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India rejected the May 2026 award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the maximum pondage allowed at Indian hydro projects under the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960. The dispute involves the Kishenganga (330 MW) and...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to recognise Tamil as the principal language of the Madras High Court. Article 348(2) permits a State's official language in High Cour...
The Centre has deferred Census operations in Manipur. Meiteis, Pangals (Meitei Muslims) and Nagas demanded that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be updated first with 1951 as the base year, and petitions in the Ma...
India has put in place its first uniform national standards for mortuaries and post-mortem facilities. They were issued under the Clinical Establishments Act through the National Council for Clinical Establishments, whic...
The Department of Consumer Affairs has notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026. Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30) becomes the compulsory time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and offi...
Tamil Nadu will create the Tamil Nadu Mineral Resources Development Corporation Limited, a new Public Sector Undertaking under the Companies Act, 2013, to handle mining, extraction, quality upgrading, import, value addit...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution seeking exemption from the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for teachers appointed before August 23, 2010, the date from which the National Council for T...
Forty-four social and environmental groups, along with retired forest officers and scientists, have asked the Himachal Pradesh government to prohibit glyphosate-based herbicides on forest land. The chemical is reportedly...
The 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) began in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Countries are negotiating a global drought framework after COP16 in Riyadh ended w...
NITI Aayog released a report on India's regulatory framework for professional services, covering legal, accounting, architectural, engineering and healthcare services. It points to fragmented regulation and restrictions...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers–Disclosure Scheme (FAST-DS) Rules, 2026, which came into force on 16 August 2026. FAST-DS is a one-time voluntary disclosure scheme...
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court declared Tamil Nadu's Tamirabharani (Porunai) River a deity, conferring on it the status of a legal person to shield it from pollution. The order came in July 2026 in the Sivanu...
