Parliament reconvenes with the government set to renew its push for constitutional amendments on delimitation and women's reservation.
Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled from July 20 to August 13, 2026, with the government set to renew its push for constitutional amendments on delimitation and women's reservation. The NDA needs a two-thirds majority and is courting regional parties.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is reported set to support the government's delimitation and women's reservation bills in the Monsoon Session despite not being part of the NDA, a move that complicates INDIA bloc unity and could sway the numbers.
Six Lok Sabha MPs who broke from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) to join the Eknath Shinde-led faction have renewed scrutiny of the anti-defection law, with a Speaker's decision expected before the Monsoon Session.
June inflation breached the RBI's 4% target and oil risks are rising, but with core demand soft and growth strong, a supply-driven spike is not the moment for the central bank to reverse course. Patience, not a knee-jerk hike, is the disciplined call.
Redrawing Lok Sabha seats by population is democratically intuitive, but pushing delimitation through without a fresh federal understanding risks deepening a north-south divide. The process needs consensus as much as arithmetic.
Defending champions Argentina scored twice in the closing minutes to beat England 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal in Atlanta, with Lionel Messi providing two assists, booking a final against Spain on Sunday.
Jul 16, 2026LifestyleIndia's monsoon kitchen is built around warm, spiced comfort food, from crisp pakoras and roadside corn to regional favourites like Bengal's khichuri. It is also a season that rewards care with hygiene and fresh produce.
Jul 16, 2026TechnologyIndia aims to develop intellectual property across all six critical semiconductor segments and move toward becoming a 'product nation', officials said, emphasising capital equipment, deep-tech startups and IP creation to cut imports and strengthen strategic self-reliance.
Jul 15, 2026TechnologyIndia's startup ecosystem had its strongest year in FY26 with over 55,200 new recognised startups and 23.36 lakh jobs, as AI ventures drew capital, Emergent turned unicorn with $130M, and Google selected 20 AI-first startups for its India accelerator.
Jul 15, 2026SportsThe ICC Board has approved a sweeping revamp of its men's World Cup formats. The 50-over event keeps 14 teams but adds a three-stage structure with a new Super Series and Super 7 and no quarterfinals, while the T20 World Cup moves to five groups of four feeding a Super 10.
Jul 15, 2026Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled from July 20 to August 13, 2026, with the government set to renew its push for constitutional amendments on delimitation and women's reservation. The NDA needs a two-thirds majority and is courting regional parties.
Jul 16, 2026The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is reported set to support the government's delimitation and women's reservation bills in the Monsoon Session despite not being part of the NDA, a move that complicates INDIA bloc unity and could sway the numbers.
Jul 16, 2026Six Lok Sabha MPs who broke from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) to join the Eknath Shinde-led faction have renewed scrutiny of the anti-defection law, with a Speaker's decision expected before the Monsoon Session.
Jul 16, 2026June inflation breached the RBI's 4% target and oil risks are rising, but with core demand soft and growth strong, a supply-driven spike is not the moment for the central bank to reverse course. Patience, not a knee-jerk hike, is the disciplined call.
Jul 16, 2026Redrawing Lok Sabha seats by population is democratically intuitive, but pushing delimitation through without a fresh federal understanding risks deepening a north-south divide. The process needs consensus as much as arithmetic.
Jul 16, 2026Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled from July 20 to August 13, 2026, with the government set to renew its push for constitutional amendments on delimitation and women's reservation. The NDA needs a two-thirds majority and is courting regional parties.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is reported set to support the government's delimitation and women's reservation bills in the Monsoon Session despite not being part of the NDA, a move that complicates INDIA bloc unity and could sway the numbers.
Six Lok Sabha MPs who broke from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) to join the Eknath Shinde-led faction have renewed scrutiny of the anti-defection law, with a Speaker's decision expected before the Monsoon Session.
The Lok Sabha passed the Unified Electoral Roll Bill 309-147, consolidating India's fragmented voter registries into one cloud-backed database and adding mobile-assisted verification for migrant workers. The bill now moves to the Rajya Sabha.
