Aug 03 – Aug 09
Electrifying Industrial Heat: India's Next Energy Transition Frontier
A policy analysis has identified electrification of industrial process heat as the next major phase of India's energy transition, following ...
Uttar Pradesh Scales Up One Health Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases at Wetland Sites
Uttar Pradesh's Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department has prioritised early identification and reporting of emerging ...
PMAY-Urban Crosses One Crore Homes Delivered: Housing Scheme Design and Verticals
Over one crore urban houses have been completed and delivered under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since the scheme's launch ...
India's Quantum Technology Push: National Quantum Mission and Private Sector Opening in Space, Nuclear
The Ministry of Science and Technology stated that India is now among the leading nations in advanced quantum technology, citing progress un...
Russia Proposes Direct Rail Corridor to India, Bypassing Bosphorus and Hormuz Chokepoints
A proposal has been floated for a direct overland rail corridor connecting Russia to the Indian Ocean, running through Turkmenistan, Iran, A...
Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye Sign Trilateral Collective-Defence Pact
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA) in Mecca, treating an armed attack on any one signatory a...
Census 2027: Ladakh to Lead Independent India's First Caste Enumeration
The Union Territory of Ladakh, along with snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, will be en...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Chief Justices for Four High Courts
The Supreme Court Collegium recommended four judges for appointment as Chief Justices of the Patna, Calcutta, Bombay and Punjab & Haryana Hi...
Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: A New Security Triangle in West Asia and Its Bearing on India
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), under which an armed attack on any one signatory is to ...
India-US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise 2026 Begins in Kochi
The Indian Navy and the United States Navy began the eighth edition of their bilateral Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Exercise 2026 at th...
Child Welfare Programme (ICDS) Set for Makeover After 50 Years
The government plans to revamp the five-decade-old Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, marking a major structural update...
Russia Floats a Direct Rail Link to India: Route, Feasibility and Corridor Diplomacy
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister stated that a direct overland rail link connecting Russia to the Indian Ocean 'should be explored,' describin...
Study Finds Rising Temperatures Now Trigger Droughts Even During Maharashtra's Monsoon
A climatology study published in the International Journal of Climatology analysed Compound Drought and Heatwave (CDHW) events across Mahara...
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye Sign Trilateral Defence Pact: Understanding Collective Defence Clauses
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed a trilateral collective-defence agreement, described officially as 'purely defensive' and open to ...
Nationwide Farmer Protests Demand Legal Guarantee for MSP on C2+50% Formula
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer organisations, called nationwide protests demanding a statutory guarantee for Mi...
India's Export Diversification Options Amid US Tariff Threat on Russian Oil Buyers
An economic assessment estimated that India could redirect exports to alternative markets worth roughly $200 billion across 15 countries if ...
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026: Proposed Framework for NGO Asset Management
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, listed for consideration during Parliament's Monsoon Session, proposes to create...
Monsoon Session Legislative Business: Pending Bills and Parliamentary Procedure
Parliament's Monsoon Session has seen limited legislative business, with several sittings disrupted by adjournments amid protests demanding ...
India Signals No Change to Russian Oil Purchases Despite Fresh US Sanctions Threat
Government sources indicated India is unlikely to curb its purchases of Russian crude oil despite a fresh round of US sanctions threats aime...
2024 Wayanad Landslide: How Extreme Rainfall and Geology Combined to Cause Catastrophe
A scientific study of the 30 July 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, found that extreme rainfall was the trigger, but ...
Calls to Make Public the Expert Panel Report on Great Nicobar Project's Environmental Clearances
Public calls have been made for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to release the report of the High-Powered Committee (HPC) it had directed ...
Lok Sabha Seat Freeze and the Delimitation Debate
A meeting of Tamil Nadu Members of Parliament passed a resolution seeking a permanent freeze on the total strength of the Lok Sabha at 543 s...
India's First Privately Built Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket Engine
A Bengaluru-based space-tech startup unveiled India's first privately built Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) rocket engine, named EVEREST....
GOBARdhan Scheme's Potential to Cut India's Gas Import Bill
Industry body Indian Biogas Association (IBA) stated that the recently approved GOBARdhan (Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) sche...
BRICS Culture Ministers Adopt Bhopal Declaration on Cultural Cooperation
The 11th (XI) BRICS Culture Ministers' Meeting concluded in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, held under India's BRICS Chairship for 2026, and adopted...
Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's security establishment has listed conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to hostilities against Iran and its...
CCEA Approval Threshold for FDI Proposals May Be Raised to Rs 15,000 Crore
The government is examining a proposal to raise the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approval threshold for foreign direct inves...
El Nino and Asia-Pacific Household Vulnerability to Price Shocks
A ratings agency assessment finds Asia-Pacific economies, including India, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, are experiencing rising p...
Creamy Layer and SC/ST Reservation: The Constitutional Debate
A renewed public debate has emerged over whether the 'creamy layer' exclusion — currently applied only to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) — sh...
Strait of Hormuz Tensions: UAE Tanker Incident Threatens Shipping-Framework Talks with Iran
The United Arab Emirates stated that a tanker belonging to its state-owned oil company was targeted while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. O...
Rajya Sabha Takes Up Tax and Payment-Systems Amendment Bills
The Rajya Sabha took up the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 for consideration and ...
UPI to Remain Free for Users; Limited Merchant Discount Rate Proposed for Large Merchants
The government clarified that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions will continue to remain free for all users, including person-to-...
Assam Floods 2026: Anthropogenic Drivers Behind Slope Instability in the Upper Brahmaputra Basin
Floods across Upper Assam in 2026 have killed 98 people, with the highest tolls recorded in Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts. Mini...
