India's Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition seeking a Round 5 or Special Stray Vacancy Round in the NEET PG 2025 counselling process, declining to intervene after the National Medical Commission had already refused to conduct the session. A division bench of Justice P S Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe ruled that no additional counselling round would be permitted beyond the established deadline. The court made explicit that judicial intervention in the counselling process at this stage was not warranted, effectively closing the window for candidates who remained unplaced after the standard rounds concluded. The ruling consolidates the NMC's authority to set counselling timelines without mandatory court-ordered extensions. Unplaced NEET PG 2025 candidates seeking postgraduate medical seats through the stray vacancy route now have no further legal recourse under this petition. Any remaining unfilled seats across participating medical institutions will not be reopened for allocation under this cycle.
India's government plans to amend the Payment and Settlement Systems Act to restore UPI merchant discount rates, ending the zero-MDR regime in place since January 2020.
India's government has introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing changes to payments regulation, income tax, and the Finance Act to attract FDI and support Make in India. The Bill's final shape will depend on parliamentary debate and committee review.
The government's Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposes to replace the blanket UPI MDR ban with a system allowing the Centre to notify which payment modes stay fee-free.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rs 5,000 crore Bhogapuram greenfield airport in Andhra Pradesh, built under a public-private partnership model. He also laid foundation stones for infrastructure projects worth nearly Rs 18,000 crore in the state, signalling a broad investment push for the region.
