Won't allow our territory to be used against India's interests: Myanmar

MYANMAR PRESIDENTU Min Aung Hlaing assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday that Myanmar's territory "would not be per-mitted to be used against India's security interests".

India seeks edge over Asian peers in US talks:

AS NEGOTIATORS from India and the US begin what seems like the final round of talks be-fore formally signing a bilateral trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Ministry officials Monday said New Delhi is seeking an edge over Asian competitors under the new set of Section 301 tariffs Washington is expected to announce before July-end.

Telangana bans salary in cash, brings gig workers under minimum wage net:

A BAN on cash wage payments, mandatory electronic transfer and bringing gig workers under the country's minimum wages law that's what the Telangana government has done through a government order that was issued recently.

This comes months after the Telangana Assembly passed The Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2026. The GO serves as the mechanism to execute that law by bringing eCommerce, courier, and platform workers under the official minimum wage net and tightening wage payment compliance.

Missing from NFHS: Key indicators linked to sex ratio, cancer screening:

SEVERAL DATA points from the fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS) have been omitted from the NFHS-6 fact-sheet released on May 29, despite questions corresponding to these having been asked during the survey conducted between 2023 and 2024.

The omitted data points include several population-level statistics, indicators related to women's and children's health, family planning, and data on central government schemes such as the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (sanitation) and the Ujjwala Yojana (cooking fuel).

RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

Do not index legal records online using names, rules Delhi High Court:

EMPHASISING THAT a person being "involuntarily and perpetually" marked in the digital domain violates the right to in-formational privacy, the Delhi High Court has issued guide-lines to search engine operators, such as Google, and legal data-base platforms to de-index name-based search functionality with respect to judgments, orders or news articles.

India, Australia agree to advance maritime awareness activities:

DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath Singh and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles have agreed to advance collaborative maritime domain aware-ness activities using maritime patrol aircraft and to explore opportunities to enhance undersea domain awareness. The two leaders on Monday co-chaired the second edition of the India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue in New Delhi.

'Cheap' global money flow into India drying up:

Government bonds are considered to be the safest or close to "risk-free" assets, as their payments are backed by the sovereign's power to tax or even print money.

Their yields, in turn, serve as a benchmark for setting interest rates across other fixed-income securities.

Codeine crisis: In dry Bihar, why cough syrup addiction is rising-

AS MANY as 7,500 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup were seized in Patna last week by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). As Bihar approaches a decade of alcohol prohibition, codeine cough syrups have surged as a cheap substitute, with seizures and addiction cases rising, especially among youngsters and in rural areas. Codeine is a naturally occurring opioid derived from morphine, a compound found in the opium poppy. Used primarily as a cough suppressant, it is found in various medicines, particularly cough syrups, where it works by suppressing the brain's cough centre. It is commonly prescribed for upper respiratory infections or chronic conditions like bronchitis, which cause persistent dry coughs. It is not the first-line treatment for common cold.

Gir lion deaths not alarming but flag need for multiple populations:

Babesia (the parasite) is endemic and prevalent in low levels in livestock, wild ungulates (refers to large mammals with hooves), and even in lions, without causing mortality and without causing symptoms in most cases. Babesiosis is a tick-borne parasitic infection that lions and other wildlife can get from the bite of ticks infected with the Babesia parasite.

The overlooked conflict: Civil war and humanitarian disaster in South Sudan:-

AMONG THE United Nations Peace-keepers to be honoured with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal this year, given to those who lost their lives on UN peacekeeping missions, is Indian national Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan, killed in South Sudan last year. 

The UN mission

UNMISS was set up on July 8, 2011, under Security Council Resolution 1996.

According to the mission's website, "UNMISS' most recent mandate, under Resolution 2820 (2026), requires the mission to protect civilians, create the conditions conducive to the safe, timely and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance, use targeted good offices to sup-port the peace process and prevent escalation of political violence, and monitor and report on human rights and international humanitarian law violations and abuses."

Health survey calls for a nutrition rethink:

FOR CLOSE to two decades, a pattern has been evident in the health profile of Indians. The government's interventions have succeeded, to some extent, in reducing the toll of several communicable diseases. However, lifestyle-related diseases impair the quality of life of a large section of the population. The National Family Health Survey VI, released late last week, flags the alarming proportions taken by diabetes in the country-one in six Indians reported high sugar levels. 

In volatile world, UK-India ties can be a game changer:

In today's world, growth will be driven not just by the movement of goods, but by ideas, data, and technology. This is where the UK-India partnership is especially powerful. 

April industrial growth at 4.9% vs 3.2% in March:

INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL output grew by 4.9% in April, higher than the 3.2% growth recorded in March, according to the new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data series released by the Ministry of Statistics and Pro-gramme Implementation (MOSPI) on Monday.

Seafood exports hit record high in 2025-26: Official: -

India's seafood exports hit a record high in both volume and value during 2025-26, reaching 19,72,018 metric tonnes worth Rs 73,890.46 crore despite global challenges, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) Chairman P Jawahar said on Monday.

MSMES ACCOUNT FOR 75% OF APPLICATIONS

ECLGS 5.0: Govt gets over 2.62 lakh applications

MORE THAN 2.62 lakh applications for loans worth Rs 1.71 lakh crore have been received under the Centre's Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 (ECLGS 5.0), launched last month to tackle the stress being faced by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the aviation sec-tor as a result of the ongoing West Asia conflict.

A finance ministry official said on Monday that around three-fourth of applications have come from MSMEs.