Rajya Sabha to Consider Taxation Amendment and Bankers' Books Evidence Bills
The Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 for co...
Can Women's Reservation Be Delinked from Delimitation? Reading Article 334A
A renewed call was made for implementing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023 without waiting for a fresh delimitation exercise, on the ar...
Tribunal Reforms Bill and the Push for a National Tribunals Commission
A request was made for the National Green Tribunal to make public the report of the expert panel that reviewed environmental clearance appro...
Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: A New Trilateral Pact in West Asia
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7, 2026 in Mecca, formally creating a trilateral mutua...
Indian Navy Thwarts Piracy Attempt on MV Golden Arsenal in Gulf of Aden: Anti-Piracy Framework Explained
The crew of the bulk carrier MV Golden Arsenal sheltered in the ship's citadel after an attempted boarding by suspected Somali pirates in th...
Delimitation Legislation Revival: Why the Two-Thirds Majority Threshold Matters
Renewed political outreach has been reported around reviving the constitutional amendment package required to enable delimitation and operat...
India's Education Spending Falls Short of UNESCO's Expenditure Benchmarks: What the Standards Actually Say
India's public education spending as a share of GDP roughly meets UNESCO's recommended range, but spending as a share of total government ex...
Women's Reservation Act: Untangling the Census-Delimitation Implementation Debate
Renewed debate has surfaced over the timeline for implementing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Am...
Do Recommendation Algorithms Undermine Platform "Intermediary" Status? A Case Study
The government examined whether a major social media platform's recommendation system, which decides what content is shown to which user, an...
Turkiye's Parliament Passes Bill on PKK Reintegration and Peace Process
Turkiye's Parliament passed a bill establishing a legal framework to facilitate the return and reintegration of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PK...
India Confirms Talks with France to Join FCAS Sixth-Generation Fighter Programme
The Ministry of Defence formally confirmed, in a report submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, that it has begun effo...
The Hidden Water Cost of India's Data Centre and AI Boom
Despite significant water stress in several states, large data centre projects continue to be announced, drawing attention to the water foot...
UAE Reports Missile Strike on Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Amid Oman-Mediated Talks
The UAE's Foreign Ministry reported that a tanker owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was struck by a missile while transiti...
Hamas Reaffirms Commitment to Gaza Disarmament Plan Under Board of Peace Framework
Hamas informed the Board of Peace, the international oversight mechanism for Gaza's post-conflict transition, that it remains committed to p...
Tamil Nadu's 2026-27 Agriculture Budget: Price Stabilisation Fund for Tomatoes, Onions and a Push for Green Manure
Tamil Nadu presented its 2026-27 Agriculture Budget in the State Assembly A Market Intervention Scheme structured as a Price Stabilisation R...
US Objects to China's "Nature Reserve" Move at Scarborough Shoal
The US State Department publicly rejected China's declaration of a 'national nature reserve' at Scarborough Shoal, calling it a 'dubious' pr...
Government Examines Whether Content-Recommendation Algorithms Fit Intermediary Status Under IT Act
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology held meetings with a major social media company's leadership to examine whether its.....
Human Rights Forum Report Renews Demand for J&K Statehood Restoration
A civil society forum working on human rights in Jammu and Kashmir released its seventh annual report, marking six years since Parliament re...
Parliament Passes Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Parliament passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, amending the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 The...
Centre Releases Additional ₹1.09 Lakh Crore Tax Devolution Instalment to States
The Union Government released an additional instalment of tax devolution amounting to ₹1,09,019 crore (about ₹1.09 lakh crore) to States on ...
Assam Achieves World's First Release of Captive-Bred Slender-Billed Vultures
Ten captive-bred vultures — five slender-billed vultures (Gyps tenuirostris) and five white-rumped vultures (Gyps bengalensis) — were soft-r...
Defence Ministry Calls for Deeper Civil-Military Integration
At the foundation day event of the Armed Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) Civilian Services in New Delhi, the Defence Ministry called for deeper i...
CBI Seeks General Consent from 14 States for Cybercrime Investigations
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to the chief secretaries of 14 states seeking 'general consent' to investigate cybercr...
MSME Amendment Bill: Easier Registration, Working Capital Access, Faster Dispute Resolution
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Lok Sabha, days after the Rajya Sabha cleared i...
UPI to Stay Free for Users; Nominal MDR May Apply to Select Large Merchant Transactions
The Ministry of Finance clarified that UPI will remain completely free for consumers and for all person-to-person transactions, following sp...
India's Insulation Against US Tariffs on Russian Oil Imports
A market expert assessed that India's economy is well-insulated against potential US tariffs linked to India's purchases of Russian crude oi...
India's Clean Energy Transition May Deepen Critical Minerals Import Dependence
A joint report by an industry body and a consultancy finds that India's clean-energy transition could create a new dependence on imported cr...
Article 370: The 1963 Parliament Debate and the Constitutional Path to Its 2019 Abrogation
A televised historical review revisited the Parliament debate of November 27, 1963, in which then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described ...
Can Section 498A Cruelty Protections Extend to Live-In Relationships?
The Supreme Court held that a partner in a live-in relationship can be prosecuted for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (I...
Fresh US Tariff Threat Over Russian Oil Could Strain India's Inflation and External Balance
A ratings agency assessment noted that a fresh US threat of tariffs of up to 100% on countries continuing to buy Russian crude oil could add...
NMEO-OP: From Plantation Expansion to Productivity-Led Growth in Oil Palm
A recent report examined the trajectory of the National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), noting that the scheme's early years fo...
