03-Jan-2026
The Satipo Municipality in Peru has adopted the Declaration of Rights for Native Stingless Bees (Tribe Meliponini) through a municipal ordinance, granting legal rights to Amazonian stingless bees. This marks the world’s first legal recognition of insect rights, reinforcing biocultural conservation and rights-of-nature–based governance.
03-Jan-2026
The year 2025 marked a landmark phase for Indian Railways, as rail connectivity finally reached the Kashmir Valley and Aizawl (Mizoram), integrating India’s last major unconnected regions into the national rail network. Alongside historic infrastructure expansion, the Railways also grappled with safety challenges, crowd management issues, freight constraints, and financial stress, highlighting the dual narrative of achievement and challenge.
03-Jan-2026
A powerful bomb cyclone recently swept across the northern United States, triggering severe winter weather across the Midwest and the East Coast. The storm led to intense snowfall, blizzards, strong winds, and widespread disruption, once again drawing attention to extreme mid-latitude weather systems.
02-Jan-2026
India has notified a new taxation regime for tobacco and related sin goods, effective 1 February, following legislative changes approved by Parliament. The reform restructures GST slabs, excise duties, and cess mechanisms for tobacco products, marking a significant shift in India’s approach to public health-oriented taxation.
02-Jan-2026
India's decision to stay out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2019 appeared risky to many experts at the time. However, six years later, India has effectively reaped most of the economic benefits associated with RCEP without formally becoming a member.
02-Jan-2026
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 came into force on 20 July 2020, replacing the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The new law aims to empower consumers, strengthen grievance redressal mechanisms, and address emerging challenges such as e-commerce, misleading advertisements, and product liability, making consumer justice faster and more effective.
02-Jan-2026
In December 2025, the Supreme Court of India kept its earlier November 2025 judgment on the definition of the Aravalli Hills in abeyance, citing serious environmental and regulatory concerns. The Court proposed a re-examination of the issue through a high-powered expert committee and imposed restrictions on mining and irreversible administrative actions in the Aravalli region until further review.
02-Jan-2026
The Government of India has highlighted the scale and impact of the IndiaAI Mission, backed by an investment of over ₹10,300 crore and deployment of 38,000 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), positioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a key driver of inclusive growth, innovation, and digital governance.
02-Jan-2026
In 2025, the Government of India undertook a wide-ranging set of economic reforms aimed at simplifying governance, reducing compliance burden, and strengthening inclusive growth. These reforms span income tax restructuring, labour codes, GST 2.0, rural employment guarantees, MSME support, export promotion, and ease of doing business measures—marking a decisive shift towards outcome-driven and citizen-centric economic governance.
31-Dec-2025
The Reserve Bank of India's latest 'Trends and Progress of Banking in India, 2024–25' report confirms that the country's banking system has become more resilient and confident than ever before, driven by minimal non-performing assets (NPAs), strengthening capital, and widespread digital and financial inclusion.
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