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India's Energy Security Amid West Asia Conflict: Vulnerability, Optionality, and Strategic ChoicesInternational Relations Operation Sindoor and the Rise of India's Indigenous Defence Manufacturing EcosystemInternal Security Vande Mataram Granted Equal Legal Standing to National Anthem: Cabinet Amends National Honour LawPolity & Governance Supreme Court Strength to Rise from 34 to 38 Judges via Amendment BillPolity & Governance ANEEL Thorium Fuel Completes High-Burnup Irradiation: Significance for India's Nuclear ProgrammeScience & Technology India's Semiconductor Mission Clears Two New Manufacturing Units in GujaratScience & Technology Mission for Cotton Productivity: ₹5,659 Crore Approved to Double Yields by 2031Economics India's Solar Surge and the Battery Storage ImperativeScience & Technology Supreme Court: Caste-Based Exclusion Cannot Be Shielded as Religious PracticePolity & Governance Sugarcane FRP Hiked to Rs 365 Per Quintal for 2026-27 Crushing SeasonEconomics How 'Bulldozer Justice' Undermines the Law: The Supreme Court's Landmark RulingPolity & Governance CIC Recommends Including Sub-Caste Data in UPSC Results to Strengthen Affirmative Action MonitoringPolity & Governance Teesta Water Dispute: Bangladesh Signals Shift Toward China as India's Position WeakensInternational Relations CCEA Approves Sugarcane FRP of ₹365 per Quintal for 2026-27 SeasonEconomics US and Gulf Allies Push UNSC Resolution to Restore Freedom of Navigation Through Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Ministry of Defence Signs ₹1,476 Crore Contract with BEL for Ground-Based Mobile Electronic SystemsInternal Security Cabinet Clears Amendment to Make Insult to Vande Mataram a Punishable OffencePolity & Governance FDI Fast-Track List: 40 Sub-Sectors Including Rare Earths and PCBs Cleared for Expedited ProcessingEconomics Moody's Rates India the Most Resilient Large Emerging Market Economy Since 2020Economics Nepal's Emergency Fertiliser Procurement from India Amid West Asia Supply ShockInternational Relations NIA Files Chargesheet in ISIS-Linked Bioterrorism Plot Using Ricin ToxinInternal Security India's Inflation Targeting Framework: A Possible Recalibration on the HorizonEconomics CEA Warns Hormuz Crisis Threatens India's Fiscal Targets and Energy SecurityEconomics Cabinet Approves ₹2.55 Lakh Crore Credit Guarantee Scheme Amid West Asia ConflictEconomics Cabinet Approves Bill to Raise Supreme Court Bench Strength to 38 JudgesPolity & Governance Explained: How the New Central Government SOP Accelerates FDI for Priority SectorsEconomics India's First Orbital Data Centre Satellite: Pixxel and Sarvam AI to Process Intelligence in OrbitScience & Technology Updated FDI SOP: 12-Week Deadline and Paperless Processing Signal Governance ModernisationEconomics El Niño Forecast 2026: 61% Probability Before July and the Threat to India's MonsoonEnvironment & Ecology ECLGS 5.0: Cabinet Approves ₹2.55 Lakh Crore Credit Guarantee Cover for MSMEs and AirlinesEconomics India's 18th Railway Zone: South Coast Railway Notified with Visakhapatnam as HeadquartersPolity & Governance India-Myanmar Deepen Maritime Partnership Under MAHASAGAR as Navy Chief VisitsInternational Relations ECLGS 5.0 Approved: Credit Guarantee Cover Extended to Airlines SectorEconomics Iran-Israel Conflict: Regional Implications, Energy Security, and India's StakesInternational Relations South Korea Investigates Ship Fire in Strait of Hormuz Amid Suspected Iranian StrikeInternational Relations India Condemns Iran Attack on UAE, Demands Free Hormuz AccessInternational Relations Four More Supreme Court Judges Approved to Address Record Case PendencyPolity & Governance Cabinet Approves ₹5,659 Crore Mission for Cotton Productivity (2026-31)Economics India-Japan CEPA and MSME Partnerships: Deepening Economic Ties in the Indo-PacificInternational Relations Cabinet Hikes Sugarcane FRP to ₹365 per Quintal for 2026-27 SeasonEconomics Pixxel Wins US National Reconnaissance Office Contract for Hyperspectral Satellite ImageryScience & Technology DPIIT Sets 12-Week