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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

India-US trade deal to accelerate capital formation: SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta PandeyInternational Relations Did IndiGo abuse its market dominance? CCI orders probe into December’s mass flight cancellationsEconomics With seven new corridors, India will be 100% atmanirbhar in making Bullet trains, says Union Minister for Railways Ashwini VaishnawEconomics Up in arms against India-US deal, farmer bodies flag agri concerns, seek fine printEconomics Supreme Court ruling on menstrual hygiene invites a broader reckoning with gender and dignityPolity & Governance Rupee, GDP growth, interest rates: What the US trade deal means for India’s economic outlookEconomics RBI’s Monetary Policy: Why the MPC is likely to maintain status quoEconomics Budget gives Rs 20,000 crore: Why India needs carbon capture solutions, challenges it facesEnvironment & Ecology EU-India Free Trade Agreement | Caviar with caveatsInternational Relations ​End in sight: On the U.S.-India trade deal, America’s tariffsInternational Relations President’s rule revoked in Manipur after a year, new CM to be sworn in todayPolity & Governance There is no case for scrapping MPLADS fundsPolity & Governance August 29-30, 2020: Inside details of how Indian Army surprised China at Rechin La & PLA ‘blinked first’Internal Security India made long push with Trump behind scenes to clinch US dealInternational Relations HAL out, Indian private firm to make Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft fighter, all eyes on lowest bidderInternal Security President's rule revoked in Manipur, Khemchand to be sworn in as new CM at 6 pm todayPolity & Governance