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Kishau Multi-Purpose Project Pact: Inter-State Water Dispute Resolution MechanismPolity & Governance The 2026 BRICS Summit and India's Multi-Aligned Foreign PolicyInternational Relations State Finance Commission Chairman Calls for Greater Fiscal Autonomy for Local BodiesPolity & Governance US Tariff Threat on Russian Oil Buyers Puts Indian Export Sectors on EdgeInternational Relations India Sets Out Eight Guardrails for Plurilateral Deals at the WTOEconomics India Secures 2.8 MT Duty-Free Steel Quota to the EU Ahead of FTA RatificationEconomics Semicon 2.0: India's Second-Phase Chip Mission and Its Six PillarsScience & Technology US Sanctions Bill Enables Up to 100% Tariffs on Buyers of Russian Oil, Including IndiaInternational Relations Climate Attribution Study: 1.5 Billion People Exposed to Extreme Heat, India Among Worst-HitEnvironment & Ecology How the US Tariff Mechanism Against India Would Actually WorkInternational Relations India's 2026-27 Rice Output Set for Sharpest Fall in Nearly Two DecadesEconomics Supreme Court to Hear Plea on Delhi Electoral Roll Deletions Under SIRPolity & Governance Windfall Levy on Fuel Exports Cut in Fortnightly ReviewEconomics Semicon India 2026: India's Semiconductor Ecosystem Enters Its Second PhaseScience & Technology India at UNSC: 9/11 Architects and Pakistan's Terror Safe HavensInternational Relations India's Russian Oil Imports Amid Shifting US Tariff ThreatsInternational Relations Supreme Court Directs Manipur Chief Secretary to Respond on Relief Camp DeathsPolity & Governance India Weighs Diplomatic and Energy-Market Fallout of US Tariff ThreatInternational Relations Shahzad Bhatti Network Designated Terrorist Organisation Under UAPAInternal Security FAO Report Flags Forests as Overlooked Pillar of Food Security and Rural LivelihoodsEnvironment & Ecology Kishau Multipurpose Project: Six States Sign Water-Sharing Pact Amid Seismic and Displacement ConcernsGeography India's Free Trade Agreements Show a Widening, One-Sided Trade GapEconomics India's Rice Output Set for Sharpest Fall in Nearly Two DecadesEconomics India Secures 1.9 MT Steel Export Quota to EU: CBAM Exposure RemainsEconomics US Fed Rate Hike Pressures Rupee: RBI's Monetary Policy Choices ExplainedEconomics GTRI Warns Against Trading Away Energy Security for Tariff ReliefEconomics India-US Tariff Dispute: Tracing the Legal and Trade-Policy Turning PointsInternational Relations India's Semiconductor Push Moves from Capability-Building to Commercial Chip OutputScience & Technology India's Power-Sector CO2 Emissions Stay Flat as Clean Energy Capacity RisesEnvironment & Ecology OBC Creamy Layer Income Test: Government Seeks Clarity Between Supreme Court and CATPolity & Governance Weapons in Orbit: Old Space Law Faces a New Arms RaceScience & Technology India Holds Position on Russian Oil Purchases as US Tariff Bill Nears Presidential SignatureInternational Relations India Rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Commission Over PoK TerritoryInternational Relations US Sanctions Bill Clears Congress, Threatens 100% Tariffs on India: MEA ResponseInternational Relations Ganga Water Treaty Renewal: The Minimum Flow Guarantee DebateInternational Relations SEBI Penalises Brokers for Cross-Segment Derivatives Manipulation: Regulatory FrameworkEconomics UN Secretary-General Flags Security Council Paralysis, Calls Reform an "Absolute Priority"International Relations Climate Change Projected to Raise Dengue Risk in Kerala by 2040Environment & Ecology India Reaffirms Energy Security Priority as US Sanctions Bill Threatens 100% TariffsEconomics E20 Ethanol Blending: Mileage Losses and Emerging Trade-offs Beyond the PumpEconomics US House Clears Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill, Sends It for Presidential AssentInternational Relations US Russia Sanctions Bill Advances, Puts India in Line for Secondary TariffsInternational Relations

Delayed Birth and Death Registration Gets Stricter: The 2026 Amendment ExplainedPolity & Governance BRICS New Delhi Declaration: The Mechanics and Limits of Local-Currency TradeInternational Relations Semicon India 2026 and Semiconductor Mission Phase 2Science & Technology India Rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Commission Over Territory It Does Not ControlInternational Relations MMDR Amendment and the States' Share of Mineral RevenuePolity & Governance BRICS 2026 New Delhi Summit: Climate Finance, Trade Protectionism and the Global South AgendaInternational Relations The Montreal Protocol: From a Scientific Hypothesis to the World's Most Successful Environmental TreatyEnvironment & Ecology Karnataka Government Commits to Full Implementation of Article 371(J) for Kalyana KarnatakaPolity & Governance EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised to ₹25,000: Contribution Base and Insurance Cover RecalibratedEconomics EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised to Rs 25,000: First Revision in 12 YearsEconomics EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised to ₹25,000: Governance, Legal Transition, and the Coverage DebatePolity & Governance Manipur's Ethnic Faultline Shifts: Kuki-Zo–Naga Clashes Emerge Alongside the Meitei–Kuki-Zo ConflictInternal Security India-New Zealand FTA: Services, Mobility and Customs Provisions Beyond