Sarvam AI's Trillion-Parameter Model Plan and India's Sovereign AI Push
Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI announced, at its developer conference 'Epoch 2026,' plans to build a trillion-parameter frontier AI model...
US Senate Passes Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill With Secondary Tariff Powers Affecting India
The US Senate passed a bill titled the 'Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026' by an 86-11 vote. The legislation authori...
India-Sri Lanka Power Sector Cooperation: HVDC Link and Sampur Solar Project Reviewed
India and Sri Lanka held ministerial-level talks in New Delhi to review the status of bilateral power sector projects, led on the Indian sid...
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to the 2023 CEC Appointment Law
The Supreme Court continued hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law governing appointment of the Chief Election...
Parliamentary Panel Recommends a Polar Ambassador and Full Arctic Council Membership for India
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs recommended that India appoint a dedicated 'polar ambassador' to coordinate the cou...
Strait of Hormuz Deal Expected Soon; Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey Sign Defence Pact
A US official said Washington expects an agreement soon between Iran and Oman that would restore normal commercial shipping traffic through ...
CWMA Upholds Order for Karnataka to Release Cauvery Water to Tamil Nadu
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), in an order dated July 28, 2026, directed Karnataka to ensure a daily flow of 3,500 cusecs at...
Tribunals Reforms Bill Approved: A National Tribunal Commission Takes Shape
The Union Cabinet approved the Tribunals Reforms Bill, which provides for setting up a National Tribunal Commission (NTC) as an independent ...
MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed by Parliament
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 7 August 2026, after having been p...
16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting Concludes in Jaipur: Key Outcomes
The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, under India's BRICS Chairship for 2026, themed 'Building for Resilie...
Defence Ministry Moves to Join France-Led Sixth-Generation Fighter Programme
The Ministry of Defence informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee that it has 'initiated efforts' to co-join the Future Combat Air System ...
France's Industrial Roadmap for India's 114-Rafale Acquisition: Tata, L&T, Mahindra and HAL
France submitted a detailed industrial partnership proposal in response to India's plan to acquire 114 additional Rafale fighter aircraft, r...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Trilateral Mutual Defence Pact in Mecca
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defence agreement (the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement) at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, com...
India Assigns Standard Names to 27 Locations in Arunachal Pradesh: Countering China's Renaming Claims
India formally assigned standard names to 27 geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh, finalised on official Survey of India maps in consu...
Supreme Court to Examine DPDP Act's Impact on RTI and Investigative Journalism
The Supreme Court is examining petitions challenging provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and its effect on t...
MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Mandatory TReDS and Faster Dispute Resolution
The Lok Sabha passed the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, after Rajya Sabha approval earlier in the week The Bill mandates that ever...
India Formalises Names for 27 Arunachal Pradesh Sites: Countering China's Renaming Exercise
India formally identified and assigned official names to 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh on the Survey of India's o...
FDI Rules Amended to Widen E-Commerce Market Access for Small Producers
India amended its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules governing e-commerce, intended to help small businesses, artisans, farmers, and fish...
India Weighs Friendlier Bilateral Investment Treaty Rules Ahead of Cabinet Nod
The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) indicated that a revised Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) framework is likely to be placed before ...
Heatwaves and Lightning Added to India's Notified Disaster List
Heatwaves and lightning have been added to India's list of notified natural disasters, taking the count of notified categories from 12 to 14...
Bengaluru Startup Unveils 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket Engine for Reusable Launch Vehicles
A Bengaluru-based private space company unveiled an 800 kN-class liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine, described as India's first privately d...
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye Sign Trilateral Defence Agreement: Collective Deterrence Pact
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed a trilateral defence agreement (the Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia The p...
MSME Amendment Bill Passed to Tackle Delayed Payments
The Lok Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without debate, completing its passage throu...
Assam Records World's First Release of Captive-Bred Slender-Billed Vultures
Captive-bred slender-billed vultures were released into a soft-release aviary in Assam for the first time anywhere in the world, marking a m...
India-US Defence and Civil Nuclear Cooperation Expands
A senior US official stated that the United States and India are expanding cooperation in the defence and civil nuclear sectors, alongside t...
Supreme Court Orders Coordination Group and River Commission for Rajasthan's Jojari-Bandi-Luni Basin
The Supreme Court directed the Rajasthan government to constitute an Integrated Coordination Group, headed by the Chief Secretary, within se...
MNRE Weighs Support Scheme for Polysilicon to Plug India's Solar Manufacturing Gap
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is examining a dedicated support scheme to build domestic polysilicon manufacturing capacity...
India's First 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rocket Engine Unveiled
A Bengaluru-based private space company publicly unveiled India's first privately-built 800 kilonewton (kN) Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFS...
MEA Calls FCRA Legislation an "Internal Matter" After US Lawmaker's Criticism
The Ministry of External Affairs rejected criticism from a member of the United States Congress regarding India's proposed Foreign Contribut...
India, China Agree to Continue Using Diplomatic and Military Channels to Avoid LAC Misunderstandings
India and China agreed to continue using existing diplomatic and military channels — including the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Co...
FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 Set for Parliamentary Discussion: Key Provisions Explained
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026, is scheduled for discussion durin...
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response on Pleas Challenging DPDP Act's Amendment to RTI Act
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union government seeking its response on a batch of petitions challenging provisions of the Digit...
The Problem With India's Free Trade Agreement Strategy: Import-Driven Trade Deficits
A data-based review of India's trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners found that trade with several key partners, including the ...
India-China WMCC Talks Cover Boundary Delimitation, Border Management and Trans-Border Rivers
India and China held a round of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC), with detailed ...
