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India's First Dengue Vaccine Qdenga: Approval and Its Safety CaveatScience & Technology Assam's Citizenship Verification: How Foreigners Tribunals Decide Who BelongsPolity & Governance CPCB Flags Banned Chemical in New 'Green' Firecracker FormulationsEnvironment & Ecology Three Great Indian Bustard Chicks Enter Rewilding Tunnel in JaisalmerEnvironment & Ecology RBI Flags Rupee as Undervalued as FCNR(B) Inflows Cross $32 BillionEconomics Iran Pauses Retaliatory Strikes Amid Strait of Hormuz Mine IncidentsInternational Relations CBDT Aligns India with OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF)Economics India Permits 5 Million Tonnes of Wheat Exports, Ending a Four-Year BanEconomics Ken-Betwa Link Project: Tribal Protests in Bundelkhand Spotlight Displacement and Forest RightsInternal Security Committee Formed to Overhaul India's Examination SystemPolity & Governance How India Recaptured the Kargil Heights: Terrain, Climate and Post-War ReformModern History Sarnath Inscribed as India's 45th UNESCO World Heritage SiteArt & Culture India-US Trade Pact Pace Now Tied to Pending Section 301 Excess-Capacity FindingsEconomics Government Constitutes Nilekani-Led Task Force for NTA Examination ReformsPolity & Governance Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026: New Powers Over Lapsed NGO AssetsPolity & Governance US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariffs: 45% of India's Exports Stay Exempt, Textile Mechanism Still PendingEconomics Kargil Vijay Diwas 2026: India Restates No-Talks-Except-PoK Stance on PakistanInternational Relations Tenth Schedule in Action: Ex-MLAs Summoned in Anti-Defection Disqualification ProceedingsPolity & Governance Iran War Risks Wider Escalation as a Second Red Sea Front OpensInternational Relations Indus Waters Treaty: One Year in Abeyance and India's Next StepsInternational Relations US-Iran Conflict: Naval Blockade Persists Despite Pause in AirstrikesInternational Relations India-Australia Push for Resilient Critical Minerals and Energy Supply ChainsInternational Relations

Sarnath on the World Heritage List: Ashokan Legacy and Buddhist DiplomacyArt & Culture Sarnath's 28-Year Wait: From Tentative List to World Heritage StatusArt & Culture Public Examinations Amendment Bill Sets Three-Month Deadline for High Court Appeals in Paper Leak CasesPolity & Governance Ken-Betwa Link Project: Why Displaced Communities Are ProtestingEnvironment & Ecology ONGC Spuds India's Deepwater Well in Mahanadi Basin Under Samudra Manthan MissionEconomics Keeladi Excavation's 11th Phase Uncovers Continuous Brick Structures Across the SiteArt & Culture Tamil Nadu Renews Demand to Move Education Back to the State List Amid the NEET RowPolity & Governance Anti-Paper Leak Law Amendment: Institutional and Constitutional DimensionsPolity & Governance Sarnath Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List: India's 45th SiteArt & Culture Integrated Farming Systems Help Diversify Farm Incomes in Assam and Arunachal PradeshEconomics Great Nicobar Project's "Commercial vs Strategic" Classification Debate: CRZ, PVTG and NGT QuestionsEnvironment & Ecology US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff on India: 45% of Exports ExemptedEconomics India's Engagement With USTR Secures Lower 10% Tier in Forced-Labour Section 301 ActionEconomics CAG Flags Irregularities in Cyclone Amphan Relief Disbursal in West BengalPolity & Governance Pellet Guns and Crowd Control: The Law on Dispersing an Unlawful AssemblyInternal Security US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff: 45% of India's US-Bound Exports Stay Outside the 10% DutyEconomics Great Nicobar Project: Environmental Clearance and Regulatory ConcernsEnvironment & Ecology ICMR Licenses Indigenous Cervical Pre-Cancer and Vaccine Technologies to Pharma FirmsScience & Technology Vizhinjam Seaport Cleared for Full EXIM Operations from August 18Geography Great Nicobar Project: The Strategic and Indo-Pacific CaseInternal Security Kavach 4.0 Automatic Train Protection Expanded to 2,490 Route Km on Delhi–Mumbai, Delhi–Howrah CorridorsScience & Technology National Investment Policy for Urea (NIPU-2026): India's Push for Fertiliser Self-RelianceEconomics Grain-Based Ethanol's Growing Share in India's Fuel Blending ProgrammeEconomics Airport-Airline Cross-Ownership Cap: Centre Weighs Easing a 2006 SafeguardEconomics US Section 301 Tariff Regime Pressures India's Gems and Jewellery ExportsEconomics Anti-Cheating Law Amendment: Steeper Penalties for Exam MalpracticePolity & Governance Special Intensive Revision Flags Nearly a Third of Gurugram Voters for Possible RemovalPolity & Governance US Sets 10% Tariff on Indian Exports Under Section 301 Forced-Labour ActionEconomics Public Examinations Amendment Bill: Fast-Track Courts and Tighter Timelines for Anti-Cheating LawPolity & Governance US-Saudi Arabia Civil Nuclear Agreement Departs From Non-Proliferation "Gold Standard"International Relations Delhi High Court's OpenAI-ANI Order: Fair Dealing and AI Training Under Copyright LawScience & Technology Chhattisgarh to Table Uniform Civil Code Bill in Winter SessionPolity & Governance Tiger Reintroduction Planned at Buxa Tiger Reserve: Project Tiger Translocation FrameworkEnvironment & Ecology

