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MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed by ParliamentEconomics 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting Concludes in Jaipur: Key OutcomesInternational Relations Defence Ministry Moves to Join France-Led Sixth-Generation Fighter ProgrammeInternal Security France's Industrial Roadmap for India's 114-Rafale Acquisition: Tata, L&T, Mahindra and HALInternal Security Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Trilateral Mutual Defence Pact in MeccaInternational Relations India Assigns Standard Names to 27 Locations in Arunachal Pradesh: Countering China's Renaming ClaimsInternational Relations Supreme Court to Examine DPDP Act's Impact on RTI and Investigative JournalismPolity & Governance MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Mandatory TReDS and Faster Dispute ResolutionEconomics India Formalises Names for 27 Arunachal Pradesh Sites: Countering China's Renaming ExerciseInternational Relations FDI Rules Amended to Widen E-Commerce Market Access for Small ProducersEconomics India Weighs Friendlier Bilateral Investment Treaty Rules Ahead of Cabinet NodEconomics Heatwaves and Lightning Added to India's Notified Disaster ListPolity & Governance Bengaluru Startup Unveils 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket Engine for Reusable Launch VehiclesScience & Technology Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye Sign Trilateral Defence Agreement: Collective Deterrence PactInternational Relations MSME Amendment Bill Passed to Tackle Delayed PaymentsPolity & Governance Assam Records World's First Release of Captive-Bred Slender-Billed VulturesEnvironment & Ecology India-US Defence and Civil Nuclear Cooperation ExpandsInternational Relations Supreme Court Orders Coordination Group and River Commission for Rajasthan's Jojari-Bandi-Luni BasinEnvironment & Ecology MNRE Weighs Support Scheme for Polysilicon to Plug India's Solar Manufacturing GapEconomics India's First 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket Engine UnveiledScience & Technology MEA Calls FCRA Legislation an "Internal Matter" After US Lawmaker's CriticismPolity & Governance India, China Agree to Continue Using Diplomatic and Military Channels to Avoid LAC MisunderstandingsInternational Relations FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 Set for Parliamentary Discussion: Key Provisions ExplainedPolity & Governance Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response on Pleas Challenging DPDP Act's Amendment to RTI ActPolity & Governance The Problem With India's Free Trade Agreement Strategy: Import-Driven Trade DeficitsEconomics India-China WMCC Talks Cover Boundary Delimitation, Border Management and Trans-Border RiversInternational Relations Lok Sabha Passes MSME Development Amendment Bill: Faster Payments and Dispute ResolutionPolity & Governance Tamil Nadu Assembly Adopts Resolution Seeking Fair Central Tax DevolutionEconomics India's Manila Diplomatic Round: Multipolarity, China Normalisation, Quad and Indo-PacificInternational Relations Tamil Nadu Defends Backward Class Quota for Muslim Converts Before Supreme CourtPolity & Governance FDA Approves First mRNA-Based Flu Vaccine: Implications for Vaccine and Drug PlatformsScience & Technology EXIM Bank to Replace RBI as Implementing Agency for Export Interest Subvention SchemeEconomics Building Water-Wise Cities: Global Lessons and India's Urban Water ChallengeEnvironment & Ecology India Reviews Its Model Bilateral Investment Treaty to Attract Foreign InvestmentEconomics Whip Issued Ahead of Key Parliament Business: FCRA Amendment and Delimitation Bill in FocusPolity & Governance US-India Talks Advance Cooperation on Critical Minerals Recycling and Advanced ManufacturingInternational Relations Ken-Betwa Link Project Protests: Why Forest Rights Implementation Falls on StatesEnvironment & Ecology Parliamentary Panel Urges Faster Risk-Based Capital Norms and GST Rationalisation for InsuranceEconomics RBI Reopens Licensing for Urban Cooperative Banks After Two-Decade PauseEconomics

Scheduled Tribe Political Reservation Notified for Goa AssemblyPolity & Governance Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit: India's First Privately Built Orbital RocketScience & Technology Government Tells Supreme Court: Creamy Layer Cannot Be Carved Out of SC/ST QuotasPolity & Governance Lok Sabha Passes Bill Enabling MDR on UPI, RuPay: Ending the Statutory Zero-MDR MandateEconomics Guwahati-Tezpur Access-Controlled Corridor Approved: North Bank Connectivity and Border InfrastructureGeography Iran's Proposed Restrictions on Hostile-State Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz: Legal and Diplomatic DimensionsInternational Relations Centre Opposes Income-Based "Creamy Layer" Exclusion in SC/ST Reservation Before Supreme CourtPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman: India Needs Six-Fold Rise in Per Capita Income by 2047Economics Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Early Conclusion of India-US Trade PactEconomics Government Tightens IT Rules on AI-Generated Content: 3-Hour Takedown, Mandatory LabellingScience & Technology Cabinet Approves GOBARdhan Scheme: National Push for Compressed BiogasEconomics Fiscal Federalism Debate: Efficiency vs Equity in the 16th Finance Commission's Devolution FormulaPolity & Governance Delimitation: Renewed Push for a Constitutional Amendment on Lok Sabha Seat ReallocationPolity & Governance Government Signals Single-Digit Customs Tariffs by Budget 2027-28Economics Lok Sabha Passes Bill Enabling Government to Permit Charges on Digital PaymentsEconomics IndiaAI