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AI as a Governance Tool for Community-Led Water Resilience in RajasthanScience & Technology India Moves Toward Ethanol Blending Beyond 20 Percent Amid Vehicle Compatibility ConcernsEconomics ISRO Completes Satellite Mapping of Every Village in India for Rural DevelopmentScience & Technology Solar Infrastructure Enables India to Meet Record 256 GW Peak Power DemandEconomics India to Establish 7 University Space Labs to Build Space-Sector WorkforceScience & Technology India–New Zealand FTA: Negotiation History, Trade Architecture, and Economic SignificanceInternational Relations Tenth Schedule Anti-Defection Law: Merger Exception Tested as Seven Rajya Sabha MPs Face Disqualification PetitionPolity & Governance NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Hanging Glacier Risks in Central HimalayaEnvironment & Ecology BRICS MENA Meeting Ends Without Joint Statement: India's Chair's Statement and Intra-Bloc DivisionsInternational Relations EAC-PM Calls for Identifying India's Economic Chokepoints Amid West Asia TurmoilEconomics Strait of Hormuz: Historical Contestation, Geography, and Contemporary GeopoliticsInternational Relations India–New Zealand FTA: 70% Duty-Free Access and the MSME Export OpportunityEconomics India's Gross FDI Crosses $90 Billion in FY26: A New Milestone at 2% of GDPEconomics India's FTA Export Strategy: Stakeholder Consultation and the Exporter-Centric ApproachEconomics India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Signed: Zero-Duty Access and Labour-Intensive Sector GainsEconomics India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Duty-Free Access and $20 Billion InvestmentEconomics Strait of Hormuz Shipping Crisis: Global Energy Security at a ChokepointInternational Relations Tenth Schedule Merger Exception: Two-Thirds Threshold and the Limits of Anti-Defection ProtectionPolity & Governance The India–Korea CEPA: A Cautionary Tale for India's FTA StrategyEconomics India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Provisions, Process, and Policy SignificanceEconomics Small Hydro Power Development Scheme: Cabinet Clears ₹2,584 Crore Plan to Add 1,500 MW by 2031Economics India's Wheat Production 2025–26: Mixed Season, Resilient OutcomeEconomics Agriculture Ministry Affirms Wheat Output Resilience for 2025–26Economics India–New Zealand FTA: Sectoral Gains for Leather, AYUSH, and Labour-Intensive IndustriesEconomics Hormuz Disruption and $100+ Oil: Risks to India's Inflation, Rupee, and Current AccountEconomics India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: A Landmark Bilateral Deal SignedEconomics India's May 2026 Diplomatic Blitz: Europe, Africa, BRICS Chairmanship, and the QuadInternational Relations MoEFCC–NBA Five-Year Project to Strengthen Grassroots Biodiversity Governance in Tamil Nadu and MeghalayaEnvironment & Ecology

India's Maritime Strategy Gaps Laid Bare by the West Asia Shipping CrisisEconomics NMBA 2.0 App Launched to Strengthen Real-Time Monitoring Under NAPDDRSocial Issues Typhoid's Growing Drug Resistance: India's Public Health ChallengeScience & Technology NITI Aayog Framework for Million-Plus Cities: Directly Elected Mayors, Consolidated Services, and Fiscal ReformsPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Reconstituted: New Vice-Chairman and Full-Time Members AppointedPolity & Governance DRDO Rolls Out Indigenous Vikram VT-21 Advanced Armoured PlatformsScience & Technology Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0: DPIIT Issues Operational Guidelines for ₹10,000 Crore CorpusEconomics India's Coordinated Policy Response to West Asia Disruptions: Energy, Maritime, and Economic StabilityInternational Relations DRDO Rolls Out Vikram VT-21 Advanced Armoured Platforms for Multi-Terrain DeploymentInternal Security Manipur: Fresh Violence and Protests After Killing of Two Meitei ChildrenInternal Security Anti-Defection Law: Constitutional Design and Its Practical LimitsPolity & Governance AAP Rajya Sabha MPs' Merger with BJP: Anti-Defection Law and the Merger TestPolity & Governance Law of the Sea: Transit Passage, Innocent Passage, and the Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Unified KYC Framework for India's Financial Sector: Push for SEBI-Led StandardisationEconomics Vikram-1: India's First Private Orbital Rocket Begins Journey to LaunchpadScience & Technology NITI Aayog Reconstituted: New Vice-Chairman and Members AppointedPolity & Governance Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1: India's First Private Orbital Rocket Heads to LaunchpadScience & Technology Paytm Payments Bank Licence Cancelled: Regulatory Framework, Depositor Protection, and the Payments Bank ModelEconomics NITI Aayog Reconstituted: New Vice Chairman and Four New Full-Time Members AppointedPolity & Governance The Merger Clause in the Anti-Defection Law: From Free Speech Safeguard to Defection ShieldPolity & Governance Anti-Defection Law and the Merger Exception: AAP MPs' Move to BJP Tests the Tenth SchedulePolity & Governance Ashok Kumar Lahiri Appointed as NITI Aayog Vice-ChairpersonPolity & Governance India's Genome Mapping Milestone: 