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India's Ethanol Blending Programme: From Pilot to E20: A Policy Built on PatienceEconomics India-Bangladesh Illegal Immigration Dispute: Diplomatic Notes, Repatriation, and Bilateral TensionsInternational Relations Calcutta High Court to Hear Pleas Against Great Nicobar Project: Tribal Rights and Environmental Law in FocusEnvironment & Ecology Governor Cannot Question Post-Poll Majority: Supreme Court's Consistent PositionPolity & Governance Operation Sindoor and India's Shift to a Compellence-Based Security DoctrineInternal Security Operation Sindoor at One Year: Diplomatic Gains and Strategic LessonsInternal Security Election Commission Appointments: Constitutional Independence vs Executive ControlPolity & Governance Indus Waters Treaty: India's Abeyance and the Path to DeadlockInternational Relations Women's Safety Mechanisms in India: SHE Teams, POCSO, and the Legal FrameworkScience & Technology Iran-Israel Conflict, Strait of Hormuz, and Regional SecurityInternational Relations Global Ocean Temperatures Near Record Highs as El Niño Conditions Begin to DevelopEnvironment & Ecology Three of Every Four Key Indian Reservoirs Are Half-Empty: Water Storage CrisisEnvironment & Ecology China's Confirmed Military-Technical Support to Pakistan During the 2025 ConflictInternational Relations Operation Sindoor at One Year: India's Counter-Terrorism Policy and Zero Tolerance DoctrineInternal Security Chabahar Port Under Sanctions Cloud: India's Connectivity CalculusInternational Relations Urban Governance Reform: NITI Aayog Calls for Directly Elected Mayors and Stronger City BodiesPolity & Governance US Trade Court Strikes Down 10% Global Tariff Under Section 122International Relations Government Formation Without a Clear Majority: Constitutional Framework, Floor Tests, and the Governor's RoleInternational Relations DRDO and IAF Successfully Test TARA: India's First Indigenous Glide Weapon SystemScience & Technology Niti Aayog's Cylindrical Schooling Model to Address India's Student Dropout CrisisSocial Issues China's On-Ground Technical Personnel During the 2025 India-Pakistan ConflictEconomics India's Energy Diplomacy: Managing West Asia Tensions to Stabilise Fuel PricesInternal Security UN Panel Proposes Global Dashboard to Measure Progress Beyond GDPInternational Relations Pakistan's Military Press Conference: Narrative Management After Operation SindoorInternational Relations US Court of International Trade Strikes Down 10% Global Tariff Under Section 122Internal Security MGNREGS: Coverage and Workdays See Sharp National Decline in 2025–26Economics Calcutta HC to Hear Pleas on Great Nicobar Project: Forest Rights, Tribal Protections, and Judicial ReviewPolity & Governance DRDO's TARA: India's First Indigenous Glide Bomb Kit Tested SuccessfullyInternal Security Hung Assembly and the Governor's Role: Constitutional Framework for Government FormationPolity & Governance US-Iran Nuclear Negotiations and Strait of Hormuz TensionsInternational Relations EU-Mercosur Free Trade Zone Takes Effect: Implications for Global TradeInternational Relations Four Labour Codes: Final Rules Notified, Sweeping Reforms Now in EffectEconomics US Tariffs on Indian Goods: Timeline, Legal Challenges, and Trade Policy ImplicationsInternational Relations India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Negotiations ResumeInternational Relations Operation Sindoor: India-Pakistan at the Nuclear Brink: One Year OnInternational Relations India's Forex Reserves Fall by $7.79 Billion to $690.7 Billion for Week Ended May 1Internal Security Government Formation in West Bengal: Constitutional Provisions, Governor's Role, and Federal PrinciplesInternal Security Puducherry Government Formation: AINRC Stakes Claim Before Lieutenant GovernorInternational Relations Asia's Compounding Inflation: Heat Waves and Oil Price Shocks ConvergeInternational Relations India's FDI Framework for Single Brand Retail and Consumer Market GrowthInternal Security

