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Quad ramps up Indo-Pacific surveillance, captious mineral cooperation
The Quad grouping on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) expanded practice successful captious minerals and energy portion unveiling caller measures to boost maritime surveillance and larboard infrastructure crossed the Indo-Pacific against the backdrop of China’s increasing subject posturing successful the region. The caller measures were announced pursuing a gathering of the grouping’s overseas ministers successful New Delhi. The gathering was chaired by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
Centre has constituted high-level committee connected ‘unnatural’ demographic change, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) said the Centre has constituted a high-level committee connected demographic change nether retired Supreme Court Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar for a “comprehensive appraisal of demographic changes occurring crossed India owed to amerciable migration and different unnatural causes.” In a connection connected ‘X’ successful Hindi, helium said infiltration and different reasons are causing “unnatural demographic change”, which poses a important situation to the contiguous and aboriginal of immoderate nation.
India, U.S. onslaught Critical Minerals woody amid China concerns
India and the U.S. on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) firmed up a cardinal model for practice successful ensuring dependable supplies of captious minerals, a determination that comes amid increasing concerns over China’s export controls connected uncommon world elements and strategical metals captious for planetary exertion proviso chains. The model connected securing supplies of mining and processing of captious minerals was signed connected the sidelines of the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi.
Supreme Court rejects reappraisal plea by Tamil Nadu connected Mekedatu project
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Nadu to reappraisal a November 2025 decision that termed the State’s situation to Karnataka’s projected Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir cum Drinking Water project as “premature”. The reappraisal petition was dismissed by a Bench of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Vinod K. Chandran and Vipul M. Pancholi via circulation successful their chambers connected April 15, 2026. The bid was lone published recently. “We person cautiously gone done the contents of the reappraisal petition and the papers appended therewith. We are satisfied that nary lawsuit for review of the judgement dated November 13, 2025 is made out. The reappraisal petition is, accordingly, dismissed,” the abbreviated bid said.
Supreme Court directs States to see prosecution immunity for wood guards successful Chambal
The Supreme Court directed Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) to consider granting immunity from prosecution to wood guards serving connected the beforehand lines successful the conflict to support the Chambal from amerciable soil miners. The Court said the States should analyse the request to notify prosecution immunity for their wood guards nether Section 218(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for immoderate bona fide actions taken against miners successful the enactment of duty. The immunity is the aforesaid arsenic the 1 afforded to the Armed Forces. The tribunal sought a study from the States by the adjacent hearing.
Cockroach Janata Party laminitis moves Delhi HC against blocking of X account
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has approached the Delhi High Court, challenging the blocking of the party’s X (formerly Twitter) account, alleging that the authorities suspended the grip citing nationalist information concerns. Mr. Dipke, whose satirical governmental outfit precocious became a viral sensation online for its memes and sarcastic commentary connected governance and nationalist issues, has besides alleged that the party’s Instagram account, website, and backup societal media handles were taken down arsenic portion of a wider crackdown connected the movement. According to Mr. Dipke, the authoritative Instagram relationship of the Cockroach Janata Party was hacked, resulting successful the nonaccomplishment of entree to the page.
CBI squad conducts probe astatine location of Twisha Sharma’s in-laws, aboriginal meets her family
A CBI squad connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) visited the Bhopal residence of retired justice Giribala Singh to behaviour a probe into the death of her daughter-in-law, Twisha Sharma, officials said. The probe bureau sleuths, comprising immoderate women personnel, met Ms. Singh’s household members astatine her residence successful the Katara Hills area, the sleuths said. Later, the CBI squad went to the Army Cantonment Kurushetra Mess successful the aged city’s Shahjehanabad country to conscionable Twisha’s household and is presently camping there.
Mallikarjun Kharge slams Modi Gvernment implicit substance prices, questions deficiency of alleviation contempt autumn successful crude lipid rates
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Modi Government connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) implicit the rising substance prices and asked wherefore alleviation was not provided to radical when crude lipid prices fell during the past 12 years. Mr. Kharge cited an authoritative connection by the PIB to authorities that precisely 12 years agone contiguous — connected May 26, 2014 — erstwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, the terms of crude lipid successful the Indian handbasket stood astatine $108.05 per barrel, and the Dollar-Rupee speech complaint was ₹58.59.
India, Canada looking astatine concluding commercialized pact talks by twelvemonth end
India and Canada are looking astatine concluding the negotiations for a escaped commercialized agreement by the extremity of this year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. Mr. Goyal is successful Canada for a three-day authoritative visit, starting May 25. “Our Prime Minister has tasked america not lone with completing the escaped commercialized statement with a broad outlook earlier the extremity of this twelvemonth oregon earlier — but besides tripling our commercialized from a existent $17 cardinal level to $50 cardinal by 2030,” helium said, portion jointly addressing the media successful Ottawa with Canada’s Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu connected Monday (May 25, 2026).
President Droupadi Murmu begins 3-day Sikkim tour; to sojourn India-China border
President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Sikkim on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) on a three-day visit, during which she volition sojourn the India-China border, officials said. She landed astatine the Libing Helipad astir 12 and was received by Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang. Following her arrival, the President proceeded to the Lok Bhavan, wherever she volition enactment during her visit.
Russia maintains attacks connected Ukraine arsenic Kyiv warned to brace for imaginable large barrage
Russia fired much than 100 drones and 2 ballistic missiles astatine Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Tuesday (May 26, 2026), arsenic the country’s Foreign Ministry noted that Moscow’s caller menace to deed Kyiv particularly hard from the aerial brought thing new. Russia connected Monday (May 25, 2026) urged overseas citizens, including members of diplomatic missions, to permission the Ukrainian superior arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable and told residents to steer wide of subject and authorities facilities. It said that “systemic strikes” connected Kyiv were being prepared.
