INDIAN REFINERS SETTLE IRAN OIL DEALS IN CHINESE YUAN
NEW DELHI,18 April 2026 : Indian refiners are making payments using Chinese yuan for the limited cargoes of Iranian oil they are buying under the temporary US sanctions waver. The transactions are being routed through ICICI Bank, a report added. Reacting to this, the government has said that such transactions are entirely within the rules. […]
The April 17 Defeat: Why India’s Federal Fabric Trumped Legislative Bundling
The high-stakes legislative gamble of April 2026 came to a dramatic halt yesterday as the Lok Sabha rejected the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill. Despite a 298–230 majority in favour, the government failed to secure the mandatory two-thirds threshold required for a constitutional amendment. In the immediate aftermath, the Union government withdrew the Delimitation Bill and […]
The Arithmetic of Exclusion: Why India’s Gender Justice is Tethered to a Federal Fault Line
Mumbai,18 April 2026 ,The ongoing three-day special session of Parliament (April 16–18) has laid bare a profound irony in Indian democracy. As the government moves to operationalize the long-awaited *Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill* to provide 33% reservation for women, it has inextricably lashed this progressive leap to the mast of the *Delimitation Bill, 2026*. By […]
