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1:30 PM, Sunday At approximately 1:30 PM on Sunday, September 7, 2026 , a five-storey building in Satya Niketan — a congested residential neighbourhood adjacent to Delhi…
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The Test India Set for Itself At the 12th Inter-Parliamentary Union Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Samarkand, Uzbekistan — held September 4–6 — BJP MP Raghav…
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Who gets to sit in judgment, and how soon, just changed. The Supreme Court has softened its own rule barring fresh law graduates from judicial service exams — trading a three-year…
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For decades, building India's missiles was the work of the state. This week, the Defence Ministry decided to share that work with the private sector — and the list of systems on…
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Justice delayed is often justice made distant. Ladakh's new bench is about geography as much as law. On August 20, 2026 , the Union Cabinet approved a permanent bench of the High…
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India's space agency wants to build the frontier, not the factory. At Business Today's India@100 Economy Summit on August 21, 2026 , IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Kumar Goenka delivered…
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The story of urban water in India is usually about scarcity. This one is about the pipes — and how much water a city loses before it ever reaches a tap. On August 21, 2026 , the…
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A single word in labour law decides who gets the law's protection. The court has just made that word mean less. On August 20, 2026 , the Supreme Court, by a majority of 6 to 3 ,…
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The world's largest biometric ID system has a quiet structural flaw: children grow. Fixing it, one child at a time, is now a national exercise. The Unique Identification Authority…
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The trees were counted. The forest was not there. India's national auditor has delivered one of the bluntest verdicts yet on a flagship green programme. In a performance audit…
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Four More Judges. One Overwhelmed Court. The Supreme Court of India will now sit with 38 judges instead of 34. President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Supreme Court…
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The West Bengal government's decision to revoke the Banga Bibhushan from BJP MP Ananta Maharaj marks a rare institutional correction in state honours. By annulling the award…
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