Lok Sabha Passes MSME Development Amendment Bill: Faster Payments and Dispute Resolution
The Lok Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without debate, following protests by opposi...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Adopts Resolution Seeking Fair Central Tax Devolution
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Union government to ensure the State receives its rightful s...
India's Manila Diplomatic Round: Multipolarity, China Normalisation, Quad and Indo-Pacific
On the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, the External Affairs Minister held talks with China's Foreign Minister, stating ...
Tamil Nadu Defends Backward Class Quota for Muslim Converts Before Supreme Court
The Tamil Nadu government has defended, before the Supreme Court, its power to extend Backward Class (Muslim) reservation benefits to person...
FDA Approves First mRNA-Based Flu Vaccine: Implications for Vaccine and Drug Platforms
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first messenger RNA (mRNA)-based seasonal influenza vaccine on August 5, 2026 The vaccine r...
EXIM Bank to Replace RBI as Implementing Agency for Export Interest Subvention Scheme
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade announced that the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) will become the implementing agency for ...
Building Water-Wise Cities: Global Lessons and India's Urban Water Challenge
A comparative review of global cities highlighted four pillars of 'water-wise' urban planning: equitable access for low-income households, d...
India Reviews Its Model Bilateral Investment Treaty to Attract Foreign Investment
The government is reviewing an overhaul of India's Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), with a decision expected from the Union Cabinet ...
Whip Issued Ahead of Key Parliament Business: FCRA Amendment and Delimitation Bill in Focus
A three-line whip was issued directing Members of Parliament to remain present in both Houses on August 10, 11 and 12, citing 'very importan...
US-India Talks Advance Cooperation on Critical Minerals Recycling and Advanced Manufacturing
The US Ambassador to India met industry leaders and government officials to discuss deepening US-India collaboration in advanced manufacturi...
Ken-Betwa Link Project Protests: Why Forest Rights Implementation Falls on States
Protests continued in Bundelkhand (Chhatarpur and Panna districts, Madhya Pradesh) over displacement caused by the Ken-Betwa Link Project, w...
Parliamentary Panel Urges Faster Risk-Based Capital Norms and GST Rationalisation for Insurance
A parliamentary committee report recommended that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) fast-track implementat...
RBI Reopens Licensing for Urban Cooperative Banks After Two-Decade Pause
The Reserve Bank of India signalled it will resume issuing fresh licences for Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs), reversing a freeze on new lice...
Scheduled Tribe Political Reservation Notified for Goa Assembly
The Union government notified the Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Act, 202...
Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit: India's First Privately Built Orbital Rocket
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on July 18, 2026, becoming the first privat...
Government Tells Supreme Court: Creamy Layer Cannot Be Carved Out of SC/ST Quotas
The Union government told the Supreme Court that it is against extending the 'creamy layer' exclusion principle to Scheduled Caste (SC) and ...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill Enabling MDR on UPI, RuPay: Ending the Statutory Zero-MDR Mandate
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which amends Section 10A of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act,...
Guwahati-Tezpur Access-Controlled Corridor Approved: North Bank Connectivity and Border Infrastructure
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved development of a 135.87 km, four-lane access-controlled corridor on National Highway-15 b...
Iran's Proposed Restrictions on Hostile-State Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz: Legal and Diplomatic Dimensions
A draft framework being negotiated between Iran and Oman for reopening the Strait of Hormuz reportedly includes a provision to bar ships fro...
Centre Opposes Income-Based "Creamy Layer" Exclusion in SC/ST Reservation Before Supreme Court
The Union government, through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, filed an affidavit opposing petitions before the Supreme Court...
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman: India Needs Six-Fold Rise in Per Capita Income by 2047
The NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman stated that India's per capita income needs to rise roughly six-fold — from an estimated $2,813 to around $18,0...
Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Early Conclusion of India-US Trade Pact
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce presented its 200th report, 'Evaluation of India-US Trade Relations,' to...
Government Tightens IT Rules on AI-Generated Content: 3-Hour Takedown, Mandatory Labelling
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology amended the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics ...
Cabinet Approves GOBARdhan Scheme: National Push for Compressed Biogas
The Union Cabinet approved GOBARdhan (National Circular Bioenergy Scheme) with a total outlay of ₹23,731 crore The scheme will be implemente...
Fiscal Federalism Debate: Efficiency vs Equity in the 16th Finance Commission's Devolution Formula
Analysis of the 16th Finance Commission's recommendations has raised concerns about a shift in emphasis from equity (redistributing resource...
Delimitation: Renewed Push for a Constitutional Amendment on Lok Sabha Seat Reallocation
Consultations are underway on a fresh constitutional amendment to enable delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, following the Constitutio...
Government Signals Single-Digit Customs Tariffs by Budget 2027-28
The Finance Minister indicated that customs tariffs on most goods could be brought down to single digits by the Union Budget for 2027-28 The...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill Enabling Government to Permit Charges on Digital Payments
The Lok Sabha passed a bill amending the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, empowering the Central Government to permit charges — inc...
IndiaAI Mission Backs 20 Indigenous AI Models, Clears 58 Centres of Excellence
The government has extended support to 20 indigenous AI foundation model proposals under the IndiaAI Mission, spanning Large Multimodal Mode...
India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement Comes Into Force
The India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement, signed in September 2025, came into force, providing a framework for investment protection ...
Rooftop Solar Installations Under PM Surya Ghar Cross 16,300/Day
Daily residential rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 16,300 a day in July 2026, more than three ...
CAFE-III Fuel Efficiency Norms: Ambitious Targets, Loophole-Weakened Compliance
Draft CAFE-III (Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency, Phase III) norms for passenger vehicles were circulated, to take effect from April 1, 202...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill Passed: Opens Door to Future UPI Charges
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, without discussion The Bill amends the Payment and Se...
