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Exercise Cyclone-IV: Indian Army Special Forces Depart for India-Egypt Joint Exercise in AnshasInternational Relations NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Journalist's Illegal Detention and Torture by Rajkot Crime BranchSocial Issues Career Cards for Children with Special Needs Launched Under NEP 2020 to Strengthen Inclusive Career GuidancePolity & Governance TRAI Releases Framework for Satellite Communication Network AuthorisationEnvironment & Ecology Bharat Steel 2026 Postponed: India's Steel Industry and Global Supply Chain DisruptionsEconomics Rajnath Singh-Led IGoM Reviews India's Readiness Amid West Asia ConflictInternational Relations NITI Aayog Releases Horticulture Roadmap for Jammu & Kashmir: Operation Golden GreensSocial Issues India–Bhutan Energy Partnership: Minister's Visit Focuses on Hydropower and Clean EnergyEnvironment & Ecology SMOPS-2026: India Hosts International Conference on Spacecraft Mission OperationsInternational Relations Civil Aviation Ministry Cuts Airport Charges 25% to Shield Indian Airlines from West Asia Crisis ImpactEconomics TEC Explores Direct-to-Device Satellite Technology for Universal ConnectivityScience & Technology National Quantum Mission Achieves 1,000-km Quantum Communication MilestoneScience & Technology India's Inter-Ministerial Response to West Asia Crisis: Energy, Evacuation, and Supply ChainsInternational Relations West Asia Crisis: Ceasefire Under Threat as Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes and Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz AgainInternational Relations India Can Substitute 150 MT of Imported Coal With Domestic Production, Thermal Stocks Adequate for 24 DaysEconomics Indian Scientists Develop Novel Method to Measure Pulsar Distances in Deep SpaceScience & Technology Centre Argues Priest Appointment by Government Boards Is a Religious, Not Secular, ActPolity & Governance RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%, Projects FY27 GDP Growth at 6.9% Amid Global UncertaintyEconomics Cabinet Approves Bills to Implement 33% Women's Quota in Lok Sabha and State AssembliesPolity & Governance India Halts New Production Clearances for Refrigerant Gases After 2027 Under Kigali CommitmentsEnvironment & Ecology IRDAI Issues Revised Information and Cyber Security Guidelines for Insurance SectorScience & Technology NTPC Signs MoU with EDF for Nuclear Power Cooperation Targeting 30 GW by 2047Science & Technology Kalpakkam PFBR Achieves Criticality: India's Nuclear Leap and the Need for Regulatory ReformScience & Technology Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Iran's Blockade and India's Shipping and Energy SecurityInternational Relations Cabinet Clears Amendment Bill to Fast-Track Women's Reservation in ParliamentPolity & Governance Supreme Court's Nine-Judge Bench: Faith Cannot Be Tested by Logic in Sabarimala ReviewPolity & Governance India Withdraws Bid to Host COP33: Implications for Climate DiplomacyEnvironment & Ecology ASI Excavation Unearths 1,500-Year-Old Stepped Reservoir on Elephanta IslandArt & Culture Trump Weighs Punishing NATO Allies Over Insufficient Iran War SupportInternational Relations Delimitation Special Session: Southern States Challenge Seat Redistribution FormulaPolity & Governance India-Turkiye Foreign Office Consultations: Bilateral Thaw After Operation Sindoor TensionsInternational Relations Jan Vishwas 2.0: Decriminalising 784 Provisions to Build Trust-Based CompliancePolity & Governance PM Modi Pushes for Early Implementation of Women's Reservation: 2029 Lok Sabha TimelinePolity & Governance West Asia Conflict's Double Impact on India's Farm Sector: Costs and Shipping DisruptionsEconomics India-Bangladesh Relations: High-Level Engagement Signals Reset After Political TransitionInternational Relations IGoM Reviews National Preparedness: India Ensures Energy and Food Security Amid West Asia CrisisEconomics Sabarimala Nine-Judge Bench: Justice Nagarathna Questions PIL Standing of Non-DevoteesPolity & Governance PM