Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
No clarity on caste census a year after promise: Congress
One year after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs announced on April 30, 2025 that caste enumeration would be included in the upcoming national Censu...
Chhattisgarh assembly passes resolution seeking implementation of women’s quota in legislatures
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed a resolution on April 30, 2026 urging immediate implementation of one-third reservation for women in Parliament ...
Why Supreme Court rejected the need for additional provision to tackle hate speech
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta declined to issue directions for the creation of additional legislative provisions to deal wi...
States with revenue deficits and high debt burdens will find current crisis more challenging, Centre warns
A new analysis by the Ministry of Finance warns that Indian states already carrying revenue deficits and elevated debt burdens will face a compounded challen...
Railways Minister flags off first Jammu-Srinagar direct train service on ‘historic day’
The first direct Jammu–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express service was flagged off on April 30, 2026, extending the existing Katra–Srinagar Vande Bharat to Jammu T...
Remove time cap on legal abortion in minor rape cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court directed the Union government to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to remove the time limitation on termination of pregn...
Watch: Supreme Court to Centre: Amend law on pregnancy termination | Above the Fold | 30.04.2026
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to consider amending the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to address procedural and substantive gaps ...
Government to roll out Panchayat Advancement Index 3.0 to boost data-driven grassroots planning, assess progress
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is set to introduce the Panchayat Advancement Index 3.0 (PAI 3.0) in May 2026, an upgraded performance measurement framework f...
FDI easing for foreign cos with up to 10 pc Chinese stake to be notified soon under FEMA soon
The Union Cabinet's March 2026 approval of amendments to Press Note 3 (2020) will be given legal effect through a formal notification under the Foreign Excha...
'Imagine the pain, humiliation': Supreme Court urges Centre to allow abortion beyond 20 weeks for rape survivors
The Supreme Court, while hearing a case involving a minor rape survivor whose pregnancy had crossed 20 weeks, strongly urged the Union government to consider...
Jal Jeevan: Somanna disputes CM Siddaramaiah’s claims on Centre’s support to Karnataka
A public dispute has emerged between the Union Government and the Karnataka state government over the implementation and funding of the Jal Jeevan Mission, w...
What is brain death and why is Supreme Court reviewing the way it’s certified?
The Supreme Court is examining a Public Interest Litigation challenging the scientific and constitutional soundness of brain death certification procedures u...
RBI exempts small NBFCs from registration
The Reserve Bank of India issued final guidelines exempting Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) with asset size below ₹1,000 crore that do not avail publ...
NMC does away with ceiling on MBBS intake
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a gazette notification removing two key regulatory caps on MBBS admissions: the 150-seat ceiling per medical...
Finance Ministry caps outlay for schemes pending 16th Finance Commission approval
The Department of Expenditure issued an order capping budgetary allocations for all central sector and centrally sponsored schemes that could not complete ma...
Why creation of new Ladakh districts deepens faultlines, sparks backlash
The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh notified the creation of five new districts — Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass — expanding Ladakh's total from t...
Operationalisation of Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (“PaRRVA”)
SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) issued a circular dated 29 April 2026 operationalising the Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA), e...
Rain and hailstorm pound Bengaluru’s Central Business District as city records 78 mm
On 29 April 2026, Bengaluru received 78 mm of rainfall in just 30 minutes during an intense hailstorm — the highest April rainfall recorded in the city in te...
Hate speech stems from an ‘us versus them’ mindset: Supreme Court judgment
The Supreme Court, in a batch of petitions filed over five years, delivered a judgment on April 29, 2026, holding that no legislative vacuum exists in India'...
'No vacuum in law to deal with the offence' — What Supreme Court said on hate speeches
The Supreme Court on April 29, 2026 dismissed petitions seeking fresh judicial directions or a dedicated legal framework to curb hate speech, ruling that no ...