Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Home ministry to launch annual ranking of police training institutes, forensic labs from 2027
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will launch an annual ranking system for police training institutes and forensic laboratories starting from 2027. Th...
CCI to onboard analysts and data scientists
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is onboarding data scientists and analysts with expertise in artificial intelligence tools and digital market opera...
Not in favour of permitting new hydroelectric projects in upper Ganga, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Union government filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on May 19, 2026, stating it is not in favour of permitting any new hydroelectric projects...
‘Not sustainable’: Why the Kerala government scrapped Rs 64,000 cr SilverLine project
The Kerala government officially scrapped the SilverLine (K-Rail) semi-high-speed rail corridor project in May 2026, with the announcement that all proceedin...
CAG offered its initiatives to CCI to discharge its responsibility more effectively
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) proposed a structured partnership with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) at the CCI's 17th Annual Day event...
Rules for new rural employment scheme to be issued soon
The Ministry of Rural Development informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee on May 20, 2026, that 25 states have already allocated funds for the new rural ...
CAG urges use of AI and data analytics to detect corruption in government tenders
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called for deploying artificial intelligence and data analytics tools to detect corruption and unfair prac...
Naga body in Manipur petitions PM, seeking release of six Naga captives
On May 13, 2026, six Naga civilians were abducted from Leilon Vaiphei village in Senapati district, Manipur, by unidentified armed groups amid renewed ethnic...
India’s Evolving Metrology Ecosystem
A government release marked World Metrology Day 2026 (observed annually on May 20), highlighting the evolution of India's legal metrology framework from anci...
Watch: Why WHO is worried about Ebola outbreak | Above the Fold | 20.05.2026
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a P...
Simultaneous polls could save Rs 7 lakh crore: Joint parliamentary panel chief
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 — colle...
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...