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Cheetahs Released in Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve: Madhya Pradesh Gets Its Third Cheetah HomeEnvironment & Ecology Karnataka Signals It May Seek a Review of the Cauvery Water Allocation: Changed Circumstances, Distress Sharing and the LawPolity & Governance Lakhpati Didi Initiative Raises Household Incomes of Rural Women: What an IIM Study FoundSocial Issues India and Canada Aim to Sign a Trade Deal (CEPA) During a Planned Prime Ministerial Visit to OttawaInternational Relations Living Planet Report 2026: Monitored Wildlife Populations Fell 73% Since 1970, India Shows Recovery Is PossibleEnvironment & Ecology RBI Turns Hawkish: Repo Rate Raised to 5.5% and Stance Shifted to "Calibrated Tightening"Economics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50% and Shifts to "Calibrated Tightening": What It MeansEconomics GE Ships Four More F404 Engines for Tejas Mk1A: Why Engine Delays Are Holding Back India's Fighter PlansInternal Security Supreme Court to Consider Recalling Split Verdict in Election Commissioners Appointment Case: Recusal, Bias and Constitution Benches ExplainedPolity & Governance India's HPV Vaccine Cervavac Gets WHO Prequalification: What It Means for Cervical Cancer PreventionEnvironment & Ecology RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.5% and Shifts to "Calibrated Tightening": What It Means for Loans and InflationEconomics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50%: Its First Hike in Nearly Four YearsEconomics GST Council Takes Up a 17-Day Refund Timeline, Faster Registrations and Wider Input Tax CreditEconomics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50%: First Hike Since February 2023 and a New "Calibrated Tightening" StanceEconomics RBI Makes Account Aggregators Interoperable: One App to Share All Your Financial DataEconomics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.5%: Why Loans May Get Costlier and What "Calibrated Tightening" MeansEconomics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50%: Higher Growth Forecast, Higher Inflation WorryEconomics India-US Trade Deal Talks Reach a Plateau: Market Access and Agriculture Remain the Sticking PointsEconomics RBI Raises the Repo Rate to 5.50%: Why the MPC Moved to "Calibrated Tightening"Economics RBI MPC Weighs Its Rate Path: Hike Now or Wait, and What the "Stance" Will SignalEconomics GST Council to Weigh Wider Use of GST Data and Tax Relief for Rare Disease MedicinesEconomics RBI MPC October 2026: Economists Expect the First Repo Rate Hike Since February 2023Economics

VB-G RAM G Rural Job Scheme Now Allows 375 Types of Works, With a Big Push to LivelihoodsEconomics GST Rate Changes Only Once a Year, From 1 April: Why Tax Stability MattersEconomics GST Council to Consider Removing GST Officers' Power of Arrest: The "Trust the Taxpayer" ApproachEconomics IMEC Still Moving Despite West Asia Turmoil: France's Special Envoy on a "Network of Complementary Routes"International Relations India-US Trade Talks Stall Again: Russian Oil, Farm Markets and What Comes NextEconomics New Rural Jobs Law Lists 375 Types of Work: What the VB-G RAM G Schedule CoversEconomics ₹10,000-Crore SME Growth Fund Approved: Equity Money for Growing Small Businesses, Plus a New Transport PlannerEconomics Cabinet Approves the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority: One Planner for Roads, Rail, Ports and AirportsEconomics Cabinet Approves Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA): One Body to Plan All Modes of TransportEconomics Centre's Five-Pronged GST Reform Plan: Easier Registration, Automatic Invoice Matching and Wider Export BenefitsEconomics GST Council to Consider Removing GST Officers' Power of Arrest: Decriminalising the Tax LawEconomics GST Council Meeting on October 8: Five-Area Reform Plan on Process, Refunds, Exports and E-commerceEconomics Cabinet Approves ₹10,000 Crore SME Growth Fund: Equity Capital to Turn Small Firms into ChampionsEconomics Cabinet Approves the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority: One Planner for Roads, Rail, Ports and AirportsEconomics Cabinet Approves the ₹10,000 Crore SME Growth Fund: Equity Capital for Growing Small FirmsEconomics MMDR Amendment Act, 2026: