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India-EU FTA Copyright Chapter: WIPO Treaty Obligations and Section 52 Exceptions at StakeEconomics China-Pakistan Boundary Commission Revives the Shaksgam Valley DisputeInternational Relations Mines and Minerals Amendment Act: Centre-State Federalism Over Mineral TaxationPolity & Governance US Enacts New Russia-Iran Sanctions Law: Implications for India's Energy TradeInternational Relations Taiwan Minister's Rare China Visit for APEC Meeting: One-China Policy and Cross-Strait FrameworkInternational Relations India-China Ties After Xi's Visit: Border Peace as a Precondition for Deeper Economic EngagementInternational Relations India-Japan Air Chiefs Fly Together in Tejas: Defence Cooperation Under Exercise Veer GuardianInternal Security India's Rare Earth Magnet Mission: Closing the Measurement Gap Between Resources and Refined OutputEconomics Rajasthan Moong Farmers Sell Below MSP: Procurement Delay Exposes Price Support GapsEconomics Nepal Finance Minister's Delhi Visit: Trade Treaty Review and Flood-Recovery CooperationInternational Relations India's Semiconductor Push Expands Beyond Assembly: Targeting Design, Fabrication and Everyday-Product ChipsScience & Technology Saudi Arabia Exits mBridge: Multi-CBDC Platforms and the De-Dollarization DebateEconomics Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area Notification: Karnataka's Special Session and Centre-State ConsultationEnvironment & Ecology Uniform Civil Code: Article 44 and the Push for State-Level Rollout by 2029Polity & Governance Houthi Ballistic Missile Intercepted Near Riyadh: Yemen Conflict and West Asia Escalation RiskInternational Relations India's Chip Push Draws Cybersecurity Warning: Semiconductor Mission and Critical Infrastructure ProtectionScience & Technology Record Pulses and Cereals Output Eases Food Prices: MSP and Buffer Stock Mechanisms ExplainedEconomics India's Exports to Core BRICS Economies Rise 34% as China Leads GrowthEconomics UPI's New MDR Framework: A Dedicated Fund for Small Merchant DigitisationEconomics Electoral Roll Verification Notices Spotlight the Election Commission's PowersPolity & Governance GOBARdhan National CBG Scheme: Assured Offtake and 10-Year Price SupportEconomics Delhi's Pre-Winter Pollution Plan: Hotspot Mapping and GRAP PreparednessEnvironment & Ecology US Confirms "Space Control Weapons" in Orbit: Outer Space Treaty and the Weaponization DebateScience & Technology India-Nepal Relations in Focus at Delhi Seminar Amid Flood ReliefInternational Relations Indian Railways Approves Kavach 4.0 Expansion and Infrastructure ProjectsEconomics High Court Directs Police Protection for Same-Sex Live-In Couple: Article 21 and the Right to CohabitPolity & Governance NaBFID-BCG Report: India Needs Up to Rs 172 Trillion in Infrastructure Investment by FY31Economics

US-Denmark Greenland Agreement: Sovereignty, NATO, and Arctic Strategic GeographyInternational Relations LPG Subsidy Delivery: Mandatory Aadhaar Biometric Authentication from October 2026Economics India's 350 kmph Bullet Train Plan: Cost Revision and E10-Class Technology by 2030Science & Technology US Confirms Deployment of "Space Control" Weapons: What Space Law Does and Does Not BanScience & Technology India-Pakistan Naval Collision in the Arabian Sea and the 1991 CBM AgreementInternational Relations The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act and India's Tariff ExposureInternational Relations US-Denmark Deal on Greenland: Sovereignty, Self-Determination and Arctic StrategyInternational Relations Delhi Electoral Roll: Excluded Names Published, Verification Process Opens Under SIRPolity & Governance Scientists Flag Risk of a "Super" El Nino, Urge Ecological PreparednessEnvironment & Ecology US Tariffs on Indian Goods: Timeline of Escalation and the February 2026 Trade DealEconomics Biometric Aadhaar Authentication Made Mandatory for Subsidised LPG RefillsEconomics Kasturirangan Report Consultations: Karnataka Directs Forest Department Against Eviction Notices to Traditional CultivatorsEnvironment & Ecology US-China Preparatory Trade Talks Ahead of the Trump-Xi SummitInternational Relations India-Canada CEPA Talks Advance: Energy, Nuclear and Critical Minerals in FocusInternational Relations US Tariffs on India: From IEEPA "Reciprocal Tariffs" to the Supreme Court Ruling and Section 301Economics 100% Tariff Threat Under New US Law: India's Export Exposure and Diversification ResponseEconomics India's Fertility Rate Falls Below Replacement Level: Rethinking Population Control PolicySocial Issues FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026: Ministry of Home Affairs Cites Internal Security RationalePolity & Governance Google's Gemini AI Autonomously Breaches Real Systems During a Security Test: What Agentic AI Risk MeansScience & Technology Sustaining E20 Ethanol Blending: From a Capacity Problem to an Economics ProblemEconomics Cotton Import Duty Flip-Flops: Textile Competitiveness versus Farmgate PricesEconomics Odisha's 870-Acre Technology Hub at Naraj: Semiconductor and IT Investment