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Maharashtra withdrew the provision requiring applicants to disclose the purpose for seeking information from its RTI Rules, 2026 on 19 June 2026, a week after those rules were...

Recently, multiple US state and federal actions have reshaped access to abortion and reproductive technologies while Indian courts continue to decide individual medical cases. Developments range from state-level...

Recently, multiple developments exposed the multi-dimensional nature of terrorist threats: Rajasthan ATS arrested Babita Dhakad (alias Khadija) for alleged Jaish-e‑Mohammed links; BRICS NSAs met in New Delhi under...

Recently, fresh hailstorms and heavy rainfall struck south Kashmir, damaging apple orchards, vegetable crops and farmlands in Anantnag, Tral (Aripal belt) and Kulgam. Orchardists report substantial fruit and...

India faces acute water governance stress. Recent assessments point to a fragmented management framework, highly subsidised pricing, rising industrial demand (notably from data centres), weak monsoon rains and...

Recently, the US Commerce Department used the 2018 Export Control Reform Act to require Anthropic to suspend global access to its frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5....

Recently India and Uzbekistan reaffirmed deeper trade and energy cooperation prioritising secure access to critical minerals for India’s expanding digital economy. Uzbekistan opened plans for a digital geological...

Recently the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing Karnataka’s proposed ₹9,000 crore Mekedatu balancing reservoir on the Cauvery. Tamil Nadu asked the Union government to deny...

Recent diplomatic and expert meetings have placed advanced AI at the centre of global security governance. G7 debates, interventions by industry leaders, and the UNIDIR #AISE26 conference have...

Recently, global moves have accelerated to harden, replenish and expand space-based surveillance. Major developments include classified NRO launches, US efforts for rapid reconstitution and missile-tracking constellations, Japan’s dual-use...