Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
India AI Summit 2026 marks New Delhi’s strong AI beginning, not its arrival — yet
India hosted the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19–20, 2026 in New Delhi, positioning itself as a leader in inclusive and responsible AI governance ...
Explained: Can the ED attach ancestral property? The legal debate over ‘equivalent value’
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja), in the case of Arun Suri v. Enforcement Directorate, ruled that ancestr...
WhatsApp complies with directions on data sharing: A timeline of the case and privacy concerns it raised
WhatsApp informed the Supreme Court that it will comply with the directions issued by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on data sharing — i...
What India’s consolidated PRAHAAR strategy document entails
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) unveiled "PRAHAAR" — the country's first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on February 23...
Inglorious retreat: On the Supreme Court and cow vigilantism
The Supreme Court of India reviewed its earlier stance on cow vigilantism enforcement, declining to issue nationwide directives for uniform compensation and ...
States increasingly reliant on market loans to finance deficits, says Vedartha report
A report by Vedartha (the AIF and PMS brand under Bandhan AMC) highlights that State Government Securities (SGS) outstanding have surged five-fold since FY20...
Haryana land-for-free treatment deal: Govt gave prime plots to pvt hospitals, poor got little in return
An investigation revealed that the Haryana government allotted prime urban land to private hospitals at heavily subsidised rates through the Haryana Shahari ...
Supreme Court closes suo motu case on polluted rivers after five years of near inaction
A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi closed the suo motu proceedings initiated in 2021 on the remed...
India aims to raise $20 billion from IPOs of state-run firms by 2030
India plans to raise approximately ₹1.79 lakh crore (~$20 billion) through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of state-run firms by FY2029-30, as part of the Na...
Amid DoT push, WhatsApp appears to test SIM-binding
WhatsApp appears to be developing a SIM-binding feature in response to a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) direction issued on November 28, 2025, requir...
Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA
An analysis of India's defence budget over multiple government tenures reveals a persistent gap between the funds allocated at the start of each financial ye...
Every violation of RBI fraud rules not open to court scrutiny: Bombay High Court on lifting Anil Ambani case stay
In February 2026, a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad quashed a single bench or...
Cabinet approves infra projects, farm benefits of ₹12,236 crore
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, approved a ₹275 per quintal hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw ...
Government rolls out mobile labs to monitor National Highway quality
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has deployed Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs) — fully equipped non-destructive testing laboratories on...
CPI welcomes renaming of Kerala, calls it 'intrinsic to the Malayalam'
The Communist Party of India (CPI) welcomed the Union Cabinet's approval of Kerala's renaming to "Keralam," calling it "intrinsic to the Malayalam language" ...
Bihar visit: Amit Shah to review Seemanchal demographic shift, border security concerns
Union Home Minister Amit Shah undertook a three-day visit to Bihar to chair the first-ever high-level review of demographic changes, illegal infiltration, an...
Will it be Keralamite or Keralamian? Shashi Tharoor reacts to Kerala’s proposed new name Keralam
The Union Cabinet formally approved the proposal to rename Kerala as "Keralam" — setting in motion the constitutional procedure under Article 3 of the Consti...
India is conducting exercise for mapping import reliance
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched a nationwide import reliance mapping drive, collecting data from all central...
What happens to terms Keralite, Keralan: Shashi Tharoor’s witty take on state’s Keralam switch
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to alter the name of the State of "Kerala" to "Keralam" on February 24, 202...
EC–state poll panel talks underway, electoral rolls top agenda
On February 24, 2026, the Election Commission of India (ECI) convened a National Round Table Conference with State Election Commissioners (SECs) of all state...