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Science & Tech

ePlane unveils India's first full-scale eVTOL aircraft prototype

Chennai-based The ePlane Company has assembled India's first full-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) prototype, the e200X (PT-01). Built as one airframe for use …

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Polity & Governance

Mekedatu reservoir row reignites the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka Cauvery dispute

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has unanimously opposed Karnataka's proposed Mekedatu reservoir on the Cauvery, reviving a decades-old inter-state water dispute. The row, sharpened by a …

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Social Issues

India's total fertility rate falls to 1.9, slipping below the replacement level

Sample Registration System data shows India's total fertility rate has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1. The fall is uneven, with Delhi …

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Geography

Southwest monsoon deficit widens to 43% as El Nino, MJO and neutral Indian Ocean Dipole stall rains

India's southwest monsoon rainfall deficit has widened to about 43%, with the winds stalling near Mumbai as a moderate-to-strong El Nino, an unfavourable MJO phase …

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Economy

RBI Money-Market Snapshot: T-Bill Yields, G-Sec Auction and Corporate Sector Results

The RBI released routine money-market data in late June, including T-Bill auction cut-off yields of about 5.25 to 5.64 per cent across tenures, a 28,000-crore-rupee …

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Economy

RBI Tightens Banking Rules: Customer Fraud Liability, NBFC Upper Layer, Forex and Model Risk

The RBI issued several regulatory updates: wider protection and faster compensation for customers hit by digital fraud, a simpler one-lakh-crore asset threshold for identifying top-tier …

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Environment

India AI Data-Centre Boom Runs Into Climate, Energy and Water Limits

India AI push is now a contest over land, electricity, cooling and water as states race to host large data centres. With the IEA projecting …

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Economy

HCES 2023-24: India Poorest Decile of 2011-12 Has Almost Vanished

An analysis of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 finds that the real spending level of India poorest 10 per cent in 2011-12 now applies …

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Polity & Governance

Indiamart vs OpenAI: Calcutta High Court Tests Whether IT Intermediary Law Fits Generative AI

The Calcutta High Court declined interim relief in a dispute between an Indian e-commerce firm and an AI chatbot maker, but used the case to …

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Economy

Retail Inflation at 3.9%: Why Indian Households May Stay Cautious Despite Cheaper Oil

Retail inflation rose to 3.9 per cent in May as food prices stayed sticky and the monsoon ran late. Even though Brent crude fell over …

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Economy

GST Turns Nine: Businesses Broadly Accept the Tax, but Push for a Simpler GST 2.0

Nine years after its launch, a large industry survey finds businesses have broadly accepted GST, with almost all reporting a positive or neutral experience. The …

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