April 25, 2026
47 articles published on this date
Shipping crisis exposes gaps in India’s maritime strategy
The ongoing conflict in West Asia triggered a severe shipping crisis in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, bringing into sharp focus long-standing st...
Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) 2.0 App launched to strengthen monitoring and institutional coordination under National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the upgraded Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) 2.0 App on April 24, 2026, in Chandigarh during the op...
Why typhoid is becoming harder to treat in India
Doctors and public health researchers have raised alarm over typhoid becoming progressively harder to treat in India, driven by the misuse of antibiotics, po...
NITI Aayog releases report on “Moving Towards Effective City Government – A Framework for Million-Plus Cities”
NITI Aayog released the report "Moving Towards Effective City Government – A Framework for Million-plus Cities" on 25 April 2026 at India Habitat Centre, New...
Prime Minister extends best wishes on reconstitution of NITI Aayog
The Union government reconstituted the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) with a near-complete change of full-time members; former Chie...
DRDO unveils Advanced Armoured Platforms (Tracked & Wheeled)
The Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), a DRDO laboratory located in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, unveiled two prototype variants of the Advan...
DPIIT Issues Operational Guidelines for ?10,000 Crore Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 to Streamline Capital Deployment
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has issued operational guidelines for the S...
Updates on Key Sectors in View of Developments in West Asia
In response to the evolving situation in West Asia, the Government of India activated a coordinated inter-ministerial response spanning the energy, maritime,...
DRDO unveils advanced armoured vehicles for combat support and deployment in Ladakh, deserts, riverine areas
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) rolled out the first two prototypes of the Vikram VT-21 Advanced Armoured Platform (AAP) on April 25...
Clashes across Manipur’s valley as protests against killing of 2 Meitei children spiral
On April 7, 2026, a mortar/explosive attack on a house in Tronglaobi Awang Leikai village, Bishnupur district, Manipur, killed two children — a five-year-old...
The anti-defection law — political facts, legal fiction
The Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, which governs anti-defection, has come under renewed scrutiny following a series of high-profile political rea...
Will AAP MPs face disqualification after joining BJP?
Seven of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) ten Rajya Sabha members announced their decision to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party on 24 April 2026. The departin...
What rules govern international waters?
The geopolitical and legal status of the Strait of Hormuz has come under scrutiny following tensions between Iran and the United States over freedom of navig...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman pushes unified KYC framework, asks Sebi to lead
The Finance Ministry called for a single, unified Know Your Customer (KYC) framework across India's entire financial sector, asking SEBI to take the lead in ...
CM Revanth flags off India's first pvt orbital rocket Vikram-1 at Skyroot Aerospace
Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital launch vehicle, was formally flagged off from Skyroot Aerospace's Max-Q campus in Hyderabad, Telangana, for t...
AIIMS Delhi director, DST Secretary appointed members of NITI Aayog
The Government reconstituted NITI Aayog in April 2026, appointing Ashok Kumar Lahiri as Vice-Chairman, replacing Suman Bery. Dr. M. Srinivas, Director of AII...
Skyroot flags-off Vikram-1, India’s first private orbital launch soon
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket was formally flagged off from its manufacturing facility (Max-Q campus) in Hyderabad on April 25, 2026, and dispatched to...
After RBI action, when will Paytm Payments Bank customers get their money back?
The Reserve Bank of India cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank Limited effective April 24, 2026, citing that the bank's operations were condu...
Ashok Lahiri is new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, 4 new members also appointed
The central government reconstituted the NITI Aayog, appointing veteran economist Ashok Kumar Lahiri as Vice Chairperson, replacing Suman Bery. Four new full...
Meant to protect free speech from anti-defection law, ‘merger’ is now a defence for joining a rival party
A recent constitutional controversy has brought fresh scrutiny to Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule — the "merger" exception to the anti-defection law — as l...
AAP to seek disqualification of MPs who defected to BJP
Seven of the Aam Aadmi Party's ten Rajya Sabha MPs — including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney, a...
Ashok Kumar Lahiri appointed as Niti Aayog Vice-Chairperson
Ashok Kumar Lahiri, a former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Government of India, has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog, replacing Sum...
44 million unknown variants: What India's Genome Project found, and why it matters
The Genome India Project (GIP), coordinated by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has completed the whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 Indians...
