RBI Opens Special Dollar Window for Public Sector Companies Amid Rising Crude Oil Prices
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a special dollar window for the three public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) to meet their daily foreign exchange requirements as the…
GST Council Announces New GST Refund Rules and Tax Reforms
Simplified GST Registration and Refund Procedures The GST Council on Thursday in its 57th meeting, has approved the measures to make the registration and the refund procedures of GST more…
RBI Raises Repo Rate to 5.5 Percent as Inflation Risks Trigger Calibrated Tightening
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has held its recent meeting from October 5 to October 7, 2026 and has changed its policy stance from the neutral to the “calibrated tightening,”…
Francis Halzen Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube Neutrino Discovery
The Belgium-born physicist Francis Halzen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2026 for his decisive contributions to the IceCube, which is a neutrino observatory as…
Supreme Court Directs Delhi Police to Set Up 24-Hour Monitoring Cells to Curb Sexual Offences
The Supreme Court has directed the Delhi Police to establish the 24-hour monitoring cells and strengthen the preventive measures to curb the sexual offences, particularly in the vulnerable areas of…
India and Switzerland Strengthen Defence, Nuclear Energy and Economic Ties
India and Switzerland are set to deepen their bilateral relationship, with the cooperation expanding beyond the traditional economic engagement into the defence, the nuclear energy, the research, the migration and…
Indian Foreign Policy: Balancing Russia and the US.
India has stepped up its diplomatic engagement with both the Russia and the Ukraine as it seeks to contribute to the efforts that are aimed at ending the prolonged conflict…
Child Leprosy Cases Rise in India, Putting 2027 Goal at Risk
India is facing a significant public health challenge as the number of leprosy cases among the children continues to raise the concerns about the disease transmission, the early diagnosis and…
CSIR-CCMB Develops India-Specific Severity Scores to Improve Sickle Cell Anaemia Management
An India-specific scoring system, developed by the scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, aims to improve the diagnosis, the treatment…
India Tightens CAFE Norms From 2027 to Boost Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
The Indian government has notified the third phase of the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms for the passenger vehicles, thereby introducing the stricter targets for the fuel consumption, which…