Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Bristol, York and UNSW get approval to set up campuses in India
The Ministry of Education issued Letters of Permission (LoPs) to the University of Bristol, the University of York, and the University of New South Wales (UN...
Urea import prices halve in latest tender, offering relief to subsidy bill
National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL), a public sector undertaking, floated a tender on May 27, 2026, for importing 1.7 million tonnes of urea. The latest tender re...
6 Naga men, believed to have been abducted a month ago, found dead in Manipur
The bodies of six Naga men — including two pastors — who had been reported missing for approximately a month, were recovered in Kangpokpi district of Manipur...
‘Inclusive human development for Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi to chair Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting on June 11
The 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog was held on June 11, 2026, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired b...
Swiggy, Zomato, Uber asked to register gig workers by June 21: Report
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has directed major app-based aggregator platforms — including Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, Rapido, Blinkit, and Zepto — t...
Resettlement census to begin to make way for Great Nicobar project
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration launched a Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) census for families likely to be displaced by the trunk infra...
Post-MGNREGA: Centre fixes States’ share to implement job guarantee scheme under new law
The Union Government has formally notified the cost-sharing ratios for states under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act,...
Centre announces interim allocation for VB-GRAMG
The Centre has announced an interim allocation for the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen) [VB-G RAM G], which has replaced M...
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...