Ceiling for FDI Application Processing Under Revised SOPEconomics Japan Receives First Russian Oil Since Iran War as Hormuz Closure Forces Energy ReroutingInternational Relations India Ranked Most Resilient Emerging Market Economy by Moody'sEconomics White House Moves Toward Pre-Release Vetting of High-Capability AI ModelsScience & Technology Government Clears ₹50,000-Crore Package to Boost Credit Flow for BusinessesEconomics Centre Activates MSP Safety Net for Sunflower Farmers in KarnatakaEconomics Prioritise Energy Security to Sustain Growth, Urges RBI MPC MemberEconomics India Must Build Indigenous Rare Disease Capacity, Says ICMR ChiefSocial Issues Price Support Scheme: Sunflower Procurement Approved in Karnataka, Gram Procurement Extended in MaharashtraEconomics Supreme Court Expansion: Speedy Justice, Access for Remote Petitioners, and Constitutional MattersPolity & Governance PM's Economic Advisory Council Calls for Policy Overhaul on Caregiving as Demand Set to Surpass 30 Million by 2050Economics DPIIT Issues Updated SOP to Clear FDI Applications Within 12 WeeksEconomics India's Policy Buffers Outperform Emerging Market Peers: Moody's Assessment of Key Resilience IndicatorsEconomics India's Inflation Target Retained at 4%; Lower Target Possible Only After Sustained Growth and Stable ShocksEconomics India Fast-Tracks FDI Clearances in 40 Manufacturing Sub-Sectors for Land-Bordering CountriesEconomics Supreme Court to Expand: Parliament Set to Increase Judge Strength from 33 to 37Polity & Governance India's LNG Storage Expansion Drive Amid Hormuz-Driven Supply DisruptionEconomics Trump's 'Project Freedom' and the Militarisation of the Strait of HormuzInternational Relations India's Fertilizer Subsidy Burden and the West Asia Supply ShockEconomics

Allahabad HC Reaffirms Forest Rights Act Supremacy, Protects Tharu Tribal ClaimsPolity & Governance Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Separate Unilateral Truces and the Diplomacy of StalemateInternational Relations US-China Trade War and Diplomatic Engagement: The Trump-Xi Summit BackdropInternational Relations Operation Sindoor: Technological Warfare and India's Defence Indigenisation PushInternal Security India Resumes Wheat Exports After Four-Year Ban on Bumper HarvestEconomics India-Canada CEPA Second Round: Trade Reset After Diplomatic RuptureInternational Relations WHO Assesses Low Public Risk as Hantavirus Outbreak Strikes Cruise Ship in AtlanticScience & Technology Dubai Airport Passenger Traffic Drops 66%: UAE's Role in the West Asia Conflict and India's StakesInternational Relations Tanker Hit by Unknown Projectiles Off UAE Coast: Maritime Security and the Laws of the SeaInternational Relations Missiles Fired at US Frigate in Strait of Hormuz: International Law and Naval ConfrontationInternational Relations National Framework for Childhood Diabetes: Universal Screening and Free Lifelong CareSocial Issues India Resumes Wheat Exports After Four-Year Hiatus as Bumper Harvest Rebuilds StocksEconomics RBSK 2.0: Child Health Screening Expanded to Include Mental Health and NCDsSocial Issues Wastewater Surveillance Detected Hidden COVID Surges in Bengaluru When Clinical Testing DeclinedScience & Technology Iran's Ceasefire Warning Over Hormuz: Maritime Sovereignty, Ceasefire Law, and India's StakesInternational Relations Oil Prices and the Strait of Hormuz: Project Freedom and Global Energy SecurityInternational Relations National Mission on Natural Farming: India's Push Towards Chemical-Free AgricultureEconomics BRICS Agriculture Ministers Meet in Indore: Food Security, Smart Farming, and India's LeadershipInternational Relations Supreme Court Strikes Down Odisha Courts' Bail Conditions Ordering Adivasis and Dalits to Clean Police StationsPolity & Governance West Bengal Tea Workers File ILO Article 24 Petition Alleging Systemic Labour Rights ViolationsSocial Issues Pakistan's Mediation Role: Iran, Hormuz, and South Asian Diplomatic PressuresInternational Relations India Urges ADB to Scale Up Capital and Adopt a Transformational Development ApproachInternational Relations EAC-PM