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SC to courts: Show courage, drop cases before trial if proof not strongPolity & Governance Ex-CJI Gavai says ONOE bill does not violate constitution's basic structurePolity & Governance Vikram Misri meets Sergio Gor as India says joint statement is bedrock of US trade dealInternational Relations Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum project’s budget, timeline ‘currently being determined’: Govt to Rajya SabhaArt & Culture What the Tamils wrote in ancient EgyptArt & Culture WHO needs a financial model less vulnerable to political volatilityInternational Relations New inflation series is a welcome update, will improve policy responseEconomics Experts Explain | India AI applications stack: What the country can bring to the tableScience & Technology How Supreme Court stance on Aravalli definition stalls Haryana’s ambitious Jungle Safari projectEnvironment & Ecology Explained: How the trifurcation of urban Hyderabad’s municipal body will workPolity & Governance Refurbished medical devices: Why India is set to see a slugfest between global and domestic manufacturersEconomics ​Farmers’ pulse: On India and its demand for pulsesEconomics Aiming for 50 more airports in 5 years, will provide huge real estate opportunities: Aviation Minister NaiduEconomics Delhi at 66%, but only 22% deaths nationwide have certified causeSocial Issues SEBI to take measures to cut regulation cost: PandeyEconomics Bangladesh poll results 2026 LIVE UPDATES: Results announced for 297 seats, BNP sweeps electionInternational Relations After Pakistan protests, US Trade Representative quietly removes map showing J&K as part of IndiaInternational Relations Shorter all-oral TB regimens cost-effective in India: ICMR studyScience & Technology UNSC panel notes Pak-based terror group JeM’s reported link to Red Fort attackInternal Security UN approves 40-member scientific panel on impact of artificial intelligenceInternational Relations PM Modi congratulates Tarique Rahman; BNP hopes for stronger bilateral tiesInternational Relations Passenger vehicles up 12.6% with sale of 4.5 lakh vehicles: SIAMEconomics Parliament Budget Session Day 12 Highlights: Both Housed adjourned, to resume on March 9Polity & Governance High Courts cannot order conduct of counselling beyond admission deadline even if medical seats go vacant: Madras HCPolity & Governance T.N. CM Stalin’s surprise bonanza: ₹5,000 credited to bank accounts of 1.31 crore women todayPolity & Governance What is a Substantive Motion, under which BJP MP is seeking Rahul Gandhi’s disqualificationPolity & Governance Bangladesh election results LIVE: BNP thanks India, hopes for stronger bilateral tiesInternational Relations Netanyahu seeks to strip Palestinian citizens convicted of violent crimes of Israeli nationalityInternational Relations Supreme Court asks Himachal Pradesh govt, SEC to hold local body polls by May 31Polity & Governance Mint Explainer: New basket, same inflation story? The math behind India’s CPI resetEconomics BNP: Back in power after 20 yearsInternational Relations EU leaders ready countermeasures to pressure from Russia, China and TrumpInternational Relations Minister’s adverse remarks in Rajasthan Assembly on right to health spark controversyPolity & Governance Trump revokes basis of U.S. climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standardsEnvironment & Ecology With 33 donors, January 2026 sets a record in deceased organ donations in Tamil NaduSocial Issues India's taxpayer base doubled to 12 cr in 11 yrs, middle class expands: FMEconomics "Homebuyers disappointed": Supreme Court questions RERA effectivenessPolity & Governance CPI’s new method skewed; UP and Maharashtra account for nearly half of newly added markets, says SBIEconomics A case against the SHANTI Act | ExplainedPolity & Governance Second U.S. aircraft carrier reportedly heading to West Asia as Iran tensions run highInternational Relations Maharashtra govt to hold Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture and Investment Summit on Feb 22Science & Technology Trump administration to make U-turn on steel, aluminium tariffs, claims report — Here's what could changeEconomics Workers join Bharat bandh in Maharashtra, demand to scrap new labour codesPolity & Governance India’s freight emissions could rise 400% by 2047 without urgent reform: SFC–TERI reportEnvironment & Ecology Scientists capture clearest evidence yet of star collapsing into black holeScience & Technology As multilateralism erodes, India must reframe its foreign policyInternational Relations US, Taiwan finalize deal to cut tariffs, boost purchases of American goodsInternational Relations Air pollution, lifestyle factors why Indians suffer heart attacks 10 years earlier than Westerners, say cardiologistsSocial Issues Govt approves Rs 4703.81 crore for 82 infrastructure projects in North East under NESIDSPolity & Governance Assam gets a bridge to better days with Rs 747 crore connectivity pushEconomics Rs 3,000-cr new bridge over Brahmaputra river to boost urban mobility in AssamEconomics FOGSI seeks rollback of NEET-PG percentile cuts, flags ‘pay-to-enter’ riskSocial Issues Nomura drops April India rate‑cut call on firmer inflation, RBI 'stealth easing'Economics Rahul meets leaders of farm unions, launching of movement against India-US trade deal discussedEconomics Union Budget charts a resilient, outward-looking path for Atmanirbhar Bharat: ExpertsEconomics Commerce ministry set to roll out 8 export push steps next weekEconomics Exports grow 8.5% in Q2, trade momentum builds: Niti AayogEconomics CPI Revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in JanuaryEconomics New labour codes unlikely to hit salary hikes, but IT sector may see softer incrementsEconomics Bangladesh election results: PM Modi congratulates BNP’s Tarique Rahman on 'decisive victory'International Relations Why Nehru recognised Tibet as a part of China — CDS Anil Chauhan explainsInternational Relations BJP MPs raise issues of voting rights for undertrials, water crisis, healthcare in Rajya SabhaPolity & Governance ‘Excessive secrecy’: Congress' Manickam Tagore calls for transparency in defence book guidelinesPolity & Governance Capacity building of small growers, BLF key to increasing productivity in tea sector: ExpertsEconomics Maharashtra govt to procure AI infrastructure for higher, technical education departmentScience & Technology VB-G RAM G: when a policy shift meets rural realitiesPolity & Governance India's Q1 edible oil imports fall 2% on lower soybean, sunflower purchasesEconomics RBI invites public comments on the Draft Circular on Lead Bank Scheme (LBS)Economics

