Polity & Governance
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Andhra Pradesh achieves record GST collection in February 2026
Andhra Pradesh achieved its highest-ever GST collection in February 2026, recording a 5.45% growth compared to February 2025. The record collection was annou...
Why politicians in Bihar are not saying ‘cheers’ to prohibition
Ten years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed a total prohibition on alcohol in the state (effective April 2016), parties across the political sp...
GST eroding financial freedoms of States: K.N. Harilal
K.N. Harilal, Chairman of Kerala's 7th State Finance Commission, stated that GST is eroding the financial freedoms of states by concentrating indirect tax de...
PM Modi to chair CCS meeting tonight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) following the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, ...
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stresses on building a ‘mediation culture’ for resolving disputes amicably
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, at an event in Andhra Pradesh, called for the building of a "mediation culture" in India — urging litigants, lawyers...
Ban, regulate or reform? Social media & under-15s – The India question
India is actively debating whether to impose a ban on social media access for children under 15, with experts, government officials, and civil society divide...
GST mop-up grows 8.1% to over ₹1.83 lakh crore in Feb
Gross GST revenue for February 2026 reached ₹1,83,609 crore — an 8.1% rise year-on-year, driven by a 17.2% surge in import-linked GST revenue (₹47,837 crore)...
Centre, states collect GST revenue of ₹1.61 trillion in February after refunds
Net GST revenue for February 2026 — after deducting refunds — stood at ₹1,61,014 crore (approximately ₹1.61 trillion), a 7.9% year-on-year increase. The gros...
India's GST collections rise 8.1% YoY to Rs 1.83 lakh crore in February
Gross GST revenue for February 2026 stood at ₹1,83,609 crore — an 8.1% year-on-year increase over February 2025. The cumulative GST collection for FY2025-26 ...
‘Grant statehood for Puducherry,’ CM Rangasamy urges PM Modi
Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to grant Puducherry full statehood, citing the territory's ina...
Key takeaways from Bengal SIR: 9% deletions, 8.5% in limbo, 20% struck off in Mamata seat
The final electoral roll for West Bengal was published on February 28, 2026, after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise — the most...
Khamenei is dead: How will his successor be picked?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, triggering Iran's constitutional succession process for only the second time...
SC: Make prisons reformative, give women right to open jails
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued nationwide directions in the case Suhas Chakma v. Union of India (2026 ...
Why is WhatsApp's privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India?
In January 2021, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy requiring all users to consent to sharing their data with Meta (then Facebook) and its subsidiaries for ...
West Asia crisis: India assures visa relief to stranded foreign travellers
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 1, 2026, issued an advisory directing foreign nationals whose travel plans were disrupted by the West Asia cr...
How succession works in Iran and who will be the country’s next supreme leader?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, was killed in joint US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, triggering Iran's constitutional su...
U.S., Israel clash with Iran in UNSC, as U.N. chief Guterres warns of uncontrollable ‘chain of events’
The UN Security Council (UNSC) convened in emergency session on February 28, 2026, hours after the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran that kille...
21 illegal migrants from Bangladesh sent back from Assam
Assam Police's Sribhumi district unit conducted a midnight operation, apprehending and pushing back 21 illegal migrants to Bangladesh at 12:30 AM. Chief Mini...
NGT issues notices to Centre, M.P. govt over clearances to Adani Group’s coal block in Singrauli
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued notices to the Central Government, Madhya Pradesh Government, and the Adani Group over forest and wildlife clearance...
Why is the NEP undergrad course in chaos? | Explained
The Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) introduced under the National Education Policy 2020 is facing widespread implementation difficulties across Ind...