India-Pakistan: Ceasefire Holds One Year On, But Diplomacy Remains FrozenInternational Relations NITI Aayog School Education Report: Dropouts, Learning Gaps, and the Road to ReformPolity & Governance Uttarakhand Flood Hazard Maps Found to Underestimate Risk: Implications for Himalayan Disaster PlanningInternal Security India's Pension Landscape: From Defined Benefit to Contributory FrameworkEconomics IndiaAI–ICMR MoU: Responsible AI Adoption in HealthcareInternal Security CAQM Reviews Stubble Burning Elimination Preparedness for 2026 Crop SeasonEnvironment & Ecology India Urges Canada to Act Against Anti-India Extremist ElementsInternational Relations West Bengal Governor Dissolves the 17th Legislative AssemblyPolity & Governance MoSPI Shifts GSDP Base Year to 2022-23 for Uniform Economic DataEconomics Jammu & Kashmir LG Granted Telecom Control Powers Under Telecommunications Act, 2023Polity & Governance PMEGP Creates 36.33 Lakh Jobs and 4 Lakh Micro-Enterprises in Five-Year PeriodEconomics Operation Sindoor Anniversary: India Presents Evidence of Terror Infrastructure, Calls Pakistan's Nuclear BluffInternal Security India Reaffirms Zero-Tolerance Doctrine on Cross-Border Terrorism on Operation Sindoor AnniversaryInternal Security Understanding India's Summer Climate: Western Disturbances, El Niño, and Monsoon MechanicsEnvironment & Ecology Farm Sector Suicides Continue at One Per Hour in 2024 Despite Marginal Dip: NCRBAgriculture & Food Security Indian Ocean Rim Association Dialogue: India Calls for Cooperation and Transparency to Address Maritime ChallengesInternational Relations Karnataka Moves Supreme Court Over MGNREGA Replacement: VB-G RAM-G Act Implementation GapPolity & Governance Skyroot Aerospace Becomes India's First Space-Tech Unicorn, Prepares Vikram-1 Orbital LaunchScience & Technology BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi: India's Chairmanship AgendaInternational Relations PMEGP Surpasses Five-Year Target: 36.33 Lakh Jobs, Over 4 Lakh Micro-Enterprises CreatedEconomics India Moves Toward Nationwide Ban on Paraquat Herbicide Over Toxicity and Health ConcernsEnvironment & Ecology Philippines Challenges Chinese Research Vessel Operating in Disputed Spratly Islands WatersInternational Relations Supreme Court Questions Parliamentary Debate on Election Commissioner Appointments LawPolity & Governance India-Bangladesh Tensions Over Illegal Migration: Push-Back Policy, Repatriation, and the Legal FrameworkInternational Relations Centre Launches Free Annual Health Check-Up Scheme for Organised Sector Workers via ESICPolity & Governance ECLGS 5.0 Approved to Shield MSMEs and Airlines from West Asia War DisruptionEconomics Operation Sindoor at One Year: India's New Counter-Terror DoctrineInternal Security Parliamentary Panel to Review Petroleum Supplies as Hormuz Blockade Causes LPG ShortageEconomics India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Scale, Gaps, and the Road to RatificationInternational Relations Karnataka Challenges Centre's Repeal of MGNREGA in the Supreme CourtPolity & Governance West Bengal: Governor Dissolves Council of Ministers After Election VerdictPolity & Governance Uniform GSDP Measurement Framework Adopted With Revised Base Year 2022-23Economics

Understanding Inequality in India's Growth StoryEconomics US Secretary of State to Visit India: Bilateral Talks and Quad Foreign Ministers' MeetingInternational Relations India's Total Exports Reach Record $863 Billion in FY26, Services Lead GrowthEconomics Indus Waters Treaty in Abeyance: Obstruction, Exploitation, and the Diplomatic ReckoningInternational Relations India–ASEAN Trade Pact Review to Conclude by Year-End; UPI to Link with Vietnam's Payment SystemInternational Relations El Niño Threat: South Asia Forecast for Below-Average Monsoon in 2026Environment & Ecology Supreme Court Expands 'Acid Attack Victim' Definition Under Disability Law to Include Forced IngestionPolity & Governance India's Semiconductor Mission Reaches 12 Approved Plants: What Has Been Built and What Comes NextEconomics Governor's Role in a Hung Assembly: Constitutional Provisions and Judicial LimitsPolity & Governance India's Exports Touch