Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Improving cleft care in the age of AI
An estimated 30,000 children are born annually in India with cleft lip and/or cleft palate — one of the most common congenital craniofacial conditions worldw...
Tipra Motha sweeps Tripura tribal council elections, wins 20 of 28 seats
Tipra Motha Party (TMP), led by Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarman, won 24 out of 28 seats in the 2026 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAAD...
Tipra Motha Party romps back to power for second consecutive term in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
The Tipra Motha Party (TMP) won a decisive second consecutive term in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections, capturing 24 o...
Amit Shah says Opposition against women’s reservation, not its implementation; claims delimitation critics oppose SC/ST seat hike
Parliament continued debate on April 17, 2026, on the package of three bills — the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation Bill, 2026, and the ...
From protests to paychecks: How state unrest triggered a wage rethink
Labour protests in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, triggered a national conversation about India's fragmented minimum wage regime, with thousands of workers citing sta...
Mining push meets tribal resistance
Intense conflict has erupted in the Sijimali hills, straddling Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southern Odisha, over proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta L...
33% women quota law notified, rollout awaits census and delimitation
The Union Law Ministry issued a gazette notification on April 16, 2026, bringing the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Women's R...
Establishing a vaccine injury compensation mechanism for India
A recent opinion piece argues that when the State strongly promotes mass vaccination as a civic duty — as it did during the COVID-19 immunisation drive — it ...
Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women's quota
The Union Home Minister announced in the Lok Sabha that the ongoing national Census exercise will include caste enumeration, reversing a post-Independence po...
2023 women’s quota law comes into force as NDA lacks numbers: What are the options before govt?
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — commonly called the Women's Reservation Act or Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was notified into force by the M...
Have ratified ILO treaties on forced labour: India on USTR probe charges
The US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations against 60 trading partners — including India — over alleged failures to prevent impo...
India’s rural models are shaping development diplomacy
A growing number of African governments are exploring India's Self-Help Group (SHG)-based livelihoods framework as a development model. India's DAY-NRLM (Dee...
Finally, Rohit Vemula Bill to safeguard SC/ST students gets Cabinet nod
The Karnataka Cabinet approved the draft of the Rohith Vemula (Protection of SC/ST and OBC Students from Caste Discrimination in Higher Educational Instituti...
Women’s Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Gazette notification
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was brought into force through an official gazette notif...
Women Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Notification
The Union Law Ministry issued a notification on April 16, 2026, specifying it as the date on which the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth ...
‘If respected… wouldn’t use women politically,’ Priyanka Gandhi targets PM over Women’s Quota Bill
Parliament's special session saw sharp exchanges over the Women's Reservation Act, with opposition leaders questioning whether the government intends genuine...
From torn Bills, ‘parkati mahila’ jibe to 454 ayes: The long, turbulent road to women’s reservation
The Women's Reservation Act 2023 (106th Constitutional Amendment) represents the culmination of a 27-year legislative struggle that saw multiple bills introd...
Women’s reservation: How numbers stack up in Parliament
As Parliament debates the 131st Amendment and Delimitation Bill to operationalise women's reservation, data on current and projected women's representation p...
Muslim quota demand sets off clash in Lok Sabha as women’s reservation, delimitation Bills are introduced
During the special parliamentary session introducing the Women's Reservation and Delimitation Bills, members from several parties demanded the inclusion of a...
Pass the Bill, or women of India won’t forgive: PM to Parliament
The Prime Minister made an appeal to Parliament urging the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, declaring that the women of India would not forgive lawma...