May 28, 2026
26 articles published on this date
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Releases ?10,021 Crore Mother Sanction to 12 States under PMAY-G
The Union Minister for Rural Development released a Mother Sanction of Rs 10,021.42 crore to 12 states under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), ...
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) completes 10 years
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 completed ten years since receiving presidential assent and being notified in the Gazette of India on 28 May 2...
Quantum-safe thinking: on the new DST Task Force report
India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) published the report 'Implementation of Quantum Safe Ecosystem in India' on 5 February 2026, produced by a...
Will increasing the strength of the SC solve the pendency problem?
The President promulgated the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026 on 16 May 2026, exercising powers under Article 123 of the Constitut...
India becomes world's largest rice producer
Rice production is estimated at a record 154.02 million tonnes (mt) in the 2025-26 crop year, up from 150.18 mt in 2024-25 — an increase of 3.84 mt. India ha...
UN to posthumously honour 2 Indian peacekeepers today; chief Guterres to also honour Major Abhilasha Barak
The United Nations posthumously conferred the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal on two Indian soldiers — Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh (MONUSCO, Democratic Republic of...
Adivasis demand halt to tiger safari push, evictions in south India forests
Indigenous communities from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu — whose ancestral homelands straddle forests shared across state boundaries — convened at Nagar...
India gets constitutional right to trauma care; SC orders nationwide overhaul of emergency response
The Supreme Court declared that the right to trauma care is an integral part of the right to life enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Th...
The UK-India Free Trade Agreement
India and the United Kingdom signed the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on July 24, 2025, following the conclusion of negotiations...
Making progress on normal ties after border peace: India, China
Following the 35th WMCC meeting in Beijing (May 27, 2026), both India and China acknowledged that progress in border areas has enabled a gradual move toward ...
Why SC’s verdict on retrospective GST levy on online gaming could be a death blow to the sector
The Supreme Court upheld the levy of 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online money gaming — including fantasy sports, card games, and casino-style platfor...
From June 1, solar projects must use only locally made cells: Why this raises concerns
From June 1, 2026, all solar projects under government schemes, open access, and net-metering installations in India must use solar modules manufactured with...
Global temperatures likely to remain near record high levels until 2030, says WMO report
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a near-term climate outlook on May 28, 2026, projecting that global temperatures will continue at or nea...
Chandrayaan-2 detects possible presence of subsurface ice near south pole of moon
Scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, used data from the Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR) aboard Chandrayaan-2 to s...
Global temperatures to reach near-record highs in next five years, report finds
Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026–2030 are predicted to range between 1.3°C and 1.9°C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial average, acco...
China sees Indian democracy as threat, ‘armed coexistence’ will define bilateral ties—Vijay Gokhale
A former Indian Foreign Secretary, speaking at a public forum in Mumbai, articulated a framework for understanding the future of India-China bilateral ties a...
India's energy investment to hit $170 billion in 2026 on solar, grid and refining push: International Energy Agency
India's total energy investment is projected to reach a record $170 billion in 2026, according to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Investment 2...
National Health Accounts figures indicate high burden of health care costs on people
The National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2022-23, released by the Union Health Ministry, reveal that out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) constitut...
IBC 10-year anniversary scorecard: Over Rs 4 lakh crore realised, big implications for credit markets, economic efficiency
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), enacted on May 28, 2016, completed ten years of operation in 2026, having facilitated recoveries of over Rs 4 lakh ...
Rare earth, gas supply, aircraft parts: What’s inside the new IIP calculus as India revises base year
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) report on the revision of the base year for t...
Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: SC
The Supreme Court declared that the right to trauma care for citizens is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitutio...
Why Israel’s Haifa Port has become critical to India’s trade and strategic ambitions
India's Adani Group has acquired Israel's Port of Haifa, transforming it into a key node in India's broader trade and strategic infrastructure network in the...
35th WMCC meeting: India, China discuss border management, trans-border rivers
The 35th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing on May 27, 2026. The Ind...
Ten years of recovery: How a bankruptcy legislation turned India's banks around
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 marks its tenth anniversary in May 2026, with analysts and the banking sector assessing its transformative imp...
From dirty dozen to IBC 2.0: how debt resolution changed in India
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), enacted on May 28, 2016, completed its first decade of operation in 2026, marking a significant milestone in India'...
How much ethanol can your car handle? You may get to choose soon at a fuel station
The government has directed public sector oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), and Hindustan Petrole...