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The 2026 Fiscal Framework of Credit Cards under India’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)

Over the past decade, India’s integration with the global digital economy has driven a rapid increase in foreign currency transactions by resident individuals. From overseas education expenses and international business travel to cross-border e-commerce subscriptions, resident taxpayers rely on a multi-tiered array of foreign exchange instruments. Historically, outward remittances and foreign currency expenditures have been governed by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), which establishes an annual permissible cap of USD 250,000 per financial year for resident individuals.

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Gujarat’s Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, 2025

Gujarat has emerged as a pioneer in India's artificial intelligence landscape with the establishment of its Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, Gandhinagar. Inaugurated on 27 January 2025 by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the CoE reflects the state's proactive vision to integrate emerging technologies into governance, industry, and skill development. 

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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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