Voter-roll revision reaches its first checkpoint as four states get draft rolls
Draft rolls for Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur publish on 5 July; voters have until 4 August to fix errors before final rolls in September.
National security
Home Ministry says a nationwide sweep broke up a terror network before Independence Day
Home Minister Amit Shah announced the sweep against the network of Shahzad Bhatti, a Pakistani handler the NIA has tied to a run of grenade attacks in Punjab and Haryana. Those held are suspects; the cases remain under investigation.
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India and Japan sign 16 agreements as Takaichi makes her first Delhi visit
The 16th annual summit produced pacts across defence, economic security, energy and artificial intelligence, and set the fourth 2+2 ministerial meeting for Tokyo by year end.
Modi to visit Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand over six days
The 6–11 July itinerary ends with a state visit to Auckland — the first by an Indian prime minister to New Zealand in four decades.
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India and Japan move to shield supply chains and reopen their trade pact
At the 16th annual summit the two governments tied the economic relationship to supply-chain resilience, energy security and a ten trillion yen investment target.
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India and Japan open an AI research partnership and advance a co-developed naval antenna
The two countries adopted a joint statement on artificial intelligence, signed research tie-ups on large language models, and settled the technical terms of a co-developed naval antenna.