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Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled from July 20 to August 13, 2026, with the government set to renew its push for constitutional amendments on delimitation and women's reservation. The NDA needs a two-thirds majority and is courting regional parties.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is reported set to support the government's delimitation and women's reservation bills in the Monsoon Session despite not being part of the NDA, a move that complicates INDIA bloc unity and could sway the numbers.
Six Lok Sabha MPs who broke from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) to join the Eknath Shinde-led faction have renewed scrutiny of the anti-defection law, with a Speaker's decision expected before the Monsoon Session.
India's monsoon kitchen is built around warm, spiced comfort food, from crisp pakoras and roadside corn to regional favourites like Bengal's khichuri. It is also a season that rewards care with hygiene and fresh produce.
India's retail inflation rose to a 17-month high of 4.38% in June 2026, breaching the RBI's 4% target for the first time since January 2025. Food, transport and services costs led the rise, with oil and a patchy monsoon adding fresh risk to the outlook.
Slow travel, longer and gentler stays that favour local homestays and low-impact routines, can ease the strain on India's fragile hill towns while giving travellers a richer experience, especially outside peak and high-risk monsoon periods.
Torrential monsoon rain battered Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and the northeast in July 2026, triggering deadly landslides and floods, blocking hundreds of roads and forcing evacuations, according to news reports and the IMD.
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