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Current affairsPRAHAAR: India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — A Whole-of-Government FrameworkThe Ministry of Home Affairs released PRAHAAR — India's first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on 23 February 2026. The eight-page doctrine integrates counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, cybersecurity, and coordinated response under a "whole-of-government" and "whole-of-society" framework anchored in the UAPA, PMLA, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Current affairsUNSC Sanctions Report Officially Attributes November 2025 Red Fort Blast to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)The UN Security Council's 38th Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team report (document S/2026/651, circulated 10 August 2026) officially attributes the November 2025 car-bomb blast near Delhi's Red Fort — which killed 11 people — to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), marking the first formal UN attribution of the attack and warning that AQIS is evolving into a regional terrorist entity in South Asia. Current affairsTaxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Parliament Grants Tax Exemptions to FIIs, Diamond Traders, Data Centres and Investment FundsParliament has passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — cleared by Lok Sabha on 6 August and Rajya Sabha on 10 August — replacing an Ordinance issued on 5 June 2026. The Bill grants income-tax exemptions to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on government securities, extends incentives for diamond and electronics manufacturing, removes restrictions on offshore investment funds, and expands data-centre tax benefits.
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- Which Article of the Indian Constitution places a duty on the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance, forming the constitutional basis for counter-terrorism operations by the Centre?UPSC · Current Affairs
- Which constitutional provision primarily imposes a duty on the Union Government to protect every state against external aggression and internal disturbance, forming the constitutional basis for Central counter-terrorism operations under PRAHAAR?UPSC · Current Affairs