Surya Ghar: Utility-Led Aggregation to Accelerate Rooftop Solar TargetsEconomics Cabinet Approves Bills to Implement Women's 33% Quota in Parliament by 2029Polity & Governance RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%, Flags Supply Chain Disruptions as Risk to Growth and InflationEconomics IBBI Panel Recommends Project-Wise Insolvency Resolution for Real EstateEconomics Cabinet Clears Bills to Implement Women's Reservation Before 2029 ElectionsPolity & Governance India-US Trade Facilitation Portal: Strengthening Bilateral Commerce Amid Global DisruptionInternational Relations Sabarimala PIL Would Have Been Dismissed After Puttaswamy: Supreme Court on Evolving PIL StandardsPolity & Governance Mudra Loans Cross Rs 40 Lakh Crore in 11 Years of PMMYEconomics India Withdraws Bid to Host COP33 Climate Summit in 2028Environment & Ecology Indian Army's First Drone and Loitering Munitions Roadmap: 30 Technology PrioritiesInternal Security India Ranks Third Globally in Renewable Energy Installed CapacityEnvironment & Ecology RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% Amid Iran-US Crisis and Global UncertaintiesEconomics RBI Retains FY26 GDP at 7.6%, Sets FY27 Growth at 6.9% and Inflation at 4.6%Economics RBI April 2026 Monetary Policy: Neutral Stance Retained, Repo Rate at 5.25%Economics RBI MPC Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%: Inflation Risks Rise on West Asia TensionsEconomics RBI Governor Warns: West Asia Conflict to Impede Growth and Elevate Imported InflationEconomics Iranian Crude Tanker Bound for India: First Shipment in Seven YearsInternational Relations MHA Issues 90-Day Ultimatum to States to Clear Forensic Backlogs Under New Criminal LawsPolity & Governance India's COP33 Hosting Withdrawal: Reading Between the LinesEnvironment & Ecology Women's Reservation: Cabinet Clears Amendments to Fast-Track 33% Quota by 2029Polity & Governance Cabinet Approves 12% Urea Import Tariff Hike: Fertiliser Policy Response to West Asia DisruptionEconomics Five Key Minefields in the US-Iran Ceasefire PathInternational Relations Top 10% Rural Households Own 44% of India's Land: World Inequality Lab ReportEconomics Iran-US Ceasefire: What Each Side Was Fighting For: and What They GotInternational Relations Pakistan's Diplomatic Coup: India's Concern Over Islamabad's Mediator RoleInternational Relations India's Space Situational Assessment Report 2025: 315 Launches, Rising Debris, and NETRA's Expanding RoleScience & Technology Global Shipping Remains Disrupted After Hormuz Truce: Structural Hurdles PersistInternational Relations India Welcomes US-Iran Ceasefire, Presses for Free Navigation Through Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Hormuz After the Ceasefire: Iran's Continued Control and Shipping UncertaintyInternational Relations World Bank Cuts India's FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.6%Economics CCEA Approves Revised Cost and Equity Infusion for HPCL Rajasthan RefineryEconomics India's Solar Energy Capacity Crosses 150 GW: A Clean Energy MilestoneEconomics Centre Increases Fertilizer Subsidy for Kharif Season 2026Economics India's Theatre Command Structure: IAF to Lead Western Theatre, Army to Head Northern TheatreInternal Security India's Clean Energy Push Faces Critical Minerals Supply CrisisEconomics India Withdraws COP33 Hosting Bid: Climate Diplomacy in a Conflict YearEnvironment & Ecology India Resumes Iranian Crude Oil Imports After 7-Year Sanctions HiatusInternational Relations Government Hikes NBS Fertilizer Subsidy by ~11.6% for Kharif 2026Economics RBI MPC Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%, Sets FY27 GDP at 6.9%Economics India Purges Chinese Surveillance Cameras from Sensitive Defence InstallationsInternal Security RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%, Retains Neutral Stance Amid West Asia War ShockEconomics India's Coal and Energy Security Amid West Asia ConflictEconomics India Welcomes Iran-US Ceasefire, Stresses Free Navigation Through Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Trump's