Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Nine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killings
A Madurai court on April 6, 2026 sentenced all nine convicted police personnel to death in the Sathankulam custodial deaths case The court described the inci...
Explained: Debate over CSAT as a ‘barrier to diversity’ in UPSC Civil Services Exam
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice — examining the Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Department of Personnel...
Experts Explain | Jan Vishwas Bill 2026: Scale, scope and impact of India’s major decriminalisation exercise
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 27, 2026, was passed by Parliament — the most expansive decriminalisat...
Climate change reshaping disease patterns, straining health systems, finds report
A new report finds that extreme weather events in India are increasing in frequency and intensity, creating both immediate and long-term public health risks....
History made: Menaka Guruswamy becomes India’s first openly queer MP
Senior Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament on April 6, 2026, representing West Bengal on a Trinamool C...
Menaka Guruswamy makes history as India’s first openly queer MP
Senior advocate Dr. Menaka Guruswamy took oath as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha on April 6, 2026, becoming India's first openly queer Member of P...
Petition filed in SC challenging amended 'transgender persons' law
Transgender rights activists Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Zainab Patel have filed a Supreme Court petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Trans...
Women's rights & religion: CJI-led 9-J bench includes all faiths, and a woman
The Supreme Court has constituted a nine-judge constitutional bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, to hear a batch of cases examining the scope of reli...
Centre’s claim of no displacement of tribals a lie: Congress on Great Nicobar project
Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, challenged the Centre's claim that the Rs 81,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Development Project would not displace...
Supreme Court notifies nine-judge Bench for Sabarimala verdict review
The Supreme Court formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench to hear the Sabarimala review case, with hearings commencing from 7 A...
Prime Minister: Women should ensure quota bills passed unopposed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will implement the women's reservation law (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) from the 2029 Lok Sabha ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lok Sabha clears CAPF bill, opposition flags 15-year promotion freeze
The Lok Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, following the Rajya Sabha's earlier passage amid an o...