Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
UIDAI covers mandatory biometric update for students in over 1 lakh schools
UIDAI has covered Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU) for students across more than 1 lakh schools in India, with 1.2 crore children completing biometric updat...
Road ministry defines catastrophic failures to help in assessment of concessionaire
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formally defined "Catastrophic Failures" in the context of National Highway (NH) infrastructure, esta...
From lapses in beneficiary verification to fund underutilisation, CAG flags issues in Ayushman Bharat and PMAY in Bihar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its Report No. 4 of 2025, audited the performance of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ...
Expert Explains: How Iran’s power pyramid came to be, with Supreme Leader at the top
Following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the reported killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, global attention has turned to the structure of Iran's governan...
Meeting with Telangana Collectors on Census-2027 begins
Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao chaired a meeting with district Collectors on March 3, 2026 to review arrangements for Census-2027 enumeration, ...
Uttar Pradesh receives over 84% of all out-of-State MPLADS money | Data
Data analysis of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) spending from 2023 to 2026 reveals that over 84% of all funds directed to proje...
In fragile ecosystems like Great Nicobar, constitutional wisdom lies in ensuring that transformation is ecologically sustainable, socially just
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 16, 2026 upheld the 2022 environmental clearance granted to the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, rulin...
PM Modi urges industry to ramp up investment, prioritise research to scale up manufacturing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed industry leaders at a post-Budget webinar series (March 2026), urging Indian firms to substantially ramp up investment...
How Tamil Nadu got 234 Assembly seats: The Delimitation Commission’s calculated departure
A detailed account of how Tamil Nadu arrived at its current 234 State Legislative Assembly seats traces the Delimitation Commission's work through successive...
How Dravidian parties changed the course of Tamil Nadu’s progress
A retrospective analysis examines how Dravidian parties — principally the DMK and AIADMK — have shaped Tamil Nadu's socio-economic trajectory since 1967. Tam...
Jairam Ramesh: Delimitation will 'punish' south for population control
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, speaking during the party's "Puthuyugam" campaign ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections, argued that upcoming parl...
In SC, temple board to defend women's entry ban in Sabarimala temple
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which administers the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple in Kerala, passed a formal resolution on March 2, 2026, oppos...
MHA forms 2 more panels to fast-track CAA applications in Bengal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted two additional State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal to accelerate the processing of citizenship...
New reality: On new series of national accounts data
On February 27, 2026, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new series of GDP estimates shifting India's base year from ...
Rethinking tax searches for the digital age
India's new Income Tax Act (Income-Tax No.2 Bill, 2025), passed by Parliament on August 12, 2025, came into effect from April 1, 2026, replacing the six-deca...
2 more panels for Bengal to fast-track CAA applications
The MHA issued a gazette notification on March 2, 2026, constituting two more State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal, bringing the total to four, to...
Iran conflict: Ready to evacuate citizens stuck in Gulf, says Centre; IndiGo to operate 10 flights from Jeddah on Tuesday
The Indian government announced readiness to evacuate Indian citizens from Gulf nations as tensions escalated following US-Israel strikes on Iran in late Feb...
MHA sets up two empowered panels to process CAA applications in West Bengal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted two additional State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal on March 2, 2026, to process applications for I...
Khameini’s killing: J-K Police appeals people to refrain from violence, provocation
Following the US-Israel joint air strikes on Iran (February 28, 2026) and the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, mass protests broke out acros...
Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal completes 5-day Odisha visit
The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), led by Chairperson Justice Bela M. Trivedi, completed a 5-day field visit to Odisha in late February–early March...