Mar 09 – Mar 15
Rajasthan's Disturbed Areas Property Bill: Provisions, Precedents and Concerns
The Rajasthan Assembly passed the Rajasthan Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Evict...
Intercepted Iranian Missile Debris Strikes US Consul's Residence in Jerusalem
A fragment from an Iranian missile, intercepted by Israeli air defences, struck the building housing the US Consul General's residence in Je...
IEA Emergency Oil Stockpile Release: Asia Stocks Flow Immediately, Europe by End of March
The IEA confirmed that emergency oil stockpile releases from Asia-Oceania member countries would flow immediately to markets disrupted by th...
Tamil Nadu Welfare Schemes and the Fiscal Responsibility Debate: Finance Minister Thennarasu Responds
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu pushed back against characterisations of the state's welfare schemes as fiscally irresponsibl...
ISRO Study Identifies Ice-Patch Collapse: Not Cloudburst — as Cause of Uttarkashi Flash Flood
Researchers from ISRO have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal npj Natural Hazards establishing that the August 2025 flash flood ...
Gyan Bharatam Survey: India's First Nationwide Mapping of Manuscript Heritage
On 16 March 2026, the Ministry of Culture launched the Gyan Bharatam National Manuscript Survey — India's first systematic nationwide effort...
The Evolving Legal Framework for the Right to Die with Dignity in India
The Supreme Court sanctioned India's first judicially ordered passive euthanasia in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India (March 11, 202...
Jaishankar Confirms Two LPG Tankers Crossed Hormuz; Calls Diplomacy with Iran Productive
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed that two Indian LPG tankers have successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz following direc...
Water-Centred Climate Resilience: India's Role in Shaping the Belém Adaptation Framework
With COP30 having adopted the Belém Package — including 59 Belém Adaptation Indicators — analysts and policymakers are urging India to ancho...
Iran Seeks Gulf Arab Ties Review, Denies Role in Saudi Oil Infrastructure Attacks
Iranian officials stated they wanted a 'serious review' of relations with Arab Gulf states, seeking to separate Iran's bilateral relationshi...
Pentagon Estimates Iran War Would Last Four to Six Weeks, Trump Administration Signals Confidence
A senior White House aide, Kevin Hassett (Director of the National Economic Council), revealed on March 15, 2026 that the Pentagon's interna...
DNT Leaders Move Supreme Court for Separate Enumeration in 2027 Census
Leaders of Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) approached the Supreme Court of India, seeking a court direction to ensure a ...
PLA Resumes Large-Scale Military Flights Near Taiwan After 16-Day Pause
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported the detection of 26 People's Liberation Army (PLA) military aircraft operating around the isl...
Israel Denies Reports of Direct Lebanon Talks Amid Ongoing Conflict
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar flatly denied media reports claiming that Israel and Lebanon were poised to hold direct diplomatic ta...
LPG Panic Booking Eases as Indian Crude Tanker Navigates West Asia Conflict Zone
LPG cylinder refill bookings have declined to approximately 77 lakh from a peak of 88.8 lakh, indicating an easing of panic-buying behaviour...
US Launches Twin Section 301 Investigations Against India Over Trade Practices
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched two separate Section 301 investigations targeting India and 15 other trading partners...
UK Authorises US Use of Its Military Bases Citing Protection of Indian and Gulf Diaspora Interests
The United Kingdom's Deputy High Commissioner to India stated that the UK's decision to give the US permission to use its military bases — i...
SEZ Industry Seeks Concessional Import Duty on 200 Products Including Solar Cells and Naphtha
Industry associations representing Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units and developers submitted a proposal to allow concessional-duty imports ...
Election Commission Announces Assembly Poll Schedule for Five States and Union Territories
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for assembly elections in four states (Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal)...
RBI's Liquidity Push: OMO Purchases and Forex Swaps to Anchor Short-Term Rates
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced plans to inject substantial durable liquidity into the banking system to prevent short-term intere...
