Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved amending the Madrasa Education Council Act to stop madrasas awarding Kamil (BA‑equivalent) and Fazil (MA‑equivalent) degrees, implementing the Supreme Court’s view that university‑level recognition falls under central higher‑education authorities.
- A Special Fast Track Court in Delhi has asked the CBI to file a response by August 6 to accuseds’ requests for polygraph, brain‑mapping and lie‑detector tests in the high‑profile NEET‑UG paper‑leak case, with the court pausing consideration of charge sheets and some bail pleas until that hearing.
- The central government is weighing a three‑day special Parliament session proposed for August 16–18 to press bills on delimitation and a one‑third women’s reservation, but no formal summons have been issued and cross‑party support remains uncertain.
- Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India reported selling 542,934 two‑wheelers in July, overtaking Hero MotoCorp for the month thanks largely to a 35% jump in exports that offset Hero’s export decline.
- International and domestic pressures are stacking up on institutions: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.S. draft timetable for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza pending Hamas disarmament, and India faces near‑term policy stress from a below‑normal monsoon and active legal and security cases that will shape administrative responses.