15th September
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Southeast Asia
[MENTION] Indian Naval Ship Kulish arrives at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
Chandrayaan-1 may have just detected oldest impact basin on Moon: Researchers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
Let AI safety catch up
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
In MP, probe into how farmers’ identities were used to sell cheap moong to govt at a profit
Monsoon Updates
Pressure on food prices: El Nino effect, geopolitical tensions / Dip in fertiliser sales warning signal
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Ahead of election, Punjab talks drugs again; its children are still paying the price
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
How India should view China’s ‘open’ AI pitch
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Southeast Asia
India, Vietnam agree to deepen defence ties, co-produce military equipment
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Xi, Modi agreed both nations should be partners: Wang Yi
Food Safety Standards – FSSAI, food fortification, etc.
Experts back warnings for high level of each nutrient — not just fats, sugar, or salt content
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Our healthcare boom hides a public-system deficit
Judicial Reforms
Public trust & public approval not same; trust demands fairness: CJI
Aadhaar Card Issues
Government trusts Aadhaar on welfare. It needs to rely on it to make voter lists
Uniform Civil Code: Triple Talaq debate, Polygamy issue, etc.
BJP’s states route to UCC, over one central law
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
Heat, weak monsoon continue to push up power demand
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Subhash Chandra case: IBBI to tighten guarantor resolution
Digital India Initiatives
Govt: No bank charge on UPI payment up to Rs 2,000
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Key inflation numbers rise in August, all eyes on RBI’s interest rate decision next month
Direct Benefits Transfers
From Bengal to Boston, politicians love a ‘revdi’
14th September
Terrorism and Challenges Related To It
Terror’s changing face, India’s counter-terror strategy
CAZRI moth bean varieties show resilience in an El Niño year [MENTION]
Dryland Congress 2026 concludes with the Delhi Declaration on Drylands
India to host the World Circular Economy Forum 2026 [MENTION]
BRICS backs an Expert Group on Traditional Medicine [Examples]
18th BRICS Summit concludes in New Delhi with the New Delhi Declaration
Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Domestic PNG Connections
The choice is between AI applications and AI frontiers
There is no such thing as a ‘UN map with borders’: UN Secretary-General
El Nino to peak during Oct-Dec this year, says US climate agency
Kottayam residents mobilise against Centre’s ESA proposal
Members call for cooperation over pathogen research, access
Pakistan’s westward turn – strategic depth or overstretch
India & China are at a Nash equilibrium. Will it hold – that’s the question
Defence to space, trade to tech: India, Philippines to deepen ties
At BRICS, India must bank on the NDB
‘Distorted power relations in the world make Security Council non-operational’
PM Modi flags weaponisation of technology and critical minerals
The rebuilding of the city must begin, after Satya Niketan
The evidence gap in dole politics
SIR: Glaring oddities in Maharashtra’s deletion patterns
Uniform Civil Code in all 21 NDA states before 2029: Shah
Limits to supply, rising demand: Behind Keralam’s electricity crisis
A blueprint to create productive jobs, a lesson from Tiruppur
MoSPI Secy: Nominal GDP revised down as informal sector data has improved
India gets 1.64 mt EU steel quota, imports of EU cars may rise 6-fold