Nuclear Red Line: "No Enrichment" and the Iran Deal's Central Fault LineInternational Relations Oil Price Crash After US-Iran Ceasefire and Partial Reopening of Strait of HormuzInternational Relations RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% Amid Global UncertaintiesEconomics India Welcomes US-Iran Ceasefire: Strategic Posture and MEA StatementInternational Relations Cabinet Approves Rs 40,175 Crore Hydropower Projects in Arunachal PradeshEconomics Andhra Pradesh's Expanded River-Linking Water Grid: Beyond Krishna and GodavariGeography INDIA Bloc Alleges Presiding Officers Bypassed Constitutional Process in Rejecting CEC Removal NoticesPolity & Governance India-Bangladesh Relations: Navigating a Strategic ResetInternational Relations Iran's 10-Point Ceasefire Framework: Demands, Disputes, and the Nuclear ImpasseInternational Relations Jaishankar's UAE Visit: Energy Security and Diaspora Amid a Fragile CeasefireInternational Relations India's Fertiliser Supply Crunch: West Asia Conflict and the Global Price ShockEconomics Indian Ocean Dipole as Counterweight to El Niño's Monsoon Impact in 2026Geography RBI MPC Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% Amid West Asia UncertaintyEconomics Iran Strikes Kuwait and UAE: Gulf Conflict Escalates Despite CeasefireInternational Relations Strait of Hormuz: US-Iran Ceasefire and the Battle for a Critical ChokepointInternational Relations India Projects Record Farm Output in 2025-26, Confident of Meeting Domestic DemandEconomics Rupee Surges 47 Paise on Iran-US Ceasefire and RBI Rate HoldEconomics RBI Conducts First-Ever Forex Swap Auction to Manage LiquidityEconomics Gaganyaan G1 Uncrewed Mission Launch Date to Be Announced Soon: ISRO ChairpersonScience & Technology RBI MPC April 2026: Repo Rate Held at 5.25%, Neutral Stance Maintained Amid West Asia ShockEconomics Army Chief's Prachand Sortie at HAL: India's High-Altitude Combat Helicopter ProgrammeInternal Security India's Urea Import Tender: Food Security Response to West Asia Supply ShockEconomics India's Updated NDC for 2031–2035: Climate Pledges, Ambition, and Developmental Trade-offsEnvironment & Ecology RBI Proposes to Remove Due Diligence Barrier for MSMEs on TReDSEconomics India's FY27 GDP Growth Outlook: Downside Risks from West Asia ConflictEconomics India Restores Gas Supply to Urea Plants to 90% Ahead of Kharif SeasonEconomics Strait of Hormuz Truce: 800+ Vessels Await Safe Passage as Shipping Industry Assesses Ceasefire TermsInternational Relations Cabinet Approves ₹41,534 Crore P&K Fertiliser Subsidy for Kharif 2026 Under NBS SchemeEconomics RBI Eases NPA-Linked Capital Rules and Scraps Investment Fluctuation Reserve for BanksEconomics RBI MPC 2026 Key Takeaways: Neutral Stance, Inflation Watch Amid Global UncertaintyEconomics Women as Active Credit Participants: India's Structural Shift in LendingEconomics RBI MPC Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% Amid Iran War UncertaintyEconomics RBI MPC April 2026: Key Policy Announcements and Economic ProjectionsEconomics RBI MPC April 2026: Repo Rate Held at 5.25%, GDP Projected at 6.9% for FY27Economics Why RBI MPC Held Rates Unchanged: Geopolitical Uncertainty and the Neutral StanceEconomics RBI Flags West Asia War Risks: Crude Oil, Remittances, and Export Pressures on IndiaEconomics Crude Oil Prices Crash 18% as US-Iran Ceasefire Opens Strait of HormuzEconomics Women's Credit Borrowing Reaches Rs 76 Lakh Crore; 16 Crore Active Mudra AccountsEconomics Women Borrowers Now Hold Rs 76 Lakh Crore Credit Portfolio: NITI Aayog ReportEconomics RBI to Roll Out New NBFC Classification Framework: Scale-Based Regulation RefinedEconomics Sabarimala Reference: Can Non-Devotees Challenge Temple Customs? SC Examines PIL MaintainabilityPolity & Governance RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% as West Asia Conflict Disrupts Energy MarketsEconomics RBI's April 2026 Rate Hold: Expert Analysis of Calibrated Monetary PolicyEconomics Sabarimala Reference: SC Asserts Authority on Superstition; Centre Says Courts Lack Religious