Backgrounder: River Basin Management Scheme
Planning by river basin treats surface and groundwater as one system, which is how water actually behaves.
17 Apr 2026Daily Current Affairs
Daily digests (5-8 items/day).
India–Norway trade dialogue reviews TEPA
TEPA is unusual because it links trade concessions to investment promises; this dialogue checks progress.
17 Apr 2026
Record 55,200 startups recognised in FY26; total 2.23 lakh
The number of recognised startups shows how deep the ecosystem is getting.
17 Apr 2026
RELIEF scheme for exporters extended to Egypt and Jordan
The scheme helps small exporters survive a shock they did not cause.
17 Apr 2026
AI Governance and Economic Group constituted
AI policy cuts across ministries, so one inter-ministerial body is meant to keep it coordinated.
16 Apr 2026
Austria Chancellor’s visit: outcomes
Smaller EU members like Austria add up; India is working the whole bloc, not just the big three.
16 Apr 2026
FIU-IND signs MoU with PFRDA against money laundering
Bringing PFRDA and SEBI into data sharing closes routes that launderers could use.
16 Apr 2026
Tata’s Dholera chip fab notified as SEZ
Dholera is India's first chip fabrication plant, the hardest step in the chip chain.
16 Apr 2026
First BRICS Health Working Group meeting of India’s 2026 chairship
India is using its BRICS chair to put health on the agenda.
15 Apr 2026
First wildlife crime prosecuted by CBI: Shahtoosh trader convicted
Using the CBI for a wildlife crime shows agencies working together on such offences.
15 Apr 2026