Polity & Governance
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Delimitation to put Punjab at disadvantage, Centre should build consensus among parties: Warring
Punjab Congress president Randeep Singh Warring claimed that the proposed delimitation exercise for implementing the Women's Reservation Act will put Punjab ...
‘Linguistic imposition’ vs ‘linguistic liberation’: Stalin and Pradhan clash over 3-language formula
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan engaged in a sharp public exchange over the three-language formula unde...
National digital wellbeing mission launched amid rising concerns over screen addiction and online risks
The National Digital Wellbeing Mission has been launched amid growing concerns over screen addiction and online risks, particularly among children and young ...
States are not Centre’s subordinates: Justice B.V. Nagarathna
Supreme Court Justice B.V. Nagarathna stated that the Centre ought to view states as "coordinates" and not "subordinates," and that federalism is a constitut...
Plea in Supreme Court challenges transgender law amendments as breach of right to self-determined gender identity
Activists Laxminarayan Tripathi and Zainab Javid Patel filed an Article 32 petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Trans...
States that stabilised population will not lose Lok Sabha seats: Modi
The Prime Minister addressed concerns over the proposed delimitation exercise for the first time, assuring that states which have stabilised their population...
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada on 27 March...
Government confident of cross-party support for women’s quota bills
The Union government plans to reconvene Parliament for a special session to pass amendments enabling the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act (106th...
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026: Rationalizing Compliance and Decriminalizing Minor Offences in the Health Sector
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administered by 23 Ministries. Of thes...
Jan Vishwas Bill 2026: Govt's big law decriminalises 717 offences, replaces jail with fines
Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha approving it by voice vote. The Bill decrimin...
Fresh IBC amendments: How govt looks to plug gaps in insolvency code
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, 2026 to address systemic weaknesses that had accumulated since the IB...
Fear of the foreign: On the FCRA amendments
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026 by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Ra...
Great Nicobar Project: Draft plan to ‘relocate’ affected Nicobarese families creates confusion
A draft plan for the "relocation" of Nicobarese tribal families affected by the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) Development Project has been circulated, but it ha...
Union Home Ministry revises classification of districts affected by left-wing extremism
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revised the classification system for districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), replacing the single "Mos...
Government hopes to clear 5 crore pending cases with Jan Vishwas Bill
Following the passage of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, the government has directed central departments and public prosecutors to proa...
Decriminalising healthcare: Jail terms scrapped for minor violations as Parliament clears Jan Vishwas Bill
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 — the Rajya Sabha cleared it after the Lok Sabha had passed it earlier in the Budget S...
Explained: Supreme Court’s high bar for overturning enforcement of foreign arbitration awards
In Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities Fund-I and Others (decided March 26, 2026), a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Vinod Chandran of the Supreme Cou...
Karnataka tops under ‘Namo Drone Didi Yojana’
Karnataka has emerged as the top-performing state under the Namo Drone Didi Yojana, a central sector scheme that trains women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as...
India keeps plastic waste targets intact, but eases path to compliance
India has amended its plastic waste management rules to introduce new compliance flexibility provisions while retaining the core Extended Producer Responsibi...
All about Karnataka’s new Freedom Of Choice in Marriage Bill | Decode Karnataka
The Karnataka Legislature unanimously passed the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and T...