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The Rajya Sabha passed the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, by voice vote amid Opposition protests demanding Union Home Minister Amit Shah's presence over the police action against student protesters in Delhi.

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was considering a status report filed by the CBI pursuant to the Court's April order directing a probe into the allegations of favouritism in the allotment of public works contracts involving Khandu.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah address Parliament on the student protest crackdown and alleged missing funds, accusing the government of avoiding accountability.

The ABVP will submit a detailed set of recommendations to the Centre's high-powered committee on NEET irregularities, seeking institutional reforms to ensure a fair, transparent and credible examination system.

India will push for stronger BRICS cooperation in tracing fugitive offenders, asset recovery and extradition during the BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group meeting in Hyderabad on August 4 and 5.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana clarified its July 28 order which had said that police can continue prosecution of those protestors with criminal antecedents.The words 'criminal antecedent' should be read to mean grave and heinous offences, the Court clarified today.

President Droupadi Murmu met Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov at Rashtrapati Bhavan, highlighting the centuries-old relationship between the two nations and exploring stronger cooperation in trade, rare earth minerals, education and technology.

TRAI has relaunched its MyCall mobile application, enabling telecom users to rate voice call quality and report issues in real time, with feedback helping operators improve networks and the regulator monitor service quality.

The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana today noted that there were conflicting accounts emerging from the incident.Of the vessel's nine crew members, four were Indian. Indian seafarers aboard a cargo vessel that came under a drone attack near Ukraine.

The Supreme Court clarified that "criminal antecedents" in its July 28 order refers only to those accused of grave and heinous offences, while allowing states to withdraw or close protest-related criminal cases in accordance with law.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that he will lead a 100-member march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on Tuesday to submit petitions opposing the Centre's E20 petrol policy.

In May this year, President Droupadi Murmu had promulgated an ordinance to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges from 33 to 37.When the House met after the second adjournment at 2:00 PM, Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026.