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Fibre-Optic FPV Drones: The Unjammable Strike Weapon Reshaping Modern WarfareInternal Security UAE's Exit from OPEC: Saudi-UAE Rivalry, Oil Markets, and India's Energy InterestsInternational Relations OPEC's Declining Influence and the UAE's Departure from the Oil CartelInternational Relations Judicial Accountability on Trial: The Yashwant Varma Case and India's Impeachment GapPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Reconstituted with New Vice Chairman and Seven Full-Time MembersPolity & Governance Plurilateral Trade Deals Risk Fragmenting the Global Trading Order, Experts WarnInternational Relations Great Nicobar Island Project: Strategic and Economic DimensionsInternational Relations Parliamentary Panels Expose Systemic Budget Underutilisation Across Central MinistriesPolity & Governance Three Years of Manipur's Ethnic Conflict: Displacement, Stalled Governance, and an Unresolved CrisisInternal Security RBI Governor Flags Geo-Economic Fragmentation as Central Risk to India's GrowthEconomics India Needs a Formal Supply Chain Security Framework, Says Chief Economic AdvisorEconomics India Launches Indigenous Cell Broadcast System for Real-Time Disaster AlertsPolity & Governance SACHET: India's Integrated Emergency Alert Platform ExplainedPolity & Governance India's Cell Broadcast Emergency Alert System: The Policy and Governance FrameworkScience & Technology Finance Ministry Notifies FEMA Amendment: Low-Level China-Linked FDI Cleared Under Automatic RouteEconomics India's Cell Broadcast Alert System: The Technology Behind Mass Emergency AlertsScience & Technology India Eases FDI Norms for Foreign Firms with Minority Chinese ShareholdingEconomics India's First Barrier-Less Toll System: MLFF Technology, NHAI Policy, and Infrastructure GovernanceScience & Technology Post-COVID FDI Screening Recalibrated: Beneficial Ownership Test Replaces Blanket Land-Border BarsEconomics Mazagon Dock Acquires Colombo Dockyard: India's First International Shipyard AcquisitionEconomics Crude Surge Is a Price Shock, Not Supply Shock for India: Chief Economic AdviserEconomics Medical and Wellness Tourism in India: Policy Framework, Market Growth, and UPSC DimensionsSocial Issues FDI Liberalisation for Firms with Minority Chinese Shareholding Under Automatic RouteEconomics Census 2027: Uttar Pradesh Launches Two-Phase Exercise with Caste EnumerationPolity & Governance RBI Governor Calls for Deeper, More Efficient Financial Markets as India Navigates Global HeadwindsEconomics France Seeks Enforceable Labour and Sustainability Rules in India-EU Free Trade Agreement TalksEconomics 100% FDI Permitted in Insurance Sector via Automatic Route; LIC Capped at 20%Economics NGT Warns Southern States of Fines for Failure to Utilise Clean Air Funds Under NCAPEnvironment & Ecology FDI Rules Relaxed: Overseas Firms with Up to 10% Chinese Ownership Cleared for Automatic RouteEconomics Great Nicobar Island Project: Strategic Case, Ecological Concerns, and the Security-Environment DebateInternal Security DEA Amends FEMA Rules: Beneficial Ownership Standard Replaces Blanket China-Origin Bar for FDIEconomics India and Ecuador Explore Preferential Trade Agreement to Deepen Bilateral TiesInternational Relations Operation Sindoor Anniversary: India's Zero-Tolerance Counter-Terrorism DoctrineInternal Security Rohit Jain Appointed as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaPolity & Governance CERC Tightens Deviation Norms for Renewable Energy: Impact on Solar and Wind SectorEconomics US Approves $8.6 Billion in Military Sales to West Asian AlliesInternational Relations NCLT Staff Crunch and Infrastructure Gaps: Supreme Court Flags Insolvency Resolution DelaysPolity & Governance

