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At the India Energy Week held in January 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India’s ambition to become not merely energy-secure but energy-independent, identifying clean energy investment opportunities worth $500 billion. Within this vast landscape of India’s energy transition, a relatively less-publicised but extraordinarily significant development has been quietly unfolding: India’s green ammonia auction conducted…

On February 23, 2026, the Allahabad High Court delivered a significant ruling granting police protection to twelve interfaith live-in couples and directed that private respondents and state authorities refrain from interfering with their lives, liberty, and privacy. The ruling arose from a batch of twelve writ petitions, comprising seven cases where Muslim women were living…

The Union Home Ministry on February 23, 2026, released India’s first-ever comprehensive anti-terrorism policy titled PRAHAAR — the National Counter Terrorism Policy and Strategy. This landmark development marks a decisive institutional shift in how India conceptualises, coordinates, and responds to the multifaceted terror threats it faces domestically and from across its borders. The policy, which…

On January 12, 2026, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) took a decision that has sent reverberations through the global nuclear safety community: it formally eliminated the ALARA (As Low as Reasonably Achievable) principle from its directives and regulations. This decision, made in the context of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at accelerating…

In a world where strategic competition is increasingly fought over semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, critical minerals, and data, India has made a decisive move by joining the Pax Silica alliance — a US-led coalition focused on building trusted, democratic infrastructure for AI and critical technologies. The decision, which has been likened by analysts to India’s…

By early 2026, India has quietly engineered one of the most consequential structural transformations in its economic history. What were once dismissively called “captive centres” — offshore extensions of multinational corporations’ back-office functions — have evolved into Global Capability Centres (GCCs) that define the technological and strategic future of some of the world’s largest companies….

The surrender of Tippiri Tirupati, alias Devji, along with senior Maoist leader Malla Raji Reddy and several cadres in Asifabad district of Telangana on February 22, 2026 marks a watershed moment in India’s decades-long battle against Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). Devji, aged 62, is reported to have become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of…

When Parliament passed the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act in September 2023 — commonly called the Women’s Reservation Act — it was celebrated across party lines as a historic achievement. The legislation mandated reservation of one-third of all seats in the Lok Sabha, State Assemblies, and the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital…

In a landmark ruling that has sent reverberations across the global trading order, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by a margin of 6-3. The ruling, which saw Chief Justice John Roberts and two conservative justices appointed by Trump…

Meta Title: Gen Z Democratic Engagement India 2026 — Political Mobilisation, Youth Protests UPSC Current Affairs Meta Description: Comprehensive UPSC and SSC analysis of Gen Z’s role in democratic engagement, political mobilisation, episodic protests, digital activism, and implications for Indian governance and democracy. Current affairs analysis from The Hindu February 2026. Focus Keyword: Gen Z…