Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Parliament Watch: Panel flags oil shock risks, CPSE crisis; govt updates on US tariffs, repo, Panama leaks
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Mi...
India urges BRICS cohesion amid Iran crisis, flags need for UN reform
India called for BRICS cohesion as the grouping faced its most significant internal stress test — an active war involving Iran, a full BRICS member, pitted a...
Centre writes to states to help expedite piped natural gas network expansion amid LPG supply squeeze
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written to state governments and Union Territories urging them to expedite approvals and remove procedural bott...
Watch: At UN General Assembly, India slams Pakistan’s ‘air-bombing campaigns’ during Ramadan
India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, addressed the UN General Assembly during the commemoration of the International D...
The quiet battle over the right to dying with dignity
India's Supreme Court authorised the country's first-ever passive euthanasia in the Harish Rana vs. Union of India case (March 2026), marking the practical r...
Punjab ‘inflating’ numbers of households with tap water access, groundwater very contaminated—CAG report
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's audit of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Punjab found that the state has been "inflating" the number of ...
Parliamentary panel rebukes Ministry of Planning, Niti Aayog for poor financial management
The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, formally rebuked the Ministry of Planning and Niti Aayog for "amateur planning" — spe...
Create strategic energy mitigation framework to protect economy from oil shocks: Panel to FinMin
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Ministry of Finance, recommending that the Department ...
India needs clear foreign policy roadmap, says parliamentary committee
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, presented its Twelfth Report on the Ministry of External Aff...
March taken out to Lok Bhavan in protest against Bill on transgender persons
Members of the transgender, intersex, and gender diverse community marched to Lok Bhavan (seat of the state government) in protest against the Transgender Pe...
No evidence of increased efficiency due to mechanisation of sewer cleaning, Centre tells LS
The Central government informed the Lok Sabha that 622 deaths from hazardous sewer and septic tank cleaning have been reported since 2017, and that there is ...
Supreme Court strikes down age cap on maternity leave for adoptive mothers
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, declaring it unconstitutional for restricting maternity ...
Govt gets Parliament nod for Rs 2.01 lakh crore additional spending in FY26
Parliament gave its approval for ₹2.01 lakh crore in additional net expenditure for Financial Year 2025–26 when the Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bi...
Oil shock: Panel urges Finance Ministry to craft strategic energy mitigation framework
The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, has recommended that the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the Fi...
Availability of generic medicines under PMBJKs
The Government highlighted the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), which provides quality generic medicines at prices 50–...
Maharashtra legislature passes Freedom of Religion Bill to check conversions through fraud
The Maharashtra legislature passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, making it one of the most comprehensive anti-conversion laws enacted by an...
'Unconstitutional': SC rules adoptive mothers can't be denied maternity leave if child is older than 3 months
The Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, which had restricted maternity benefits to adoptive mothers only when the adop...
Issue of high trade margins in essential medical devices
The government acknowledged the problem of high trade margins in medical devices included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), where the NPPA ...
Passive euthanasia: How Harish Rana's case revived memories for Aruna Shanbaug's long, silent fight for dignity in death
The Supreme Court of India approved passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old from Uttar Pradesh who has been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) ...
Affordable medicines and regulation of private hospitals
The government reaffirmed that drug prices in India are regulated under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO 2013), issued under the Essential Commod...