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24 Jun 2026

7 articles
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 …

BANKING
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 …

BANKING UPSC
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 …

UPSC SSC
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 …

UPSC SSC BANKING
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 …

UPSC SSC
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 …

UPSC SSC BANKING
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 …

UPSC SSC BANKING

23 Jun 2026

13 articles
Social Issues

Capgemini Daycare Abuse Case Sparks National Debate on Childcare Infrastructure and Women's Workforce Participation

Five daycare staff at Capgemini’s Bengaluru campus were booked on June 23, 2026, for abusing toddlers. The case has reignited debate on childcare infrastructure, gender …

UPSC SSC BANKING STATE_PCS
Environment

Centre Activates Contingency Plans for 315 Districts Amid Weak Monsoon and El Nino Concerns

With monsoon rain about 43% below normal, the Centre has activated contingency plans for 315 districts, promoting millets and pulses, check dams and farm ponds, …

UPSC SSC STATE_PCS
Polity & Governance

Delimitation Debate: Why Parliamentary Power Is Not Just About a State's Share of Seats

As the delimitation debate revives via the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, analysts use the Shapley-Shubik Power Index to argue that a state's real parliamentary power …

UPSC STATE_PCS SSC
Economy

India Overhauls Economic Statistics: New WPI, Producer Price Index and Revised GDP Series

India has overhauled its economic statistics — a revised GDP series (base 2023-24), new CPI and IIP, an updated WPI and a new Producer Price …

UPSC BANKING SSC
Economy

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra Inaugurates New CAFRAL Campus in Mumbai

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra inaugurated the new Mumbai campus of CAFRAL, an RBI-promoted centre for financial research and learning whose Governing Council is chaired by …

BANKING UPSC SSC
International Relations

IMO and Oman Plan Evacuation of 11,000 Seafarers Stranded near Strait of Hormuz

The IMO and Oman have announced a plan to evacuate around 11,000 seafarers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz due to the West Asia war, …

UPSC SSC
International Relations

Bangladesh Arrests Awami League Activists as Banned Party Marks 77th Founding Anniversary

Bangladesh arrested dozens of Awami League activists on 23 June 2026 as the banned party marked its 77th founding anniversary in defiance of a security …

UPSC SSC
International Relations

Ten Years After the Brexit Referendum: How Leaving the EU Reshaped the UK

Ten years after the 23 June 2016 referendum, Brexit has left the UK with political instability, slow growth and trade friction. Six PMs have since …

UPSC
Defence & Security

New CDS General Raja Subramani Takes Charge as Debate on Theatre Commands Continues

General Raja Subramani has taken charge as India's new Chief of Defence Staff. Analysts stress that military reforms like theatreisation and jointness cannot rest on …

UPSC DEFENCE
Polity & Governance

Supreme Court Sets Timelines for High Court Judgments in Pila Pahan Case Using Article 142

In Pila Pahan v State of Jharkhand (29 May 2026), the Supreme Court used Article 142 to set binding timelines for High Court judgments — …

UPSC STATE_PCS SSC
Social Issues

CUET-UG 2026 Results Declared by NTA; Over 11.6 Lakh Candidates Appeared

The NTA declared CUET-UG 2026 results on 23 June 2026. Over 11.6 lakh of 15.68 lakh registered candidates appeared; one candidate scored 100 percentile in …

SSC UPSC
International Relations

India, Canada and Ireland Mark 41 Years of the 1985 Air India Flight 182 Bombing

On 23 June 2026, Indian, Canadian and Irish diplomats jointly commemorated the 41st anniversary of the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing, which killed all …

UPSC SSC
Environment

Odisha Launches Rs 500-Crore Waterfront Development Scheme for Riverfronts and Urban Water Bodies

Odisha has launched a Rs 500-crore, five-year Waterfront Development Scheme to restore riverfronts and urban water bodies in Cuttack, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and other towns, …

STATE_PCS UPSC SSC