U.S. sanctions waiver on Chabahar port ends on April 26, could signal end of 23-year-old connectivity project
The US Treasury Department's sanctions waiver covering India's operations at Iran's Chabahar port expired on April 26, 2026, raising serious questions about ...
RBI’s action on Paytm Payments Bank Limited has no financial impact and strong momentum, says company
The RBI's cancellation of Paytm Payments Bank Limited's (PPBL) licence carries limited direct financial impact on its parent company (One97 Communications), ...
Bill for three-year pause on H-1B visas introduced in U.S. Congress
The "End H-1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026" was introduced in the US House of Representatives, proposing a three-year suspension of new H-1B visa petitions while t...
RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence citing rule violations
The Reserve Bank of India formally cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank Limited on April 24, 2026, under Section 22(4) of the Banking Regulat...
Single successful cyberattack could disrupt markets at national scale, shake public confidence: FM
At SEBI's 38th Foundation Day (April 25, 2026), the Union Finance Minister warned that a single successful cyberattack on a major stock exchange, depository,...
Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row
A former Chief of Army Staff, in a recent interview, advocated for reviving a late-1950s Chinese proposal suggesting India accept China's administrative cont...
DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability
DRDO's Chairman unveiled two variants — tracked and wheeled — of advanced amphibious battle platforms at the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (...
Government issued detailed guidelines to operationalise 2nd tranche of fund of funds scheme for startups
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued detailed operational guidelines to operationalise the second tranche of the Startu...
WHO approves first malaria treatment for infants
The World Health Organization granted prequalification status to Coartem Baby (artemether-lumefantrine), the first antimalarial formulation specifically desi...
China acquired capacity to build 50 nuclear power reactors simultaneously: Official report
A blue book released by the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) in April 2026 confirmed that China's total installed nuclear power capacity has reached 1...
FPOs struggling, policy paper recommends government aid
A policy paper by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has documented systemic challenges faced by Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) acros...
India’s drug approval system set for big digital overhaul to weed out multiple portals, glitches, delays
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) issued a Request for Proposal on April 13, 2026, to select a software provider for building a unified...
India's financial system and external sector remain resilient despite global volatility and capital outflows: RBI Bulletin
The Reserve Bank of India's April 2026 Bulletin assessed that India's financial system and external sector remain resilient despite heightened global uncerta...
Climate-resilient farming in the age of extremes
As extreme weather events — droughts, unseasonal rains, heatwaves, and floods — grow more frequent and unpredictable, Indian agriculture faces an existential...
Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter
With the Strait of Hormuz blockade entering its 50th day (as of the article's context), global attention has turned to the adequacy of countries' strategic p...
A tangled tale of Tangail: How sarees wove a diplomatic knot between India and Bangladesh
A saree exhibition at Bangladesh's High Commission in New Delhi sparked diplomatic tension when India allegedly declined permission to use the Travancore Hou...
Finance Minister advocates ‘anticipatory’ regulation in capital markets
At SEBI's 38th Foundation Day event held in Mumbai on April 25, 2026, the Union Finance Minister delivered the keynote address calling for a fundamental shif...
Census 2027: States asked to identify vulnerable areas, keep biased enumerators out
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India directed district magistrates and municipal commissioners to conduct a revenue village-wise exercise t...
Separation between economics & strategy that was taken for granted has collapsed in 21stCentury
A CUTS International webinar under its "Global Strategies in the Age of Geoeconomics" (G-SAGE) series highlighted how global economics and geopolitics have b...
Merger of AAP MPs with BJP before party's merger 'unconstitutional': Kapil Sibal
Seven Rajya Sabha members of the Aam Aadmi Party, led by Raghav Chadha, announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party on April 24, 2026, claiming th...
'New chapter in India-New Zealand economic ties': Piyush Goyal as FTA nears signing
India and New Zealand signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 27, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, following a meeting of the India-New Zealand Busin...
'Gaddar': AAP Youth Wing defaces residences of Rajya Sabha MPs in Punjab for moving to BJP
Following the announcement by seven Rajya Sabha members that they were leaving their original party and merging with another, the original party formally sub...
‘Spillage to open reactor’ phase kicks off at Kudankulam nuclear plant’s unit 3
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) Unit 3 has commenced the "spillage to open reactor" phase — a critical pre-commissioning activity. The phase involves ...
U.S. won't renew Iranian, Russian oil waivers: Bessent
The US Treasury Secretary announced that the United States does not plan to renew a waiver that had allowed certain purchases of Russian petroleum products c...