Regulatory Actions

Non-household users will face tighter access as the government prioritises household and transport fuels and applies demand-management measures. Export controls and intensified inspections now restrict shipments and increase supply monitoring.

The move constrains practices' ability to charge large mark‑ups on medicines by reducing price opacity across surgeries. That increases pressure on vets to compete on treatment and medication costs rather than relying on variable in‑clinic prescription pricing.

The policy requires agencies to scale metered panels to 80,000 homes within 18 months (6 months for existing agencies) and ultimately to 120,000, and to measure across all TV screens technology‑neutrally. It also mandates quarterly internal and annual external audits, at least 50% independent boards, a ban on consultancy to clients, and publication of methodology and anonymised data, making conflicted partnerships, opaque measurement, and low-capacity operations harder to sustain.

The government suspended the Rule 144(xi) registration requirement for bidders from countries sharing land borders for 21 listed inputs, removing the prior eligibility barrier. That change permits foreign suppliers, including Chinese firms, to bid directly for those BHEL contracts and reduces procurement restrictions on sourcing specialized materials domestically. The relaxation therefore tightens no new domestic-preference constraint and raises competitive pressure on local suppliers for these items.

EU regulators found these platforms' age-assurance measures insufficient and have opened formal DSA enforcement actions. Platforms are now required to implement effective, privacy-preserving age verification and cannot rely on one-click self-declaration, increasing compliance and design constraints. The investigations expose the companies to enforcement outcomes, including fines up to 6% of global annual turnover.

The reformed EU Customs Code empowers regulators to impose financial penalties and suspend platforms that systematically import unsafe goods. Platforms will face fines up to 6% of annual imports for systematic infractions, making it harder to list or move non-compliant products into the EU and requiring stronger import compliance.

The federal injunction prevents the Pentagon from enforcing Anthropic's supply‑chain risk designation immediately, with the judge staying full effect for seven days to allow an appeal. This blocks the government's ability to exclude Anthropic from certain military contracts for the injunction period and raises near‑term uncertainty for defense procurements involving the company.

The policy forbids liquor counters and home delivery within the temple and Grand Road area, blocking on-site retail and delivery channels there. It also mandates a 0.5% de-addiction cess collected at wholesale and bars new foreign-liquor 'ON' shop licences in rural areas except for three-star-plus hotels and industrial-club premises, restricting market expansion.

The IOC now requires a one-time genetic (SRY) test to confirm biological female status and limits female-category eligibility at the Olympics and other IOC events to biological females. This bars transgender women from competing in women’s Olympic events and tightly restricts athletes with differences in sex development from eligibility unless they pass the mandated gene screening.

City gas distributors must provision piped natural gas to residential schools, colleges, hostels and similar facilities within five days, subject to infrastructure feasibility. They must submit a connectivity compliance report after five days and then daily. This makes rapid last‑mile hookups and continuous reporting operationally mandatory, increasing deployment and reporting pressure on CGDs.

A decree prohibits exporting refined gold bars with total weight above 100 grams for individuals, legal entities, and individual entrepreneurs. Exports remain allowed only through designated international airport checkpoints with state-issued permits, making bulk cross-border gold outflows harder and requiring formal authorization.

The Court held contributory liability applies only where a provider induced infringement or offered a service lacking substantial noninfringing uses. This restricts secondary copyright claims against ISPs and makes it harder for rights holders to hold providers liable solely for failing to terminate accused accounts. ISPs are no longer required to conduct mass policing or account terminations to avoid DMCA-based liability.