Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Withdrawing life-supporting care: The procedure and the hurdles
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India — in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India — permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for Hari...
Explained: The draft guidelines for passive euthanasia in India, and the hurdles
Following the Supreme Court's landmark 2026 ruling allowing passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, attention has shifted to India's draft guidelines on withdraw...
Civil rights groups demand Maharashtra’s anti-conversion bill draft be made public
Civil rights groups and activists demanded that the Maharashtra government make the draft of its proposed anti-conversion legislation public, objecting to a ...
Meta AI’s ‘Vibes’ feature floods platform with sexual videos of children and explicit Bollywood deepfakes
Meta AI's 'Vibes' feature — a short-form video generation tool launched in September 2025 — was exploited to produce sexually explicit content including chil...
Arunachal tops Fiscal Health Index among NE-Himalayan states
NITI Aayog released its Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, covering financial year 2023-24, ranking Indian states across two separate categories: 18 general/maj...
I&B ministry asks Telegram to remove, disable access to 3,142 URL links
On March 11, 2026, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) issued a formal notice to the messaging platform Telegram, directing it to...
HC bins 'only STs in polls' order, Meghalaya district stays tense
On March 11, 2026, the Meghalaya High Court quashed a notification issued by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on February 17, 2026, which h...
Probe MP Dalit woman's death, SC instructs CBI
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the suspicious death of Anjana,...
'Non-Sanatanis' barred from Badrinath and Kedarnath temples
The Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) passed a resolution on March 10, 2026, at its budget meeting in Dehradun, prohibiting entry of non-Hindus (te...
Opposition to submit notice to Parliament this week to seek motion for CEC’s removal
The INDIA bloc opposition announced it would submit a notice to Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with 63 Ra...
Motion for Speaker's removal defeated after fiery debate in Parliament
The Lok Sabha defeated a resolution moved by over 100 INDIA bloc MPs seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla through a voice vote on March 11, 2026 — amid hi...
House panel pulls up line ministries for ‘slow, tardy’ progress in execution of flagship schemes for tribal villages
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment pulled up multiple line ministries for "slow and tardy" progress in executing flagship s...
Policy missteps: On the government’s handling of India’s fuel crisis
An editorial analysis identifies systemic policy failures behind India's LPG supply crisis: excessive dependence on West Asian imports routed through the Str...
A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake zoning, rollback
India's Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) issued a revised seismic zonation map in November 2025 under IS 1893 (Part 1): 2025, the seventh revision of the ear...
Union Home Secretary asks States to provide security to LPG supply chain
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan held a virtual coordination meeting with Chief Secretaries of all states, directing them to ensure physical security for th...
Next instalment of Kisan Nidhi to reach farmers on March 13
The central government credited the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) to the bank accounts of approximately 9 crore farmers on ...
When it comes to us, the most common word used by Speaker is ‘no’, says Opposition
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha alleged that the Speaker's office — meant to be neutral per constitutional design — has strayed from impartiality, with t...
Reforming choice-based education
An opinion piece in a national daily argued that India's Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), intended to deliver flexible and multi-disciplinary higher educat...
Non-Sanatanis may not enter Badrinath, Kedarnath temples: Badri-Kedar Temple Committee
The Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) formally passed a resolution on March 10, 2026, to restrict entry of "non-Sanatanis" into 47 temples under it...
Recent rise in deaths, property damage due to building collapses: Union Home Secretary
Union Home Secretary flagged a recent increase in deaths and property damage caused by building collapses across India, indicating an escalating urban struct...