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China's Parallel World Order: Global Initiatives and the Challenge to Liberal MultilateralismInternational Relations CAQM Activates GRAP Stage-I Restrictions Across Delhi-NCR as AQI Reaches 'Poor' CategoryEnvironment & Ecology DRDO Completes Development Trials of UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile ULPGM-V3Science & Technology Brahmaputra as Multi-Functional Economic Corridor: Infrastructure, Trade, and Act East PolicyGeography MSME Ministry's TEAM Initiative Integrates Five Lakh Small Enterprises with Digital Commerce via ONDCEconomics India Reaffirms Universal Health Coverage Commitments at 79th World Health AssemblyInternational Relations Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Amendment Act 2026: Provisions and Banking Sector ImpactEconomics India-Vietnam Enhanced Strategic Partnership: Defence and Maritime Security DeepenedInternational Relations India-Italy Special Strategic Partnership and the Emerging Indo-Mediterranean OrderInternational Relations Supreme Court Rules Courts Not Bound by Government's Nuclear Liability CapPolity & Governance Third India-Nordic Summit 2026: Green Technology Partnership and Defence CooperationInternational Relations BIS Notifies E22–E30 Ethanol Fuel Blend Standards, Paving Way for 30% BlendingEconomics Asiatic Lion: Centre Considers Establishing Separate Free-Ranging PopulationEnvironment & Ecology BRICS 2026 Delhi Summit: India Hosts 18th Summit as ChairInternational Relations China-US Diplomatic Re-engagement: The Geneva Summit and Its Global ImplicationsInternational Relations India Meets Record Peak Power Demand of 260.45 GW Amid Heatwave ConditionsEconomics China-Taiwan Airspace Rivalry: Gray-Zone Coercion and the ADIZ as Strategic InstrumentInternational Relations IBC at Nine: Over 8,800 Cases, Rs 4.11 Lakh Crore Recovered by CreditorsEconomics IBBI Issues 2026 Guidelines to Fast-Track Insolvency Professional AppointmentsEconomics DRDO Completes Final Trials of UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile ULPGM-V3Science & Technology Naxalism Declared Eradicated: No District Remains LWE-Affected, Ministry of Home Affairs ConfirmsInternal Security India-Vietnam Defence Ties Deepen: BrahMos Deal and AI Cooperation at Centre of Hanoi TalksInternational Relations US Clears $428 Million Defence Support Package for India's Apache Fleet and M777 HowitzersInternational Relations Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site: Study Reveals Layered 'Cake-Like' Lunar Surface StructureScience & Technology BRICS 2026 New Delhi Summit: Supplementary CoverageInternational Relations US Extends Sanctions Waiver for Russian Crude: What It Means for IndiaInternational Relations US-China Trade Truce: A Fragile Pause in a Structural Economic ContestInternational Relations RBI Set to Pay Record Dividend to Government, Providing Fiscal BufferEconomics Putin's India Visit: BRICS Leaders' Summit September 2026International Relations G7 Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Responses to Iran War FalloutInternational Relations India and Nordic Nations Elevate Ties to Green Technology and Innovation Strategic PartnershipInternational Relations India-EU FTA: Quality Compliance and Non-Tariff Barriers Remain Key Challenges for ExportersEconomics Russia Conducts Large-Scale Nuclear Force Drills Amid Surge in Ukrainian Drone StrikesInternational Relations Over 400 Migrant Labourers Rescued from Bonded Conditions at Nizamabad Brick KilnsSocial Issues West Asia Crisis and Weather Risks to Cloud India's FY27 Economic GrowthEconomics National Security and Economic Growth Are Inseparable: The Case for Strategic Self-RelianceInternal Security Xi-Putin Beijing Summit: China-Russia Strategic Alignment After Trump's VisitInternational Relations Major Powers' Push Against the International Criminal Court: Context and ImplicationsInternational Relations UAPA Bail and the "Bail is Rule" Principle: Supreme Court Sparks Larger Bench DebatePolity & Governance Indus Waters Treaty at The Hague: India Rejects PCA's Pondage AwardInternational Relations Coal Gasification as a Path to India's Resource Security Amid Decarbonisation PressuresEconomics Russian Crude Stays Central to India's Oil Strategy Despite Sanctions PressureInternational Relations US Holds Off Iran Military Strike as Nuclear Deal Negotiations ContinueInternational Relations Iran-Israel Conflict: Strait of Hormuz Closure and Its Global Economic FalloutInternational Relations India-EU FTA: A 20-Chapter Framework to Reshape Trade and InvestmentInternational Relations India's Construction Boom and the Global Buildings Sector Carbon CrisisEnvironment & Ecology Putin's Beijing Summit: Russia-China Ties Advance to a "New Stage"International Relations India-Bangladesh Immigration Dispute: Pending Verifications and Diplomatic FrictionInternational Relations SC Commission Issues Notice Over Caste