Houthi Naval Blockade on Saudi Arabia Disrupts Red Sea Shipping
Yemen's Houthi movement announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, targeting Saudi-flagged and Saudi-bound oil tankers The H...
Iran-Oman Understanding on a Strait of Hormuz Shipping Route: Law of the Sea and India's Energy Security
Iran and Oman announced an understanding on the geographical coordinates of a proposed 'middle corridor' shipping route through the Strait o...
CAG Audit Finds West Bengal Coal Mining Land Acquisition Denied Tribal Landowners Statutory Compensation
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit found that land acquisition for coal mining in West Bengal did not adequately protect the stat...
Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Farmer Groups Flag Risks to Seed-Saving Rights
Farmer organisations raised concerns with Members of Parliament about the Draft Seeds Bill, 2025, and simultaneous intellectual-property (IP...
India's Free Trade Agreements Are Signed: The Real Challenge Is Utilisation
India has concluded a series of major free trade agreements in recent years, including with the United Arab Emirates, Australia, the Europea...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026 Passed: Offshore Fund and Manufacturing Tax Relief
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, amending the Income-tax Act, 2025, the Payment and Settlement Syste...
Iran-Oman Talks on Strait of Hormuz Shipping Advance: Oil Prices Ease on De-escalation Hopes
Iran stated it is in the 'final stage' of drafting an agreement with Oman covering shipping arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz. The t...
Election Commission Cites Voter Verification Scale to Defend Special Intensive Revision Transparency
The Election Commission stated that its processes offer 'unparalleled' transparency, pointing to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR...
India and Russia Set $100 Billion Trade Target for 2030: Nuclear Energy Cooperation Continues
India's Ambassador to Russia stated that both countries are working toward a bilateral trade target of USD 100 billion by 2030, a target set...
Asiatic Lion Conservation: Gains and Emerging Challenges
Six decades of conservation work have taken the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) population from an estimated 100-150 individuals in the ...
New 15-Year Tax Exemption Aims to Make India a Global Rough Diamond Trading Hub
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing a 15-year income-tax exemption for eligible foreign com...
RBI Holds Repo Rate, Revises Growth-Inflation Outlook, Reforms Loan Pricing and UCB Licensing
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% for the fourth consecutive bi-month...
India-Africa Ties Reaffirmed as a "Powerful Force for Global Progress"
At an Africa Day event in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs reaffirmed that India and Africa together represent a 'powerful force ...
India-Sri Lanka Ties: Rupee Credit Lines, Social Security Pact and FTA Update Talks
India's Foreign Secretary undertook a standalone visit to Sri Lanka, meeting the Sri Lankan President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister t...
Supreme Court: A Political Party's Decision Prevails Over Legislative Majority: Anti-Defection Law Explainer
During proceedings arising from a political party split and the resulting disqualification dispute, a Supreme Court bench observed that the ...
Supreme Court Judge Strength Raised to 38: Parliament Clears Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 by voice vote, completing Parliament's approval after the L...
NVS-03 Navigation Satellite Ready for Launch as NavIC Constellation Is Replenished
The Minister of State for the Department of Space informed the Lok Sabha that the NVS-03 navigation satellite is ready for launch, with two ...
Supreme Court Judges Strength Raised from 33 to 37
Parliament cleared the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges (exclu...
Jharkhand's Special Intensive Revision: Over 43 Lakh Voters Excluded from Draft Rolls
The draft electoral roll published after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Jharkhand excludes over 43 lakh (43,61,987) names ...
RBI to Standardise Interest Rate-Setting Rules Across Regulated Entities
The Reserve Bank of India announced plans for a new principle-based framework to standardise interest rate rules on advances (loans) across ...
Parliament's Monsoon Session 2026: Delimitation, FCRA Amendment, and Key Legislation Passed
Parliament's monsoon session (running from 20 July to 13 August 2026) has faced repeated adjournments amid sustained floor protests, continu...
NITI Aayog Proposes National Caregiving Framework for Ageing India
NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Reimagining Care: Strategies for Empowering Caregivers in Viksit Bharat@2047', examining India's caregi...
Study Flags Rising Flash-Drought Risk in Maharashtra's Semi-Arid Districts
A 44-year study (1981-2024) published in the journal Physics and Chemistry of the Earth analysed drought patterns across Maharashtra's distr...
Supreme Court Judges Bill Clears Rajya Sabha: Ordinance Route and Legislative Procedure
The Rajya Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 and returned it to the Lok Sabha, completing the bill's pas...
Special Parliament Session (Aug 16-18) to Retry Delimitation and Women's Reservation Amendment Bills
A three-day special Parliament session from 16 to 18 August 2026 has been announced to take up the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026...
DGFT Notifies Export-Only Inventory Rules for Foreign-Funded E-Commerce Firms
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified operational rules allowing foreign-funded e-commerce entities to hold inventory of ...
RBI to Resume On-Tap Licensing of Urban Cooperative Banks After Two-Decade Pause
The Reserve Bank of India announced it will resume licensing of new Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) on an 'on-tap' basis, ending a pause that...
CBDC and Unified Lending Interface See Growing State Government Adoption
The Reserve Bank of India noted continuing expansion of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the Unified Lending Interface (ULI), wi...
MoD to Reimburse 18% GST on R&D Grants for Defence Startups
The Ministry of Defence issued an office memorandum agreeing to reimburse Goods and Services Tax (GST) charged on grant-in-aid disbursed to ...
