Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
As forests shrink and herds grow, central India’s elephant crisis is primed to spiral
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in central India is intensifying as elephant herds displaced from shrinking forests in Jharkhand and Odisha continue to migrate...
Haryana land-for-free treatment deal: Govt gave prime plots to pvt hospitals, poor got little in return
An investigation revealed that the Haryana government allotted prime urban land to private hospitals at heavily subsidised rates through the Haryana Shahari ...
Dolphin City: Chennai’s dolphinarium that shaped national debate on marine mammal captivity over 25 years ago
A detailed account traces how Chennai's "Dolphin City" — an entertainment facility that kept captive dolphins — catalyzed a national debate in India on the e...
UNICEF experts stress rights-based approach to tackling non-communicable diseases among children
UNICEF experts called for a rights-based framework for addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among children and adolescents, stres...
Soluble fertiliser makers support Uttar Pradesh’s decision to ban tagging
Uttar Pradesh banned the procurement of urea that comes with fertiliser company tags or branding from neighbouring states such as Bihar and Jharkhand, target...
‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism
Chhattisgarh presented its ₹1.72 lakh crore budget for 2026–27, marking the first state budget explicitly framed as a "post-Naxal" development plan for the B...
Govt approves MSP procurement of gram, mustard, lentils for Rabi 2026 season
The Union Cabinet approved procurement of gram (chickpea), mustard (rapeseed-mustard), and lentils (masoor) under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Rabi...
Government allows export of 25 lakh tonnes of wheat
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), through Notification No. 62/2025-26 dated February 24, 2026, permitted the export of 25 lakh metric tonnes (...
Centre approves construction of 5,000 houses for internally displaced persons in Manipur
Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the construction of 5,000 houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) ...
Forced to fraud: Inside cyber-scam factories trapping Indians in Southeast Asia
Investigations have revealed the full scale of Southeast Asia's industrialized cyber-fraud operations, which specifically target Indian victims through "digi...
India's first childhood cancer survivor registry suggests 94.5% overall survival rate: Study
India's first dedicated registry of childhood cancer survivors — the Indian Childhood Cancer Survivorship (C2S) study — has been published in The Lancet Regi...
How opaque healthcare pricing burdens patients in India
An analysis highlights how the combination of low government health spending and unregulated pricing in private corporate hospitals is placing severe financi...
Menstrual pads and tampons can contain toxic substances – here’s what to know about this emerging health issue
Research, including a landmark 2024 UC Berkeley and Columbia University study — the first to systematically measure 16 metals in 30 tampon brands — found det...
Chhattisgarh HC verdict in rape case turns back the clock
The Chhattisgarh High Court, in February 2026, reclassified a man's seven-year rape conviction to three-and-a-half years for "attempt to commit rape" — drawi...
Why has eastern Nagaland got autonomy? | Explained
On February 5, 2026, the Government of India, the Government of Nagaland, and the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO) signed a landmark tripartite ...
How improved access to high-quality feed can help growth, efficiency and competitiveness of India’s poultry sector
Analysis of India's livestock sector highlights that improving access to high-quality, nutrient-dense animal feed is the single largest lever for raising pro...
Nadda launches indigenous tetanus and adult diphtheria (Td) vaccine at CRI, Kasauli
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda formally launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute ...
'Alpha male' AI world shuts out women, says computing professor Wendy Hall
Dame Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton and a pioneering figure in internet science, stated in February 2026 that the...
How devices and social media are shaping new OCD impacts on young people in India
Researchers have documented new manifestations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in young people driven by smartphone and social media use, with compuls...
Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Launches Indigenously Manufactured Tetanus & Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine at Central Research Institute, Himachal Pradesh
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda formally launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute ...