India's government introduced legislation Thursday to expand the size of parliament and accelerate a mandated one-third reservation of seats for women, framing the moves as a democratic overhaul. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration brought forward both bills simultaneously, linking parliamentary expansion with the women's quota, a reservation law that had already been passed but whose implementation was tied to a future delimitation exercise. The opposition rejected both measures as electoral manipulation, arguing the restructuring of constituencies and seat counts could be engineered to favor the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The delimitation process, redrawing parliamentary boundaries based on census data, sits at the center of the dispute, since seat allocation under any expanded parliament would depend on which populations are counted and how districts are drawn. The outcome will shape the composition of India's lower house for decades. Observers should watch whether the bills advance through both chambers, how the delimitation timeline is set, and whether coalition partners outside the BJP align with or resist the package.
India's Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, up 64 percent from ISM 1.0's Rs 76,000 crore. The proposal now goes to the Cabinet, as two chip plants begin commercial output and a third, CG Semi, is set to open July 4, 2026.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who faced unproven mortgage fraud allegations. The ruling preserves Fed independence for now and keeps a politically charged removal case alive in the courts.
The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