Calls for Mapping India's Economic Vulnerabilities in Energy, Food, and Strategic CommoditiesEconomics India Resumes Wheat Exports After Four-Year Ban on Record HarvestEconomics India's E-Waste Crisis: Rs 51,000 Crore in Materials, Only 10% Formally RecycledEnvironment & Ecology MRAI Calls for Dedicated Recycling Ministry: Circular Economy Governance GapEnvironment & Ecology India Expands LNG Storage to Strengthen Energy Security Amid Supply DisruptionsEconomics India at the USTR Overcapacity Probe: Section 301, Trade Disputes, and Industrial PolicyInternational Relations India Eases FDI Rules for Companies with Limited Chinese Ownership: Press Note 3 RevisitedEconomics Nepal's Lipulekh Objection and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra DisputeInternational Relations

Dual-Use Satellites and the Challenge of Distinction in Modern Space ConflictScience & Technology Nepal's Diplomatic Concerns Over Lipulekh Ahead of Foreign Secretary's VisitInternational Relations GalaxEye's Mission Drishti: India's First OptoSAR Satellite and All-Weather Earth ObservationScience & Technology India Rejects Nepal's Territorial Claim Over Lipulekh Pass as Kailash Yatra ResumesInternational Relations Lipulekh Pass and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: India-Nepal Territorial DisputeInternational Relations Bijapur's Education Turnaround: From LWE Epicentre to Top Class 10 Pass RateInternal Security Strait of Hormuz Under Siege: Bulk Carrier Attacked as Shipping Crisis DeepensInternational Relations India's Services Exports Cross $400 Billion, Offset Nearly Two-Thirds of Trade Deficit in FY26Economics NISAR Satellite Maps Rapid Land Subsidence in Mexico CityGeography OPEC+ Raises Production Quotas After UAE Exits the CartelEconomics Climate Stress on India's Shrimp Aquaculture: Sustainability Beyond Output VolumeEnvironment & Ecology Mission Drishti: India's First Private OptoSAR Satellite and the New Era of Earth ObservationScience & Technology Iran's 14-Point Peace Proposal: Demands, Mediation, and Diplomatic DeadlockInternational Relations Ramagundam Integrated Coal Mine Project Receives Environmental Clearance for 315 MT ReservesEnvironment & Ecology Textile Ministry Assesses Gas Supply Vulnerability of Clusters Amid Red Sea–Hormuz DisruptionsEconomics India's ₹37,500 Crore Incentive Scheme to Scale Up Coal GasificationEconomics CSIS Report: Sikh Extremist Networks and Multinational Foreign Interference in CanadaInternal Security 284 Firms Showcase Indigenous Defence Technologies at North Tech Symposium 2026 in PrayagrajInternal Security From Oil Shock to Energy Shift: How the West Asia War Is Accelerating the Electricity AgeEconomics Iran's Nuclear Stockpile: Between Religious Prohibition and Strategic DeterrenceInternational Relations Lipulekh Pass: Nepal's Territorial Claim and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra DisputeInternational Relations Canada's Intelligence Agency Flags Khalistan Extremism as National Security ThreatInternal Security India Weighs Partial Reduction of Cotton Import Duty Amid Textile Sector PressureEconomics Delimitation 2026: Constitutional Framework, the Seat Freeze, and the Federal Representation DebatePolity & Governance IRGC's Strategic Framing: Why Iran Calls a US Military Operation 'Impossible'International Relations Great Nicobar Island Development Project: Environmental, Tribal, and Constitutional DimensionsEnvironment & Ecology Mission Drishti: India's First Private OptoSAR Earth Observation SatelliteScience & Technology OPEC+ Raises Output by 188,000 bpd in First Meeting After UAE's DepartureEconomics Manipur Ethnic Conflict Enters Third Year Amid Renewed Militant ActivityInternal Security Great Nicobar Island Development Project: Environmental, Tribal, and Governance DimensionsEnvironment & Ecology Punjab Expands Maize Cultivation Scheme to 16 Districts to Address Groundwater CrisisEconomics BRICS Agriculture Ministers to Meet in Indore Under India's 2026 PresidencyInternational Relations India Launches Cell Broadcast Alert System for Real-Time Disaster WarningsPolity & Governance