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Rooftop Solar Scheme Crosses 50-Lakh Mark: Manufacturing Rules and India's Climate PledgesScience & Technology NATO's Strategic Transformation and Its Implications for IndiaInternational Relations Supreme Court Directs Nationwide SOPs to Curb Digital Arrest ScamsPolity & Governance Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Passed by ParliamentPolity & Governance ICAR Develops India's First Indigenous Vaccine for African Swine FeverScience & Technology Ganges Water Treaty Renewal Talks: India-Bangladesh Transboundary River SharingInternational Relations RBI's MPC Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25%, Holds Neutral StanceEconomics Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed by ParliamentPolity & Governance India-US Interim Trade Agreement Talks Advance, Some Issues Still PendingEconomics NPCIL Crosses 1,000 Billion Units of Nuclear Generation: India's Nuclear Roadmap to 2047Science & Technology Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Easing Rules for Offshore Funds and ManufacturingEconomics Centre's Community Forest Resource Letter Raises Gram Sabha Authority ConcernsEnvironment & Ecology Chabahar Port: India Continues Stakeholder Engagement After US Sanctions Waiver LapseInternational Relations PM Surya Ghar Scheme Crosses 50 Lakh Rooftop Solar InstallationsEnvironment & Ecology ICAR-Corteva Licensing Move Signals Next Wave of Gene-Edited Rice in IndiaScience & Technology ICAR Develops India's First Fully Annotated T2T Genome of Pigeonpea Variety 'Asha'Science & Technology Drone Sighting in Kathua and Anti-Terror Search in Poonch: Border Security FrameworkInternal Security Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tax Certainty for Foreign Investment and ManufacturingEconomics PM Surya Ghar Crosses 5 Million Rooftop Solar Installations: How the Subsidy Model ScaledEnvironment & Ecology GST Collections Surge in July 2026: Tax Buoyancy and Administrative ReformsEconomics Supreme Court Extends 10 km Mining Buffer Rule to All Wetland Conservation ReservesEnvironment & Ecology Punjab Police Bust Two ISI-Backed Cross-Border Terror Modules in AmritsarInternal Security India's Distributed Solar Crosses 31.5 GW: Scheme Success Meets Regulatory FrictionEnvironment & Ecology FAO's Peat-Emit Report: Closing the Data Gap in Peatland EmissionsEnvironment & Ecology Electricity's Slow Entry into India's Road Transport Energy MixEconomics Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Easing Rules for Offshore Fund Managers in IndiaEconomics Electronics Manufacturing Tax Relief and India's Wider Industrial Policy ToolkitEconomics How a Tax Bill Becomes Law: Money Bill Procedure and the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026Polity & Governance Supreme Court Judge Strength Raised to 38: Article 124 and the Pendency ProblemPolity & Governance Transgender Law Amendment Cannot Cancel Vested Rights, Supreme Court Tells CentrePolity & Governance DGCA to Mandate Carbon Emissions Reporting for International Flights Ahead of CORSIA's 2027 DeadlineEnvironment & Ecology FII/FPI Taxation Reform: Capital Gains, Withholding Tax and the Global Race for Fund CapitalEconomics Adjournment Motion Seeks Discussion on a New Anti-Defection Law: Tenth Schedule Reform DebatePolity & Governance Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tax Incentives for Manufacturing and Foreign CapitalEconomics

US-Iran Talks Resume Amid Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Nuclear Diplomacy and Chokepoint StakesInternational Relations Census 2027 Phase 2 to Begin: First Caste Enumeration Since 1931Polity & Governance Transgender ID Card Invalidation: Healthcare Continuity and Welfare Delivery Concerns Before the Supreme CourtSocial Issues Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh Becomes India's 101st Ramsar SiteEnvironment & Ecology UPI Merchant Charges and Extended Tax Breaks for Electronics Contract ManufacturingEconomics Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tightening Delayed RegistrationPolity & Governance Critical Minerals and India's Strategic AutonomyEconomics Nauru Officially Renamed Republic of NaoeroGeography Supreme Court Extends Cruelty Offence to Marriage-Like Live-In RelationshipsPolity & Governance MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Digital Registration and Payment ReformEconomics Supreme Court Judges Bill Cleared Without Debate: Parliamentary Procedure Behind the PassagePolity & Governance Tax Break for Foreign Equipment Suppliers to Contract Manufacturers Proposed to be Extended to 2041Economics Simplified Tax Exemption Framework for Offshore Funds Managed from IndiaEconomics India-Uzbekistan Trade: Doubling Target and the Bilateral Investment TreatyInternational Relations Rajya Sabha