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Digital fraud cases: RBI plans compensation up to Rs 25,000 even if victim shares OTPEconomics Vidarbha holds 75% of Maharashtra’s minerals and best iron ore; aim is to produce steel cheaper than China: Union Minister Nitin GadkariEconomics India, US reach interim deal: Sensitive sectors safeguarded, Piyush Goyal on farm, dairy producersEconomics “Soybean and cotton farmers interests are protected”- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Indo-US trade dealEconomics Tariff cuts on soybean oil, fruits, and wine: What interim agreement on India-US trade entailsEconomics What India has really given on agriculture in India-US trade dealEconomics India’s GPU capacity may triple to 100,000 by 2026-end: IndiaAI Mission CEOScience & Technology A Kuki-Zo MLA speaks on why he joined Manipur govt: ‘Solution has to be at table, not by guns’Internal Security ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan: ‘Centre is silent on Kerala high speed rail as LDF govt has done RRTS stunt’Economics 70 Brahmins booked in Darbhanga, Bihar minister warns against ‘misuse’ of SC/ST Act: ‘Will affect social camaraderie’Social Issues What is Bihar’s Gender Budget, and why did Nitish government spend Rs 2.5 lakh crore in 5 years?Social Issues India-US trade deal: 25 per cent penalty is off, monitoring of Russian oil imports inEconomics Kerala issues order to block National Population Register in state after Union Budget allocationPolity & Governance PM Modi embarks on 2-day visit to Malaysia, aims to deepen defence, economic tiesInternational Relations Ambush expert who decided against surrender: Who is L Prabhakar Rao, Maoist leader killed in Gadchiroli?Internal Security Indian Railways makes ID verification mandatory on reserved trains in Bangladesh, Nepal border areasInternal Security MP’s Kuno national park celebrates five cubs born to Namibian cheetah ‘Aasha’: WatchEnvironment & Ecology India trusted partner for growth, says PM Modi on Day 1 of Malaysia visitInternational Relations Meet India’s first Dalit Cardinal Poola Anthony, picked to lead Catholic church in countrySocial Issues A second-time mom at Kuno: Aasha gives birth to 5 cubsEnvironment & Ecology LS Speaker, RS deputy chairman flag concerns on disruption in legislatures – ‘Adversely affect image of democratic institutions’Polity & Governance Elephant attacks claim two more lives in Bokaro; toll reaches eight since JanuaryEnvironment & Ecology Trust has become India’s strongest currency: PM Modi in MalaysiaInternational Relations On agriculture, look for low-hanging fruit, move carefullyEconomics Anthropic has sent a message to BengaluruScience & Technology Why SC sent back Flipkart’s alleged market dominance case to the NCLATPolity & Governance How India-US trade pact can affect GPU access, data centre investment opportunitiesEconomics Can Indian courts stop divorce proceedings abroad? A plea in top court raises a recurring questionPolity & Governance Trump order announces rollback of 25% additional tariffs: What it says India has ‘committed to’Economics AI Impact Summit 2026: India aims for a larger share of the AI pieScience & Technology Why is the sighting of two tigers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana worrying officials and people?Environment & Ecology Trump effect: Harley-Davidson could make a comeback in India after US dealEconomics Bharat Petroleum in talks with Azerbaijan’s SOCAR for LPG procurement, also looks at U.S.Economics Trade deal opens the U.S. textile market of $118 billion to IndiaEconomics Cycles of revolt: On Pakistan and the Baloch rebelsInternational Relations ​Distressing regularity: On Meghalaya’s rat-hole minesEnvironment & Ecology The India-EU trade deal is also a strategic turning pointInternational Relations Netanyahu to Meet Trump Next Week as Iran Talks Set to ContinueInternational Relations Qualcomm announces tape-out stage of 2nm semiconductor design in BengaluruScience & Technology India-U.S. deal does not include any item that would hurt Indian farmers, says Piyush GoyalEconomics Odisha CM launches ambitious economic regional plan BCPPEREconomics Global firms are now trusting India for their most advanced semiconductor work: Minister Ashwini VaishnawScience & Technology India–US trade deal opens zero-duty window for exports worth $44 bn in first phase of pactEconomics India-US trade deal: List of US goods that will attract ‘zero tariffs’ in India after BTA deal with United StatesEconomics Energy security is supreme priority, says MEA as India seeks to diversify sources amid global shiftsInternational Relations I-T dept releases draft rules, forms for new Income Tax Act; seeks public inputsEconomics IT department seeks feedback on rules that make filing easier under Income Tax Act, 2025Economics India-US trade deal: Positive for seafood, neutral for most farm produce, small concern over corn and soyaEconomics

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, maintains neutral stanceEconomics RBI moves to shield customers from small fraud, caps compensation at Rs 25,000Economics RBI doubles collateral-free loans to MSMEs to Rs 20 lakhEconomics Monetary Policy Meet: Repo rate steady at 5.25%; FY26 GDP, inflation projections raisedEconomics Kuki protests test fragile peace in Manipur as new govt takes over, but why Centre isn’t unduly worriedInternal Security RBI Monetary Policy Meet 2026 LIVE: Fraud-hit customers will be compensated up to Rs 25,000, or 85% of amountEconomics No Kuki-Zo MLAs physically in House, Manipur govt passes floor test; Churachandpur sees violent protestsPolity & Governance J-K has tapped less than a quarter of its hydropower potential: Economic SurveyEconomics 3 year after it was notified to offset Panna deforestation, NBWL panel approves irrigation project on 272 ha in Durgavati tiger reserveEnvironment & Ecology Inside Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines: 25 dead, a race against time, and a disaster long foretoldEnvironment & Ecology Tamil Nadu sounds state-wide alert after mass crow deaths: What you need to know about the bird flu scareEnvironment & Ecology Oil and beyond: With Russia, India has to balance old ties, new realitiesInternational Relations RBI holds interest rates steady: What drove the decision?Economics Trump says India will stop buying Russian oil. That is easier said than doneInternational Relations For cancer immunotherapy, gently recovering lab-grown cells is key. Indian researchers may have just found a wayScience & Technology Should the Governor’s address be scrapped?Polity & Governance ​Intent and outcome: On India’s climate budget for 2026-27Environment & Ecology Voluntary Retention Route – Imparting predictability and increasing ease of doing businessEconomics

India-US joint statement in days, tariff cuts in a week, says Piyush GoyalInternational Relations Duty cuts aimed at supporting local manufacturing, shouldn’t be viewed only from revenue lens: CBIC ChairmanEconomics India, GCC ink terms of reference to formally launch trade talksInternational Relations Allow the Leader of the Opposition to speakPolity & Governance Moral obligation can become a legal one: Delhi HC on granddaughter’s property rightsPolity & Governance Explained: A 19th-century Adivasi uprising in Jharkhand, and its contested commemorationModern History The last US-Russia nuclear pact ends today. Is this the beginning of a new arms race?International Relations The U.S. trade deal, gains from economic diplomacyInternational Relations Tejas MK 1A to fly with IAF latest only by June-July this year. Here’s whyInternal Security In a first since 2004, Lok Sabha passes Motion of Thanks on President's address without PM's responsePolity & Governance Trade deal sorted, India & US move on to pending defence pacts—P-8I aircraft first, engines nextInternal Security HAL says nine LCA Mk1A jets await GE engines; five ready for deliveryInternal Security Trump Says Diego Garcia Deal Is ‘Best’ UK Could Do in New ShiftInternational Relations