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PF Board recommends retaining interest rate at 8.25%
EPFO's Central Board of Trustees (CBT) recommended retaining the interest rate on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits at 8.25% per annum for 2025-26 — u...
2 more panels for Bengal to fast-track CAA applications
The MHA issued a gazette notification on March 2, 2026, constituting two more State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal, bringing the total to four, to...
MHA sets up two empowered panels to process CAA applications in West Bengal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted two additional State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal on March 2, 2026, to process applications for I...
‘Mandated to protect traditions’: Kerala’s state-run temple board to oppose entry of young women in Sabarimala
The Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) — Kerala's state-run body that administers the Sabarimala temple — passed a resolution formally opposing the entry of wome...
Marriage as partnership: How a High Court verdict reframes ‘homemaker’ as a legally relevant role
In the case of Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray (2026DHC1380), the Delhi High Court delivered a significant ruling reaffirming that a homemaker's domestic contributio...
FSSAI to States: Strengthen food safety workforce, sharpen focus on high-risk food categories
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directed all States and Union Territories to strengthen their food safety workforce and sharpen enfo...
Post-SIR, Centre forms two more panels to fast-track CAA applications in West Bengal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted two additional Empowered Committees in West Bengal in early March 2026 to accelerate processing of Citizenship...
1 in 4 Indian breast cancer patients carry inherited genetic risk variants, outside known genes: study
Researchers from IIT Madras (in collaboration with Karkinos Healthcare) have found that 1 in 4 (24.6%) Indian breast cancer patients carries an inherited pat...
Medical colleges admitting fake patients may see requests for extra seats, courses rejected: NMC
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued strict guidelines warning that medical colleges found admitting fake patients during inspections will face t...
How the next major breakthrough in cancer could come from India
A recent analysis examined India's growing potential to drive the next major global breakthrough in cancer treatment and research, highlighting the country's...
Supreme Court to look into feasibility of NAT for blood transfusion
A bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising the Chief Justice and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, agreed to examine the feasibility of mandatory Nucleic Acid ...
Grains for all: UP boosts food security with tech, nutrition and robust procurement systems
Uttar Pradesh is reinforcing its food security architecture through three pillars: technology-enabled delivery, nutrition-focused interventions, and a streng...
Missiles in sky, fear on phone: 10-million Indian diaspora faces war
Approximately 10 million Indian nationals live and work across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Iran, directly affected by the ongoing US-Israel ...
Counting pills, fearing blasts: Indians stranded in West Asia
Tens of thousands of Indian nationals were stranded across West Asian countries as the US-Israel war against Iran broke out on February 28, 2026, with retali...
‘Very disturbing’: Thousands of Indians stuck in Iran and Gulf as Middle East conflict escalates
Following US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran (February 28, 2026) and Iranian retaliatory strikes targeting Gulf states, airspace across 11 countries — including U...
LIVE: Shia Muslims protest at Jantar Mantar after the killing of Khamenei in US- Israel strikes in Iran
Following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — Supreme Leader of Iran — in US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, Shia Muslim communities across Indi...
Up to 10,000 Indian students, pilgrims, business persons and seafarers in Iran: Jaishankar told Parliament last month
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had informed Parliament that approximately 10,000 Indian nationals — comprising students, pilgrims, business persons,...
As Iran vs US-Israel expands to West Asia, a look at Indians who live in the Gulf region
Following joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, the entire Gulf region was plunged into a security crisis, directly affecting millions of...
Access to cooling matter of health for all, not privilege of rich, says top UNEP official
A senior UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) official stated that access to cooling — air conditioning, fans, cold storage for food and medicine — mu...
Why politicians in Bihar are not saying ‘cheers’ to prohibition
Ten years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed a total prohibition on alcohol in the state (effective April 2016), parties across the political sp...