Great Nicobar Development Project: Strategic Maritime Hub, Environmental Trade-offs, and Tribal RightsInternal Security Census 2027: Houselisting Field Operations Begin in Six States and Union TerritoryPolity & Governance India's Multi-Sector Response to West Asia Crisis: Energy, Maritime, and Citizen SafetyEconomics Fiscal Stress Is a Reality but Capex Remains Priority, Says Expenditure SecretaryEconomics UAE Exits OPEC: The Peak Oil Calculus and Its Implications for Global Energy MarketsInternational Relations Census 2027: Digital Field Operations Begin with 82 Lakh Households Opting for Self-EnumerationPolity & Governance INS Mahendragiri Delivered: Project 17A's Sixth Stealth Frigate Strengthens India's Naval DeterrenceInternal Security AERB Clears Major Equipment Erection at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Units 5 & 6Science & Technology Karnataka Launches India's First State-Led Centre of Excellence for Space TechnologyScience & Technology India Retained on US USTR Priority Watch List for Intellectual Property RightsInternational Relations Great Nicobar Island Development Project: Environmental Stakes and Strategic SignificancePolity & Governance Indus Waters Treaty (1960): Asymmetric Obligations, Strategic Stakes, and India's SuspensionInternational Relations RBI Repatriates Over 100 Metric Tonnes of Gold for Third Consecutive Year in FY26Economics Ecocide: The Push to Make Environmental Destruction an International CrimeEnvironment & Ecology EVM Storage Protocols: How Electronic Voting Machines Are Secured Between Polling and CountingPolity & Governance UAE Exits OPEC: Implications for Oil Markets, OPEC's Future, and India's Energy SecurityInternational Relations Heat Action Plans: The Push to Move from Voluntary Advisories to Enforceable MandatesEnvironment & Ecology India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Leveraging a Historic Free Trade PactInternational Relations GST Revenue Follows Annual Pattern, Hits All-Time High of ₹2.43 Lakh Crore in April 2026Economics El Niño Forecast to Last Until January 2027: IMD Warning and Agricultural StakesEnvironment & Ecology India's Major Reservoirs: Over Half Fall Below 40% Live Storage CapacityEnvironment & Ecology Government Sustains Capital Expenditure Push Despite Fiscal Stress Amid Global UncertaintiesEconomics India's First Overseas Humanitarian Mission: The 60th Parachute Field Ambulance in the Korean WarModern History Fibre-Optic Drones: Hezbollah's Jam-Proof Weapon Imported from the Ukraine WarScience & Technology GST Collections Hit All-Time High of ₹2.42 Lakh Crore in April 2026: Structure and Compensation CessEconomics West Asia Conflict May Trigger $800 Billion Investment Surge for India Amid Oil and Freight RisksInternational Relations Iran Submits New Proposal Through Pakistan as Direct Nuclear Talks Remain StalledInternational Relations Mumbai-Pune Expressway 'Missing Link' Opens: World's Widest Underground TunnelGeography Bangladesh Summons India's Envoy Over Assam's Migrant Pushback PolicyInternational Relations Centre Sustains Capital Expenditure Push Despite Fiscal Stress from Global UncertaintiesEconomics Karnataka Launches India's First Digital Grievance System for Gig WorkersPolity & Governance UPI Hits Record Scale: 24,162 Crore Transactions Worth ₹314 Lakh Crore in FY26Economics India-UAE CEPA Drives Bilateral Trade Past USD 100 Billion MilestoneInternational Relations Taiwan Flagged as Biggest Risk in China-US Relations Amid Rising Cross-Strait PressureInternational Relations US Announces 25% Tariff on EU Automobiles Under Section 232International Relations Centre and States Together Record ₹2.43 Lakh Crore in Gross GST Revenue for April 2026Economics Census 2027 Goes Digital: Jharkhand Launches Self-Enumeration PhasePolity & Governance India Remains on USTR Priority Watch List: IPR Dispute