CompetencePolity & Governance RBI Projects FY27 Retail Inflation at 4.6%, Within Government Target BandEconomics RBI Projects FY27 CPI Inflation at 4.6% Amid West Asia Conflict RisksEconomics RBI Revises Crude Oil and Exchange Rate Baseline Assumptions for FY27Economics Cabinet Clears Rs 1.74 Lakh Crore Package: HPCL Refinery, Jaipur Metro Phase 2, Hydropower, Fertiliser SubsidyEconomics RBI MPC Flags Five Key Risks to Indian Economy from West Asia ConflictEconomics RBI Projects 6.9% GDP Growth for FY2026-27 Amid West Asia CrisisEconomics India and Bangladesh Move to Normalise Relations After 18 Months of StrainInternational Relations CCEA Revises HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Cost to Rs 79,459 CroreEconomics RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%: Warns of West Asia Conflict Impact on Indian EconomyEconomics India Plans Unmanned Combat Search and Rescue Aircraft for IAF Under DAP 2020Internal Security RBI Retains FY26 GDP at 7.6%, Projects FY27 at 6.9% Amid Iran War and Oil Price RisksEconomics RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%: US-Iran Ceasefire Factored Into April 2026 Policy DecisionEconomics US-Iran Ceasefire Eases Pressure on India's Energy Security: Strait of Hormuz ReopensEconomics Centre Challenges "Constitutional Morality" Doctrine Before Supreme Court's Nine-Judge BenchPolity & Governance RBI Governor Signals Low Interest Rates in Medium Term: Neutral Policy Stance MaintainedEconomics NITI Aayog's 'Operation Golden Greens': Roadmap to Transform J&K Horticulture by 2047Economics RBI to Withdraw Investment Fluctuation Reserve Requirement: Capital Regulation SimplifiedEconomics NITI Aayog's 'Operation Golden Greens': Roadmap to Transform J&K Horticulture by 2047Economics RBI Issues Comprehensive Draft Directions for TReDS: Streamlining MSME Trade FinanceEconomics RBI Issues Draft Governance Amendment Directions for Banks: Shift to Principle-Based OversightEconomics RBI MPC April 2026: Repo Rate Held at 6.00% Amid $100 Oil ShockEconomics Bastar's Post-Naxal Transformation: Chhattisgarh's 'Bastar 2.0' Development BlueprintInternal Security US-Iran Two-Week Ceasefire: Background, Terms, and What Comes NextInternational Relations Iran's 10-Point Demands and the Uranium Enrichment Question in US-Iran Ceasefire NegotiationsInternational Relations Civil Society Groups Raise Censorship Concerns Over Proposed IT Rules 2021 AmendmentsPolity & Governance Pakistan Brokers Two-Week US-Iran Ceasefire, Islamabad Talks to FollowInternational Relations India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam Achieves First CriticalityScience & Technology India's Data Centre Electricity Surge: CEA Rethinks National Energy Security PlanningScience & Technology Trump Pauses Iran Strikes as Missiles Fly: The Strait of Hormuz at the Centre of a Global CrisisInternational Relations Iran's 10-Point Ceasefire Plan: Uranium Enrichment, Sanctions, and Hormuz ControlInternational Relations Justice Nagarathna's Remarks on Menstrual Exclusion and Untouchability in the Sabarimala CasePolity & Governance

International Mediation: Mechanisms, Actors, and Relevance in Modern ConflictsInternational Relations Government Issues Draft Norms to Standardise State and District GDP EstimatesEconomics Government Doubles 5-kg LPG Cylinder Quota to Ease Household Supply Amid Hormuz TensionsEconomics West Asia Crisis Deepens Stress on India's Manufacturing Sector, MSMEs Bear the BruntEconomics India-Bangladesh Bilateral Ties Reset: MEA Affirms "Warm and Historic" RelationshipInternational Relations Trump Agrees to Suspend US Strikes on Iran for Two Weeks Amid 10-Point ProposalInternational Relations Sattankulam Custodial Deaths: Nine Tamil Nadu Policemen Sentenced to DeathPolity & Governance Tribal Communities Clash with Police Over Sijimali Bauxite Mining in OdishaSocial Issues Middle East Oil Output Expected to Fall by 9 Million Barrels Per Day in April 2026Economics Sabarimala Reference: Supreme Court Nine-Judge Bench on Religion vs. Social ReformPolity & Governance India's New Climate