Passes MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to Curb Payment DelaysEconomics Census 2027: Snow-Bound Area Enumeration in Ladakh, J&K, Himachal and Uttarakhand from September 1Polity & Governance Ken-Betwa River Linking Project: Experts Flag Water Transfer and Ecological ConcernsEnvironment & Ecology Simplified Tax Exemption Framework for Offshore Funds Managed from IndiaEconomics MSME Amendment Bill 2026 Passed: Mandating TReDS Routing and Faster Payment RecoveryEconomics India's Power Capacity Roadmap: 874 GW Target by 2031-32Economics ONGC to Reserve Half of New Mangaluru Oil Storage for Strategic ReservesEconomics Government Proposes to Ease Eligibility Conditions for Offshore Fund Tax ExemptionEconomics Tax Relief for Offshore Funds Managed by India-Based Fund ManagersEconomics India Invites Applications for Tariff-Rate Quotas on 30 Products Under India-Oman CEPAEconomics MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed: Fast-Tracking Payment Dispute ResolutionEconomics Cabinet Approves Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Scheme with Battery StorageEnvironment & Ecology Unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Governance Structure and India's Territorial Position ExplainedInternational Relations Tax Exemption for Foreign Suppliers to Contract Electronics Manufacturers Proposed to be Extended to 2041Economics US-Iran Talks Resume: Nuclear Stockpile and Strait of Hormuz Remain Key Sticking PointsInternational Relations New Taxation Amendment Bill Extends Electronics Incentives, Eases Foreign Investor RulesEconomics Supreme Court Strength Raised to 37 Judges: the Constitutional Mechanism Behind the ExpansionPolity & Governance RBI's Dollar-Mobilisation Drive Nears $100 Billion: Reserves Defence, Not Rupee SupportEconomics India-Uzbekistan Trade Ties Deepen: FTA Exploration and Rare Earth Investment PushEconomics Indian Statistical Institute Bill and Bankers' Books Evidence Bill Introduced in Lok SabhaPolity & Governance CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projectsEconomics Will a repo rate pause make RBI fall behind the curve?Economics Two-thirds of India’s 58 tiger reserves have either declining prey base or poor habitat or both; nine have zero or critically low tiger numbers, says government reportEnvironment & Ecology Oil prices tumble as Trump cancels attack on Iran to reach nuclear dealInternational Relations India plans ₹45,000 crore rail upgrades along China, Pakistan and Bangladesh bordersGeography RBI MPC begins today as policymakers weigh inflation, crude risksEconomics 2 strategic satellites sit at spaceport as govt nod eludes IsroScience & Technology Economist Poll Points to RBI Holding Rates on 5 AugustEconomics

Supreme Court Rules Voluntary Adult Sex Work Cannot Be CriminalisedPolity & Governance RBI MPC Likely to Hold Repo Rate Amid Inflation and Global RisksEconomics SEZ Services Forex Rule: Proposal to Allow Rupee PaymentsEconomics ZSI Completes India's First National Catalogue of Lepidoptera: 13,703 Species DocumentedEnvironment & Ecology Government Weighs Easing Forex Realisation Rule for SEZ Services Sold to DTAEconomics Supreme Court Presses Punjab on 15-Year-Old Decree over Power Dues to Himachal PradeshPolity & Governance India-Canada CEPA: Negotiations Progress Toward a 2026 ConclusionInternational Relations RBI's Special Forex Windows: Scaling Up to Cushion the RupeeEconomics Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Split into Two DepartmentsPolity & Governance Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 Introduced to Replace 1891-Era LawPolity & Governance SBSTTA28 Concludes in Nairobi, Sets Stage for CBD COP17 in YerevanEnvironment & Ecology PM Surya Sarovar Yojana Approved: 5,000 MW Floating Solar with Energy StorageScience & Technology EPFO Overhauls Claim Settlement and Withdrawal Process Under New Labour CodesSocial Issues India-China Border Trade Resumes at Shipki La After Six-Year HiatusInternational Relations NBA's Rs 8.22 Crore Benefit-Sharing Payout for Rice Genetic ResourcesEnvironment & Ecology RBI Expected to Hold Repo Rate in August MPC Meeting Amid Inflation ConcernsEconomics India Links Indus Waters Treaty Status to Pakistan's Action Against Terror InfrastructureInternational Relations Biofortified Crops and the Next Phase of Indian AgricultureScience & Technology Input Costs, Not Demand, Set to Drive India's Dairy InflationEconomics US-Israel Pause Iran Strikes, Set Hormuz Strait and Nuclear Conditions for a DealInternational Relations Satellite and Weather-Data Platforms for Climate-Resilient Crop InsuranceEnvironment & Ecology Iran Warns of Strikes on Regional Energy Fields Amid US-Iran TensionsInternational Relations Turning Crop Residue into Clean Energy: Policy Pathways for Agricultural WasteEnvironment & Ecology