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Centre announces Rs 95,692 crore interim allocation under VB-G RAM G
The Union Government announced an interim central allocation of ₹95,692 crore under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act,...
West Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat scheme
West Bengal has officially joined the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), becoming the 36th state or Union Territory to implement t...
Govt cuts subsidised LPG cylinders to Ujjwala beneficiaries to 4
The government has reduced the number of subsidised LPG cylinders (14.2 kg each) available annually to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries fro...
Centre resumes MGNREGS, PM Awaas scheme in West Bengal
The Central government resumed MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) operations in West Bengal from June 1, 2026, after a suspe...
Rural India’s energy crisis: Why dung cakes still fuel kitchens in Uttar Pradesh villages
Despite over 10.33 crore LPG connections distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) as of July 2025, rural households in Uttar Pradesh contin...
PM Modi congratulates Major Abhilasha Barak on being conferred UN Military Gender Advocate Award
Major Abhilasha Barak of the Indian Army, serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has been honoured with the UN Military Gender Ad...
Panic buying pushes urea and DAP sales to record levels in Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and Karnataka
Urea sales rose nearly 10% year-on-year and DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate) sales surged by 39.32% between March 1 and May 25, 2026 — coinciding with the outbrea...
India’s Health Transformation
A government review highlighted the scale of health system expansion over the past twelve years, covering health insurance, primary care infrastructure, and ...
SC ruling on creamy layer prompts demand for JEE category revision
The Supreme Court held that parental income from salary and agriculture alone cannot determine whether an OBC candidate falls within the "creamy layer" and i...
National Family Health Survey-6 findings | Complete coverage from The Hindu
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Family Health Survey–6 (NFHS-6) covering data collected in 2023–24, surveying approximately 6...
One day of extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths across India, study estimates
A peer-reviewed study published in *Frontiers in Environmental Health* by researchers Piyush Narang and Ashok Gadgil of the India Energy and Climate Center (...
Ebola outbreak: India has sent first tranche of medical supplies to Africa CDC, says MEA
On 17 May 2026, the WHO Director-General formally declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of the...
Over 90% of Indian babies born in hospitals, 87% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated: NFHS-6
The sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), conducted across India in 2023–24, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare i...
Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.S. Chandurkar held that the right to trauma care is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed ...
Supreme Court says NEET paper leak traumatised entire families; points to ‘ad-hocism’ in NTA
The Supreme Court, hearing a matter related to the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, observed that the episode had "traumatised entire families" and pointed to system...
Govt to roll out social security schemes for gig workers; e-Shram integration deadline set for June 22
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has directed platform aggregator companies to integrate their worker databases with the e-Shram portal by June 22, 2026...
One day of extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths across India, study estimates
A peer-reviewed study published in *Frontiers in Environmental Health* estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths a...
Gujarat’s Banni grasslands: A heap of broken images, where the sun beats
A proposal to establish a large solar energy installation within the Banni grassland ecosystem of Kachchh district, Gujarat, has sparked conservation concern...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Releases ?10,021 Crore Mother Sanction to 12 States under PMAY-G
The Union Minister for Rural Development released a Mother Sanction of Rs 10,021.42 crore to 12 states under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), ...
Adivasis demand halt to tiger safari push, evictions in south India forests
Indigenous communities from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu — whose ancestral homelands straddle forests shared across state boundaries — convened at Nagar...