Slurs Listed in Punjab Census FormsPolity & Governance NHRC Calls for Review of Transgender Law, Distinct Census Categories for Trans IdentitiesPolity & Governance Supreme Court Redirects PIL on Stolen Personal Data to MeitYPolity & Governance India's Current Account Deficit Projected to Rise to 2.2% of GDP Amid Oil PressuresEconomics WHO Declares Global Emergency Over Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak with No Approved VaccineScience & Technology US to Host G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, October 2026International Relations Maharashtra's Nuclear MoUs: Private Sector Entry into India's Atomic Energy SectorEconomics Great Nicobar Island Mega-Project: Ecological Stakes at a UNESCO Biosphere ReserveEnvironment & Ecology India Notifies BIS Standards for E22–E30 Ethanol-Petrol Blends, Extending the Biofuel RoadmapEconomics Iran War Clouds India's FY27 Growth Outlook: Rating Agency DowngradesEconomics India-Vietnam Defence Ties Deepen at Hanoi Talks, Partnership Upgraded to Enhanced LevelInternational Relations India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Impact on Domestic Auto ManufacturingInternational Relations Putin's India Visit: BRICS 2026 Summit and India-Russia Diplomatic MomentumInternational Relations RBI Proposes Enhanced Basel III Pillar 3 Disclosures for BanksEconomics West Bengal Restores 7% OBC Quota for 66 Communities, Drops Religion-Based CategoriesPolity & Governance India's Coexistence-Based Approach to Human-Wildlife ConflictEnvironment & Ecology RBI Proposes Revised Capital Adequacy Disclosure Norms Aligned with Basel Pillar 3Economics India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to Take Effect from June 1International Relations Court Managers and India's Judicial Pendency Crisis: The Case for Administrative ReformPolity & Governance CAA Applicants Required to Declare and Surrender Foreign Passports Under New RulesPolity & Governance

Bioenergy from Waste: Technologies Powering India's Energy Security PushScience & Technology The Warning Signs in India's Import BillEconomics Indian Patent Office Rejects US Pharma's Patent Extension for Hepatitis C Combination TherapyScience & Technology India Declared Free of Left Wing Extremism: End of a Five-Decade InsurgencyInternal Security Citizenship Rules Amended for Applicants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, AfghanistanPolity & Governance Judges Inquiry Committee Submits Report on Justice Varma to Lok Sabha SpeakerPolity & Governance Kuki-Zo Council Escalates Demand for Separate Union Territory Amid Continuing Manipur CrisisPolity & Governance UAPA Bail Jurisprudence: Supreme Court Affirms Liberty Rights Amid Bench ConflictsPolity & Governance India's Strategic Petroleum Reserves: Capacity Gap and the Energy Security DeficitEconomics Judges Inquiry Panel Report on Justice Varma to Be Presented Before ParliamentPolity & Governance African Union Highlights India Collaboration as Ebola Outbreak Spreads Across ContinentInternational Relations One Nation One Election: JPC Chairman on Mid-Term Poll Cut-Off and Unexpired TermsPolity & Governance Belarus and Russia Conduct Joint Tactical Nuclear Drills Amid Kyiv WarningsInternational Relations India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Conclusion and Path to OperationalisationInternational Relations RBI Monitors Supply Shock Transmission Into General Inflation as West Asia Conflict Elevates Oil PricesEconomics Judges Inquiry Committee Submits Report on Justice Varma to Lok Sabha SpeakerPolity & Governance RBI Approves Record ₹2.69 Lakh Crore Surplus Transfer to the Centre for 2024-25Economics India's Continued Russian Crude Imports Amid US Sanctions FrameworkInternational Relations India-Netherlands Kalpasar Water Pact: Dutch Expertise for Gujarat's Gulf of Khambhat ProjectInternational Relations NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak: Chemistry Questions Found at Coaching Institute; CBI Makes Multiple ArrestsPolity & Governance India Declared Free of Left Wing Extremism as Operation Kagar Concludes in BastarInternal Security CAA Citizenship Rules Tightened: Passport Declaration Mandatory for Applicants from Three CountriesPolity & Governance India-Norway Green Strategic Partnership: Clean Energy, Arctic Research, and Blue Economy TiesInternational Relations India's Federalism Challenges: Fiscal Transfers, Consensus Mechanisms, and the Centre-State BalancePolity & Governance India Will Continue Russian Oil Purchases on Commercial Merits Despite US Waiver ExpiryInternational Relations India Reaffirms Commitment to Russian Crude Imports Despite Evolving US Sanctions LandscapeInternational Relations India's Russian Oil Purchases and Strategic Autonomy: Beyond Sanctions and WaiversInternational Relations India's Fertiliser Subsidy Bill for FY27 May Surge by ₹70,000 Crore Due to West Asia CrisisEconomics Global Rice Prices Set to Rise: Supply Deficit, Geopolitical