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Diving into bioenergy technologiesScience & Technology The warning signs in India’s import billEconomics US pharma co denied patent on hepatitis C combo therapyScience & Technology India now Naxal-free: HMInternal Security Citizenship rule tweak for Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan applicantsPolity & Governance Inquiry panel probing allegations against Justice Varma submits report to SpeakerPolity & Governance ‘Unavoidable’: Why Kuki-Zo Council is taking demand for separate Union Territory to PM ModiPolity & Governance Bail under UAPA: How different Supreme Court benches have delivered different rulings in the pastPolity & Governance Unlearnt lessons: On India’s inadequate strategic petroleum and gas reservesEconomics Inquiry committee probing allegations against Justice Varma submits report to SpeakerPolity & Governance Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreadsInternational Relations Politicial decision must on cut-off for mid-term polls under the simultaneous election system: Joint Parliamentary Committee chairmanPolity & Governance Belarus Starts Nuclear Drills With Russia Amid Kyiv WarningsInternational Relations Free trade pact by year-end: EU ChiefInternational Relations Keeping close watch on supply shock, impact on inflation: RBI Guv Sanjay MalhotraEconomics Cash recovery row: Inquiry committee submits report on Justice Yashwant Varma to LS speakerPolity & Governance RBI likely to pay a big dividend to CentreEconomics Regularly bought Russian oil irrespective of US sanctions waiver, will continue importing: Govt officialInternational Relations PM Modi visits Dutch water management project Afsluitdijk as India, Netherlands sign Kalpasar pactInternational Relations Leaked NEET Chemistry question bank found at arrested Maharashtra teacher’s homePolity & Governance ‘I proudly declare — India is now Naxal-free’: Amit Shah in Bastar on first visit after his March 31 deadlineInternal Security Citizenship rule change: Applicants have to declare, surrender passports issued by Pakistan, Afghanistan, BangladeshPolity & Governance India, Norway elevate ties to Green Strategic Partnership, ink pacts on space, health, digital developmentInternational Relations Experts Explain | India’s federalism challenges, and how consensus building is the way forwardPolity & Governance Will buy Russian oil despite U.S. waiver expiry provided it makes commercial sense: OfficialInternational Relations India to continue purchasing Russian crude notwithstanding US sanctionsInternational Relations ‘India buys Russian oil irrespective of US sanctions or waivers’International Relations Fertiliser subsidy bill for FY27 may rise by ₹70,000 crore on West Asia crisis: OfficialEconomics Global rice prices poised to gain on deficit, geopolitical crisis and weather concernsEconomics PM Modi lands in Norway; to hold talks on trade, technologyInternational Relations Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran officially announces new body to manage Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Modi in Norway highlights: PM holds interaction with Norwegian business leadersInternational Relations India-EU FTA to create new opportunities for industries, investors, innovators: ModiInternational Relations Geopolitics has changed since last India-Nordic Summit, conflicts on agenda for talks: Norwegian envoyInternational Relations Iran officially announces new body to manage Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Deeply concerned: India on drone strike near UAE's Barakah nuclear plantInternational Relations Indian scientists create world’s first AI-designed gene editor for cropsScience & Technology How India-UAE oil and LPG MoUs could strengthen New Delhi’s energy securityInternational Relations Why Agroforestry is key to India’s twin goals of carbon reduction and farmer income growthEnvironment & Ecology Govt imposes ₹3 per litre duty on petrol exports, cuts levies on diesel and ATFEconomics From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesEconomics Australia orders China-linked investors to sell stakes in rare earths firmInternational Relations China committed to not providing material support to Iran: U.S. trade representative Jamieson GreerInternational Relations U.S. has shown flexibility on Iran maintaining limited nuclear activities, source saysInternational Relations IISc study says Namma Metro Blue Line can run entirely on solar powerScience & Technology Freedom of speech 'not an absolute right', Hong Kong trial of Tiananmen activists hearsInternational Relations EU’s Ursula von der Leyen wants to seal investment agreement with India, calls it ‘missing puzzle’International Relations Palm oil is turning into fuel—and India’s import bill could riseEconomics Parliament standing Committee to review the reforms of National Testing AgencyPolity & Governance The evolution of BRICS, an odd grouping born out of a 2001 Goldman Sachs paperInternational Relations New fuel-efficiency rules, global testing systems could raise car prices, lower mileageEconomics China agrees to boost trade for U.S. agricultural products following Trump-Xi summitInternational Relations U.S. Treasury to extend sanction waiver on Russian seaborne oil, source saysInternational Relations U.S. nuclear industry delegation meets Jitendra Singh, explores private investment avenues