Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Paid menstrual pain leave may cost women their careers, Supreme Court apprehends
On March 13, 2026, the Supreme Court disposed of a PIL seeking nationwide paid menstrual leave for women employees and students, declining to issue such a di...
Amid war, U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for SIR-type electoral overhaul
Amid ongoing conflict in Europe, the Trump administration pushed for US-backed electoral oversight mechanisms in European nations, raising questions about so...
Six MPs urge Centre to include reservation Act of Karnataka in Ninth Schedule
Six Members of Parliament from Karnataka urged the Union Government to include the state's reservation legislation in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution,...
Goa ranks second in Niti Aayog fiscal health Index 2026 — Who is No 1?
NITI Aayog released the second annual edition of the Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, measuring the fiscal health of Indian states for Financial Year 2023-24....
RSP sweeps Nepal elections with historic majority, ex-rapper Balen Shah to become PM months after deadly Gen Z protests
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of Nepal won a near-supermajority in Nepal's 2026 general elections, securing approximately 182 out of 275 seats in the Ho...
Motion against CEC in Parliament: Will Gyanesh Kumar be removed? What's the process?
Multiple Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs submitted a formal notice for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on March 13, 2026 — a first in ...
The Supreme Court judgement on creamy layer exclusion for OBC quota | Explained
The Supreme Court's March 11, 2026 judgment (Union of India v. Rohith Nathan) resolved decades of confusion about how to apply the income/wealth test for OBC...
Cash-for-query case: SC stays Delhi HC order on sanction for CBI to try Moitra
The Supreme Court stayed paragraph 89 of a December 2025 Delhi High Court order that had directed the Lokpal to consider granting sanction to the CBI to file...
SC takes suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining in National Chambal Sanctuary
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took suo motu cognisance of reports of rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sa...
'These are plans to call women inferior': CJI led-Supreme Court bench rejects plea on menstrual leave
The Supreme Court of India declined to entertain a PIL seeking a nationwide mandatory menstrual leave policy for women students and employees, warning that m...
In a first, EC appoints officers of SDM level & above as returning officers for Bengal polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) upgraded the rank of returning officers (ROs) across all 152 assembly constituencies in West Bengal to the level of Su...
India co-sponsors resolution at UNSC condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf nations
India formally co-sponsored a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Iran's "egregious" attacks against GCC member states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, ...
Opposition likely to submit notice for CEC’s removal to presiding officer of one House of Parliament today
The Opposition, led by the INDIA bloc with support from AAP, gathered 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs to sign a notice seeking the removal of Chief ...
India co-sponsors GCC-led UNSC resolution against Iran
India co-sponsored UNSC Resolution 2817, a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-led measure that condemns Iran's attacks on civilian and residential areas of Bahra...
Government defends barring certain groups from list of blood donors
The Union government defended before the Supreme Court its policy barring transgender persons, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female sex workers from d...
LPG imports hit, Govt pushes kerosene, coal as options
The West Asia conflict has disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, severely impacting India's LPG imports — roughly 55% of India's total LPG...
‘At end of our tether’: Groups call for shutdown, protest in Ladakh amid impasse in talks with Centre
The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) called for a shutdown and protest march across Ladakh on March 16, 2026, citing an impasse in talks with the Centre over...
Arbitrary and opaque: On the Employees’ Pension Scheme 2026
The EPFO's Central Board of Trustees (CBT) approved the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 2026 on March 2, 2026, replacing the EPS 1995 scheme. The new scheme ...
India co-sponsors resolution passed by UNSC condemning Iran attacks on Gulf
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2817 (2026) on March 11, 2026, condemning "in the strongest terms" Iran's missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Kuw...
Congress urges government to hold an all‑party meeting on women’s quota law
The Congress party urged the government to convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Constitution...