India's Forestland Diversion Crosses 2 Lakh Hectares in 12 Years: Forest (Conservation) Law Framework
India approved diversion of 215,943 hectares of forestland for non-forest use between 2014-15 and 2025-26, according to official data Nearly...
India-UK CETA: Tariff Cuts Set to Boost Agriculture and Automotive Exports
Experts assessed that the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will boost India's agricultural, processed food, and au...
Seven Years After Article 370: The Path Back to Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir
August 5, 2026 marked seven years since Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted Jammu and Kashmir special autonomous status, was abro...
Uzbekistan Opens Mining and Critical Minerals Sector to Indian Investment
Uzbekistan invited Indian companies to invest in its mining, metallurgy, and critical minerals sector, highlighting opportunities in gold, c...
Ramsar Wetlands and Mining: What the Supreme Court's Order Really Covers
The Supreme Court, in continuing proceedings on wetland protection, examined whether a 10-km mining restriction attached to wetland conserva...
COP31 Antalya: UN Climate Negotiations Shift from Targets to Implementation
COP30, held in Belem, Brazil, was framed as the 'COP of Implementation,' marking a deliberate shift in UN climate diplomacy away from negoti...
Agasthyamalai Eviction Order Reopens the Forest Rights Act Debate
A Supreme Court order (A. John Kennedy and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu, delivered on May 29, 2026, by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and ...
Delimitation Bill 2026: Reviving the Seat-Reapportionment Debate
Government representatives and parliamentary leaders held a consultation on the proposed Delimitation Bill ahead of its planned reintroducti...
RBI's Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate, Revises Growth and Inflation Outlook
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in its August 2026 review, maintain...
Inventory-Based E-Commerce Export Norms: The Exporter-on-Record Framework
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified operational procedures, along with a new application form (Aayaat Niryaat Form, ANF...
East Africa's Tropical Glaciers Are Disappearing: What Their Loss Signals for Climate Science
The ice caps atop East Africa's three glaciated mountain systems — Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), and the Rwenzori Mountains (Ug...
Strait of Hormuz Reopening Plan: Global Oil Security and India's Energy Exposure
Iran and Oman are reported to be working on a plan to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, months after transit through the waterw...
Iran-Oman Talks on the Strait of Hormuz: Geography of a Global Chokepoint and the Law of Transit Passage
Diplomatic engagement between Iran and Oman on arrangements to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has entered a new phase, according to Iranian sta...
RBI Raises FY27 GDP Growth Forecast, Trims Inflation Projection
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the real GDP growth projection for FY27 marginally to 6.7%, from an earli...
Repo Rate Hold Streak: Reading the RBI's Neutral Stance
The Monetary Policy Committee left the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% for a fourth consecutive bi-monthly review, extending the pause t...
Antineutrino "Ghost Particle" Detection: A New Tool for Nuclear Safeguards
Researchers have experimentally confirmed that spent nuclear fuel and shut-down reactor cores continue emitting a measurable flux of antineu...
BRICS Summit 2026: What New Delhi Is Hosting and Why It Matters
India is set to host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi in September 2026, under its current chairship of the grouping. The summit's theme has be...
Flexible Inflation Targeting: How RBI's FY27 CPI Forecast of 5.0% Fits the Framework
At its August 2026 review, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, trimmed its CPI inflation forecast ...
Lok Sabha Takes Up Bankers' Books Evidence Bill and Taxation Amendment Bill: Digital Evidence and Tax Law Updates
The Lok Sabha took up the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 and the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for consideration and pa...
Cooperative Banking Reform: Understanding India's UCB-RCB Regulatory Architecture
The Reserve Bank of India, alongside its August 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, proposed resuming licensing of Urban Co-operative Ba...
RBI MPC August 2026: GDP Growth Measurement and Policy Communication
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), meeting August 3-5, 2026, kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and retained a ...
RBI MPC At a Glance: How the Committee Actually Decides Rates
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its August 2026 bi-monthly review, keeping the policy repo rate unchan...
RBI's Developmental Package: UCB Licensing, Rural Bank Risk Norms, and Lending Rate Reform
Alongside the August 2026 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resolution, the Reserve Bank of India issued its accompanying Statement on Develop...
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% in August 2026 Review
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), meeting from August 3 to 5, 2026, unanimously voted to keep the policy repo rat...
Rooftop Solar Scheme Crosses 50-Lakh Mark: Manufacturing Rules and India's Climate Pledges
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 50 lakh (5 million) rooftop solar household installations, with a cumulative 14.8 GW of rooftop...
NATO's Strategic Transformation and Its Implications for India
NATO's ongoing restructuring, driven by higher defence spending commitments and a growing focus on the Indo-Pacific, was assessed as opening...
Supreme Court Directs Nationwide SOPs to Curb Digital Arrest Scams
The Supreme Court, hearing a suo motu case on digital arrest scams, issued a set of nationwide directions to the Union government, State gov...
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Passed by Parliament
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote, having already cleared the Lok Sab...
ICAR Develops India's First Indigenous Vaccine for African Swine Fever
Scientists at the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (ICAR-NIHSAD), Bhopal, developed India's first indigenous live at...
Ganges Water Treaty Renewal Talks: India-Bangladesh Transboundary River Sharing
Bangladesh formally requested talks with India to discuss renewal of the Ganges Water Treaty, which is due to expire in December 2026 Bangla...
RBI's MPC Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25%, Holds Neutral Stance
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% at its December 2025 bi-mon...
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed by Parliament
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Rajya Sabha, after having been passed by the Lok Sabha on Jul...
India-US Interim Trade Agreement Talks Advance, Some Issues Still Pending
India and the United States continued negotiations toward an interim trade agreement, building on a joint framework statement issued earlier...
