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The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, on April 28, 2026, announced that all intellectual property (IP) registrations related to sports, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs, traditional knowledge, and geographical indications, will be exempt from official fees for a period of three years, effective immediately.

Every metro station changes more than a commute. It changes the value of land, the economics of neighbourhoods and increasingly, the legal rights and obligations attached to them.

The International Energy Agency has since described the resulting disruption as the largest to the global oil market in its history. Brent crude hit its peak at USD 126 per barrel in March 2026 and is presently at approximately USD 80, and over 2,000 ships and 20,000 mariners remain stranded in the Persian Gulf.