Jun 22 – Jun 28
Piyush Goyal-Greer talks start today, trade surplus with US down over 40%
Ministerial-level India-US trade negotiations commenced on 23 June 2026, with the Commerce Ministry and the US Trade Representative's office...
Plassey: Remembering the 1757 battle that birthed the British empire in India
The 269th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey falls on June 23, 2026 — the battle was fought on 23 June 1757 in Palashi village (present-da...
Western Ghats: What is the ESA plan for conservation, why states are opposing it
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has issued successive draft notifications to declare parts of the Western ...
HC: Personal Liberty Under Article 21 Not Absolute, Can’t Outweigh Public Safety
A High Court has ruled that the right to personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution is not absolute and can be curtailed in the i...
MEA: Doval, Wang hold 'forward looking' talks
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on June 22, 2026, on the sidelines of the BRICS Natio...
SC: Collegium's selection process is not open to judicial scrutiny, RTI
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the internal deliberations and selection rationale of the Collegium — the body of senior judges that rec...
PM Modi likely to visit Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand in July
India's Prime Minister is expected to undertake a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour in July 2026, visiting Indonesia, New Zealand, and Australi...
U.S. waives sanctions on Iranian oil, ships
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a general licence authorising activities related to the extracti...
The challenge of India’s digital sovereignty
A detailed analysis has highlighted the structural challenge facing India's pursuit of digital sovereignty: while India generates vast quant...
The world that China desires and is shaping
China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China's Principles, Propo...
Rate cuts transmission moderated in May 2026: RBI
Recent RBI data shows that the transmission of rate cuts to bank lending rates moderated in May 2026, meaning banks passed on a smaller shar...
Ambuja Cements partners with U.K.’s Leilac Ltd to build low-carbon cement project in Gujarat’s Kutch
Ambuja Cements (part of the Adani Group) has partnered with UK-based Leilac Ltd to demonstrate advanced carbon capture technology at its San...
Indian children among most exposed to extreme heat, drought, and multiple climate hazards: UNICEF Report
UNICEF's Children's Climate Risk Report 2026 finds that nearly every child in India — approximately 97% — is exposed to two or more overlapp...
U.S. notifies sale of support services for India’s Apache helicopters, M777A2 howitzers
The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which administers the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, issued a formal arms sales ...
Over 2.13 lakh Anganwadi posts vacant, 5,000 centres did not open for a day in 6 months—House panel
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports found that more than 2.13 lakh Anganwadi worker and hel...
New tribunal on Mekedatu won’t affect T.N.’s interest, says Water Resources Minister
Tamil Nadu's Water Resources Minister has stated that the constitution of a new tribunal on the Mekedatu project will not adversely affect T...
Facial recognition cameras at airports, vital sites to be linked to data fusion centre: CISF DG
The Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) announced that facial recognition systems already deployed at six major...
Jaishankar meets Mongolian leaders, reviews bilateral cooperation
India's External Affairs Minister visited Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital, as part of a two-nation diplomatic visit (Mongolia and South Kore...
India leads world in ship recycling, captures 35.4% global share
According to the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India increased its share of global ship ...
Centre amends rules for receiving foreign funds
The central government has notified amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011, tightening how non-governmental organis...
Meet with Jamieson Greer today; Piyush Goyal says India seeking export edge in US trade deal
India's Commerce Ministry is engaged in ministerial-level trade talks with the US Trade Representative (USTR) in New Delhi, with the focus o...
Reclaiming Tamil Nadu’s fiscal autonomy and sustaining its growth model
Tamil Nadu faces a structural fiscal squeeze: the state's inclusive growth model — which involves heavy investment in welfare schemes, publi...
Adverse monsoon may pose headwinds for domestic growth, inflation outlook: RBI Bulletin
The RBI's June 2026 Monthly Bulletin flagged a weak southwest monsoon as a significant headwind for both domestic growth and the inflation o...
RBI MPC: Growth rate could top 7% if oil prices fall further
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in its June 2026 bi-monthly re...
India-UK FTA sparks partnership rush among boutique law firms
The India-UK Free Trade Agreement, signed in July 2025 and entering into force on 15 July 2026, has triggered a wave of partnership discussi...