RBI's 4% TargetEconomics FCRA Amendment Bill Sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee: Parliamentary Process ExplainedPolity & Governance Tamil Nadu Assembly Resolution on Delimitation: Legal Status and the Population-Representation DebatePolity & Governance FCRA Amendment Bill Referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee: Provisions and ProcessPolity & Governance India's Ethanol Supplies Cross 800-Crore-Litre Mark as Grain-Based Share Climbs to 76%Economics Kerala High Court: NGO Funding of Peaceful Protests Cannot Justify Denial of FCRA RenewalPolity & Governance Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 Referred to Joint Parliamentary CommitteePolity & Governance Ganga Floodplain Redefined: Construction-Free Zone Language DroppedEnvironment & Ecology India's Exports Rise 15% in April-July, Government Reaffirms $1 Trillion Target for 2026-27Economics FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 Referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee: Regulating Foreign ContributionsPolity & Governance India-Chile CEPA Talks Advance: Upgrading a Two-Decade-Old Trade PactEconomics India Weighs Health Insurance Reforms: Benchmarked Rates and a National Claims Exchange to Curb Medical InflationEconomics Tamil Nadu Assembly Resolution Seeks to Freeze Lok Sabha Strength at 543: The Delimitation DebatePolity & Governance Tribunals Reforms Bill 2026: National Tribunals Commission and the End of Executive-Controlled AppointmentsPolity & Governance

Ladakh's Glaciers Are Slowing Down: What "Peak Water" Means for the Indus BasinEnvironment & Ecology India-China Border Face-off in Arunachal Pradesh: Diplomatic ResponseInternal Security NASA Invites ISRO to Join Moon Base ProgrammeScience & Technology The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: Collective Security and Strategic Hedging in West AsiaInternational Relations Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 Passed: Towards a National Tribunals CommissionPolity & Governance US-China Dispute Over Missile Launch Notification Highlights Gaps in Global Nuclear Transparency NormsInternational Relations CWMA Endorses CWRC Order: Karnataka to Release 12,000 Cusecs Daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 DaysPolity & Governance Model Concession Agreement for BOT Road Projects Revised to Share Traffic RiskEconomics Cauvery Water Row: Karnataka Convenes Multi-Party Consultation Over Tamil Nadu's Release DemandPolity & Governance Draft FEMA Rules and the Foreign Control Question for Alternative Investment FundsEconomics FSSAI Bans Plastic and Foil Packaging for Pan MasalaEnvironment & Ecology India-SACU Trade Pact: Terms of Reference and Negotiation TimelineEconomics SC/ST Atrocity Compensation Proposed to Rise 40% to Rs 12 LakhSocial Issues Himalayan Extreme Weather: Climate Change and Human Activity Flagged in ParliamentEnvironment & Ecology MEA Reviews Security Implications of the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Turkiye Defence PactInternational Relations China's Renaming of Arunachal Pradesh Places: Cartographic Claims and India's ResponseInternational Relations PM E-DRIVE Scheme Extended Till FY28: Continuity for India's EV Demand-Incentive FrameworkEconomics NCDC (Amendment) Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: Widening the Cooperative Financing MandatePolity & Governance Split in Legislature Party vs Split in Political Party: Supreme Court Examines Tenth Schedule Merger TestPolity & Governance India-China Border Status to Shape Bilateral Ties: MEA Responds to Objection Over Arunachal Pradesh Place NamesInternational Relations Centre Replaces Blanket Ganga Flood Plain Construction Ban with Stratified ZoningEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court Upholds PepsiCo Potato Variety Registration, Affirms Farmers' Statutory ProtectionEconomics CWMA Directs Karnataka to Release 12,000 Cusecs of Cauvery Water to Tamil Nadu Amid Hydrological StressPolity & Governance Russia's Share of India's Crude Oil Imports Hits Record 48% as US Tariff Threat LoomsEconomics Supreme Court Seeks Election Commission Data on Appeals Against Voter Deletions in West Bengal SIRPolity & Governance India-US Space Cooperation Deepens: NASA Invites ISRO to Moon Base EffortScience & Technology NASA Invites ISRO to Join Lunar Base Effort Under Artemis AccordsScience & Technology DPIIT-MSME Ministry MoU on Geographical Indication (GI) ProductsEconomics Census 2027 to Record Transgender-Headed HouseholdsSocial Issues Centre Shifts Position on Karnataka's Consent Requirement for Mekedatu ProjectPolity & Governance Container Manufacturing Assistance Scheme and India's Maritime Logistics PushEconomics Polymer Currency Notes and India's Inflation Management ToolkitEconomics India's Nominal GDP Ranking and Economic IndicatorsEconomics Lok Sabha Passes Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill and NCDC Amendment BillPolity & Governance India's LPG Import Diversification: From Gulf Dependence to a Multi-Source StrategyEconomics UPI Merchant Charges Proposal: Revisiting the Zero-MDR RegimeEconomics