in IndiaScience & Technology From green shipping to blue economy: Modi hails India-Norway partnershipInternational Relations Why has the WHO declared a PHEIC over the Ebola outbreak in Africa ?Science & Technology Chandrababu Naidu asks Centre to resolve crises faced by aqua, tobacco farmersAgriculture & Food Security 38 million full-time jobs may fall if war in West Asia continues, warns ILOInternational Relations Finance ministry asks banks, insurance companies for cost cutting, move to EVsEconomics Iran submits new proposal, says U.S. open to sanctions reliefInternational Relations Revisiting India’s entry onto the nuclear stageModern History Bail is the rule is not an empty slogan, even in UAPA and ‘terror’ cases: Supreme CourtPolity & Governance WPI inflation crossing 10% mark not a tail risk but a near-term base case: ReportEconomics India to keep buying Russian oil regardless of US sanctions waivers, says officialInternational Relations Current account deficit to widen to 2.3 per cent of GDP in FY27 from 0.9 pc in FY26: ReportEconomics India's fertiliser subsidy bill for FY27 may rise by Rs 70,000 cr on West Asia crisis, official saysEconomics India should increase investment in R&D to 2 per cent of GDP: Niti AayogScience & Technology FinMin asks PSU banks, insurers to adopt austerity measures, shift to EVEconomics JPC open to changes in ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, says panel chiefPolity & Governance El Nino spells trouble for kharif harvests across IndiaEnvironment & Ecology 'Track imports, manufacture in India': Piyush Goyal pushes swadeshi productionEconomics Parliamentry panel summons NTA chief after NEET paper leak; reform in focusPolity & Governance Suvendu govt ends religion-based schemes in Bengal, scraps state OBC listPolity & Governance RBI publishes Payment System Report, December 2025Economics Why Iran war, monsoon worries could make 2026 India’s Year of MilletsAgriculture & Food Security PM Modi pitches bold investment vision to Europe's top CEOs at historic ERT roundtable in GothenburgInternational Relations

U.S., China, and the search for stabilityInternational Relations PM Modi’s visit to Netherlands secures 17 strategic pactsInternational Relations Rail-led industrial corridorsEconomics India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic PartnershipInternational Relations Ordinance to up SC judges from 33 to 37 promulgatedPolity & Governance ET Graphics: BoP stability tested by outflows & Rupee fallEconomics Boost for tech, trade & defence as India, Sweden become ‘strategic partners’International Relations Kharif output dips by over 10% across states in El Niño years: StudyAgriculture & Food Security RBI tightens scrutiny of overseas investments as outflows surge to $27 billion in FY26Economics India, Netherlands seal historic 17-pact strategic partnership on chips, defenceInternational Relations GNI project recipe for ecological disaster, expand existing defence assets on Great Nicobar: Jairam to RajnathEnvironment & Ecology Chips to clean energy, India and the Netherlands upgrade tiesInternational Relations Forest Rights and the Great Nicobar Mega-Project: The case before the Calcutta High CourtEnvironment & Ecology US, China, and the Thucydides Trap: Why Xi used the term, what Trump’s response revealsInternational Relations The latest Ebola outbreak is now a global health emergency. Do we have a cure yet?Science & Technology China This Week | Not tariffs or West Asia war, why Taiwan is ‘most important issue’ for China in ties with USInternational Relations Experts Explain | Make in India in defence sector: Challenges, bottlenecks, and the way forwardInternal Security Modi hails 17 new agreements, says India-Netherlands ties will gain ‘unparalleled momentum’International Relations India taps Oman to rescue $11.8 billion food exports to West AsiaInternational Relations List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s visit to the NetherlandsInternational Relations ‘Calm before storm’: Donald Trump’s warning sparks alarm over possible Iran strikes, signals escalation in West AsiaInternational Relations Trade, energy, discussions on global conflicts to top agenda for Modi’s Nordic visitInternational Relations WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR CongoScience & Technology Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam RameshEnvironment & Ecology Shivraj wants an overhaul of ICAR’s 113 research institutesEconomics Return of Leiden copper plates should spark efforts for further repatriations, say Indian archaeologistsArt & Culture Prime Minister holds official talks with Prime Minister of NetherlandsInternational Relations NCB cracks major India-Myanmar drug syndicate, arrests kingpinInternal Security Iran media says ‘no tangible concessions’ in U.S. response to Iran proposalInternational Relations India-Netherlands Joint Statement on the visit of Prime Minister of India to NetherlandsInternational Relations Taiwan won't be sacrificed, U.S. arms sales a commitment: President responds to TrumpInternational Relations Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing. He came back with doubts on Taiwan's $14 billion arms deal and lesson in Greek historyInternational Relations Another step towards strengthening Amaravati’s quantum technology ecosystemScience & Technology WHO declares Ebola global emergency as death toll hits 87. Is there a