44 Million Unique Genetic Variants IdentifiedScience & Technology Chabahar Port at Crossroads as US Sanctions Waiver ExpiresInternational Relations RBI's Licence Cancellation of Paytm Payments Bank: Regulatory Signal and Financial Stability ImplicationsEconomics US Congress Bill Proposes Three-Year Freeze on H-1B VisasInternational Relations RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence Under Banking Regulation ActEconomics Cybersecurity Risks to Financial Markets: AI-Led Threats, SEBI's Framework, and Systemic VulnerabilitiesScience & Technology India-China Border Dispute: Revisiting the 1950s Territorial Swap ProposalInternational Relations DRDO Unveils Amphibious Battle Platforms with Crewless Turrets and Anti-Tank CapabilityScience & Technology Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0: DPIIT Operationalises ₹10,000 Crore Startup Capital SchemeEconomics WHO Prequalifies First Malaria Treatment Designed for Newborns and InfantsScience & Technology China Leads Global Nuclear Power with 125 GW Capacity and Ability to Build 50 Reactors SimultaneouslyScience & Technology Farmer Producer Organisations Under Stress: NAAS Policy Paper Calls for Targeted State SupportEconomics CDSCO's Digital Drugs Regulatory System: Consolidating India's Drug Approval ArchitecturePolity & Governance RBI Bulletin: India's Financial System and External Sector Hold Steady Amid Global TurbulenceEconomics Climate-Resilient Farming in India: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Technology Against Extreme WeatherEconomics Strategic Petroleum Reserves: India's Energy Buffer Gap and the Strait of Hormuz VulnerabilityEconomics Tangail Saree GI Tag: How a Weaving Tradition Became a Diplomatic FlashpointArt & Culture SEBI at 38: Anticipatory Regulation, Unified KYC, and Capital Market DeepeningEconomics Census 2027: Mapping Vulnerable Areas and Ensuring Impartial EnumerationPolity & Governance The Collapse of the Economics–Strategy Divide: Geoeconomics in the 21st CenturyEconomics Legislative Merger Without Party Merger: The Constitutional Debate Over AAP MPs Joining BJPPolity & Governance India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Signed, Opening New Economic ChapterEconomics Disqualification Petition Under the Tenth Schedule: Process, Adjudication, and Judicial ReviewPolity & Governance Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Unit 3 Reaches Key Pre-Commissioning PhaseScience & Technology US Treasury Signals End to Iranian and Russian Oil Sanctions WaiversInternational Relations

Urdu Removed from Mandatory J&K Revenue Service Recruitment: Language Policy, Official Languages Act, and Constitutional ProvisionsPolity & Governance PSA Detentions in Sopore: Student Protest, Administrative Detention, and Civil Liberties in J&KPolity & Governance Anti-Defection Law Mechanics: What Triggers Disqualification in the Rajya Sabha?Polity & Governance Rajya Sabha Bloc Merger and the Limits of Anti-Defection LawPolity & Governance CAFE-III Norms: Incremental Progress Toward Vehicle DecarbonisationEnvironment & Ecology RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence: A Case Study in Regulatory EnforcementEconomics US Imposes 123% Preliminary Anti-Dumping Duty on Indian Solar ImportsEconomics ECI Independence and CEC Removal: Grounds, Procedure, and Constitutional SafeguardsPolity & Governance Anti-Defection Law and the Merger Exception: Tenth Schedule, Two-Thirds Threshold, and Rajya Sabha PrecedentPolity & Governance India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement Talks: Digital Trade and Market Access ProgressInternational Relations Chief Election Commissioner Removal: Constitutional Procedure, the 2023 Law, and Judicial OversightPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Revamp: New Vice-Chairman Appointment and Reconstitution of India's Premier Think TankPolity & Governance Rajya Sabha Bloc Merger and the Limits of Anti-Defection LawPolity & Governance Manipur's Expanding Ethnic Fault Lines: Kuki-Naga Violence in UkhrulInternal Security India Assures Mauritius: DTAA Tax Benefits to Continue Post Supreme Court RulingEconomics Jammu & Kashmir Constitutional Status: From State to Union Territory and the Path to Statehood RestorationPolity & Governance NITI Aayog Reconstitution 2026: Vice-Chairman Appointment, Composition, and Distinction from Planning CommissionPolity & Governance Formal Credit Flows Surge 38% in FY26 as Monetary Easing Transmits to LendingEconomics New Seed and Pesticide Laws to Replace Six-Decade-Old LegislationEconomics RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence Under Banking Regulation ActEconomics RBI Bulletin Flags West Asia Conflict as Key Risk to India's EconomyEconomics RBI Governor: India's Inflation and External Debt Remain Well Within Target Despite Global ShocksEconomics SEBI's Saarthi: A Unified Platform for Investor Education and ProtectionEconomics RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence: Governance Failures, Depositor Risks, and Regulatory ReckoningEconomics Chief Election Commissioner Removal: Article 324(5) Procedure and ECI IndependencePolity & Governance