India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) formally signed Terms of Reference for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement covering USD 178.56 billion in bilateral trade. Indian Railways broke its own record by commissioning 472.3 km of Kavach 4.0 in a single day, while the Union Budget 2026-27 earmarked a record Rs 7.85 lakh crore for defence. On the political front, Manipur ended over a year of President’s Rule with the swearing-in of a new Chief Minister. The last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty (New START) expired without a replacement, marking a historic arms control vacuum.

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