Targets for 2031–35: Scrutinising the Updated NDCsEnvironment & Ecology Sugar Exports May Be Capped, Surplus Diverted to Ethanol for Blending ProgrammeEconomics Centre Eyes Spending Rejig to Protect FY27 Fiscal Deficit Target Amid West Asia Supply ShockEconomics J&K High Court: History Books Cannot Prove Property Title; Kishtwar Shrines Declared WaqfPolity & Governance Oil Shock from West Asia War Raises Global Recession Risk, Hits Indian FactoriesEconomics Skymet Forecasts Below-Normal Monsoon for India in 2026: El Niño ReturnsGeography Sabarimala Hearing: Justice Nagarathna Says Menstrual Exclusion Cannot Be Untouchability for Three DaysPolity & Governance Manipur Bomb Blast: Two Children Killed, Curfew in 4 Valley Districts, NIA Probe OrderedInternal Security Over 10,000 Flights of Indian Airlines Cancelled Since West Asia War EscalationEconomics Election Commission Releases Data on West Bengal Voter Roll Deletions Post-AdjudicationPolity & Governance Bengal Electoral Roll Revision: 27 Lakh Voters Deleted, 20 Lakh Denied Appeal OpportunityPolity & Governance Amaravati Officially Notified as Andhra Pradesh's Sole Capital After 12 Years of BifurcationPolity & Governance Two Children Killed in Bomb Attack in Manipur's Bishnupur District as Ethnic Violence ContinuesInternal Security DDA's New TOD Policy: High-Density Affordable Housing Along Delhi Metro and RRTS CorridorsPolity & Governance Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Visits Washington April 8-10 Amid West Asia WarInternational Relations Manipur: Violent Protests Erupt After Projectile Attack Kills Two Children Sleeping in Their HomeInternal Security Tribal Protest Over Sijimali Bauxite Mine Turns Violent in Odisha's RayagadaPolity & Governance Lashkar-e-Taiba Interstate Module Busted: Pakistani Terrorists Used Forged Indian Documents to Operate in J&KInternal Security Violence in Manipur's Bishnupur: Two Children Killed at Home, Two Protesters Shot Dead Near CRPF PostInternal Security Pakistan Issues 2,800 Visas to Indian Sikhs for Baisakhi Pilgrimage to Panja SahibInternational Relations Kalpakkam PFBR Attains First Criticality: India Enters Stage 2 of Its Three-Stage Nuclear ProgrammeScience & Technology ECoR vs SCoR: Why Odisha Opposes Transfer of Palasa–Ichchapuram Section to New Railway ZonePolity & Governance INS Aridhaman Commissioning and India's Nuclear TriadInternal Security Uttarakhand HC Stays Oak Tree Felling in Mussoorie: A Lesson in Forest Law and Himalayan EcologyEnvironment & Ecology Space-Based Solar Power: How Satellites Could Beam Clean Energy to Earth 24/7Science & Technology EV Sales Surge 25% to 24.52 Lakh Units in FY26, Offering Hedge Against Crude Price ShockEconomics Delimitation Debate: South Indian States Warn of Economic Hardship and Loss of Political VoicePolity & Governance Karnataka Orders Mandatory Audit of All Adolescent Pregnancy CasesSocial Issues PFBR at Kalpakkam Achieves First Criticality: India Enters Stage II of Nuclear ProgrammeScience & Technology Foreign Secretary Misri's Washington Visit: West Asia War, Trade Deal, and Sanctions Waivers on AgendaInternational Relations Southwest Monsoon 2026 Forecast: Below Normal at 94% of LPA, El Niño RiskGeography RBI MPC April 2026: Rate Hold Expected as West Asia Crisis Stokes Inflation FearsEconomics SASCI Scheme Expands: Right of Way Inclusion and Farmer ID Linkage to Land RecordsEconomics 30 Indian Fishermen Detained in Sri Lanka Repatriated, Return HomeInternational Relations Artemis II Breaks Apollo 13's Distance Record in Historic Moon FlybyScience & Technology India–Bangladesh High-Level Engagement: Trade, Energy, and TransitInternational Relations India's Internet Censorship Regime: IT Act Section 69A, Blocking Orders, and Intermediary RulesPolity & Governance India and the Second Space Age: ISRO, Private Players, and the Race Beyond EarthScience & Technology Supreme Court's Nine-Judge Bench Begins Hearing Sabarimala Reference on Women's Temple EntryPolity & Governance Assam Tribal Bodies and BJP: Indigenous Grievances Shape 2026 Assembly Election