Sitharaman counters LoP on farmers, food security & dataEconomics Behind Madhya Pradesh cough syrup deaths: Bad batch, compromised system, a phone callPolity & Governance DC, tehsildar ‘misappropriated funds’ for crucial Bharatmala road project, arrestedPolity & Governance Behind Assam’s contentious Special Revision: Why over 10 lakh names have been deleted from voter listPolity & Governance No confidence is no answer. But onus is on Speaker to earn trust of MPs, especially in OppositionPolity & Governance Renewables to dominate India’s grid by 2070, but ‘structural challenges’ are slowing the paceEnvironment & Ecology ‘Too Harvard-oriented’: Why Supreme Court is revisiting its guide on gender stereotypesPolity & Governance Less than half of those trained under PM-DAKSH scheme for SCs, BCs, DNTs got jobsSocial Issues U.S. House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on CanadaInternational Relations India poised for surge in agricultural exports to US after trade deal: APEDA ChairmanEconomics Villagers skip meeting convened by Odisha govt over Anganwadi boycott rowSocial Issues Trump ‘insists’ on continued Iran talks in meeting with Israeli PM NetanyahuInternational Relations Bangladesh polls LIVE: Voting begins in country's crucial parliamentary electionsInternational Relations Budget promises vs reality: Underspending across ministries get widerEconomics New CPI index may give RBI reason to keep interest rates on holdEconomics Preferential allotment likely in PFC-REC merger to help Centre retain majority stake and government company statusEconomics Trump calls India-US trade deal ‘historic’ as tariff cuts and coal exports take centre stageInternational Relations

For first time, Indians invest more in gold ETFs than equity MFsEconomics Decode Politics: Why 16th Finance Commission proposal has Himachal govt on the warpath, BJP on the defensivePolity & Governance Vikram Misri meets China’s vice-minister; talks focus on border peace, tradeInternational Relations Hope US deal won’t mean Delhi-Moscow ties suffer: RussiaInternational Relations Rajnath-led council to discuss procurement of French Rafale jets this week, key nod likelyInternal Security Will India-US trade deal hurt J&K’s dry fruit industry? What Omar said in AssemblyEconomics Tension in Manipur’s Ukhrul: How a ‘drunken brawl’ triggered three days of arson and a district-wide internet banInternal Security ‘Defective processes’: Odisha rights panel calls for high-level probe into relocation of villages near tiger reserveEnvironment & Ecology In RS, Oppn slams Centre on India-US trade deal; wilfully ignorant, says NDAInternational Relations Will continue OPS, other welfare schemes despite RDG withdrawal: Sukhu, seeks PM’s appointmentPolity & Governance Expert Explains | ‘AI was trained to imitate humans. It learnt survival’Science & Technology Expert Explains | ‘75 per cent chance Artificial General Intelligence will not succeed’Science & Technology Amid growing calls for restitution, why the Smithsonian will return three bronzes to IndiaGeneral January’s retail inflation with new base year likely between 2-3%General India and Pakistan war could have been nuclear, 10 planes were shot down: TrumpGeneral Shaheen Malik: An acid attack survivor's fight for justice and dignityGeneral A wildlife association that helped conserve the Nilgiris’ biodiversityEconomics French President Macron to visit India next weekInternational Relations U.S. to scrap legal cornerstone of climate regulations this weekPolity & Governance U.S. officials release images of armed person at Nancy Guthrie's doorEconomics India to keep importing crude from cheapest, high-quality sources: govtGeneral Who was at the wheel? Where are the injured? Kanpur Lamborghini case is tied up in knotsEnvironment & Ecology BNP campaign is ‘Bangladesh First’, says Tarique Rehman’s adviser, outlines plans to engage with IndiaEconomics Price of iron ore in Maharashtra’s wildlife corridor—18,000 trees & 60 tigers in return for 120 jobsGeneral India’s organic ecosystem now maturing: Commerce Secretary at BIOFACH 2026 in GermanyGeneral BJP pips Congress to mayor’s post in Chandrapur with Sena (UBT) helpEconomics US drops pulses, digital services tax from fact sheet on India trade dealGeneral White House drops reference to 'certain pulses' in revised fact sheet on trade deal with IndiaGeneral Trade concerns, LAC stability top focus in India-China Strategic DialoguePolity & Governance India likely to maintain Chabahar presence even as US sanctions loomGeneral Bangladesh–US zero-duty fears overstated; Indian cotton farmers safe: AEPCInternal Security A reckoning for India’s aviation sectorGeneral No-confidence motion discussion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla likely on March 9: SourcesEconomics India, Hungary review bilateral ties in 11th round of Foreign Office ConsultationsGeneral Puducherry Assembly to pass interim budget on Feb 12Environment & Ecology The revisions in India-US trade deal factsheet by White HouseGeneral State-run Parli Thermal Power Station ordered to stop operation of 2 units over pollutionGeneral Actress Tamannaah assumes roles as KSDL brand ambassador amidst ‘non-Kannadiga’ rowEconomics ‘No deal but US steal’: Cong’s dig at govt over Indo-US trade agreementInternational Relations