The Constitution Amendment Bill failed to pass in India's Lok Sabha during a special parliamentary sitting, marking a significant legislative defeat for the ruling government. The Opposition has publicly celebrated the outcome, framing it as a democratic check on executive overreach in electoral boundary-setting. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi specifically accused the government of using women's reservation provisions as political cover to advance changes to the country's electoral map. The defeat means the proposed constitutional amendments will not advance to the Rajya Sabha, stalling any immediate redrawing of constituency boundaries tied to this legislative vehicle. Attention now shifts to whether the government reintroduces a revised bill, seeks a joint session, or pursues electoral delimitation through an alternate legislative or administrative route. The outcome also recalibrates the parliamentary arithmetic debate, signaling that the ruling coalition lacked the two-thirds supermajority required to pass constitutional amendments in the lower house.
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.