ContestScience & Technology India's ₹2.5 Lakh Crore Credit Guarantee Scheme: ECLGS Model in Wartime ContextEconomics India Launches Rapid Diagnostic Test for Antimicrobial Resistance: A Critical Weapon Against a Silent EpidemicScience & Technology Sabarimala: BJP Demands Kerala Government Withdraw Cases Against DevoteesPolity & Governance Iran's Civil Defence Strategy and IRGC Energy Threats Amid US UltimatumInternational Relations DRDO Pushes for Faster Advanced Materials Development to Meet Defence NeedsScience & Technology New CCTV Standardisation Rules in India: Secure Chips, Firmware Testing, and Level Playing FieldScience & Technology DRDO Accelerates Development of Indigenous Defence Materials to Cut Import DependenceInternal Security Police Invoke PIT NDPS Act to Detain Repeat Drug Trafficker Under Preventive DetentionEconomics CEC Removal Motion Rejected: Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker Dismiss Opposition PleaPolity & Governance Credit Guarantee Scheme of ₹2.5 Lakh Crore for Businesses Hit by West Asia CrisisEconomics Interstate LeT Terror Module Busted in J&K: 5 Arrested Including 2 Pakistani TerroristsInternal Security Manipur: Curfew Imposed in Four Valley Districts After Bomb Attack Kills Two ChildrenInternal Security Iran Mobilises Human Chains Around Power Plants as US Threatens Infrastructure StrikesInternational Relations Tagged Sanderling Flies 7,472 km from Australia to Narcondam Island: First Re-Sighting RecordEnvironment & Ecology West Asia Conflict May Trigger Layered Stress on Margins and Liquidity for Indian FirmsEconomics Sabarimala Reference: Supreme Court Asks If Excluding Menstruating Women Constitutes UntouchabilityPolity & Governance Oil Prices Rise as US President Issues Fresh Threats Against Iran; WTI Up 2%International Relations IT Rules Amendment 2026: Social Media Users Posting Current Affairs May Face I&B Ministry OversightPolity & Governance IT Rules Amendment 2026: Stakeholders Raise Concerns Over Safe Harbour, User Liability, and Expanded Government PowersPolity & Governance Global Stock Markets Fall, Oil Prices Climb as US Escalates Threats Against IranInternational Relations Women's Reservation Implementation: Special Parliament Session Called for April 16–18, 2026Polity & Governance Sattankulam Custodial Deaths: Nine Police Officers Sentenced to Death in Jayaraj-Bennix CasePolity & Governance NASA's Artemis II Completes Historic Lunar Flyby: First Crewed Deep Space Mission Since Apollo 17Science & Technology Strait of Hormuz Closure and Global Fuel Price SurgeInternational Relations West Bengal Special Intensive Revision: 91 Lakh Voters Excluded, Electorate Shrinks 12%Polity & Governance Women's Reservation and Lok Sabha Seat Expansion: Centre's Proposal Draws Parallel to UPA's OBC Quota BlueprintPolity & Governance India's Crude Oil Import Dependence: West Asia at 54% Before Iran WarEconomics Iran President Pezeshkian: 14 Million Iranians, Including Himself, Registered as Volunteer FightersInternational Relations Diplomatic Signalling in India–Bangladesh: Labels, Framing, and Bilateral ExpectationsInternational Relations Classical Messaging Cannot Replace Quantum Communication: Study Proves Quantum Advantage is FundamentalScience & Technology Reliance and Vedanta Join Pre-Bid Talks for India's $780 Million Rare Earth Magnet SchemeEconomics Justice Nagarathna Questions Sabarimala Restriction: Women Cannot Be Treated as Untouchables for Three Days a MonthPolity & Governance NGOs Seek Revisions to FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, Citing Civil Society RestrictionsEconomics ICAR Constitutes Special Task Force for Agricultural Resilience Amid Geopolitical ShiftsEconomics Iranians Form Human Chains Around Nuclear Infrastructure as US Threatens Military StrikeInternational Relations To Lam Elected Vietnam's President: Power Consolidation and India's EngagementInternational Relations NHRC Core Group Meeting on Tackling Food Adulteration in India: Scale, Challenges, and ReformsSocial Issues Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Manufacturing