Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
TB survivors seek government clarification on continuity of medicines and diagnostic supplies amid global conflict
Tuberculosis (TB) survivors and patient advocacy groups sought clarification from the government on the continuity of free TB treatment under the National Tu...
A.P. aims to become a hub of defence manufacturing, says Lokesh
A Lok Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh articulated the state's ambition to become a major hub of defence manufacturing, building on existing aerospace and de...
A first for India: MPs move notice for removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. What the Constitution says
For the first time in India's constitutional history, opposition MPs moved a formal notice in Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner G...
Parliamentary panel recommends high-level committee to assess India’s urban infra needs
A parliamentary standing committee recommended that the government constitute a high-level committee to study and assess the implementation framework for wom...
NHRC issues notices to five States over rise in missing persons cases
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of reports highlighting a growing number of missing persons across several states and th...
Cabinet move to accelerate execution of Polavaram irrigation project
The Union Cabinet took steps to accelerate the execution of the Polavaram Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh, which has been accorded National Project stat...
A.P. Cabinet approves ₹9,355 crore for seven Multi-Village Schemes
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved seven major Multi-Village Drinking Water Schemes at a combined cost of ₹9,355 crore, aimed at providing safe drinking wat...
Tax nudges lead 5 million taxpayers to revise returns; refund claims drop ₹2,000 crore
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) initiated the NUDGE campaign — Non-Intrusive Usage of Data to Guide and Enable — starting December 2025, using data ...
Online crimes against women & children: Govt urges law enforcement & IT firms for stronger response
The Union Government directed law enforcement agencies across states and Union Territories to use the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) — managed b...
Protests break out in Shia dominated areas in Kashmir; Curbs imposed
Protests broke out in Shia-dominated areas of Kashmir — including Magam and Budgam — in March 2026, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, reflecting the ...
MP CM transfers Rs 1,836cr to women under Ladli Behna Yojana; Rs 52,000cr disbursed so far
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav transferred ₹1,836 crore to over 1.25 crore women beneficiaries under the Ladli Behna Yojana, continuing the scheme...
EXPLAINER: Why kerosene and coal are making a temporary comeback in India
The Indian government has temporarily reintroduced kerosene for household cooking use and permitted coal, biomass, and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) pellets as a...
'One-sided foreign policy': P Chidambaram blasts Centre for co-sponsoring UNSC resolution condemning Iran
India co-sponsored UNSC Resolution 2817 (2026), which strongly condemned Iran's attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and Jordan, condemning them...
Lok Sabha approves additional spending of Rs 2.01 lakh crore for FY 2025-26
Lok Sabha approved the Second Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY2025-26, permitting the government to spend an additional net amount of ₹2.01 l...
Bill seeking precise definition of transgender, excluding sexual orientation from ambit tabled in LS
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 12, 2026 by Union Minister for Social Justice an...
When med care fails: What SC’s passive euthanasia ruling means
The Supreme Court's March 11, 2026 ruling in the Harish Rana case has been widely analysed for its practical implications on end-of-life medical care in Indi...
Centre orders probe into Farooq Abdullah attack, questions raised over ‘lapses’, before and after
On March 11, 2026, former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah survived an assassination attempt when an attac...
12 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh 'pushed back': Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that 12 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were "pushed back" across the border, continuing the state's ac...
The norm in global AI governance right now is performance and scale; India can rewrite that
Analysts and policy experts have observed that the dominant norm in global AI governance frameworks is currently performance and scale — the ability to build...
Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining in National Chambal Sanctuary
The Supreme Court, on a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, initiated suo motu proceedings over reports of illegal sand extraction in the Nation...