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SCO Summit, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2026): India’s Priorities on Regional Security, Connectivity and Economic Cooperation

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) emerged from the Shanghai Five Mechanism established in 1996 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to address border disputes and build mutual trust. It was formally established as the SCO in June 2001 after Uzbekistan joined. Its founding framework focused on combating terrorism, separatism and extremism, while promoting political, security, economic and connectivity cooperation across Eurasia (Al Jazeera, 2026).

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Uttar Pradesh Department-Wise Schemes Update 2026-27

Uttar Pradesh, with a geographical area of 2,40,928 sq km and a projected population of around 23.8 crore, is India’s most populous state and one of its most densely populated. The state is characterised by the fertile Gangetic plains, the densely populated and urbanising belt along the Ganga-Yamuna basin, the relatively water-stressed and economically disadvantaged Bundelkhand region, and significant rural populations dependent on agriculture and allied activities.

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The Melting Himalayas: A Question of Climate Responsibility

On the morning of August 26, a wall of ice, rock and water tore down from Langtang-Lirung through the Bhotekoshi valley into Nepal and Tibet. Villages vanished. Bridges that had stood for generations were gone within minutes. Over 270 bodies have been recovered; more than a thousand people, many of them foreign trekkers on the Langtang route, remain missing.

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Decentralizing India’s Trade: The One District One Product (ODOP) Blueprint for Empowering District Economies (2018).

India’s export architecture has historically remained concentrated within prominent industrial clusters and metropolitan port cities, leaving the vast economic potential of its interior districts largely underutilized. To address this structural imbalance and drive grassroots economic formalization, the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative was launched.

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National Electricity Policy in India (2026)

Electricity is a concurrent-list subject in India, and the framework for national-level power sector planning was laid down by the Electricity Act, 2003, which mandates the Central Government to formulate a National Electricity Policy (NEP) in consultation with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the State Governments, and to review it from time to time (Ministry of Power). Under this mandate, the first National Electricity Policy (NEP 2005) was notified on 12 February 2005, at a time when the sector was defined by demand-supply deficits, limited household access to electricity, and weak generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure.

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