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PLFS Data Shows Marginal Rise in Unemployment Rate for April-June QuarterEconomics Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 Passed in Lok Sabha Without DebatePolity & Governance Delimitation Freeze Debate: The Case for Constitutional ConsensusPolity & Governance Green Energy Corridor Phase III Nears Cabinet Approval: Scaling Renewable TransmissionEconomics Mumbai Deep-Tech Start-up Develops Indigenous Missile Cooling SystemsScience & Technology Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill and Bankers' Books Evidence Bill Cleared by ParliamentEconomics Allahabad High Court Orders Compensation in Habeas Corpus Case Over Religious Conversion and ConfinementPolity & Governance Navy Chief's Mauritius Visit Advances India's MAHASAGAR Maritime VisionInternational Relations India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement Talks Advance With Terms of ReferenceEconomics India's Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.4% in Q1 FY27: Revamped PLFS Shows Rural Joblessness ClimbingEconomics Falling Maize and Sugarcane Acreage Pushes Ethanol Industry Toward Surplus RiceEconomics India and Indonesia Explore Bilateral Preferential Trade AgreementInternational Relations Payment and Settlement Systems Act Amended: Zero-MDR Mandate on UPI Moves to Executive DiscretionEconomics Government Weighs Curbs on Cane-Based Ethanol to Cool Record Sugar PricesEconomics National Tribunals Commission: A Possible Template for Judicial Selection ReformPolity & Governance Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026: National Tribunal Commission and Centralised Tribunal GovernancePolity & Governance Russia Floats Overland Rail Route to India: INSTC and Chokepoint GeographyInternational Relations Global Oceans Record Warmest July Outside Polar Regions as El Nino IntensifiesEnvironment & Ecology Karnataka High Court: PMLA Prosecution After Predicate Offence Conviction Is Not Double JeopardyPolity & Governance Sugarcane-to-Ethanol Diversion Curbs: Balancing the Ethanol Blending Programme and Sugar SupplyEconomics India-SACU Trade Pact: Terms of Reference and the Preferential Trade Agreement FrameworkInternational Relations 6.38 Lakh Hectares Affected by Desertification and Land Degradation: Government Tells ParliamentEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Assam Replies on Delay in Issuing NRC Identity CardsPolity & Governance Russia's Share in India's Oil Imports Hits Record High Amid US Tariff ThreatInternational Relations Policy Focus Shifts Toward Long-Term FDI as CCEA Approval Threshold Review ConsideredEconomics NCDC (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Direct Funding Powers for CooperativesPolity & Governance Disinvestment and Asset Monetisation Receipts Exceed FY26 Revised TargetEconomics Youth Unemployment Rate Falls to 9.9% in 2025: PLFS Data and Labour Market IndicatorsEconomics Monsoon Session: Four Bills Introduced in Lok Sabha, FCRA Bill Up for DiscussionPolity & Governance India Standardises Names for 27 Locations in Arunachal Pradesh: Border Naming Dispute ExplainedInternational Relations Women's Reservation Act: The Constitutional Link to DelimitationPolity & Governance India's 5,000-km Border Highway Push: Institutions Behind Strategic Road BuildingInternal Security Parliamentary Panel Recommends Integrated Security Framework for J&K Tourist SpotsInternal Security Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Iran Links Reopening to US ConcessionsInternational Relations Delimitation Without a Constitutional Amendment: What Articles 81 and 82 Provide by DefaultPolity & Governance US Secondary Sanctions Bill on Russian Oil: Implications for Indian Crude ImportsEconomics

Electrifying Industrial Heat: India's Next Energy Transition FrontierScience & Technology Uttar Pradesh Scales Up One Health Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases at Wetland SitesEnvironment & Ecology PMAY-Urban Crosses One Crore Homes Delivered: Housing Scheme Design and VerticalsPolity & Governance India's Quantum Technology Push: National Quantum Mission and Private Sector Opening in Space, NuclearScience & Technology Russia Proposes Direct Rail Corridor to India, Bypassing Bosphorus and Hormuz ChokepointsGeography Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye Sign Trilateral Collective-Defence PactInternational Relations Census 2027: Ladakh to Lead Independent India's First Caste EnumerationPolity & Governance Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Chief Justices for Four High CourtsPolity & Governance Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: A New Security Triangle in West Asia and Its Bearing on IndiaInternational Relations India-US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise 2026 Begins in KochiInternal Security Child Welfare Programme (ICDS) Set for Makeover After 50 YearsSocial Issues Russia Floats a Direct Rail Link to India: Route, Feasibility and Corridor DiplomacyInternational Relations Study Finds Rising Temperatures Now Trigger Droughts Even During Maharashtra's MonsoonEnvironment & Ecology Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye Sign Trilateral Defence Pact: Understanding Collective Defence ClausesInternational Relations Nationwide Farmer Protests Demand Legal Guarantee for MSP on C2+50% FormulaEconomics India's Export Diversification Options Amid US Tariff Threat on Russian Oil BuyersEconomics Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026: Proposed Framework for NGO Asset ManagementPolity & Governance Monsoon Session Legislative Business: Pending Bills and Parliamentary ProcedurePolity & Governance India Signals No Change to Russian Oil Purchases Despite Fresh US Sanctions ThreatEconomics 2024 Wayanad Landslide: How Extreme Rainfall and Geology Combined to Cause CatastropheEnvironment & Ecology Calls to Make Public the Expert Panel Report on Great Nicobar Project's Environmental ClearancesEnvironment & Ecology Lok Sabha Seat Freeze and the Delimitation DebatePolity & Governance India's First Privately Built Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket EngineScience & Technology GOBARdhan Scheme's Potential to Cut India's Gas Import BillEconomics BRICS Culture Ministers Adopt Bhopal Declaration on Cultural CooperationInternational Relations Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening the Strait of HormuzInternational Relations CCEA Approval Threshold for FDI Proposals May Be Raised to Rs 15,000 CroreEconomics El Nino and Asia-Pacific Household Vulnerability to Price ShocksEconomics Creamy Layer and SC/ST Reservation: The Constitutional DebatePolity & Governance Strait of Hormuz Tensions: UAE Tanker Incident Threatens Shipping-Framework Talks with IranInternational Relations Rajya Sabha Takes Up Tax and Payment-Systems Amendment BillsPolity & Governance UPI to Remain Free for Users; Limited Merchant Discount Rate Proposed for Large MerchantsEconomics Assam Floods 2026: Anthropogenic Drivers Behind Slope Instability in the Upper Brahmaputra BasinEnvironment & Ecology Rajya Sabha to Consider Taxation Amendment and Bankers' Books Evidence BillsPolity & Governance Can Women's Reservation Be Delinked from Delimitation? Reading Article 334APolity & Governance Tribunal Reforms Bill and the Push for a National Tribunals CommissionPolity & Governance

Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: A New Trilateral Pact in West AsiaInternational Relations Indian Navy Thwarts Piracy Attempt on MV Golden Arsenal in Gulf of Aden: Anti-Piracy Framework ExplainedInternal Security Delimitation Legislation Revival: Why the Two-Thirds Majority Threshold MattersPolity & Governance India's Education Spending Falls Short of UNESCO's Expenditure Benchmarks: What the Standards Actually SaySocial Issues Women's Reservation Act: Untangling the Census-Delimitation Implementation DebatePolity & Governance Do Recommendation Algorithms Undermine Platform "Intermediary" Status? A Case StudyPolity & Governance Turkiye's Parliament Passes Bill on PKK Reintegration and Peace ProcessInternational Relations India Confirms Talks with France to Join FCAS Sixth-Generation Fighter ProgrammeScience & Technology The Hidden Water Cost of India's Data Centre and AI BoomEnvironment & Ecology UAE Reports Missile Strike on Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Amid Oman-Mediated TalksInternational Relations Hamas Reaffirms Commitment to Gaza Disarmament Plan Under Board of Peace FrameworkInternational Relations Tamil Nadu's 2026-27 Agriculture Budget: Price Stabilisation Fund for Tomatoes, Onions and a Push for Green ManureAgriculture & Food Security US Objects to China's "Nature Reserve" Move at Scarborough ShoalInternational Relations Government Examines Whether Content-Recommendation Algorithms Fit Intermediary Status Under IT ActPolity & Governance Human Rights Forum Report Renews Demand for J&K Statehood RestorationPolity & Governance Parliament Passes Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026Polity & Governance Centre Releases Additional ₹1.09 Lakh Crore Tax Devolution Instalment to StatesPolity & Governance Assam Achieves World's First Release of Captive-Bred Slender-Billed VulturesEnvironment & Ecology Defence Ministry Calls for Deeper Civil-Military IntegrationInternal Security CBI Seeks General Consent from 14 States for Cybercrime InvestigationsPolity & Governance MSME Amendment Bill: Easier Registration, Working Capital Access, Faster Dispute ResolutionEconomics UPI to Stay Free for Users; Nominal MDR May Apply to Select Large Merchant TransactionsEconomics India's Insulation Against US Tariffs on Russian Oil ImportsEconomics India's Clean Energy Transition May Deepen Critical Minerals Import DependenceEconomics Article 370: The 1963 Parliament Debate and the Constitutional Path to Its 2019 AbrogationPolity & Governance Can Section 498A Cruelty Protections Extend to Live-In Relationships?Polity & Governance Fresh US Tariff Threat Over Russian Oil Could Strain India's Inflation and External BalanceEconomics NMEO-OP: From Plantation Expansion to Productivity-Led Growth in Oil PalmEconomics Sarvam AI's Trillion-Parameter Model Plan and India's Sovereign AI PushScience & Technology US Senate Passes Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill With Secondary Tariff Powers Affecting IndiaInternational Relations India-Sri Lanka Power Sector Cooperation: HVDC Link and Sampur Solar Project ReviewedInternational Relations Supreme Court Hears Challenge to the 2023 CEC Appointment LawPolity & Governance Parliamentary Panel Recommends a Polar Ambassador and Full Arctic Council Membership for IndiaInternational Relations Strait of Hormuz Deal Expected Soon; Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey Sign Defence PactInternational Relations CWMA Upholds Order for Karnataka to Release Cauvery Water to Tamil NaduPolity & Governance Tribunals Reforms Bill Approved: A National Tribunal Commission Takes ShapePolity & Governance