Prime Minister Writes to Lok Sabha Speaker After No-Confidence Motion Rejected, Lauds Parliamentary Balance
Following the Lok Sabha's rejection of a no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla on March 15, 2026, the Prime Minister wrote a letter ...
Rajya Sabha Elections Marked by MLA Relocation and Cross-Voting Fears in Bihar, Odisha, and Haryana
On the eve of Rajya Sabha elections (polling held on March 16, 2026), parties in Bihar, Odisha, and Haryana undertook strategic relocation o...
Bihar Makes Transit Passes Mandatory for Minor Minerals Entering from Other States
The Bihar government made it mandatory from March 11, 2026, for all vehicles entering Bihar from other states carrying minor minerals (sand,...
Shariat Act 1937: Supreme Court Weighs Inheritance Law as Civil Statute vs Religious Instrument
The Supreme Court is hearing a petition challenging the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, specifically Section 2, which a...
How Iran's Response Upended US-Israeli Calculations and Reshaped Gulf Security
Despite suffering severe losses — including the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 28 February 2026 — Iran launched an unprecedented re...
China's Ethnic Unity Law: Formalizing Assimilation of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Other Minorities
China's National People's Congress (NPC) passed the 'Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress' at the closing session of its annual parlia...
India's West Asia Dilemma: Strategic Vulnerabilities Exposed by Iran-US Conflict
Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid stated that the Indian government has been unable to communicate to its strategic allies — ...
The Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Energy, and Strategic Chokepoints
The ongoing US-Israel military conflict with Iran has effectively disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, t...
Prolonged West Asia Crisis Deals Multiple Blows to Indian Exporters
Industry estimates indicate that nearly 70% of outbound shipments from India have been affected by the prolonged West Asia conflict, which h...
Ukraine's Strategic Pivot: Zelenskyy Navigates US-Iran War and Russian Sanctions Rollback
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly stated that Ukraine does not want to lose US backing due to its alignment on the Iran war —...
Indian Tanker Jag Laadki Exits Fujairah Safely as Drone Strikes Oil Terminal
The Indian-flagged Suezmax crude tanker Jag Laadki safely departed Fujairah (UAE) on March 15, 2026, carrying approximately 80,800 tonnes of...
Parliamentary Panel Recommends Expert Litigation Committee for Income Tax Department
A parliamentary panel recommended that the Income Tax (I-T) department set up an 'Expert Litigation Committee' to vet appeals before they ar...
Iran Warns Against Wider War as Trump Pushes Allies to Escort Ships Through Hormuz
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned countries against expanding involvement in the US-Israel-Iran conflict, stating Tehran has 'am...
Jaishankar's Brussels Visit: India-EU Strategic Partnership After Landmark FTA
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar began a two-day visit to Brussels (March 15–16, 2026) at the invitation of EU High Representative an...
Airbus Projects Demand for 1,000 Civil Helicopters in India Over Two Decades
Airbus has projected demand for approximately 1,000 civil helicopters in India over the next two decades, citing rapid growth in sectors suc...
Three Years On: Justice Still Elusive for Kuki-Zo Women in Manipur Violence Cases
Nearly three years after the Manipur ethnic violence began in May 2023, the two Kuki-Zo women who were stripped, paraded naked, and gang-rap...
ICAR to Build National Gender Platform Linking 900 Institutions to Advance Women's Role in Farming
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) announced plans to build a National Gender Platform linking 900 agricultural research and...
Supreme Court Asks Government to Explore Alternatives as Pulses Farmers Suffer from Depressed Prices
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, on March 13, 2026, asked the government to explore a ...
Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan: TTP Conflict and the Af-Pak Security Crisis
Pakistan conducted fresh airstrikes on military facilities in southern Afghanistan, targeting what it described as 'technical support infras...
CBI Arrests Recruiter Linked to Overseas Cyber Scam Centres Exploiting Indian Nationals
The CBI arrested a recruiter accused of collecting approximately $300–400 per head from Indian job-seekers and facilitating their travel to ...
Supreme Court Empowers UPSC to Flag State Delays in DGP Appointments
The Supreme Court ruled that the UPSC must approach the Supreme Court for approval before condoning any inordinate delay by states in submit...
