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Strong anti-paper leak bill passed, won’t spare gangs ‘playing with future of children’: PMPolity & Governance Parliament passes anti-paper leak amendment Bill with stricter punishment; Oppn walks outPolity & Governance ISRO & Japanese scientists review mission Chandrayaan-5 preparationScience & Technology Amid Opposition protests, House clears Bill criminalising insult to Vande MataramPolity & Governance Anti-paper leak bill clears Parliament; PM Modi says it will build a credible exam systemPolity & Governance Parliament passes Vande Mataram billPolity & Governance Anti-paper leak bill passed in parliament, to become law after president's approvalPolity & Governance Opposition, government clash as Rajya Sabha clears anti-paper leak BillPolity & Governance India climbs 25 places in global competitiveness ranking as reforms reduce market distortionsEconomics Shouldn't selection panel on CEC, ECs have a show of fairness? SC asks CentrePolity & Governance India-EU FTA includes separate annexure to address EU carbon taxInternational Relations 'Paper leak mafia won't be spared,' PM Modi says after anti-paper leak Bill clears ParliamentPolity & Governance Rajya Sabha clears anti-paper leak Bill with tougher penalties for exam fraudPolity & Governance India-EU FTA has work plan to address CBAM concerns: OfficialEconomics 'How is unelected minister continuing for over six months?' SC raps Bihar govtPolity & Governance Comprehensive work plan in India-EU FTA to address carbon tax concerns: officialInternational Relations Bigger fines, longer jail terms, fast-track courts: How new paper leak Bill amends 2024 lawPolity & Governance ‘Wake-up call’, say experts as India gets second lowest global ranking on Yale’s environment performance index; also raise questions on methodologyEnvironment & Ecology India-EU FTA has comprehensive provisions to address CBAM issues: OfficialEconomics One year since ICJ climate advisory opinion: UNEP urges stronger laws & active courts for a just transitionEnvironment & Ecology Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 29, 2026)Environment & Ecology The middle path | Explaining Supreme Court’s latest verdict on post facto environmental clearancesEnvironment & Ecology India rises from 82nd to 57th in global rankings, in structural and pro-competitive reforms: Report by Competere FoundationEconomics India-EU FTA includes dedicated framework to address CBAM concerns, says commerce officialEconomics On Edge: The Great Nicobar project faces a great engineering questionEnvironment & Ecology Parliament Monsoon Session 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Lok Sabha to consider Bill raising Supreme Court judges’ strength to 38Polity & Governance No blanket amnesty or bar: How SC set ‘public interest’ test for ex-post facto environment clearancesEnvironment & Ecology Parliament Monsoon Session Day 9 LIVE: Lok Sabha to take up SC Judges Bill as Rajya Sabha discusses anti-paper leak BillPolity & Governance Salary from private sector employment cannot be excluded in ‘Creamy Layer’ assessment: Kerala HCPolity & Governance India finalising sustainable aviation fuel policy ahead of 2027 carbon rulesEnvironment & Ecology U.S. launches strikes on Iranian targets day after it foiled missile attack on American forcesInternational Relations CDSCO issues guidance clarifying regulatory pathway for AI, software-based medical devicesScience & Technology Public Examinations Amendment Bill 2026: Tougher penalties face implementation hurdles, backlog challengesPolity & Governance Cauvery row: Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on July 30Polity & Governance What is the rationale behind Cauvery panel’s decision on release of water to T.N.? | ExplainedPolity & Governance Shashi Tharoor questions Govt's delimitation push: 'No established democracy does this'Polity & Governance Supreme Court curbs powers of SC panel, says it can’t pass adjudicatory ordersPolity & Governance Parliament to take up SC judges, exam reform bills todayPolity & Governance Supreme Court bars government from post facto green clearance to projectsEnvironment & Ecology

No district affected by Naxalism anymore: Ministry of home affairsInternal Security Navy launches ASW shallow watercraft Machilipatnam at Cochin shipyardScience & Technology India getting ready for Xi, Putin visits in SeptemberInternational Relations India’s rice yields could fall 6.6% for every 1°C rise in global temperatureEnvironment & Ecology Vande Mataram Bill 2026 explained: What changes and what punishment it proposesPolity & Governance India's mobile phone exports jump 165-fold in a decade to ₹2.59 lakh crore: GovtEconomics GST rollout boosted state tax revenues, buoyancy, says India RatingsEconomics Cochin Shipyard launches anti-submarine warfare ship for Indian NavyInternal Security IN-SPACe issues guidelines for planned re-entry of space objectsScience & Technology Rahul Gandhi's remarks on student protests trigger Parliament showdown: What happened nextPolity & Governance What’s the Cauvery dispute and how does the Mekedatu dam feature in it?Polity & Governance Lok Sabha passes coal mines billPolity & Governance Coal block allocations since 1993 illegal: Supreme CourtPolity & Governance Rethinking conservation: India