May 05, 2026
60 articles published on this date
India’s energy security amid conflicts
The ongoing West Asia conflict — triggered by Operation Epic Fury on 28 February 2026 — has shut the Strait of Hormuz, exposing India's structural vulnerabil...
India’s military might forged in factories of our defence industries, Op Sindoor reflected power of indigenous weapons, says Raksha Rajya Mantri at North Tech Symposium 2026
At the North Tech Symposium 2026 in Prayagraj — a three-day event jointly organised by the Indian Army's Northern and Central Commands and the Society of Ind...
Cabinet okays plan to put Vande Mataram on a par with Jana Gana Mana
The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to extend its protections to Vande Mataram, India's nation...
Number of Supreme Court judges to rise from 34 to 38
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to increase the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 (including the Chief Justice of India), addin...
Nuclear fuel company Clean Core concludes thorium fuel irradiation, reports high ‘burnup’
Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE), a US-based nuclear fuel company, has successfully concluded the irradiation campaign of its patented ANEEL (Advanced Nuclea...
Cabinet clears two chip plants worth Rs 3,936 crore under ISM; one could be India’s first commercial display facility
The Union Cabinet approved two new semiconductor manufacturing units under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), bringing total approved projects to 12 with...
Govt nod to Rs 5,659 cr for five-year mission to increase cotton yield
The Union Cabinet approved ₹5,659.22 crore for the Mission for Cotton Productivity (2026-27 to 2030-31), a five-year targeted programme to reverse stagnation...
Building bridges: On India’s solar generation, battery storage
India's installed solar capacity crossed 150 GW as of March 2026, making it the third-largest solar power producer globally, after China and the United State...
Any casteist exclusion cannot be part of religion, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in observations made during a bench hearing, held that any religious practice that involves the exclusion of certain castes cannot be trea...
Sugarcane FRP hiked to Rs 365/quintal for 2026-27 season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane at Rs 365 per quintal for the 2026-27 crushing ...
How ‘bulldozer justice’ undermines the law
On November 13, 2024, a Supreme Court bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan delivered a landmark judgment in "In Re: Directions in the Matter of ...
CIC recommends DoPT include sub-caste data in UPSC results to broaden reach of affirmative action
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended that the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) include sub-caste details alongside the existin...
Consider Teesta water sharing deal under ‘current circumstances’: Bangladesh FM post BJP’s Bengal win
Following a change of government in West Bengal, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister publicly signalled that Dhaka cannot indefinitely await an India-Bangladesh Te...
Union Cabinet raises sugarcane FRP by ₹10 per quintal
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of ₹365 per quintal for sugarcane for the sugar season 2026-27 ...
US Seeks Support Via the UN to Break Iran’s Hormuz Chokehold
The United States and Gulf partners — including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar — drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution threaten...
MoD inks ₹1,476 crore deal with BEL for mobile electronic systems
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a ₹1,476 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad, for the supply of five Ground-Based Mobile Ele...
Cabinet clears amendment to make insult to Vande Mataram a punishable offence
The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to bring Vande Mataram (the national song) under the same ...
Rare earths, PCBs among 40 sub-sectors on FDI fast track
The government has updated the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) applications from entities with direct or in...
Moody's flags India as most resilient emerging market since 2020
Moody's Investors Service identified India as the most resilient large emerging market (EM) economy since 2020, evaluating performance across four major glob...
Nepal to procure 80,000 tonnes of fertiliser from India as Iran disrupts global supply chains
Nepal's government granted in-principle approval to procure 80,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser from India on a government-to-government (G2G) basis, compri...
NIA chargesheets doctor, 2 others in ISIS-linked bioterror plot to carry out mass poisoning
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet before a special NIA court in Ahmedabad against three accused — a Hyderabad-based medical doctor ...
Inflation target can be cut if growth, stable prices persist: RBI deputy governor
India's inflation targeting framework was renewed in March 2026 for the period April 2026 to March 2031, retaining the 4% Consumer Price Index (CPI) target w...
Centre ‘not insulated’ from how states react to Strait of Hormuz crisis: Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran cautioned that the Central government is "not insulated" from how individual states respond to the Strait o...
Amid West Asia war, Cabinet approves Rs 2.55 lakh crore credit guarantee scheme
The Union Cabinet approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 on 5 May 2026, with a government guarantee outlay of ₹18,100 crore, project...
Cabinet clears Bill to increase strength of SC judges to 38 from 34
The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to introduce The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which will raise the total sanctioned strength o...
Explained: How a new Central government SOP aims to accelerate FDI for priority sectors
DPIIT issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on 4 May 2026 to streamline and time-bound the processing of FDI proposals that require government...
Pixxel to launch India’s first orbital data centre satellite this year
Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel has announced a strategic partnership with Indian AI company Sarvam to develop and launch India's first orbital data cen...
Govt issues updated SOPs on FDI proposals fixing 12-week timeline, paperless process
DPIIT has released an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the processing of all FDI proposals that require prior government approval. The he...
61% chance of El Nino emerging before July, says US’ Climate Prediction Center
The US Climate Prediction Center (CPC), operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), forecast a 61% probability of El Niño conditi...
Cabinet approves guarantee for ₹2.55 lakh cr credit to MSME, non-MSME, airlines
The Union Cabinet approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 — the fifth edition of the scheme — targeted at businesses facing liquidity...