Why States Are Divided Over Limits on Mineral TaxesPolity & Governance Why the RBI Is Expected to Raise the Repo Rate in October 2026Economics Supreme Court Upholds "Socialist" and "Secular" in the Preamble: The 42nd Amendment and Parliament's Power to AmendPolity & Governance VB-G RAM G: Centre Notifies 375 Permissible Works for the New Rural Job GuaranteePolity & Governance Three High Court Chief Justices Become Supreme Court Judges: How Judges Are Appointed in IndiaPolity & Governance Union Cabinet Takes Up ₹10,000 Crore SME Growth Fund and a New Transport Planning AuthorityEconomics Navy's First Indigenous Fleet Support Ship 'Surya' Launched: How Ships Refuel at SeaInternal Security RBI Seen Starting a Rate-Hike Cycle: Why Banks Expect the Repo Rate to Reach 6% by March 2027Economics BHAVYA-Rasayan Scheme: India to Build Three Mega Chemical ParksEconomics India-US Trade Talks Reach a "Plateau": Why the Interim Deal Is Stuck and What It MeansEconomics

Great Nicobar Project: Supreme Court Lets the Calcutta High Court Hear Tribal Rights PetitionsEnvironment & Ecology First Captive-Bred Great Indian Bustards Released Into the Wild in RajasthanEnvironment & Ecology One Nation, One Election: Economists Tell the JPC That Frequent Polls Hurt Capital SpendingPolity & Governance India-Switzerland Talks as the India-EFTA Trade Deal (TEPA) Turns One: Market Access, Investment and MobilityInternational Relations India-US Trade Talks Reach a "Plateau": Why Further Concessions Are Hard and How the EU Deal DiffersEconomics India's UNESCO Tentative List Reaches 78 Entries: What a Tentative Listing Does and Does Not DoArt & Culture Swiss President's State Visit: India and Switzerland Sign Migration and Mobility Pact, Push TEPA Trade and InvestmentInternational Relations Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 in Andhra Pradesh: ₹30,156 Crore Plan to Bring Drinking Water to 90 Lakh HomesSocial Issues Great Nicobar Project: Supreme Court Lets Calcutta High Court Hear Forest Rights Challenge, Calls Culture a Fundamental RightEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court Declines the Centre's Plea: Great Nicobar Forest Rights Petitions to Be Heard by the Calcutta High CourtEnvironment & Ecology GST Council to Consider Ending Direct Arrest Powers of Tax Officers: Shift to Recovery, Compounding and Court OversightEconomics GST Council to Consider Removing Arrest Powers and Speeding Up Export RefundsEconomics Supreme Court Examines Changes to Form 6 During Voter List Revision: How Voter Enrolment Rules and Election Commission Decisions WorkPolity & Governance EU's Carbon Border Tax Goes to a WTO Panel: Russia's Challenge and Why India Is WatchingEnvironment & Ecology India-EU Free Trade Agreement: How Tariff Cuts Could Help Labour-Intensive Exports and JobsEconomics India's New Bilateral Investment Treaty Template Set for Cabinet ApprovalEconomics Legislative Privilege vs Free Speech: Supreme Court Drops a 20-Year-Old Reference After the 2003 Tamil Nadu Assembly Resolution Is Found WithdrawnPolity & Governance India-EU Trade Deal Highlighted at Munich Leaders Meeting: What the Deal Opens Up and Where US Talks StandInternational Relations India Pushes to Build Its Own Rare Earth Magnet Industry to Cut Dependence on ChinaEconomics India and Canada Begin the Fifth Round of CEPA Talks, Eye Energy and Critical MineralsEconomics Can the Chief Election Commissioner Act Alone? Supreme Court Hears Pleas on How the Election Commission DecidesPolity & Governance RBI's Monetary Policy Committee Meets as Markets Expect the First Rate Hike Since 2023Economics India-US Trade Talks Reach a "Plateau": Trade Deficits, Tariffs and the China Gap ExplainedEconomics Government to Stop Using Sugarcane Juice and B-Heavy Molasses for Ethanol in 2026-27: Why Sugar Supply Comes FirstEconomics Pre-COP31 Climate Talks Begin in Fiji and Tuvalu: The Road to COP31 and the Loss and Damage Fund ExplainedEnvironment & Ecology GST 2.0 Process Reforms: Council to Consider Unlocking Input Tax Credit, Faster Refunds and Export ReliefEconomics RBI May Raise the Repo Rate in October 2026: Inflation Risks, the MPC and the Liquidity Corridor ExplainedEconomics RBI Expected to Raise the Repo Rate to 5.50%: Why Oil Prices, a Weak Monsoon and US Rates MatterEconomics