Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Finance ministry asks banks, insurance companies for cost cutting, move to EVs
The Department of Financial Services (DFS), under the Ministry of Finance, issued a circular to all public sector banks (PSBs), regional rural banks (RRBs), ...
Bail is the rule is not an empty slogan, even in UAPA and ‘terror’ cases: Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and B.V. Nagarathna granted bail to a Jammu and Kashmir national accused in a narco-terror case investigated b...
FinMin asks PSU banks, insurers to adopt austerity measures, shift to EV
The Department of Financial Services (DFS), on May 18, 2026, issued a circular directing all public sector banks (PSBs), regional rural banks (RRBs), public ...
JPC open to changes in ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, says panel chief
The chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 stated that the com...
'Track imports, manufacture in India': Piyush Goyal pushes swadeshi production
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has directed Indian businesses to systematically track imports and identify specific product categories where domestic ...
Parliamentry panel summons NTA chief after NEET paper leak; reform in focus
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports summoned the Chairperson of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Se...
Suvendu govt ends religion-based schemes in Bengal, scraps state OBC list
The West Bengal state government has decided to discontinue all welfare schemes introduced by the previous administration that were based on religious catego...
Rail-led industrial corridors
India's Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has fundamentally shifted the economics of freight movement by providing high-speed, high-capacity, ele...
Ordinance to up SC judges from 33 to 37 promulgated
The President promulgated the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, notified in the Gazette of India on May 16, 2026. The ordinance ame...
RBI tightens scrutiny of overseas investments as outflows surge to $27 billion in FY26
Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) outflows from India — including equity infusions, loans, and invoked guarantees — climbed from approximately $14.5 billion i...
GNI project recipe for ecological disaster, expand existing defence assets on Great Nicobar: Jairam to Rajnath
Experts — including ecologists, geoscientists, and defence analysts — have described the proposed Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island (GNI) as a rec...
Forest Rights and the Great Nicobar Mega-Project: The case before the Calcutta High Court
Three connected Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar Island development project were admitted as ...
Online compliance to speed up environmental clearance for industrial expansion
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has made the Certified Compliance Report (CCR) process fully digital through the existing PAR...
Field Operations for Houselisting and Housing Census commences in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and MCD area of Delhi
House-to-house field operations for the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) — Phase I of Census 2027 — commenced on May 16, 2026, in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, ...
Ordinance issued to increase number of Supreme Court judges by 4
An ordinance was promulgated on May 17, 2026, amending the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956, to increase the sanctioned strength of the apex court ...
Why PM Modi visited Netherlands’ Afsluitdijk dam: The Dutch model India may need
During the India-Netherlands bilateral visit in May 2026, the Indian Prime Minister toured the Afsluitdijk — the Netherlands' iconic 32-kilometre sea barrier...
NEET-UG | Test in turmoil
The National Testing Agency cancelled NEET-UG 2026 on May 12 — nine days after it was conducted on May 3 for 22.79 lakh candidates — following confirmation b...
Centre to roll out pilot programme for linking out-of-school adolescents to open school
The Union Ministry of Education convened a high-level meeting on May 16, 2026, chaired by the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL),...
Chola-era Anaimangalam Plates, in possession of Leiden University since 1862, returned to India
The Chola-era Anaimangalam Copper Plates, held by Leiden University in the Netherlands since 1862, were formally handed over to India at a ceremony in The Ha...
NEET paper leak: CBI arrests Pune botany teacher who NTA appointed as expert
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, a botany teacher from Pune, in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak — bringing...