NPCIL Crosses 1,000 Billion Units of Nuclear Generation: India's Nuclear Roadmap to 2047
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) crossed a cumulative generation milestone of over 1,000 billion units (BU) of electri...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Easing Rules for Offshore Funds and Manufacturing
The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was circulated, proposing to relax conditions under which offshore funds managed from Ind...
Centre's Community Forest Resource Letter Raises Gram Sabha Authority Concerns
A joint letter dated 27 July 2026, issued by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate ...
Chabahar Port: India Continues Stakeholder Engagement After US Sanctions Waiver Lapse
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed Parliament that the government remains engaged with all concerned stakeholders regarding the...
PM Surya Ghar Scheme Crosses 50 Lakh Rooftop Solar Installations
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 50 lakh (5 million) rooftop solar installations, with July 2026 recording the highest-ever mont...
ICAR-Corteva Licensing Move Signals Next Wave of Gene-Edited Rice in India
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with a US-based agribusiness firm that ...
ICAR Develops India's First Fully Annotated T2T Genome of Pigeonpea Variety 'Asha'
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed a fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assembly of the pigeonpea (...
Drone Sighting in Kathua and Anti-Terror Search in Poonch: Border Security Framework
A drone crossing from across the border was sighted hovering over forward villages in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district, prompting sec...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tax Certainty for Foreign Investment and Manufacturing
The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha, proposing amendments to the Income-tax Act, 2025, the Fi...
PM Surya Ghar Crosses 5 Million Rooftop Solar Installations: How the Subsidy Model Scaled
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 5 million (50 lakh) rooftop solar installations nationally The pace of installation rose sharpl...
GST Collections Surge in July 2026: Tax Buoyancy and Administrative Reforms
Gross GST revenue for July 2026 rose 15.4% year-on-year to ₹2.11 lakh crore, the fastest pace of growth in 14 months. Net GST revenue (after...
Supreme Court Extends 10 km Mining Buffer Rule to All Wetland Conservation Reserves
The Supreme Court, in the continuing T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India proceedings, held that the 10 km mining restriction aroun...
Punjab Police Bust Two ISI-Backed Cross-Border Terror Modules in Amritsar
Amritsar Commissionerate Police busted two separate cross-border terror modules allegedly backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (...
India's Distributed Solar Crosses 31.5 GW: Scheme Success Meets Regulatory Friction
India's distributed (decentralized, small-scale) solar capacity reached 31.5 GW in FY26, up 17-fold from 1.8 GW in FY18 Rooftop solar capaci...
FAO's Peat-Emit Report: Closing the Data Gap in Peatland Emissions
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the Peat-Emit report, 'Supporting Developing Economies to Estimate and Report Greenhous...
Electricity's Slow Entry into India's Road Transport Energy Mix
Electricity's share of India's road transport energy rose 110-fold, from 0.3 petajoules in 2016-17 to about 33 petajoules in 2025-26, but st...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Easing Rules for Offshore Fund Managers in India
The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 4, 2026 The Bill relaxes conditions under Secti...
Electronics Manufacturing Tax Relief and India's Wider Industrial Policy Toolkit
The government tabled the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, combining relief for foreign institutional invest...
How a Tax Bill Becomes Law: Money Bill Procedure and the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
On Day 12 of Parliament's Monsoon Session, the Finance Minister introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sab...
Supreme Court Judge Strength Raised to 38: Article 124 and the Pendency Problem
Parliament increased the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 (33 puisne judges plus the Chief Justice of India, up fro...
Transgender Law Amendment Cannot Cancel Vested Rights, Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court, hearing petitions on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, observed that a prospective amen...
DGCA to Mandate Carbon Emissions Reporting for International Flights Ahead of CORSIA's 2027 Deadline
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is set to mandate that Indian and foreign carriers operating international flights report d...
FII/FPI Taxation Reform: Capital Gains, Withholding Tax and the Global Race for Fund Capital
The government introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing sweeping tax relief for foreign ins...
Adjournment Motion Seeks Discussion on a New Anti-Defection Law: Tenth Schedule Reform Debate
A notice for an adjournment motion was submitted in the Lok Sabha seeking to suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour, and other listed business for...
Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tax Incentives for Manufacturing and Foreign Capital
The government introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act...
US-Iran Talks Resume Amid Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Nuclear Diplomacy and Chokepoint Stakes
The United States announced a fresh round of talks with Iran, describing the negotiations as a decisive opportunity to reach an agreement co...
Census 2027 Phase 2 to Begin: First Caste Enumeration Since 1931
Phase 2 (Population Enumeration) of the 16th Census — Census 2027 — begins on August 17 in the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of the Unio...
Transgender ID Card Invalidation: Healthcare Continuity and Welfare Delivery Concerns Before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, hearing petitions on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, questioned the mechanism by whic...
Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh Becomes India's 101st Ramsar Site
Glaw Lake, a high-altitude wetland in Arunachal Pradesh, has been designated as India's 101st site under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. ...
UPI Merchant Charges and Extended Tax Breaks for Electronics Contract Manufacturing
A proposal under consideration would reintroduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for large m...
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Tightening Delayed Registration
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in and passed by the Lok Sabha, amending the Registration of Bir...
Critical Minerals and India's Strategic Autonomy
A recent analysis highlighted that critical mineral security has moved from being a sectoral policy concern to a central pillar of India's i...
Nauru Officially Renamed Republic of Naoero
The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, restoring the indigenous-language name used be...
