Category: New Delhi
India’s Big Push for Infrastructure Financing: SEBI Unveils Reforms for REITs & InvITs to Power the ₹700 Trillion Vision
The securities regulator proposes sweeping changes to allow REITs and InvITs broader investment channels — aiming to unlock long-term capital for India’s infrastructure ambition, though [more…]
India Refreshes Its Climate Diplomacy at COP30: Calls for Adaptation Finance, Revises NDC, and Faces Performance Slip
As COP30 convenes in Brazil, India signals ambition in its revised climate target for 2035, urges global adaptation funding, while analyses point to a drop [more…]
India Accelerates Digital Regulation: New Data-Protection Rules, AI Oversight and a Major Tech Policy Shift
The government moves to shorten compliance deadlines for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, introduces broad AI governance guidelines and signals a full revamp [more…]
Income Tax Department Launches Mega Nationwide Raids: Over ₹2,800 Crore in Undisclosed Assets Found Across Real Estate, Pharma, and Education Groups
A sweeping crackdown across 12 states exposes shell companies, benami assets, hawala transactions, and suspicious political funding channels; officials call it one of the largest [more…]
India Launches Massive Multi-State Crackdown on Terror Funding, Hawala Networks, and Narcotics Syndicates
NIA, ED, and state police forces conduct one of the largest synchronized operations of the year; dozens detained, key digital and financial evidence seized. Dateline: [more…]
Delhi–NCR Faces Severe Air Quality Emergency as AQI Hits Hazardous Levels Across the Region
Stagnant winds, winter inversion, vehicular emissions, and late-season stubble burning push pollution to crisis levels; hospitals report spike in respiratory cases. Dateline: New Delhi | [more…]
Global Health Reset: India Joins New WHO Treaty Negotiations as Pandemic Declaration Looms and Monkeypox Resurgence Raises Alarms
At the heart of global health diplomacy this week, India affirmed its role in the new WHO pandemic treaty talks, even as a fresh wave [more…]
Supreme Court Issues Landmark Directions to Reshape India’s Electoral System: Transparency, Accountability and Model Code Powers Strengthened
In one of the most consequential rulings of the decade, the Supreme Court orders sweeping reforms to the Election Commission’s powers, political funding disclosures, misuse-of-office [more…]
India Records a Defence Manufacturing Breakthrough: ₹1.54 Lakh Crore Production, New Procurement Manual and Export Surge Under “Atmanirbharta” Drive
The Ministry of Defence reports record indigenous production numbers, rolls out the Defence Procurement Manual 2025 and highlights a surge in defence exports, indicating a [more…]
India Bolsters Electronics Manufacturing: ₹22,919 Crore ECMS Scheme and EV Momentum Aim to Build Global Supply-Chain Leadership
With new approvals for component-manufacturing projects and strong growth in the EV sector, India is accelerating its strategy to become a hub for electronics and [more…]