The Union Cabinet has approved the ₹3.8 lakh crore National Water Grid Master Plan to interlink 12 river systems over 15 years, aiming to ease chronic water scarcity for some 400 million Indians while managing flood surpluses in the north.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 on 15 July, the first in almost 14 years, to build 8-9 gas-based plants adding about 10 million tonnes of capacity and make India self-reliant in its most-used fertiliser.
Torrential monsoon rain battered Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and the northeast in July 2026, triggering deadly landslides and floods, blocking hundreds of roads and forcing evacuations, according to news reports and the IMD.
Mumbai marked 20 years on 11 July 2026 since the 7/11 serial train bombings of 2006, one of the deadliest attacks on India's public transport, as the city remembered the victims and reflected on rail security.
ISRO's Gaganyaan programme cleared a vital safety milestone as the TV-D2 test vehicle fired its Crew Escape System at maximum aerodynamic pressure, separating the crew module and recovering it in the Bay of Bengal ahead of the first uncrewed orbital flight.
A mid-term review of the National Education Policy 2020 shows a 28% rise in mother-tongue-medium primary enrolment across 14 states, with the sharpest gains and falling dropout rates in tribal districts of Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement took effect on 15 July 2026, making close to 99% of Indian exports duty-free in Britain, opening services, and cutting India's duty on UK-built cars from 110% to 10% in phases.
US strikes on Iran intensified in mid-July 2026 and Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. Iranian missiles struck two UAE oil tankers, killing an Indian crew member and injuring eight, the UAE Defence Ministry said, prompting India to summon Tehran's envoy.
The United States will impose 25% tariffs on Brazilian imports from July 22 following a trade probe, Business Standard reported, exempting coffee, beef, oranges, orange juice, some energy products and aerospace components.
India and the European Union have signed their Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement after seven years of talks, cutting tariffs on thousands of goods, creating a secure data corridor for India's IT sector and easing services mobility across all 27 member states.
G20 leaders endorsed the OECD's Pillar One framework, which reallocates a share of the largest multinationals' profits to the countries where sales occur. India stands to gain up to USD 2.4 billion a year and will phase out its digital Equalization Levy.
Indian equities swung in mid-July 2026 as the Sensex dropped 561 points on 14 July amid surging oil and the Middle East flare-up, then recovered the next session as pressure on the Strait of Hormuz eased. The rupee traded near 96 to the dollar.
India's retail inflation rose to a 17-month high of 4.38% in June 2026, breaching the RBI's 4% target for the first time since January 2025. Food, transport and services costs led the rise, with oil and a patchy monsoon adding fresh risk to the outlook.
India's real GDP grew 7.7% in FY26, up from 7.1% the previous year and above the RBI's 6.6% forecast, led by manufacturing, construction and services, official figures cited by Businessworld showed.
The Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in mid-2026 after a deliberate 2025 easing cycle, adopting a wait-and-watch stance to ensure inflation settles durably near the 4% target before easing further.
Reliance Industries posted a Q4 FY26 net profit of ₹16,971 crore, down 12.6% year-on-year as refining margins compressed. Retail and Jio Platforms cushioned the blow, lifting full-year FY26 profit to ₹80,775 crore.
India aims to develop intellectual property across all six critical semiconductor segments and move toward becoming a 'product nation', officials said, emphasising capital equipment, deep-tech startups and IP creation to cut imports and strengthen strategic self-reliance.
India's startup ecosystem had its strongest year in FY26 with over 55,200 new recognised startups and 23.36 lakh jobs, as AI ventures drew capital, Emergent turned unicorn with $130M, and Google selected 20 AI-first startups for its India accelerator.
Tata Consultancy Services reported Q1 FY27 net profit of Rs 13,349 crore, up about 5%, on revenue of Rs 72,275 crore. Its annualised AI revenue run rate hit $2.6 billion and it added 9,279 net employees, its biggest quarterly hiring in over three years.
IIT Madras researchers have built a deep-learning model, DR-Scan Net, that diagnoses diabetic retinopathy with 96.3% accuracy in clinical validation. Tuned for Indian eyes and low-cost smartphone cameras, it targets India's rural eye-screening gap.