New H-1B Reform Bill in the US: Implications for Indian Professionals and StudentsInternational Relations Anthropic's Mythos AI Model: Cybersecurity Capabilities and Regulatory Concerns in IndiaScience & Technology Mahanadi Inter-State Water Dispute: Constitutional Framework, Tribunal Proceedings, and the 2026 WarningPolity & Governance India's Goldilocks Economy: Why the Optimal Growth Scenario Did Not LastEconomics Anti-Defection Law: Disqualification Procedure and the Presiding Officer's Role in Rajya SabhaPolity & Governance RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank's Banking Licence: Regulatory Framework and ImplicationsEconomics Motion for Removal of Chief Election Commissioner: Constitutional Provisions and Institutional StakesPolity & Governance CESL's 3,604-Bus Tender: Aggregated Procurement Driving India's Electric Mobility TransitionEconomics Wheat Procurement Target Raised to 34.5 Million Tonnes to Support Rain-Hit FarmersEconomics World Bank's IFC Sets $10 Billion Annual Investment Target in India by 2030Economics India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement: April 2026 Washington TalksInternational Relations Rupee's Real Effective Exchange Rate at Over a Decade Low: Understanding Currency Valuation and Capital FlowsEconomics India Expands Wheat Procurement: Target, Quality Norms, and the MSP Safety NetEconomics EU Formally Approves €90 Billion Ukraine Loan and 20th Sanctions Package Against RussiaInternational Relations Pesticides Management Bill: Data Protection Debate and the Push to Replace a 57-Year-Old LawEconomics RBI Bulletin Flags West Asia Conflict as Key Risk to India's EconomyEconomics SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Bishkek: Agenda and India's StakesInternational Relations El Nino Likely to Return by Mid-2026: WMO Forecast and What It MeansEnvironment & Ecology Heat Stress and India's Rice Belt: Findings from the FAO-WMO Extreme Heat ReportEnvironment & Ecology West Asia Conflict, Oil Supply Shocks, and Asia's Renewable Energy AccelerationEconomics India's Net FDI Surges to 45-Month High in February 2026, Ending Six-Month Negative StreakEconomics RBI Bulletin Flags Mixed Economic Trends as West Asia Crisis Tests India's ResilienceEconomics Mines Ministry's Rs 5,000 Crore SASCI Incentive for Mining ReformsEconomics DeepSeek V4: China's AI Advance and the Global Technology RaceScience & Technology US-Iran Standoff: Nuclear Deal Deadline and Military EscalationInternational Relations Warming US-Pakistan Ties and India's Counter-Terrorism OptionsInternational Relations China's Export Restrictions on European Firms Over Taiwan Arms Sales: Dual-Use Controls and Geopolitical SignallingInternational Relations India's Ethanol Blending Programme: From E20 to E100, Flex Fuel, and Sustainable Aviation FuelScience & Technology Strait of Hormuz Disruption Drives Oil Prices Higher, Straining India's Energy EconomyEconomics Meta's Automatic Content Blocking in India: Section 69A, IT Rules, and Platform CompliancePolity & Governance India's Proposed Seed and Pesticide Laws: Modernising Decades-Old Agricultural LegislationEconomics Rupee Weakens Amid Global Risk Aversion Triggered by Strait of Hormuz BlockadeEconomics Tree-Based Farming: Renaming Agro-Forestry and India's Agricultural Policy PushEconomics West Asia Conflict and Global LNG Disruption: IEA's 120 bcm WarningInternational Relations Pesticides Management Bill 2025: Replacing a 57-Year-Old Law: Key Provisions and Industry ConcernsPolity & Governance AI-Enabled Cyber Threats and the Protection of Critical Information InfrastructureScience & Technology India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement Talks: Digital Trade and Market Access ProgressInternational Relations India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Signing and Key ProvisionsInternational Relations Indian Seafarer Safe as Iran-Held Vessel Moves to Safer Zone: Consular Protection and Maritime LawInternational Relations Rajya Sabha Bloc Merger and the Limits of Anti-Defection LawPolity & Governance India Extends Rs 30 Billion Currency Swap to Maldives Under SAARC FrameworkInternational Relations RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence: Regulatory Action and ImplicationsEconomics India Misses FY26 Highway Construction Target: Land Acquisition Delays and Infrastructure GovernanceEconomics Infrastructure Project Cost Overruns Cross ₹5.61 Lakh Crore: Governance Challenges in Capital ExpenditureEconomics Strong El Nino Forecast Threatens Global Crop Supplies Amid Geopolitical PressuresEnvironment & Ecology India's Wheat Output Under Pressure: Food Security Implications of the 2025-26 HarvestEconomics Tenth Schedule Merger Rule: Two-Thirds Threshold, Legal Precedents, and the Legislative Party DistinctionPolity & Governance Domestic Consumption as India's GDP Growth Engine: Policy ContextEconomics India-US Trade Talks: Both Sides Commit to Continued EngagementInternational Relations Sub-Classification Within SC Reservations: Karnataka's Revised Internal Quota FormulaPolity & Governance India's 6.5% Growth Forecast Under Pressure as West Asia Crisis DeepensEconomics