needs a new framework for conserving tigersEnvironment & Ecology Rethinking conservation: Why India’s approach to conserving tigers is essentially flawedEnvironment & Ecology Supreme Court quashes allocation of 214 coal blocksPolity & Governance Rethinking conservation: There is a boom in India’s tigers and most of it is outside protected areasEnvironment & Ecology Bill to make delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent introduced in Lok SabhaPolity & Governance U.S. Senate advances sanctions bill targeting Russian-Iranian oil buyers, including India and ChinaInternational Relations Lok Sabha grants extension to panel on ‘One Nation One Election’ till Winter SessionPolity & Governance Cauvery committee chief asks Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to come up with distress-sharing formulaPolity & Governance Gender integration in India’s uniformed services: The Coast Guard catches upSocial Issues New anti-paper leak bill passed in Lok Sabha amid Opposition uproarPolity & Governance Supreme Court quashes 2021 OM allowing ex post facto environmental clearance, but upholds Centre’s power to provide ‘amnesty schemes’Environment & Ecology India’s carbon market targets too weak to drive industrial transformation: ReportEnvironment & Ecology Lavender helps Jammu and Kashmir farmers adapt to a warmer, drier climateEnvironment & Ecology One Nation One Election panel gets Winter Session extension to submit reportPolity & Governance Misir Besra, the last remaining Maoist leader, arrested in JharkhandInternal Security Is Yashwant Varma still a judge?Polity & Governance Dealers can't keep over 400 tonne stock of sugar: GovernmentEconomics Amit Shah to move birth registration bill; Rahul Gandhi to target government on exam leaks in Lok Sabha todayPolity & Governance Centre notifies 7th draft for ecological zones in Western GhatsEnvironment & Ecology

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast GuardSocial Issues 1st direct freight train opens new India-Nepal chapterInternational Relations Centre may table bill to make deepfakes, digital arrest separate offencesInternal Security India curtails 8,133 GWh of solar power as grid struggles to absorb excess daytime supplyScience & Technology Government re-issues draft notification declaring over 56 K sq km of Western Ghats as eco-sensitive areaEnvironment & Ecology Oman presents Iran with Gulf-backed plan for voluntary fees to use HormuzInternational Relations Delimitation in mind, UP plans new assembly complex in Lucknow to accommodate a 900-member legislaturePolity & Governance Co-existing with tigers outside reservesEnvironment & Ecology Israel says U.S. bombers used its bases to strike IranInternational Relations Centre reissues notification on Western Ghats eco-sensitive zone amid deadlock with StatesEnvironment & Ecology Tougher law, faster trials now, says Jitendra Singh; selective outrage, says Bansuri SwarajPolity & Governance Govt imposes stock limit on sugar from Aug 1 to Nov 30 to prevent hoarding during festival seasonEconomics India-China border trade via Lipulekh to start from Aug 1, China allows 20 traders to cross borderInternational Relations India curtailed 8,133 GWh solar power in Q1 to ‘maintain grid security’: Centre informs ParliamentEnvironment & Ecology Daily Quiz | On SarnathArt & Culture India a ‘top-tier’ security partner of Australia, Quad in ‘good shape’, says Australian envoy GreenInternational Relations Chad announces intent to withdraw from International Criminal CourtInternational Relations Hindu daughters not entitled to equal share in ancestral property if they had died before September 9, 2005, rules Madras High CourtPolity & Governance As told to Parliament (July 28, 2026): Centre clears Rs 5,520 crore urban flood management programme for 18 citiesEnvironment & Ecology Govt considering proposal to ease FDI norms for downstream investments: SourcesEconomics Anti-paper leak bill explained | Tougher jail, bigger fines, fast-track courtsPolity & Governance With Red Sea disrupted, India may have to import more Russian oil. That comes with risksInternational Relations Parliament debates examination Bill: How it compares with states’ anti-cheating lawsPolity & Governance Seven years on, how Assam’s NRC process remains incompletePolity & Governance Have the Houthis blocked the Red Sea to marine traffic? | ExplainedInternational Relations Mine closure opens opportunities in circular economy but needs coordinated effortsEconomics What is the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill | ExplainedPolity & Governance Cauvery Water Regulation Committee orders Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water a day for 15 days to Tamil NaduPolity & Governance Floods, dry spells and a 16% rain deficit: India’s monsoon is becoming harder to readEnvironment & Ecology Lok Sabha resumes business after days of deadlock, takes up anti-paper leak Bill amid sharp govt-Opposition clashPolity & Governance Parliament Monsoon Session Day 7 LIVE: Lok Sabha likely to debate Public Examinations Amendment BillPolity & Governance US, India expanding cooperation in defence, civil nuclear sector, says senior US officialInternational Relations Monsoon Session: Parliament to take up anti-paper leak Bill today, MSME, others on agendaPolity & Governance