The India Semiconductor Mission has approved three chip design centres in Bengaluru under the Design Linked Incentive scheme, targeting RISC-V processors, RF semiconductors and automotive-grade chips, and pledging to hire hundreds of engineers.
Defending champions Argentina scored twice in the closing minutes to beat England 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal in Atlanta, with Lionel Messi providing two assists, booking a final against Spain on Sunday.
The ICC Board has approved a sweeping revamp of its men's World Cup formats. The 50-over event keeps 14 teams but adds a three-stage structure with a new Super Series and Super 7 and no quarterfinals, while the T20 World Cup moves to five groups of four feeding a Super 10.
India aimed to wrap up their three-match ODI series against England in the second game at Cardiff, with skipper Shubman Gill's fitness under watch, after injury-forced squad changes for the white-ball tour and the Zimbabwe leg that follows.
India completed a 3-1 series victory over England at Headingley, ending an 18-year wait for a Test series win in England. Jasprit Bumrah finished with 34 wickets and the Player of the Series award as India confirmed their standing as the world's top-ranked Test side.
Neeraj Chopra threw 93.72m at the Stockholm Diamond League to break the javelin world record of 93.58m set by Jan Zelezny in 1996. World Athletics ratified the distance at the venue, confirming the Olympic champion as the finest thrower of his generation.
The Diljit Dosanjh film 'Satluj' was removed from ZEE5 within about 48 hours of its 3 July release following a government order, reigniting a debate over film certification, OTT regulation and free expression. Its makers deny it is a propaganda film.
Trade trackers report the first half of 2026 was a record period for Hindi cinema, driven by 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge', which they call the highest-grossing Hindi film ever in India and which contributed nearly half of the industry's collections.
July 2026 brings a busy slate of theatrical and streaming releases, from big-screen titles like 'Alpha', 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and 'Dhamaal 4' to a fresh line-up of films and web series across OTT platforms.
Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine as Light', a quiet drama about two nurses from Kerala building lives in Mumbai, has won the Palme d'Or, becoming the first Indian film to take the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in its 77-year history.
The National Film Archive of India has finished the first phase of its heritage digitisation programme, restoring 450 Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali films from 1940-1965 and making them free to stream, rescuing several that survived only as single deteriorating reels.
June inflation breached the RBI's 4% target and oil risks are rising, but with core demand soft and growth strong, a supply-driven spike is not the moment for the central bank to reverse course. Patience, not a knee-jerk hike, is the disciplined call.
Redrawing Lok Sabha seats by population is democratically intuitive, but pushing delimitation through without a fresh federal understanding risks deepening a north-south divide. The process needs consensus as much as arithmetic.
The 'deal-rich, job-light' fear misreads Indian IT's moment. TCS's hiring rebound alongside a fast-scaling AI business shows automation and jobs can coexist, but only if the sector reskills its workforce quickly and moves up the value chain.
India's per capita freshwater availability has fallen 70% since independence, yet water policy stays fragmented across dozens of bodies. A coherent national framework — constitutional, institutional and economic — is now a strategic necessity, not a choice.
The claim that climate action imposes prohibitive development costs on India is undercut by the country's own renewable-energy trajectory. The real choice is not growth versus climate, but a managed transition versus a disruptive crisis.
India's monsoon kitchen is built around warm, spiced comfort food, from crisp pakoras and roadside corn to regional favourites like Bengal's khichuri. It is also a season that rewards care with hygiene and fresh produce.
Ragi, bajra, jowar and other millets are returning to Indian kitchens as diners rediscover their nutrition, low glycaemic load and versatility, backed by climate-resilient farming and a wave of modern recipes.
Slow travel, longer and gentler stays that favour local homestays and low-impact routines, can ease the strain on India's fragile hill towns while giving travellers a richer experience, especially outside peak and high-risk monsoon periods.
The weavers of Pochampally, Telangana, have secured a Geographical Indication tag for their double-ikat silk after a decade-long documentation effort, protecting the craft from imitation and opening premium international markets.
Community seed banks run by farmer networks in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand now conserve over 3,000 heritage crop varieties — ancient rice cultivars, millet landraces and drought-tolerant pulses — forming the foundation of India's slow food movement.