Scheme: India Seeks Domestic ProductionEconomics Mineral (Auction) Second Amendment Rules 2026: Faster Mine OperationalisationEconomics PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industry: Progress and ImpactEconomics Sundarbans Mangroves: 10–15% of Forest Losing Climate Resilience Over 25 YearsEnvironment & Ecology West Asia Conflict: India's Energy Vulnerability and Strategic RecalibrationInternational Relations India Rules Out Sugar Export Curbs, Maintains Import Duties on Edible OilsEconomics All-India Workshop on State Income and Related Aggregates Held in VisakhapatnamEconomics MoSPI Releases Draft Guidelines for GSVA Compilation with New Base Year 2022-23Economics FASTag Mandatory at All Toll Plazas from April 10; UPI Allowed at 1.25× Normal TollEconomics India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Significance and Trade ArchitectureEconomics Rural Land Inequality in India: Top 10% Control 44% of LandSocial Issues Rajya Sabha Chairman Rejects Opposition Motion to Remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh KumarPolity & Governance Election Commission Bans Exit Polls from April 9 to April 29 for 2026 Assembly ElectionsPolity & Governance India Doubles 5-kg LPG Quota for Migrant Workers Amid Hormuz Supply DisruptionsEconomics West Bengal 2026: 91 Lakh Voters Removed from Electoral Rolls After Special Intensive RevisionPolity & Governance India's Green Pathway: Renewable Energy Targets, Progress, and the Gaps That RemainEnvironment & Ecology INS Sunayna's IOS SAGAR Deployment: India's Maritime Neighbourhood OutreachInternational Relations India Issues Urgent Advisory for Nationals in Iran: Stay Indoors for 48 HoursInternational Relations J&K Police Bust Deep-Rooted LeT Module; Pakistani Terrorist Among Five ArrestedInternal Security Delhi to Regularise 1,531 Unauthorised Colonies Under PM-UDAY SchemePolity & Governance Fitch Solutions Unit Cuts India's Economic Growth Forecast Amid Iran War Oil ShockEconomics MHI Pre-Bid Consultations for Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Manufacturing SchemeEconomics PM-UDAY Scheme: Regularisation of 1,531 Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi on As-Is Where-Is BasisPolity & Governance Transit Oriented Development Policy in Delhi: MPD-2021 and TOD Regulations 2026 for Affordable HousingPolity & Governance Ladakh Statehood Talks Resume: MHA Offers Article 371 Safeguards, Civil Society Demands Sixth SchedulePolity & Governance India Amends Mining Rules to Enable Lease Expansion for Deep-Seated Critical MineralsEconomics India's High-Growth Economy Faces Middle East Oil ShockEconomics

Nine Tamil Nadu Police Personnel Sentenced to Death in Sathankulam Custodial Deaths CasePolity & Governance Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman Visits Delhi for Talks with Jaishankar and DovalInternational Relations Kalpakkam Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Attains CriticalityScience & Technology India-Bangladesh Diplomatic Reset: FM Khalilur Rahman's New Delhi VisitInternational Relations Living with Oil Risk: Why India and the Global South Need a Fossil-Fuel Intensity MetricEconomics India's Draft Tar Balls Management Rules 2026: Regulating Coastal Oil Pollution for the First TimeEnvironment & Ecology Jammu & Kashmir's Vanishing Lakes: CAG Audit Reveals 315 Lakes Gone Since 1967Environment & Ecology Kalpakkam Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Attains Criticality: India Enters Stage Two of Nuclear ProgrammeScience & Technology India Semiconductor Mission 2.0: From Chip Design Dominance to Full-Stack ManufacturingScience & Technology India Evacuates 1,777 Nationals from Iran via Armenia and Azerbaijan: Operation Details and DiplomacyInternational Relations Tar Balls Management Rules 2026: India Applies Polluter Pays Principle to Marine PollutionEnvironment & Ecology Speaker and Chairman Reject Opposition Motion to Impeach CEC: Constitutional Safeguards and Electoral AccountabilityPolity & Governance Why RBI Will Keep Rates Steady While Revising Inflation