Supreme Court Extends Cruelty Offence to Marriage-Like Live-In Relationships
The Supreme Court held that the criminal offence of cruelty, earlier confined to a legally married woman and her husband or his relatives, c...
MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Digital Registration and Payment Reform
Parliament passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, replacing the MSME Development Act, 2006 The B...
Supreme Court Judges Bill Cleared Without Debate: Parliamentary Procedure Behind the Passage
The Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from...
Tax Break for Foreign Equipment Suppliers to Contract Manufacturers Proposed to be Extended to 2041
A draft amendment proposes extending, from March 31, 2031 to March 31, 2041, a tax exemption for foreign companies that supply machinery and...
Simplified Tax Exemption Framework for Offshore Funds Managed from India
A draft Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes to relax the eligibility conditions offshore investment funds must meet to c...
India-Uzbekistan Trade: Doubling Target and the Bilateral Investment Treaty
India's Commerce and Industry Ministry called for doubling India-Uzbekistan bilateral trade — currently around $1.5 billion — within three y...
Rajya Sabha Passes MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to Curb Payment Delays
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which amends the Micro, Small and Medium ...
Census 2027: Snow-Bound Area Enumeration in Ladakh, J&K, Himachal and Uttarakhand from September 1
House-to-house population enumeration for Census 2027 will begin from 1 September 2026 in Ladakh and the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas o...
Ken-Betwa River Linking Project: Experts Flag Water Transfer and Ecological Concerns
Water resources experts have raised concerns that the Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe hydrological and ecological consequen...
Simplified Tax Exemption Framework for Offshore Funds Managed from India
A draft Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes to relax the eligibility conditions offshore investment funds must meet to c...
MSME Amendment Bill 2026 Passed: Mandating TReDS Routing and Faster Payment Recovery
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, aimed at improving cash flow, strengtheni...
India's Power Capacity Roadmap: 874 GW Target by 2031-32
India's installed power generation capacity is projected to reach 874 GW by 2031-32, up from a current installed base of about 549 GW (5,48,...
ONGC to Reserve Half of New Mangaluru Oil Storage for Strategic Reserves
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas informed Parliament that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will reserve half of its planned o...
Government Proposes to Ease Eligibility Conditions for Offshore Fund Tax Exemption
The government has circulated a Bill among Members of Parliament proposing to relax the eligibility conditions offshore funds must meet to b...
Tax Relief for Offshore Funds Managed by India-Based Fund Managers
The government has proposed easing tax rules for offshore investment funds that use India-based fund managers, by removing existing conditio...
India Invites Applications for Tariff-Rate Quotas on 30 Products Under India-Oman CEPA
The government has invited applications from importers to avail concessional tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on about 30 specified products under ...
MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed: Fast-Tracking Payment Dispute Resolution
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to fast-track resolution of d...
Cabinet Approves Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Scheme with Battery Storage
The Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY) on 31 July 2026, with a total outlay of Rs 5,070 crore The schem...
Unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Governance Structure and India's Territorial Position Explained
Protests centred on Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have continued for weeks, originating over local grievances such as electri...
Tax Exemption for Foreign Suppliers to Contract Electronics Manufacturers Proposed to be Extended to 2041
The government has proposed extending, until 31 March 2041, a tax exemption for foreign companies that supply capital goods, equipment, or t...
US-Iran Talks Resume: Nuclear Stockpile and Strait of Hormuz Remain Key Sticking Points
A new round of United States-Iran talks is scheduled, building on a 14-point memorandum of understanding signed in mid-2026 that set a 60-da...
New Taxation Amendment Bill Extends Electronics Incentives, Eases Foreign Investor Rules
The Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes extending tax incentives for electronics manufacturing to 2041. The Bill proposes ...
Supreme Court Strength Raised to 37 Judges: the Constitutional Mechanism Behind the Expansion
The Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges (exc...
RBI's Dollar-Mobilisation Drive Nears $100 Billion: Reserves Defence, Not Rupee Support
Banks have mobilised over $40 billion in the two months since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched special measures to attract foreign c...
India-Uzbekistan Trade Ties Deepen: FTA Exploration and Rare Earth Investment Push
India and Uzbekistan discussed exploring a free trade agreement (FTA) at an India-Uzbekistan Business Forum, with bilateral trade currently ...
Indian Statistical Institute Bill and Bankers' Books Evidence Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha
The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026, and the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monsoon Session...
CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed relief on interstate transmission charges for renewable energy (RE) projec...
Will a repo rate pause make RBI fall behind the curve?
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) convened for its scheduled three-day bi-monthly meeting, with the rate decision ...
Two-thirds of India’s 58 tiger reserves have either declining prey base or poor habitat or both; nine have zero or critically low tiger numbers, says government report
A government analysis, the National Tiger Conservation Authority's 'Roadmap for Active Management of Tigers in India' (based on the 2022 All...
Oil prices tumble as Trump cancels attack on Iran to reach nuclear deal
Crude oil prices fell after a planned military strike on Iran was called off in favour of continued nuclear negotiations, easing fears of a ...
India plans ₹45,000 crore rail upgrades along China, Pakistan and Bangladesh borders
India is planning an estimated ₹45,000 crore in railway infrastructure upgrades across states bordering China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, to ...
RBI MPC begins today as policymakers weigh inflation, crude risks
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) convened for its scheduled three-day bi-monthly meeting, with the rate decision ...
2 strategic satellites sit at spaceport as govt nod eludes Isro
Two ISRO satellites, NVS-03 and GISAT-1A, are reported to be ready at the launch site, but their missions are on hold pending formal...
Economist Poll Points to RBI Holding Rates on 5 August
A survey of economists ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) verdict on 5 August 2026 shows near-unanimous ex...