TariffsInternational Relations India Clears First Batch of UK Car Imports Under CETA's Tariff-Rate QuotaEconomics India Weighs Cut in Vegetable Oil Import Duty as Food Inflation RisesEconomics EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised to Rs 25,000, Widening Mandatory Social Security CoverSocial Issues Heat Stress Cost India $9 per Tonne of CO2 in Lost Labour Productivity in 2025: Social Cost of Carbon ExplainedEnvironment & Ecology EPFO Wage Ceiling Hike: Governance Structure and India's Social Security BenchmarkEconomics Government Affirms Domestic Control Over UPI Policy: The Institutional Framework Behind Digital PaymentsEconomics EPFO Wage Ceiling Hike: Payroll Cost, Take-Home Pay and Fiscal BurdenEconomics EPFO Wage Ceiling Raised to ₹25,000: Expanding Mandatory Retirement CoverageEconomics India-New Zealand FTA: Treaty-Making Power and Sectoral GainsInternational Relations UPI Merchant Payments to Attract 0.4% Fee Above ₹2,000 From October 15: How MDR WorksEconomics Defence Ministry's 2025-26 Annual Report Flags Capability Gaps After Operation Sindoor, LAC Troop TrendsInternal Security India Launches Net Zero Portal and NAPCC Dashboard on World Ozone DayEnvironment & Ecology Tara Coal Block Auction in Chhattisgarh: Why Hasdeo Aranya Is at the Centre of a Forest Rights DebateEnvironment & Ecology New Zealand Ratifies India Free Trade Agreement: Tariff Elimination and Trade-Pact ArchitectureInternational Relations India's UPI Gets a Merchant Discount Rate: Ending the Decade of Zero-MDREconomics India's Russian Crude Oil Imports Draw Renewed US Tariff ThreatInternational Relations India-New Zealand FTA Clears New Zealand Parliament: Tariff Architecture and India's FTA StrategyInternational Relations Antarctic Ozone Hole Crosses Threshold Early Again in 2026: CopernicusEnvironment & Ecology US House Advances Russia Sanctions Bill With Secondary Tariffs on IndiaInternational Relations UPI Merchant Payment Fee Framework: Zero-MDR Regime Ends After Six YearsEconomics

The "Three Mutuals": MEA Frames India-China Ties After Modi-Xi MeetingInternational Relations UPI Merchant Payment Fee Framework: Zero-MDR Regime Ends After Six YearsEconomics Odisha to Get Rs 3,406-crore Silicon Carbide Semiconductor FacilityEconomics India-New Zealand FTA: Dairy Protection and Investment-Linked DesignInternational Relations BRICS AI Governance Framework: An Alternative to Geopolitical AI CompetitionInternational Relations India Pushes EU to Recognise Domestic Accreditation and Verification Bodies Under CBAMEconomics India and China Signal Openness to Talks on Trade Imbalance and Supply-Chain ConcernsInternational Relations India's GDP Base Year Revision: From 2011-12 to 2022-23Economics WTO's World Trade Report 2026: The Cost of Weakening Multilateral Trade RulesEconomics India, US Armies Begin 22nd Edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas, Focused on Technology and InteroperabilityInternal Security Rural Employment Guarantee Work Sees Modest August Uptick, Still Trails Last Year's MGNREGA DemandSocial Issues India Voices Concern Over Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb Blockades After Tanker Attack Leaves Indian Seafarer MissingInternational Relations India's Goods Exports Jump 26% in August, Trade Deficit NarrowsEconomics India's Preparedness for the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)Economics India Condemns Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia, Cites Threat to Bab-el-Mandeb NavigationInternational Relations DRDO's Indigenous Gallium Nitride (GaN) Chip Breakthrough for Radars and Electronic WarfareScience & Technology August Retail Inflation Rises to 20-Month High, Raises Odds of an RBI Rate MoveEconomics Bharat Forge, Pratt & Whitney Canada to Evaluate Engines for India's Indigenous HALE UAVInternal Security UPI Merchant Discount Rate: 0.4% Charge Reintroduced for Large Merchant TransactionsEconomics India Targets EU FTA Signature and India-Canada CEPA Conclusion by Year-EndInternational Relations Gegeneophis chandgadi: New Caecilian Species Discovered in the Western GhatsEnvironment & Ecology India's Current Account Deficit Widens to $7 Billion in July as Merchandise Trade Gap ExpandsEconomics UPI Merchant Discount Rate: 0.4% Charge on P2M Transactions Above Rs 2,000Economics India-New Zealand FTA to Take Effect October 19: What the Deal CoversEconomics Himalayas Nearing "Peak Water": What the New Cryosphere Report MeansEnvironment & Ecology WTO World Trade Report 2026: Fragmentation Risk, the $3 Trillion Stakes, and India's Strategic AutonomyEconomics WTO Projects Trade Fragmentation Would Hit Poorest Economies HardestEconomics Manipur All-Party Meeting Discusses NRC Updation: Legal and Constitutional ContextSocial Issues Uniform Civil Code Bill Faces State-Level Review: Constitutional and Legal BackgroundPolity & Governance J&K: Rajouri Police Dismantle LeT-Linked OGW Network, Recover IEDInternal Security Rooftop Solar Adoption Widens Across Residential India: the PM Surya Ghar FrameworkEnvironment & Ecology India-MERCOSUR Move to Expand Trade Pact and Adopt Electronic Certificates of OriginEconomics US Russia-Sanctions Bill Amendment Names India: CAATSA-Style Pressure and Secondary SanctionsInternational Relations UPI Merchant Fee Returns: Rs 2,000 Free Threshold and the End of Six Years of Zero-MDREconomics