Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Zydus gets orphan drug status for Sickle Cell Disease medication
Zydus Lifesciences received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Desidustat, an oral drug for the treatment of ...
Gig hiring likely to surge in 2026 as qcom, ecom expand beyond metros
E-commerce and quick commerce platforms are projected to add nearly 1 million gig workers in 2026, driven by last-mile delivery demand and rapid expansion in...
A Kuki-Zo MLA speaks on why he joined Manipur govt: ‘Solution has to be at table, not by guns’
Three Kuki-Zo BJP MLAs -- Nemcha Kipgen, L.M. Khaute, and Ngursanglur Sanate -- joined the new Manipur state government, with Kipgen sworn in as Deputy Chief...
70 Brahmins booked in Darbhanga, Bihar minister warns against ‘misuse’ of SC/ST Act: ‘Will affect social camaraderie’
Darbhanga police in Bihar lodged a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against 70 people from the Brahmin commu...
What is Bihar’s Gender Budget, and why did Nitish government spend Rs 2.5 lakh crore in 5 years?
Bihar has spent Rs 2.5 lakh crore, or approximately 20% of its total budget, on women-centric schemes over the last five financial years through its Gender B...
Kerala issues order to block National Population Register in state after Union Budget allocation
The Kerala government issued a formal order blocking the implementation of the National Population Register (NPR) in the state, reaffirming its long-standing...
Meet India’s first Dalit Cardinal Poola Anthony, picked to lead Catholic church in country
Cardinal Poola Anthony, the 64-year-old Archbishop of Hyderabad, was elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) at its ...
Distressing regularity: On Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
An explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on February 5, 2026, killed at least 18 workers (with the death tol...
Inside Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines: 25 dead, a race against time, and a disaster long foretold
A dynamite explosion in an illegal coal mine at Mynsyngat in the Thangkso area of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, killed at least 25 labourers in early Februa...
Tamil Nadu sounds state-wide alert after mass crow deaths: What you need to know about the bird flu scare
Over 1,000–1,500 crows died across Chennai between late January and early February 2026, with mass die-offs reported in Adyar, Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur, Pall...
Moral obligation can become a legal one: Delhi HC on granddaughter’s property rights
The Delhi High Court ruled on a petition filed by a granddaughter seeking maintenance from her grandfather, holding that a moral obligation can become a lega...
Explained: A 19th-century Adivasi uprising in Jharkhand, and its contested commemoration
The 19th-century Adivasi uprising in Jharkhand — the Munda Ulgulan (1899-1900), led by Birsa Munda — has become the subject of contested commemoration, with ...
Supreme Court ruling on menstrual hygiene invites a broader reckoning with gender and dignity
The Supreme Court's January 30, 2026 ruling in *Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Government of India & Ors.* (2026 INSC 97) invites a broader reckoning with structural gen...
A full stop: On the top court, the right to menstrual health and hygiene
On January 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of India held that the right to menstrual health and hygiene is an integral part of the right to life and dignity unde...
No NPR notification yet, but Budget allocates funds. Will NPR, precursor to NRC, be conducted?
The Union Budget 2026-27 allocated ₹6,000 crore for the upcoming Census and the National Population Register (NPR) exercise. No official notification for the...
VB-G Ram G gets Rs 95,000-plus crore allocation under Union Budget 2026-27, MGNREGA funds reduced
The Union Budget 2026-27 allocated Rs 95,692 crore to the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), commonly known as VB-G RAM G — th...
Nipah Virus: WHO warns of rare but serious infection, rules out transmission to close contacts
In January 2026, India's IHR National Focal Point notified WHO of two confirmed Nipah virus (NiV) infections in West Bengal, with laboratory confirmation fro...