vaccine? What we knowScience & Technology Online compliance to speed up environmental clearance for industrial expansionEnvironment & Ecology Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership [2026-2030]International Relations Field Operations for Houselisting and Housing Census commences in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and MCD area of DelhiPolity & Governance Ordinance issued to increase number of Supreme Court judges by 4Polity & Governance Why PM Modi visited Netherlands’ Afsluitdijk dam: The Dutch model India may needGeography India, Chile expedite CEPA negotiations and critical minerals cooperationInternational Relations North America, NE Asia, Latin America account for over 35 pc of India's exports in FY26Economics India and Netherlands ink 17 pacts, elevate ties to strategic partnershipInternational Relations India, Netherlands elevating ties to strategic partnership, says PM ModiInternational Relations Silver imports restricted; licence now must for select categoriesEconomics MoSPI proposes framework to measure India's knowledge economy contributionEconomics

Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal Highlights Trade and Economic Cooperation at BRICS Meeting in GandhinagarInternational Relations Operation RAGEPILL: NCB Busts a Major International Drug Trafficking Network; Makes India’s First-Ever Seizure of Captagon, a Psychotropic Substance used in the Middle East RegionInternal Security After duty hike, government curbs silver imports to aid rupeeEconomics NEET-UG | Test in turmoilPolity & Governance India invites Dutch firms to design and manufacture, says PM Modi at CEO roundtableInternational Relations Centre to roll out pilot programme for linking out-of-school adolescents to open schoolSocial Issues Chola-era Anaimangalam Plates, in possession of Leiden University since 1862, returned to IndiaArt & Culture NEET paper leak: CBI arrests Pune botany teacher who NTA appointed as expertPolity & Governance Netherlands returns 11th Century 'Chola Plates', PM Modi says 'joyous moment for every Indian'International Relations Three old thermal power sites shortlisted for new nuclear power projectsScience & Technology Netherlands returns Chola-era copper plates to India during PM Modi’s visitArt & Culture ‘She was a very normal teacher’: CBI arrests another professor from Pune in NEET-UG paper leak casePolity & Governance Amid PM visit, Netherlands returns Chola-era plates after 14-yr diplomatic effortInternational Relations IWT: India rejects ‘so-called’ arbitration award as ‘null and void’International Relations Tata Electronics, ASML sign MoU to advance chip making ecosystem in IndiaScience & Technology India rejects Court of Arbitration’s pondage award on Indus Waters TreatyInternational Relations Iran will announce Strait of Hormuz mechanism, collect fees, Iranian MP saysInternational Relations BRICS is evolving with new members; differences will take time to resolve: Brazil FM Mauro VieiraInternational Relations Taiwan says is an ‘independent’ nation, after Trump’s warningInternational Relations BRICS members agree on ‘independent’ State of PalestineInternational Relations CBI arrests ‘mastermind’ linked to NEET-UG 2026 biology paper leakPolity & Governance Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, India rejects latest arbitration award as ‘null & void’International Relations Trump warns against Taiwan independence after China visitInternational Relations Netherlands to return Chola-era copper plates during Modi visit. It’s culmination of a 14-yr effortArt & Culture NEET-UG paper leak: Doctors’ body moves Supreme Court to make NTA a statutory body accountable to ParliamentPolity & Governance Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu announces incentives for third and fourth children under new population management policyPolity & Governance The week in charts: PM Modi’s austerity call, MSP hike, sugar export banEconomics After Trump trip, Putin to visit China on May 19International Relations European countries in talks with Tehran for Hormuz transit: ReportInternational Relations Iran-Israel war LIVE: Pakistani minister arrives in Tehran to 'facilitate' U.S.-Iran peace talks: mediaInternational Relations NTA ‘structurally incapacitated’, NEET-UG shift to computer mode won’t fix integrity, says doctors’ bodyPolity & Governance PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: Netherlands hands back Chola dynasty copper plates to IndiaInternational Relations Gravity of a crime must not dictate decision on premature release of a convict: Supreme CourtPolity & Governance Kuki-Zo protestors rally in Manipur, demanding justice for slain church leaders, release of hostagesInternal Security Average of 53% MPs attend meetings of 16 Parliamentary Standing Committees, PAC: dataPolity & Governance Oil price shock to widen current account deficit, push inflation higher as US-Iran war continues: ExpertEconomics Govt imposes import curbs on silverEconomics 'Illegally constituted': MEA rejects Pakistan-backed Court of Arbitration ruling on Indus Waters TreatyInternational Relations ‘One Nation, One Election’ will strengthen India for next 100 years: JPC Chairman ChaudharyPolity & Governance Rising oil prices, gold imports to widen trade deficit, CAD may touch 1.5-2% of GDP: ICICI SecuritiesEconomics India's April exports jump 13.8%, trade gap widens to 3-month highEconomics