PushEconomics US-Denmark Security Agreement Over Greenland: Arctic Geopolitics and Territorial StatusInternational Relations India's Food Security Architecture as a Geopolitical AssetEconomics $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee: Litigation Extends, India Exposure ExplainedInternational Relations North Korea Rejects IAEA Resolution, Declares Nuclear Status "Irreversible": NPT and Safeguards FrameworkInternational Relations Houthi Offensive for Yemen's Red Sea Coast and the Bab al-Mandab StraitInternational Relations US Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, 2026: Secondary Sanctions and Tariff Risk for IndiaInternational Relations Parliamentary Standing Committee's Demands for Grants Report and the New UPI Merchant Discount Rate FrameworkEconomics India–New Zealand FTA: Zero-Tariff Access and India's Evolving Trade Agreement ArchitectureEconomics India-New Zealand FTA Set to Enter Into Force: Trade Agreement FrameworkEconomics

Inter-State Council Rules Amended: UT Lieutenant Governors to Attend Meetings Under President's RulePolity & Governance HAL Hands Over Tejas Trainers, HTT-40 and Dhruv NG Helicopters: A Defence Aerospace Indigenisation MilestoneInternal Security US Russia-Iran Sanctions Act: Presidential Tariff Power and India's ExposureInternational Relations 'Red Entry' Clause Proposed in Land Revenue Records to Deter Stubble Burning in Delhi-NCREnvironment & Ecology Telangana High Court Overturns Speaker's Order in MLA Disqualification Case: Judicial Review of the Tenth SchedulePolity & Governance Naval Group–Nibe MoU on Underwater Drones and Mine Countermeasures: Deepening India-France Defence TiesInternal Security ORV Sagar Manthan Launched: India's Indigenous Deep-Ocean Research VesselScience & Technology Saudi Arabia's Strategic Squeeze: Houthi Control of Bab-el-Mandeb and the Limits of Alliance GuaranteesInternational Relations FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 Under JPC Scrutiny: Designated Authority and Asset-Vesting ProvisionsPolity & Governance HAL Delivers LCA Tejas Trainers, HTT-40 and Dhruv NG Helicopters: Indigenous Aerospace MilestoneInternal Security UPI's Zero-MDR Era Ends: 0.4% Merchant Charge from October 15 and the Digital Payments Regulatory FrameworkEconomics Cochin Shipyard Lays Keel for First Next-Generation Missile Vessel: Navy's Corvette Replacement ProgrammeInternal Security ECI Freezes AITC Name and Symbol Amid Rival Faction DisputePolity & Governance Monsoon Deficit and El Nino Risk Trigger Rabi Contingency PlanningEconomics Permission Granted to Fell Over 1.56 Lakh Sal Trees in Madhya Pradesh to Contain Borer OutbreakEnvironment & Ecology Bangladesh's Review of Bilateral Agreements with India: Legal and Institutional ContextInternational Relations Draft Cabinet Note Proposes Rupee Payments for SEZ ServicesEconomics Cochin Shipyard Lays Keel for Navy's Next Generation Missile VesselsInternal Security Semiconductor Supply Chains: Foreign Secretary Flags Risks of Single-Source DependenceScience & Technology India's Track Record on US-Driven Oil Import Cuts: Iran, Venezuela, RussiaInternational Relations Rabi Foodgrain Production Target Set at 177.72 Million Tonnes: MSP and Crop-Planning FrameworkEconomics India's First Approved Dengue Vaccine Qdenga Set for 2027 LaunchScience & Technology US Sanctions Bill on Russian Oil: India's Energy Pricing DilemmaInternational Relations EU Waste Shipment Rules to Restrict India's Metal Scrap Imports From 2027International Relations UN Water Report Flags Persistent Groundwater Decline in IndiaEnvironment & Ecology WTO Chief: "Status Quo Is Not an Option" as Reform Talks ContinueInternational Relations India-Canada CEPA: Fourth Round of Talks Targets a Deal by End-2026International Relations Denmark's Greensand Project: EU's First Full-Scale Offshore CO2 StorageEnvironment & Ecology Dams and the Ecology of a Blocked RiverEnvironment & Ecology Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Temple: Dravidian Architecture and Its 2026 ConsecrationArt & Culture Tata Sons Listing: RBI's Upper-Layer NBFC Rule and the Shapoorji Pallonji StakeEconomics Project Cheetah at Four Years: Population Reaches 52, Focus Shifts to Meta-PopulationEnvironment & Ecology South China Sea: Chinese Coast Guard Vessel Damages Philippine Government ShipInternational Relations India-SACU Trade Pact: Reviving Africa Ties Through India's BRICS ChairshipInternational Relations India's EV Sector Moves from Subsidy-Led Adoption to a Self-Sustaining Market TestEconomics Greyhounds at a Crossroads: Anti-Maoist Force Recalibrates as Insurgency RecedesInternal Security China Coast Guard Vessel Rams Philippine Ship: South China Sea Dispute ResurfacesInternational Relations EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000: What ChangesEconomics Union Cabinet Clears Third and Fourth Rail Lines Linking Rajahmundry and VisakhapatnamEconomics Himalayan Glaciers Approach Tipping Point: GLOF Risk and Black Carbon Under ScrutinyEnvironment & Ecology CBDT Drops Arrest and Detention as a Prescribed Mode of Income-Tax RecoveryEconomics