Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
BJP claims ₹39,000 crore of SCSP-TSP funds diverted for guarantee schemes by Congress government in Karnataka
The Opposition in Karnataka alleged that the state government systematically diverted funds from the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP...
Why north Karnataka’s under-nutrition burden stays high
North Karnataka districts continue to report persistently high rates of child undernutrition spanning decades, driven by overlapping inter-generational and s...
A trailblazer for the rights of Dalits and the empowerment of women
A profile of Annai Meenambal Sivaraj (1904-1992) highlights her pioneering role in the Dalit rights movement and women's empowerment in colonial and post-ind...
STs following Hindu customs can't be excluded from Hindu marriage law: High court
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that Scheduled Tribe (ST) members who voluntarily follow Hindu customs and marry according to Hindu rites cannot be exclude...
Is the Supreme Court doing enough to tackle hate speech?
A growing debate has emerged over whether the Supreme Court is adequately addressing the rising menace of hate speech in India. The Court recently moved to c...
Agriculture a strategic pillar for India’s long-term growth: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that agriculture is a "strategic pillar" for India's long-term economic growth, not merely a subsistence sector. The ...
Bulldozers on Bhoodan lands kick up political dust
Nearly 600 houses were demolished in a village near Khammam city in Telangana on February 24, rendering over 1,800 people homeless. State authorities justifi...
As nicotine pouches spread online, call for regulations, ban get louder
Health experts and activists are calling for a nationwide ban on nicotine pouches, which are spreading rapidly through online sales channels in India. Nicoti...
Experiencing heat during pregnancy results in fewer male babies: study
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), led by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Sociology, fo...
Preventing diabetes before birth, to offer hope for future generations
A shift in strategy for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) screening has been advocated: moving intervention from the conventional second trimester to the f...
The hidden price of being a woman
Analysis highlights the systemic "pink tax" -- a phenomenon where products marketed to women are priced higher than functionally identical products for men, ...
Medical colleges asked to link patients’ digital health records
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all medical college hospitals to integrate digital health records of every patient — OPD visits, emergency...
The promise of a bridge to development in Odisha’s Kalahandi
Tribal and Dalit families stranded on a landmass within the Indravati reservoir in Kalahandi district, Odisha, have been promised a new bridge for connectivi...
ACTREC working on app to help assess risk of breast, oral, gall bladder cancers
The Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), the R&D wing of Tata Memorial Centre, is developing a mobile application to ass...
‘Even stricter than Gujarat, MP’: Maharashtra cabinet approves draft of proposed anti-conversion law
The Maharashtra cabinet approved the draft of a proposed anti-conversion law on 5 March 2026, officially titled the Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, ...
NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra Government over death of 18 workers at explosives unit
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of the death of 18 workers and severe burn injuries to 24 others in an explosion at an e...
India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households
A paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has found a sharp rise in tobacco consumption across India between 2011-12 and 2023-2...
India, China top Asia-Pacific region with highest metabolic diseases burden
A study has found that India and China top the Asia-Pacific region in terms of the burden of metabolic diseases, measured in DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life ...
Draft Population Management Policy to incentivise parents having third child
Andhra Pradesh has released a draft Population Management Policy that reverses the decades-old approach of discouraging large families — instead incentivisin...
‘Free’ vaccines, single-dose nudge pushes India-made HPV vaccine to back of the line
India launched a nationwide free HPV vaccination programme on 28 February 2026, targeting girls aged 9–14 with a single dose of HPV vaccine, tracked via the ...