Mission Backs 20 Indigenous AI Models, Clears 58 Centres of ExcellenceScience & Technology India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement Comes Into ForceInternational Relations Rooftop Solar Installations Under PM Surya Ghar Cross 16,300/DayEconomics CAFE-III Fuel Efficiency Norms: Ambitious Targets, Loophole-Weakened ComplianceEnvironment & Ecology Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill Passed: Opens Door to Future UPI ChargesEconomics Houthi Naval Blockade on Saudi Arabia Disrupts Red Sea ShippingInternational Relations Iran-Oman Understanding on a Strait of Hormuz Shipping Route: Law of the Sea and India's Energy SecurityInternational Relations CAG Audit Finds West Bengal Coal Mining Land Acquisition Denied Tribal Landowners Statutory CompensationSocial Issues Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Farmer Groups Flag Risks to Seed-Saving RightsEconomics India's Free Trade Agreements Are Signed: The Real Challenge Is UtilisationEconomics Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026 Passed: Offshore Fund and Manufacturing Tax ReliefEconomics Iran-Oman Talks on Strait of Hormuz Shipping Advance: Oil Prices Ease on De-escalation HopesInternational Relations Election Commission Cites Voter Verification Scale to Defend Special Intensive Revision TransparencyPolity & Governance India and Russia Set $100 Billion Trade Target for 2030: Nuclear Energy Cooperation ContinuesInternational Relations Asiatic Lion Conservation: Gains and Emerging ChallengesEnvironment & Ecology New 15-Year Tax Exemption Aims to Make India a Global Rough Diamond Trading HubEconomics RBI Holds Repo Rate, Revises Growth-Inflation Outlook, Reforms Loan Pricing and UCB LicensingEconomics India-Africa Ties Reaffirmed as a "Powerful Force for Global Progress"International Relations India-Sri Lanka Ties: Rupee Credit Lines, Social Security Pact and FTA Update TalksInternational Relations

Supreme Court: A Political Party's Decision Prevails Over Legislative Majority: Anti-Defection Law ExplainerPolity & Governance Supreme Court Judge Strength Raised to 38: Parliament Clears Amendment BillPolity & Governance NVS-03 Navigation Satellite Ready for Launch as NavIC Constellation Is ReplenishedScience & Technology Supreme Court Judges Strength Raised from 33 to 37Polity & Governance Jharkhand's Special Intensive Revision: Over 43 Lakh Voters Excluded from Draft RollsPolity & Governance RBI to Standardise Interest Rate-Setting Rules Across Regulated EntitiesEconomics Parliament's Monsoon Session 2026: Delimitation, FCRA Amendment, and Key Legislation PassedPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Proposes National Caregiving Framework for Ageing IndiaSocial Issues Study Flags Rising Flash-Drought Risk in Maharashtra's Semi-Arid DistrictsEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court Judges Bill Clears Rajya Sabha: Ordinance Route and Legislative ProcedurePolity & Governance Special Parliament Session (Aug 16-18) to Retry Delimitation and Women's Reservation Amendment BillsPolity & Governance DGFT Notifies Export-Only Inventory Rules for Foreign-Funded E-Commerce FirmsEconomics RBI to Resume On-Tap Licensing of Urban Cooperative Banks After Two-Decade PauseEconomics CBDC and Unified Lending Interface See Growing State Government AdoptionEconomics MoD to Reimburse 18% GST on R&D Grants for Defence StartupsInternal Security India's Forestland Diversion Crosses 2 Lakh Hectares in 12 Years: Forest (Conservation) Law FrameworkEnvironment & Ecology India-UK CETA: Tariff Cuts Set to Boost Agriculture and Automotive ExportsEconomics Seven Years After Article 370: The Path Back to Statehood for Jammu and KashmirPolity & Governance Uzbekistan Opens Mining and Critical Minerals Sector to Indian InvestmentInternational Relations Ramsar Wetlands and Mining: What the Supreme Court's Order Really CoversEnvironment & Ecology COP31 Antalya: UN Climate Negotiations Shift from Targets to ImplementationEnvironment & Ecology Agasthyamalai Eviction Order Reopens the Forest Rights Act DebateEnvironment & Ecology Delimitation Bill 2026: Reviving the Seat-Reapportionment DebatePolity & Governance RBI's Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate, Revises Growth and Inflation OutlookEconomics Inventory-Based E-Commerce Export Norms: The Exporter-on-Record FrameworkEconomics East Africa's Tropical Glaciers Are Disappearing: What Their Loss Signals for Climate ScienceEnvironment & Ecology Strait of Hormuz Reopening Plan: Global Oil Security and India's Energy ExposureInternational Relations Iran-Oman Talks on the Strait of Hormuz: Geography of a Global Chokepoint and the Law of Transit PassageInternational Relations RBI Raises FY27 GDP Growth Forecast, Trims Inflation ProjectionEconomics Repo Rate Hold Streak: Reading the RBI's Neutral StanceEconomics Antineutrino "Ghost Particle" Detection: A New Tool for Nuclear SafeguardsScience & Technology BRICS Summit 2026: What New Delhi Is Hosting and Why It MattersInternational Relations Flexible Inflation Targeting: How RBI's FY27 CPI Forecast of 5.0% Fits the FrameworkEconomics Lok Sabha Takes Up Bankers' Books Evidence Bill and Taxation Amendment Bill: Digital Evidence and Tax Law UpdatesPolity & Governance Cooperative Banking Reform: Understanding India's UCB-RCB Regulatory ArchitectureEconomics RBI MPC August 2026: GDP Growth Measurement and Policy CommunicationEconomics RBI MPC At a Glance: How the Committee Actually Decides RatesEconomics RBI's Developmental Package: UCB Licensing, Rural Bank Risk Norms, and Lending Rate ReformEconomics RBI Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% in August 2026 ReviewEconomics