SAF Association Advocates Used Cooking Oil as Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (SAFA) has called for scaling up the use of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) as a primary feedstock for prod...
Supreme Court Directs Centre to Revisit Import Policy and Incentivise Pulse Cultivation
The Supreme Court urged the Union government to convene a meeting of stakeholders — including representatives from farming communities and p...
India Introduces New Quality Control Order for Aluminium Amid Rising Imports
India has notified the Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages (Quality Control) Order, 2026, issued by the Department for Promo...
Assam Signs Final Peace Settlement with Hmar and Kuki Armed Groups
The Assam government signed memoranda of settlement with four armed groups on March 15, 2026 — three Kuki groups (United Kukigam Defence Arm...
NavIC Falls Below Operational Threshold After IRNSS-1F Atomic Clock Failure
The final atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F, one of India's NavIC navigation satellites, stopped functioning on March 13, 2026 — three days after...
11 Maoists Including Senior Cadre Surrender with Arms Before Odisha Police in Kalahandi
Eleven Maoists, including a Divisional Committee Member (DCM) carrying a bounty of Rs 22 lakh, surrendered before the Odisha Police at a spe...
Indian Exporters Pivot to Early Shipments and Alternate Routes Amid West Asia Crisis
Indian exporters across sectors are responding to the West Asia shipping disruption by planning shipments weeks in advance, renegotiating de...
Maharashtra Village Receives Rs 68 Lakh Through Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Mechanism
Dapur village in Maharashtra received Rs 67,69,359 (approximately Rs 68 lakh) in November 2025 — a benefit-sharing payment triggered by the ...
Opposition Files Notice to Remove Chief Election Commissioner: Constitutional Procedure and Stakes
193 opposition MPs — 130 from the Lok Sabha and 63 from the Rajya Sabha — signed and submitted notices in both Houses seeking a motion for t...
Iran, Israel, and the Fault Lines of the Global Nuclear Order
The ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran has reignited global debate about the inherent double standards within the internation...
New Labour Codes to Drive Fixed-Term Employment and Workforce Formalisation
India's four new Labour Codes — enacted between 2019 and 2020 and brought into force on November 21, 2025 — are expected to significantly ex...
Indian Tanker Jag Laadki Departs UAE's Fujairah Safely After Terminal Attack
The Indian-flagged crude oil tanker Jag Laadki safely departed UAE's Fujairah port on 15 March 2026 at 1030 hrs IST, carrying approximately ...
IPS Officer Central Deputation Row: West Bengal Transfers Siliguri CP After MHA Request
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a communication to the West Bengal government seeking the central deputation of Siliguri Pol...
CBI Arrests Kanpur Recruiter Who Sent Indians to Cyber-Slavery Compounds in Cambodia
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Krishna Kumar Lakhwani, a Kanpur resident, for allegedly operating as a recruitment agent...
UNEP Report Prioritises Waste Prevention in Safe Disposal of Unused Medicines
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a new report warning that improper disposal of unused medicines poses serious risks...
How India Became Critically Dependent on LPG Imports
India currently imports approximately 60% of its total LPG requirement, making it the world's second-largest LPG importer — a dependence tha...
Why India's LPG Sector Faces Maximum Stress from the West Asia Crisis
The escalating conflict in West Asia — involving the US, Israel, and Iran — has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shippi...
Iran-Israel War: Day 15 Escalation, Kharg Island Strikes, and Regional Fallout
On 14–15 March 2026 (Day 15 of the conflict), the United States conducted strikes on military targets at Kharg Island, Iran's principal oil ...
Climate-Resilient Farming Must Become a Priority for India's Marginal Farmers
A policy analysis argues that climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) must be prioritised for India's small and marginal farmers, who are most v...
Iran Allows Indian Vessels Through Hormuz: India-Iran Relations and Maritime Diplomacy
Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, confirmed that Iran had allowed some Indian-flagged vessels to pass through the Strait of Horm...
