Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
ANRF ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF 10 INSTITUTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE (COES)
The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has announced the selection of 10 institutions to establish Convergence Research Centres of Excellence (Co...
Competition Commission of India says it won’t allow ‘winner-takes-all tyranny’ of Big Tech firms in digital markets
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) publicly stated it will not permit dominant technology firms to create a "winner-takes-all" ecosystem in India's di...
Supreme Court dismisses PIL challenging caste enumeration in upcoming Census
The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking to challenge the government's decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming 16th national Census. A bench o...
RBI Issues Revised Draft Amendment Directions on ‘Conduct of Regulated Entities in Recovery of Loans and Engagement of Recovery Agents’
The Reserve Bank of India issued revised draft amendment directions on the conduct of regulated entities in the recovery of loans and the engagement of recov...
Centre firms up new land-transfer norms to help public asset monetization
The Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance issued an Office Memorandum (O.M. No. 15(04)/2021-E.II(A)) dated May 5, 2026, amending Rules 309 ...
CAQM invokes Stage-I of GRAP across Delhi-NCR as AQI enters ‘Poor’ category
The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) invoked Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)...
Supreme Court: Courts not bound by govt’s N-liability cap
The Supreme Court ruled that courts are not bound by the liability cap set by the government under the nuclear liability framework, asserting judicial author...
Bhupender Yadav: ‘Separate free-ranging Asiatic Lion population under consideration, states are being consulted’
The Union Environment Ministry has stated that establishing a separate free-ranging population of Asiatic Lions is under active consideration, with consultat...
More than 8,800 cases admitted under IBC, creditors realise over Rs 4.11 lakh cr till Dec 2025
By December 2025, more than 8,800 corporate insolvency resolution cases had been admitted under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. Creditors hav...
IBBI issues new guidelines to speed up appointment of insolvency professionals
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) issued the Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution P...
Naxalism eradicated from country before March 31 deadline due to valour of forces: Amit Shah
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) formally communicated to nine previously affected States that no district in India any longer falls under the category of ...
RBI set to pay government record dividend to cushion war shock
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to transfer a record dividend (surplus) to the central government for the fiscal/accounting year 2025-26, anticip...
Over 400 labourers from four Southern States rescued from bonded labour at Nizamabad brick kilns
More than 400 labourers from four southern states were rescued from bonded labour-like conditions at brick kilns in Nizamabad district, Telangana. The rescue...
Trump suggested a US-Russia-China alliance to take down Int’l Criminal Court when he met Xi—FT report
During a visit to Beijing in May 2026, the US President reportedly proposed that the United States, China, and Russia coordinate efforts to undermine and ult...
Delhi Police may seek larger Bench reference on UAPA bail curbs amid ‘conflicting’ coordinate Bench rulings
A Supreme Court bench, in its May 18, 2026 ruling, reaffirmed that "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" even under the Unlawful Activities (Preventio...
Pondage, power and Pakistan—India versus ‘Indus’ court at The Hague
On May 15, 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued a supplemental award on "maximum pondage" — the amount of water that can be held in reservoi...
Vladimir Putin visits Beijing with ‘very serious expectations’, soon after Donald Trump leaves China: What’s cooking?
Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook a state visit to China on May 19–20, 2026 — his 25th visit to China — at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Ji...
Caste slurs in Census forms: SC Commission issues notice to Punjab Census office
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) issued notices to the Director of Census Operations in Punjab and the Punjab Social Justice Department af...
NHRC asks Centre to review changes to trans law, ‘revisit’ community concerns on self-identification
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued Advisory 2.0 on May 19, 2026, directed to 11 Union Ministries, the Office of the Registrar General and Cen...
Supreme Court asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens on foreign servers
The Supreme Court, in a bench comprising the Chief Justice and two other justices, heard a PIL filed by a cybersecurity professional seeking court interventi...