Disruption, and Climate RisksEconomics India and Norway Elevate Ties to Green Strategic Partnership at 3rd India-Nordic SummitInternational Relations Iran Formalizes Control Over Strait of Hormuz With New Regulatory AuthorityInternational Relations India-Norway Green Strategic Partnership: Blue Economy, Arctic Science, and the EFTA Trade PactInternational Relations India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Market Access, Digital Trade, and Investment OpportunitiesInternational Relations Third India-Nordic Summit: Geopolitical Shifts, Energy Security, and the Russian Oil QuestionInternational Relations Iran Formalises Sovereign Control Over Strait of Hormuz With New AuthorityInternational Relations India Condemns Drone Strike Near UAE's Barakah Nuclear Plant as Dangerous EscalationInternational Relations Indian Scientists Develop and Validate AI-Designed Gene-Editing Tool for Crop ImprovementScience & Technology India-UAE Energy MoUs: Strategic Petroleum Reserves, LPG Supply, and Long-Term Energy SecurityInternational Relations Agroforestry as a Pathway to India's Carbon Sink Targets and Farmer Income GoalsEnvironment & Ecology Government Imposes Rs 3 per Litre Export Duty on Petrol, Cuts Levies on Diesel and ATFEconomics From Queues to QR Codes: Madhya Pradesh's Bid to Digitise Fertiliser DistributionEconomics Australia Orders Divestment of China-Linked Stakes in Rare Earths Miner on National Security GroundsInternational Relations China's Commitment to Withhold Support to Iran Emerges From US-China Trade SummitInternational Relations US-Iran Nuclear Diplomacy: Flexibility on Enrichment, Deadlock on Frozen AssetsInternational Relations Bengaluru Metro's Blue Line Could Run Entirely on Solar Power, IISc Study FindsScience & Technology Hong Kong's Tiananmen Trial: Freedom of Expression Under National Security LawsInternational Relations EU-India Investment Agreement: The Unfinished Piece of the Historic Trade DealInternational Relations Palm Oil Diverted to Biodiesel: Rising Supply Squeeze and India's Edible Oil ExposureEconomics Parliamentary Oversight of NTA Reforms: K. Radhakrishnan Committee Under ScrutinyPolity & Governance BRICS at 25: From a Goldman Sachs Acronym to a Rival World Order GroupingInternational Relations CAFE III Regulations: Stricter Fuel Efficiency Norms and the Shift to Global Testing StandardsEconomics US–China Agricultural Trade Commitments After Beijing SummitInternational Relations US Treasury Weighs Extension of Russian Seaborne Oil Sanction Waiver Amid Hormuz Supply CrisisInternational Relations India Opens Nuclear Sector to Private Investment: The SHANTI Act and the Road to 100 GWScience & Technology India-Norway Green Strategic Partnership: Blue Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentInternational Relations WHO Declares Ebola a Global Health Emergency as Bundibugyo Strain Spreads to UgandaScience & Technology Aquaculture and Tobacco Sectors Under Strain: US Tariffs, GST Hike, and the Policy ResponseAgriculture & Food Security ILO Warns West Asia Conflict Could Erase 38 Million Full-Time Jobs; India's Farm Inputs at RiskInternational Relations Finance Ministry Directs Public Sector Banks and Insurers Toward Austerity and EV AdoptionEconomics Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority and Nuclear Negotiations with the USInternational Relations India's Nuclear Journey: From Operation Smiling Buddha to the Strategic TriadModern History Supreme Court Reaffirms Bail as the Rule Even in UAPA and Terror CasesPolity & Governance WPI Inflation Approaching 10%: Fuel Price Hikes and Wholesale Cost PressuresEconomics India Affirms Continued Russian Crude Purchases on Commercial and Energy Security GroundsInternational Relations India's Current Account Deficit Projected to Widen to 2.3% of GDP in FY27Economics Fertiliser Subsidy Bill for FY27 Projected to Rise by Rs 70,000 Crore Amid West Asia ConflictEconomics Niti Aayog Calls for Raising India's R&D Investment to 2% of GDPScience & Technology Finance Ministry Directs PSU Banks and Insurers to Adopt Austerity Measures and Shift to EVsEconomics JPC Signals Openness to Constitutional Revisions in One Nation One Election BillPolity & Governance El Niño Events Consistently Reduce Kharif Crop Yields Across India: ICAR StudyEnvironment & Ecology Import Tracking Push and Swadeshi Manufacturing Drive: Strengthening India's Industrial Self-RelianceEconomics Parliamentary Committee Summons NTA Chief Over NEET-UG Paper Leak and Exam ReformsPolity & Governance West Bengal Government Scraps Religion-Based Welfare Schemes and Withdraws Contested OBC ListPolity & Governance RBI Payment System Report, December 2025: UPI Dominance and Digital Payment TrendsEconomics Why Iran War and Monsoon Worries Could Make 2026 India's Year of MilletsAgriculture & Food Security India Pitches Investment Vision to European Industry Leaders at Historic ERT RoundtableInternational Relations