Public Examinations Act Amendment: Stricter Penalties for Paper Leaks Cleared by CabinetPolity & Governance India-U.K. CETA: What the Trade Deal Leaves UnresolvedInternational Relations Parliament Watch: India's FTA-Partner Exports and Trade Agreement ArchitectureEconomics SEBI's Proposed Overhaul of Portfolio Management Services RegulationsEconomics Who Guards the Constitution: Judicial Review, Protest Rights, and Police AccountabilityPolity & Governance FCI's Open Market Rice Sales and India's Ethanol Blending PushEconomics Tougher Punishment Proposed for Examination Paper LeaksPolity & Governance Cabinet Clears Amendments to Toughen the Anti-Paper-Leak LawPolity & Governance Cabinet Clears BHAVYA-Rasayan Scheme for Three Chemical ParksEconomics India Placed in Lower 10% US Tariff Band After Forced-Labour Policy ChangeEconomics India Diversifies Fertiliser Import Sources to Secure Urea and DAP SupplyEconomics The 2024 Anti-Paper-Leak Law: What It Already ProvidesPolity & Governance PLI Scheme Payouts Cross ₹35,354 Crore: Pharma Sector Deep DiveEconomics Vande Mataram Bill: Extending Statutory Protection to a National SymbolPolity & Governance India and Israel Conclude Second Round of FTA NegotiationsInternational Relations The Saudi-U.S. Nuclear Agreement: Enrichment, Non-Proliferation and the 123 FrameworkInternational Relations China's Infrastructure Projects in J&K/Ladakh: India's Protest and the Boundary DisputeInternational Relations Section 301 Tariff Tiers: India's Relative Position Against Competing ExportersInternational Relations IEA: Global Power Demand to Grow 3.6% in 2026 as Renewables Overtake CoalEnvironment & Ecology Wanted Khalistan-Linked Suspect and US National Intercepted at India-Nepal BorderInternal Security Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts, Directs CBI and SIT to Expedite Manipur Violence InvestigationsInternal Security Telecommunications (Authorisation) Rules, 2026 Mandate Data Localisation for Network Infrastructure ProvidersScience & Technology Global Study Finds Near-Universal Antibiotic Overuse, Fuelling Drug ResistanceScience & Technology US-Iran Conflict Escalates to Strikes on Bahrain as Gulf Shipping Routes Come Under ThreatInternational Relations India Invites Bangladesh as Special Guest to 2026 BRICS Summit, Reviving BIMSTEC OutreachInternational Relations Conservation Agriculture with Drip Irrigation Boosts Wheat Protein and Resource EfficiencyEconomics US Section 301 Tariffs: Limited Impact on India, but Textile Sector Faces TRQ DisadvantageEconomics Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts for Manipur Violence TrialsInternal Security Zoopharmacognosy: How Animals Self-Medicate Using NatureScience & Technology India Defends Tariff and Quality-Control Regime at WTO's Eighth Trade Policy ReviewEconomics Odisha's Electric Bus Rollout and India's Urban E-Mobility PushEnvironment & Ecology US Tariffs Spare Most Indian Exports but Textiles Remain the Watch SectorEconomics Central KYC 2.0: Unified Customer Verification for Banks, Insurers and Mutual FundsEconomics Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024: Provisions and Proposed AmendmentPolity & Governance How the US Determines "Forced Labour" Risk: The TVPRA List and Tariff Tiering ProcessEconomics US Forced-Labour Tariffs: How Stacked Duties and Trade Diversion Reshape Global SourcingEconomics US-Iran Strikes Continue: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Backdrop and India's Energy Security ResponseInternational Relations Think Tank Flags Slippery-Slope Risk in New E-Commerce FDI Export Carve-OutEconomics US Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff Regime Takes Effect, India Faces 10% Rate but Loses Textile Quota ReliefEconomics India-Romania Ties: Trade Target Doubled, Defence and ITEC Cooperation ExpandedInternational Relations Houthi Naval Blockade on Saudi Shipping: Why the Bab el-Mandeb Chokepoint Matters for IndiaInternational Relations US Section 301 "Forced Labour" Tariff on India: Basis QuestionedEconomics Supreme Court Judges Strength Bill and National Honour Amendment on Monsoon Session AgendaPolity & Governance India Amends Foreign Trade Policy on Forced Labour to Secure Lower US Tariff TierEconomics FDI Now Allowed in Inventory-Based E-Commerce: But Only for ExportsEconomics