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India's First Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Link: Secret Keys Sent 5.56 km Through Open AirScience & Technology Next-Gen GST: Rate Cuts Done, Process Reforms Next: How India's GST Is Being RebuiltEconomics Mass Deletion of Voters Is Arbitrary, Says a Supreme Court Judge: Adult Suffrage, Article 14 and the SIR ExplainedPolity & Governance Rabi MSP for 2027-28: Why a Farmers' Body Rejected It, and the C2 Cost Debate ExplainedEconomics GST Council May End IGST Exemption on Gold, Silver and Platinum Imports by Banks and Nominated AgenciesEconomics RBI Signals Interest Rates May Stay High for Longer as Global Risks RiseEconomics GST Council to Take Up Compliance Reforms: E-Commerce Registration, Credit Protection and Fewer Small DisputesEconomics Rabi MSPs for 2027-28: Wheat Gets Only ₹25 More, Oilseeds and Pulses Get Bigger HikesEconomics Next-Generation GST After One Year: Lower Rates, Wider Tax Base and the Push for Simpler ComplianceEconomics India Tests a 5.56 km Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Link in GandhinagarScience & Technology RBI Likely to Raise the Repo Rate in October 2026 as West Asia Crisis Pushes Up InflationEconomics Mass Exclusion from Voter Lists Is "Intrinsically Arbitrary": Supreme Court Judge on the Right to Vote, Article 14 and Basic StructurePolity & Governance First Agniveer Batch Completes Its Term: Armed Forces Suggest Changes to the Agnipath SchemeInternal Security GST Council to Discuss Removing Arrest Powers: Decriminalisation of Tax Law ExplainedEconomics GST Council to Consider Big Compliance Reforms: Easier Registration for Online Sellers, Safer Credit for Honest Buyers, Fewer Small DisputesEconomics GST Council May End Officers' Arrest Powers and Raise the Prosecution Threshold to ₹5 CroreEconomics India-Chile CEPA Talks: Critical Minerals Become the Main Sticking PointEconomics India and Canada Hold the Fifth Round of CEPA Talks: Aiming for a Trade Deal by End-2026Economics GST Law Committee Proposes Higher Prosecution Threshold and Shorter Jail Terms; Council to Decide on Arrest PowersEconomics Iran Links Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to Seven Conditions Under the Islamabad MoUInternational Relations India and Canada Begin Fifth Round of CEPA Trade Talks in OttawaInternational Relations First Captive-Bred Great Indian Bustards Released into the Wild at Desert National ParkEnvironment & Ecology Environment Ministry Resumes Processing of Pending Post-Facto Environmental Clearances: What the Law SaysEnvironment & Ecology Rabi MSP for 2027-28: Why Farmers' Groups Want the C2+50% FormulaEconomics Tejas Delays, the 114-Jet MRFA Deal and Theatre Commands: What the IAF Chief FlaggedInternal Security

Five New Centres of Excellence for Classical Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and PrakritArt & Culture Jal Arpan: Over 1,850 Villages Take Charge of Their Water Supply Schemes under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0Polity & Governance India Demonstrates Its First 5.56 km Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution LinkScience & Technology IAF Chief Rules Out a Separate Drone Force: Why Drones Must Fight Alongside Fighter JetsInternal Security IAF Chief Flags Delays in Indigenous Aircraft Programmes: Why Fewer Projects and Faster Delivery MatterInternal Security Uttarakhand Publishes Final Voter List After SIR: 71.58 Lakh Electors, About 8 Lakh Fewer Than BeforePolity & Governance RBI Governor Sets Out Five Priorities to Protect Financial StabilityEconomics Western Ghats ESA: Mapping in Kodagu and Udupi Shows Most Proposed Area Is Already ProtectedEnvironment & Ecology IRDAI Proposes to Reset Insurance Commissions: Curbing Mis-selling and Putting the Customer FirstEconomics Sawalkote and New Hydropower Projects in J&K: What They Mean Under the Indus Waters TreatyInternational Relations RBI Warns Against Complacency on Financial Stability: Macroprudential Policy, NPAs and the FSDC ExplainedEconomics Andhra Pradesh Moves Supreme Court over BC Quota in Local Body Polls: The 50% Ceiling and the Triple Test ExplainedPolity & Governance Ukraine Open to India's Ceasefire Proposal: Energy and Black Sea Truce ExplainedInternational Relations Ukraine Calls India's Peace Proposal "Most Comprehensive": India's Role in a Black Sea Energy and Shipping TruceInternational Relations India's Growing Glacial Lake Flood Risk: Lessons Three Years After the Sikkim GLOFEnvironment & Ecology MRFA Deal for 114 Rafale Jets May Be Finalised This Year: India's Fighter Gap ExplainedInternal Security Five New Centres of Excellence for Classical Languages: Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and PrakritArt & Culture Tigers Return to Buxa: How India Brings Tigers Back to an Empty ForestEnvironment & Ecology Carbon Debt and the BRICS View on Fossil Fuels: Why Historical Emissions Matter at COP31Environment & Ecology G20 Trade Ministers Debate Government-Backed Overcapacity: What It Means for India and World TradeEconomics RBI Stays Cautious on Crypto but Backs Blockchain and Tokenisation: What It MeansEconomics Katra-Banihal Speed Limit Raised to 100 kmph: Vande Bharat Crosses Chenab and Anji BridgesGeography

Special Intensive Revision of Voter Lists: Rising Deletions, Restoration Drive and the Law on Electoral RollsPolity & Governance Green Energy Corridor Phase-III: ₹1.86 Lakh Crore Plan for State Power Lines and 50 GWh of Battery StorageEnvironment & Ecology New Rules for the National Tribunals Commission: One Common System to Appoint Tribunal Heads and MembersPolity & Governance GOBARdhan Scheme Formally Launched: A 10-Fold Jump in Compressed Biogas and India's Natural Gas GoalEconomics RoDTEP Extended to December 2026 and ECGC Export Cover Raised to 95%: How India Is Shielding Exporters from the West Asia CrisisEconomics PMEGP May Be Extended Till 2030-31 With a ₹15,000 Crore Outlay and Easier Norms for First-Time EntrepreneursEconomics India Opposes Making the WTO's Most-Favoured-Nation Rule Conditional at the G20 Trade Ministers' MeetingInternational Relations Mahanadi Water Dispute: Odisha and Chhattisgarh Move Towards a Negotiated SettlementPolity & Governance From Drone Maps to Registered Titles: Madhya Pradesh Uses SVAMITVA to Formalise Rural PropertyPolity & Governance Samudra Manthan: India's ₹84,084-Crore Mission to Find Oil and Gas Under the SeaEconomics Urea Subsidy: Why Farmers Pay About ₹242 for a Bag That Costs Much MoreEconomics Gujarat's Uniform Civil Code Gets the President's Assent: What It Means and How the Process WorksPolity & Governance RoDTEP Export Tax Refund Scheme Extended Till 31 December 2026: How India Supports Its ExportersEconomics FPO Ships Frozen Food from Haryana to Canada: How Farmer Groups and APEDA Link Farms to World MarketsEconomics One Nation, One Election Panel's Planned Supreme Court Visit: Why Separation of Powers Became the IssuePolity & Governance India and Australia Push to Speed Up the CECA Trade Deal and Review the ECTAEconomics India-Canada CEPA Talks Speed Up: Fifth Round in Ottawa, Goal of About $70 Billion Trade in Five YearsEconomics