'India can reach AI frontier in one year with $10-billion push'

India can catch up with frontier artificial intelligence models developed in the West within a year, with the country's Al ecosystem currently only a $10-billion investment away from competing with global players.

Govt to SC: 2-stage JEE format for NEET-UG under consideration

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the authorities concerned are considering whether the NEET (UG) examination for medical courses should be held in a single-stage or in two stages on the pattern of the JEE for engineering courses.

Can boarded-out cadets be given quota as ex-military personnel, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will consider what benefits can be provided to officer cadets boarded out from the military on account of dis-ability suffered during training, even if the ex-servicemen tag could not be extended to them.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said this after the Centre cited problems in extending the ex-servicemen nomenclature to the out boarded cadets.

Amid Opp protests, RS passes Registration of Births and Deaths Bill

The Rajya Sabha passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, by a voice vote on Tuesday afternoon, amid slogans from the Opposition. The Lok Sabha had cleared the Bill last week. The Upper House ran for less than an hour in the afternoon, before being adjourned for the day soon after the passage of the Bill.

LS passes Appropriation Bill, adjourned amid protests by Opposition

The Lok Sabha passed the Appropriation (Number 3) Bill, 2026, on Tuesday amid protests from the Opposition benches over police action against protesting students and the alleged theft of donations from the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Report: Only 30% urban households under AMRUT have sewerage connection

Only about 30 per cent of urban households under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), the Centre's flagship civic infrastructure scheme, have sewerage connection, read a report presented by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs on Tuesday.

Of the 11.32 crore urban households, as per the City Water Balance Plans (2025), only 3.44 crore had sewerage connections, while 2.84 crore have septage systems.

Inflows of $49 billion in 2 months, but no 2013-like boost for rupee

Over June and July, India has received $49 billion in the form of Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposits, two types of foreign loans, and net investment in government bonds. But the rupee has hardly budged: on Tuesday, it closed at 95.38 per dollar, just 0.4% stronger than where it stood on June 4, the day before the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a raft of measures to boost foreign inflows.

ED cases under PMLA rose to a four-year high in FY26

The Cases registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the country's anti-money laundering law increased to a four-year high of 1,080 in the financial year 2025-26, taking the total cases to 4,622 in the last five years.

The conviction rate, however, remained low with the agency securing conviction only in 0.93% or 43 cases during 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Taxation laws (Amendment) Bill tabled in Lok Sabha by FM

A new set of tax reliefs placed for Parliament's consideration on Tuesday could make India a more attractive and predictable place for global capital, manufacturing and business to come and stay, a finance ministry source said.

Qatar says progress made toward US-Iran peace talks

Qatar Said mediators were making progress in efforts to end the US-Iran war on Tuesday, driving oil prices lower, although Tehran has denied President Donald Trump's assertion that talks are already under way.

Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as fastest-growing outbreak surges

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed.

As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update.

To become next UN chief, getting 'P5' onboard is key

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its first "straw poll" on Thursday for choosing the next Secretary-General of the UN (UNSG), whose five-year term would start on January 1, 2027.

Although the poll's results weren't announced, three candidates from Latin America are believed to have scored well: Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan, an economist who heads UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Carolyn Birkett, Guyana's Permanent Representative to the UN; and Rafael Grossi from Argentina, who is director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Cut, hike, hold: How RBI decides monetary policy

As of July, US Fed, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, and Bank of England all maintained status quo on the rates in their economies.

This brings down the pressure on the RBI to hike rates.

Why SC expanded scope of domestic cruelty law to women in live-in relationships

Expanding the protection against domestic cruelty under criminal law, the Supreme Court has ruled that such protection, ordinarily given to married women under Section 498A of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC), extends to women in live-in relationships as well, provided the couple shares an "intent to marry".