and Its Global ContextInternational Relations Four Years to 2030 SDG Deadline: Over 1 Billion Africans Unable to Afford a Healthy DietSocial Issues GST Collections Hit All-Time High of ₹2.42 Lakh Crore in April 2026Economics Fertiliser Output Stays Stable Despite West Asia Conflict; India Secures 37 Lakh Tonnes of Urea for KharifEconomics Manipur Government Initiates First Talks with Kuki-Zo Insurgent Groups Under New AdministrationInternal Security Artificial Intelligence in Indian Healthcare: Applications, Policy, and the Road AheadScience & Technology India Faces Compounding Economic Pressures: Below-Normal Monsoon Forecast Meets War-Driven Trade DisruptionEconomics USTR 2026 Report: India's IP-Intensive Goods Tariffs and Source Code Requirements Under ScrutinyInternational Relations India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Scope and SignificanceInternational Relations India Retained on USTR Priority Watch List for Intellectual PropertyInternational Relations India Repatriates Gold Reserves: RBI Brings 680 Tonnes Home from Foreign CustodiansEconomics Census 2027: Field Operations Begin as 82 Lakh Households Opt for Digital Self-EnumerationPolity & Governance Government Commits to ₹11.21 Lakh Crore Capex Target Despite Global Trade War PressuresEconomics India's Heat Crisis 2026: Early Heatwaves, El Niño Risk and the Rising Human CostEnvironment & Ecology Mines Ministry Approves 58 Companies for Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive SchemeEconomics

Komagata Maru Incident (1914): Racial Discrimination, Imperial Law, and the Fight for EqualityModern History Gaganyaan Mission 2026: Key Milestones from Sriharikota to LehScience & Technology How Is the Next UN Secretary-General Being Chosen?: Process, Charter, and Power Dynamics ExplainedInternational Relations Aligning the Global Food System to Hydrological RealitiesEnvironment & Ecology PIL Jurisdiction in India: A Case for Reform and RecalibrationPolity & Governance Census 2027: Maharashtra Launches India's First Digital Self-EnumerationPolity & Governance UAE Exits OPEC: Iran Attacks, Hormuz Crisis, and Long-Running Saudi Rift Drive Historic DepartureInternational Relations India's Trade Diplomacy Leap: Breaking the Dairy Red Line and Engaging the PacificInternational Relations India Asks Italy to Withhold Sensitive Defence Technologies from PakistanInternational Relations Fertiliser Supply Secured for Kharif 2026 Despite West Asia DisruptionsEconomics SEZ Exports: Chief Economic Adviser Flags Over-Reliance on US and NetherlandsEconomics India's Four Labour Codes: What the New Regime Means for Workers Without a Wage FloorEconomics India Plans ₹51,383 Crore Ship Acquisition to Secure Energy Supply ChainEconomics Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026: OCI Registration Goes Fully DigitalPolity & Governance UP Assembly Special Session on Nari Shakti Vandan Act Turns ContentiousPolity & Governance US Supreme Court Ruling Significantly Weakens the Voting Rights Act's Section 2International Relations Mizoram Declared Insurgency-Free: HPC(D) Surrenders, Ending Decades of Armed ConflictInternal Security Ladakh's Statehood and Sixth Schedule Demands in Focus as Centre Engages RegionPolity & Governance India's First Green Methanol Plant: Turning Kutch's Invasive Weed into Marine FuelEnvironment & Ecology Chhattisgarh Assembly Passes Resolution Demanding Women's Reservation in LegislaturesPolity & Governance Odisha Assembly: Delimitation Linkage to Women's Reservation Draws Sharp CriticismPolity & Governance Operation Sindoor: Counter-Terror Doctrine, AI-Enabled Air Defence, and India's Strategic ShiftInternal Security PM SHRI Schools in Jammu & Kashmir Receive Rs 243 Crore Outlay for 2026-27Polity & Governance SVAMITVA Scheme Maps 3.3 Lakh Villages, Unlocks ₹135 Lakh Crore in Rural Land ValuePolity & Governance Allahabad HC Issues Contempt Notice for Delay in Forming OBC Commission for UP Panchayat ElectionsPolity & Governance Caste Census: One Year On, Implementation Details Still UnclearPolity & Governance Chhattisgarh Assembly Passes Resolution Urging Women's Quota ImplementationPolity & Governance India Moves to Ease FDI Norms for Foreign Firms with Up to 10% Chinese Shareholding Under FEMAEconomics Operation Sindoor: India's Doctrine of Precision Counter-Terror Strikes AssessedInternal Security AMOC Slowdown: How a Distant Ocean Current Could Disrupt India's MonsoonEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court Rules Existing Law Sufficient for Hate Speech; Declines to Create New Criminal ProvisionsPolity & Governance West Asia Crisis: Supply Shock, Kharif Risk, and Spreading InflationEconomics Gwadar Port Activated as Iran Trade Lifeline Amid Hormuz BlockadeInternational Relations India's 7–7.4% GDP Forecast for FY27 Faces Headwinds from West Asia ConflictEconomics Fiscally Stressed States Face Sharper Bind as External Shocks IntensifyEconomics Jammu–Srinagar Vande Bharat: Full Rail Connectivity to Kashmir Becomes RealityGeography China Warns US: Taiwan is the 'Biggest Risk' in Bilateral Ties Ahead of SummitInternational Relations Global Rice Supply Under Dual Threat: West Asia War and Emerging El NiñoEconomics India's Gross FDI Inflows on Course to Cross $90 Billion in FY26Economics India Eases FDI Norms: What Changes Under Press Note 3 and What Remains RestrictedEconomics Iran's Nuclear Red Lines and the Struggle for Control of the Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Artemis II: The First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 54 Years and Its Space Governance ImplicationsScience & Technology Vietnam President's State Visit to India: Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic PartnershipInternational Relations India's Operation Sindoor and the Cross-Border Terrorism DoctrineInternal Security US Builds International Coalition to Reopen Hormuz as Crude Prices Hit Four-Year HighInternational Relations MTP Act Gaps for Minor Rape Survivors and Proposals for Expedited Trials and Victim RestitutionPolity & Governance India's ₹51,383 Crore Push to Expand Shipping Fleet Amid Global Maritime DisruptionsEconomics Supreme Court Calls for MTP Act Reform to Better Protect Pregnant MinorsPolity & Governance India's E100 and E85 Draft Rules: Biofuel Policy's Next FrontierEconomics Panchayat Advancement Index 3.0: Data-Driven Performance Assessment for Gram PanchayatsPolity & Governance UAE's Exit from OPEC: Production Sovereignty, War, and the Future of Global Oil GovernanceInternational Relations FEMA Notification Pending for FDI Easing on Chinese-Stake Foreign CompaniesEconomics Supreme Court's Observations on Reproductive Rights of Rape Survivors: The Case for Removing Gestational LimitsPolity & Governance India's Four-Way Macro Shock: War, Oil, Rupee, and RainEconomics RBI Gold Repatriation: Bringing Home Sovereign Reserves in an Era of Geopolitical UncertaintyEconomics India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC): Strategic Trade Route and Its Implications for Indian ExportsInternational Relations Jal Jeevan Mission Funding Row Exposes Centre-State Fiscal Fault LinesPolity & Governance UAE Exits OPEC: Six Decades of Oil Cartel Control and Why It UnravelledInternational Relations Brain Death Certification Standards Under Judicial ScrutinyPolity & Governance SEBI Designates CARE Ratings as Performance Verification Agency for Market IntermediariesEconomics RBI Exempts Small NBFCs from Registration and Issues Natural Disaster Relief FrameworkEconomics West Asia Conflict and Monsoon Deficit Pose Twin Risks to India's Growth and InflationEconomics