US Offers "Reliable" Energy Supply to Asia-Pacific Amid Hormuz Crisis
The US declared it can provide a 'reliable' energy supply to Asia-Pacific nations as the conflict in West Asia has virtually halted traffic ...
Trump's Call for a Naval Coalition to Secure the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump publicly urged key allies — China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK — to send warships to escort oil tankers...
West Asia Conflict Extinguishes Clean Cooking Fuel, Pushing Families Back to Firewood
The ongoing conflict in West Asia — involving disruption of LPG supply chains through the Strait of Hormuz — has forced families and eaterie...
Trump Urges Allied Warships to Strait of Hormuz as Iran Threatens UAE Ports
The US President called on allied nations to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, as the ...
Airfare Surge to US and Europe as West Asia Crisis Disrupts Aviation Capacity
The escalating conflict in West Asia has triggered a sharp surge in airfares on routes connecting India to the US and Europe, driven by two ...
Fact Check: Are 40 in 100 Children Malnourished in Gujarat? The Data and the Tribal Burden
A fact-check exercise verified the claim that approximately 40 out of 100 children in Gujarat are malnourished — the data confirms this is b...
US Strikes on Kharg Island: Targeting Iran's Oil Export Lifeline
The US President stated that US strikes had 'totally demolished' most of Kharg Island, Iran's primary oil export terminal located in the Per...
Finance Ministry Restructures Minimum Public Shareholding Norms for Listed Companies
The Ministry of Finance amended the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 through the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ru...
North Korea Tests Nuclear-Capable 600mm Rocket Launchers Amid US-South Korea Drills
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of twelve 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) involving two ...
Venezuela's Selective Amnesty: Opposition Criticism After Maduro's Capture
Venezuela's opposition leader denounced the recently passed amnesty law as 'selective' and designed to 'buy time' rather than genuinely free...
US Section 301 Forced Labour Probe: India's Supply Chain Exposure
On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched Section 301 investigations against 60 economies — including India ...
Japan's Constitutional Constraints and the Strait of Hormuz: Article 9 in the Spotlight
President Trump publicly urged Japan, along with China, France, South Korea, and the UK, to send warships to help keep the Strait of Hormuz ...
Chabahar Port's Budget Freeze: India's Central Asian Connectivity at Risk
India's Union Budget 2026–27 carried zero allocation for the Chabahar port project in Iran, prompting political debate about the country's C...
India Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive to Combat Cervical Cancer
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccination Programme on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, ...
Government Bars PNG Households from Holding LPG Connections Amid Supply Crisis
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a gazette notification amending the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distr...
Vibrant Village Programme II: 47 UP Border Villages with Nepal to Get All-Weather Roads and Connectivity
47 villages in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, sharing a border with Nepal, are to be developed as the first batch of border vill...
Mazagon Dock Seeks to Make a Mark in Merchant Shipbuilding
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is actively exploring expansion into large commercial/merchant shipbuilding, potentially in partners...
India Builds Fertilizer Strategic Buffer Through Spot Market Procurement
The Department of Fertilizers has pivoted to a spot-market procurement strategy to accelerate buffer-stock building ahead of the Kharif 2026...
Operation Urja Suraksha: Indian Navy Escorts Energy Tankers Through the Hormuz Crisis
The Indian Navy deployed more than five frontline warships — including destroyers and frigates — east of the Strait of Hormuz as part of Ope...
India Condemns Pakistan's Air Strikes on Afghanistan, Calls for Respect of Sovereignty
India's Ministry of External Affairs condemned Pakistan's air strikes on Afghan territory, calling them 'yet another act of aggression by a ...
BRICS Consensus on West Asia Conflict Remains Elusive as Member States Take Opposing Sides
India's MEA formally acknowledged that forging a common BRICS position on the West Asia conflict is 'difficult' because several BRICS member...
Kharif 2026 Fertilizer Supply: Parliamentary Oversight Flags Structural Gaps
A Parliament Standing Committee asked the Centre to put in place structured, long-term measures to avert a fertilizer supply crisis ahead of...