and Growth ForecastsEconomics CSAT as a 'Barrier to Diversity': The Enduring Debate Over UPSC's Aptitude TestPolity & Governance How UK and Europe Are Leading Diplomatic Effort to Reopen the Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Bahrain's UNSC Move Against Iran: Why It Is Unprecedented and SignificantInternational Relations Jan Vishwas Bill 2026: India's Largest Decriminalisation Exercise Across 80 Central ActsPolity & Governance Iran and US Receive Pakistan-Mediated Peace Plan; Tehran Demands Permanent End to HostilitiesInternational Relations Why the Iran War Has Not Yet Damaged China's Energy SecurityInternational Relations 16 Indian Vessels Stranded Near Strait of Hormuz; 8 Including LPG Ships Exit SafelyInternational Relations RBI's Monetary Policy Committee Meets Amid Oil Shock and West Asia CrisisEconomics Artemis II Completes First Human Lunar Flyby Since Apollo 17 in 1972Science & Technology Climate Change Reshaping Disease Patterns and Straining India's Health SystemsEnvironment & Ecology Iran Rejects Ceasefire as Trump Sets Strait of Hormuz UltimatumInternational Relations North Korea Develops Carbon-Fibre ICBM with Multi-Warhead (MIRV) CapabilityInternational Relations IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Will Never Return to Previous StatusInternational Relations Iran Rejects Ceasefire Proposal as Trump's Hormuz Ultimatum LoomsInternational Relations Project Maven: The Pentagon's AI-Powered Targeting System and the Future of WarfareScience & Technology India's Urea Import Surge: West Asia Conflict, Monsoon Sowing, and Food Security StakesEconomics Brent Crude Above $110: Iran Crisis, OPEC+ Output Hike, and India's Energy RiskEconomics Government e-Marketplace Crosses ₹5.03 Lakh Crore in Orders for 2025-26Polity & Governance Trump's Ultimatum to Iran: Reopen Strait of Hormuz or Face Strikes on Civilian InfrastructureInternational Relations NASA Artemis II: First Human Lunar Flyby Since 1972, Breaking Apollo 13 Distance RecordScience & Technology Why OPEC+'s May Output Hike Cannot Cool Global Oil PricesEconomics Menaka Guruswamy Becomes India's First Openly Queer Member of ParliamentPolity & Governance India's Fisheries Sector: Record Budget Allocation and Blue Revolution 2.0Economics Kalpakkam Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Achieves First CriticalityScience & Technology China's Five-Point Peace Initiative and Expanding Role in West Asia DiplomacyInternational Relations US-Israeli Strike Kills IRGC Intelligence Chief Majid Khademi in TehranInternational Relations RBI MPC April 2026: Rate-Setting Panel Deliberates Amid Oil Shock and Rupee PressureEconomics Fiscal Prudence Gives India Room to Spend; RBI Has Space for Rate Cuts: Finance MinisterEconomics GeM Crosses ₹18.4 Lakh Crore Cumulative GMV, Transforms Public ProcurementEconomics India Issues Urea Import Tender Amid Middle East Supply DisruptionsEconomics SEBI and RBI Coordinate Market Stabilisation Measures Amid West Asia CrisisEconomics Menaka Guruswamy: India's First Openly Queer MP and the Constitutional Journey of LGBTQ+ RightsPolity & Governance Uniform Civil Code and One Nation One Election: Modi Signals Positive Progress on Two Major Constitutional ReformsPolity & Governance India's FY27 GDP Growth Forecast Trimmed to 6.8–6.9% on Energy Supply StrainEconomics India's Fiscal Prudence Creates Buffer Against West Asia Energy ShockEconomics Punjab Police Bust ISI-Backed Terror Module Planning Grenade Attacks on Police EstablishmentsInternal Security RBI MPC Holds Rates as Geopolitical Stress Replaces Benign ConditionsEconomics CEC Impeachment Motion Rejected: Constitutional Process for Removing the Chief Election CommissionerPolity & Governance Iran War and the Looming Threat of Stagflation: Implications for IndiaEconomics Iran-Israel War: Trump Threatens Iran's Infrastructure Over Strait of Hormuz BlockadeInternational Relations RBI Holds Rates as West Asia War Clouds Inflation and Growth OutlookEconomics RBI Holds Repo Rate Steady as Geopolitical Pressures Complicate Monetary PolicyEconomics