Record $863 Billion in FY 2025-26, Led by Services SurgeEconomics India-Vietnam Ties Elevated to Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Defence and Maritime Cooperation DeepenedInternational Relations India–Vietnam Set $25 Billion Trade Target, Cooperate on Rare Earths and Digital PaymentsInternational Relations India-Israel Joint Venture Breaks Ground on Radar Manufacturing Plant in Tamil NaduScience & Technology India's Crude Oil Import Diversification: Venezuela Surge, Russian Dominance, and Gulf SubstitutionEconomics Trump Pauses "Project Freedom": US-Iran Ceasefire Diplomacy and the Hormuz EndgameInternational Relations Supreme Court Questions Maintainability of PILs on Dawoodi Bohra Excommunication During Sabarimala ReferencePolity & Governance Iran's "Sovereign" Transit Permit System in the Strait of Hormuz: Maritime Law Under PressureInternational Relations Zen Technologies Unveils India's First AI-Powered Integrated Counter-Drone SystemScience & Technology North Korea Removes Unification References From Constitution: Two-State Policy FormalisedInternational Relations MBDA-IAF Agreement: Indigenous MICA Missile Maintenance Hub to Be Established in IndiaInternal Security Vietnam President To Lam's State Visit to India: Enhanced Strategic PartnershipInternational Relations India–Vietnam Defence Cooperation: BrahMos Talks, MRO Offer, and a $500 Million Credit LineInternational Relations Operation Sindoor: Lessons in Precision Warfare, Escalation Control, and the Future of Subcontinent ConflictInternal Security Centre Expands and Empowers School Management Committees to Secondary LevelPolity & Governance Strait of Hormuz Crisis: US-Iran War Disrupts Global Oil FlowsInternational Relations India to Host Inaugural International Big Cat Alliance Summit in June 2026Environment & Ecology India's Central Foodgrain Stocks Touch 604 Lakh Tonnes: Nearly Three Times Buffer NormsEconomics India's Economic Growth and the Wage Stagnation Paradox: Workers Left BehindEconomics Gram Sabhas Approving Nicobar Project Lacked Mandatory 50% Quorum, Court ToldPolity & Governance What the Constitution Says When a Chief Minister Refuses to Resign After Losing MajorityPolity & Governance India and Japan Ink Pacts on Quantum Science and Health Research in New DelhiScience & Technology Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of CJI's Role in CEC and EC AppointmentsPolity & Governance Industrial Heat Pumps: India's Overlooked Opportunity for Clean Heat and Industrial DecarbonisationScience & Technology Amazon Rainforest Approaches Self-Reinforcing Collapse at Lower Warming ThresholdsEnvironment & Ecology India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement: Negotiations at Final StageInternational Relations Welfare Spending Surge Drives Subsidy Outgo to 91% of Annual Target Before Year-EndEconomics Supreme Court Prioritises Hearing on Election Commission Appointments LawPolity & Governance Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Impact on Indian Shipping and Energy SecurityInternational Relations India's Goods and Services Exports Touch Record $863 Billion in FY26 Despite Global HeadwindsEconomics West Asia Energy Shock Tests India's Growth and Fiscal Resilience: S&P AnalysisEconomics India's Central Foodgrain Pool Swells to 604 Lakh Tonnes: Nearly Three Times the Buffer RequirementEconomics India's Goods and Services Exports Reach All-Time High of $863 Billion in FY26Economics India–Vietnam Ties Elevated to 'Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'International Relations India's Total Exports Hit All-Time High of $863 Billion in FY26, Led by Services SurgeEconomics India's Dual-Track Trade Strategy at the WTO: Balancing Multilateralism and PlurilateralismEconomics India's LPG Supply Under Stress: Hormuz Closure, Import Shortfall, and Demand PressuresEconomics Bangladesh Pivots on Teesta: Dhaka Signals It Will Not Wait for India, Turns to ChinaInternational Relations US Pauses 'Project Freedom' Escort Operation in Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran Nuclear TalksInternational Relations