Centre notifies South Coast Railway Zone with Visakhapatnam as HQ
The Centre issued a gazette notification establishing the South Coast Railway (SCoR) Zone as India's 18th railway zone, with headquarters at Visakhapatnam, A...
India-Myanmar bolster maritime partnership, discuss expanding defence collaboration during visit of Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, conducted a four-day official visit to Myanmar beginning May 2, 2026 — the first visit by an Indian Navy...
Govt. approves fifth edition of credit guarantee scheme, extends cover to airlines
The Union Cabinet approved the fifth edition of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS 5.0) on 5 May 2026, with a government guarantee outlay of ₹...
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump urges Iran to 'do the smart thing'
The Iran-Israel conflict, which escalated dramatically through the "Twelve-Day War" in June 2025 (involving US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites), has cont...
South Korea to probe ship fire in Strait of Hormuz, Trump blames Iranian attack
A fire broke out on HMM Namu, a Panama-flagged cargo vessel operated by South Korean shipping company HMM, while anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 4–5,...
‘Unacceptable,’ says India after Iran attacks injure 3 Indians in UAE, calls for Hormuz access
Iranian drones struck Fujairah in the UAE, injuring three Indian nationals described as "moderately injured"; approximately 19 missiles and drones were launc...
Cabinet approves four more judges for Supreme Court
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce legislation in Parliament to increase the Supreme Court's sanctioned judge strength from 34 to 38 — an add...
Indian Cabinet approves ₹5,659 crore for 5-year tenure Cotton Productivity Mission
The Union Cabinet approved the Mission for Cotton Productivity with a total outlay of ₹5,659.22 crore for five years (2026-27 to 2030-31), targeting self-suf...
Piyush Goyal discusses boosting India-Japan economic ties, MSME partnerships with Japanese delegation
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry met a Japanese parliamentary delegation led by Takayuki Kobayashi, Member of the House of Representatives and Cha...
Cabinet approves ₹10/quintal hike in sugarcane price for 2026-27 season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a ₹10 per quintal increase in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the Sugar Seas...
USA’s National Reconnaissance Office awards contract to Bengaluru space startup Pixxel to provide hyperspectral imagery
The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded a contract to Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel as part of new commercial satellite data awards an...
Government specifies 12-week limit to process FDI applications under new rules
DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) has issued an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing foreign direct invest...
First Russian oil arrives in Japan since Iran war: media
Japan received its first shipment of Russian crude oil since the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed following the outbreak of hostilities on February 28...
India most resilient emerging market economy; better placed to manage future shocks: Moody’s
Moody's Ratings has assessed India as the most resilient large emerging market economy since 2020, citing its ability to absorb successive global shocks with...
White House weighs vetting AI models before public release, says NYT
The White House is actively discussing an executive order that would establish a working group composed of technology executives and senior government offici...
Govt clears ₹50,000-crore package to boost credit flow and support businesses
The Union Cabinet approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0, providing a credit guarantee outlay of ₹18,100 crore designed to unlock an...
Centre approves procurement of 9023 tonnes of sunflower in Karnataka
The Union Government approved the procurement of 9,023 metric tonnes of sunflower under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Rabi 2026 season in Karnataka....
Prioritise energy security for keeping growth momentum going: RBI MPC member
Nagesh Kumar, an external member of the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and director of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Devel...
India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chief
The Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr. Rajiv Bahl, has called for India to develop an indigenous model for the diagnosis,...
Centre okays sunflower seed procurement in Karnataka, extends purchase window for gram in Maharashtra
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare approved the procurement of sunflower seed under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) in Karnataka for the R...
‘Will boost speedy justice’: Amit Shah on bill to increase SC strength
Following the Union Cabinet's clearance of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, the government articulated three policy rationales for ...
PM's economic advisory panel flags demand surge for caregivers, seeks policy overhaul for sector
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has flagged a major demand surge for professional caregivers in India, projecting the requiremen...
DPIIT issues updated SOP for processing FDI applications
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) dated 4 May 2026 for processing Forei...
India’s war chest has better ammo than its peers. Moody’s approves
A Moody's Ratings analysis concluded that India's policy buffers — monetary, fiscal, and external — are better stocked than those of comparable emerging mark...
India could consider tweaking inflation target if growth stays robust, global shocks persist: RBI DG
The Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta has stated that the current inflation target of 4% — with a tolerance band of 2%–6% — remains approp...
Government specifies 40 sub-sectors for faster clearance of FDI proposals from land-bordering nations
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to India's FDI framework governing investments from countries sharing a land border — including China, Pakistan, Bangla...
Centre strengthens Supreme Court: Number of judges to be increased from 33 to 37
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament, seeking to raise the number of Su...
Why LNG supply disruption due to West Asia war has pushed India to consider raising storage capacity
The West Asia conflict, specifically the Iranian attack on Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facility in early March 2026, forced QatarEnergy to declare force majeure o...
Trump launches ‘Project Freedom’ to open Strait of Hormuz, Iran strikes ships, UAE port
The United States launched "Project Freedom," a military-escorted convoy operation deploying guided-missile destroyers, over 100 aircraft, unmanned platforms...
India’s fertilizer subsidy reaches ₹2.17 trillion in FY26 due to West Asia war, may rise by a fifth in FY27
India's fertilizer subsidy for FY26 reached approximately ₹2.17 trillion, already exceeding the revised budgetary estimate before the West Asia conflict full...