US Embassy in Venezuela Reopens as American Flag Flies for First Time Since 2019
The American flag was raised over the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela on March 14, 2026 — exactly seven years after it was lowered when the...
Essential Commodities Act Invoked to Secure Natural Gas Supply Amid West Asia Conflict
The Central Government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and issued the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026, in response t...
IRGC Targets US Forces at Saudi Air Base in Wave of Retaliatory Strikes
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it had targeted US forces at Prince Sultan Air Base (Al-Kharj) in Saudi Arabia — w...
Electricity Amendment Rules 2026: Captive Power Generation Norms Overhauled
The Ministry of Power notified the Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026, amending Rule 3 of the Electricity Rules, 2005, to overhaul captive ...
Supreme Court Directs Comprehensive Report on Ganga Bank Encroachments
The Supreme Court directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Union government to submit a comprehensive status report on e...
Andhra Pradesh's Amaravati Quantum Valley: India's First Indigenous Quantum Computing Platform
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the Amaravati Quantum Reference Facility (AQRF) on April 14, 2026 — World Quantu...
Trump Seeks International Naval Coalition to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open
US President Trump announced that multiple countries would send warships to the Persian Gulf to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open for comm...
Iran Threatens to Target US-Linked Companies in Gulf if Energy Infrastructure Struck
Iran's Foreign Minister warned that Tehran would target energy facilities belonging to or partially owned by American companies operating in...
Kharg Island: Why Iran's Tiny Oil Hub Could Determine the Course of the War
Kharg Island, handling approximately 90% of Iran's oil exports, emerged as the central strategic asset in the Iran-Israel-US conflict follow...
India Facilitates BRICS Discussions on West Asia Conflict as Consensus Proves Elusive
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that India, as the 2026 BRICS Chair, is actively engaging member countries to develop a common BRICS...
India Bars PNG Users from Keeping or Refilling LPG Cylinders Amid Hormuz Crisis
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas amended the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000 under the ...
Israel Eliminates Two Senior Iran Intelligence Officers in Tehran Strike
Israeli forces conducted a targeted airstrike in Tehran on March 14, 2026, killing two senior officials in the Intelligence Directorate of K...
Indian Aviation and the West Asia Conflict: Routes, Revenue, and Competitive Fallout
The ongoing West Asia conflict has inflicted an estimated Rs 2,500 crore in revenue losses on Indian carriers as key Gulf and Europe routes ...
Ladakh Civil Society Continues Protest for Statehood and Sixth Schedule Safeguards After Wangchuk's Release
Despite the release of climate activist and Ladakh rights campaigner Sonam Wangchuk on March 14, 2026 — after six months of detention under ...
Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia: The Harish Rana Case Explained
The Supreme Court of India, in Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026 INSC 222), permitted the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and ...
Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran's New Supreme Leader and the Crisis of Succession
Following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the opening phase of the 2026 Iran-Israel-US war (February 28, 2026), Iran's A...
Madurai Airport Accorded International Status: Civil Aviation, AAI, and Regional Connectivity
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the declaration of Madurai Airport in Tamil Nadu as an international airport on M...
India Asserts Preparedness to Handle West Asia Oil Supply Shock
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated at the CNBC-TV18 India Business Leaders Awards that India is well-placed to handle any disruption in c...
Motion to Remove Chief Election Commissioner: Constitutional Framework and Political Context
On March 13–14, 2026, 193 INDIA bloc MPs (63 from Rajya Sabha, 130 from Lok Sabha) submitted formal notices in both Houses of Parliament see...
Himachal Pradesh Excludes Anti-Corruption Bureau and Vigilance Bureau from RTI Act
The Governor of Himachal Pradesh issued a notification excluding the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) from the ambit of t...
US Strikes on Kharg Island Mark New Escalatory Phase; Oil Prices Surge Past $100
US forces struck military targets on Iran's Kharg Island on March 13–14, 2026, in what President Trump described as hitting '90 Iranian mili...
Wangchuk's Release Two Days Before Final Court Hearing: Legal Pressure and NSA Revocation
The Centre revoked Sonam Wangchuk's NSA detention on March 14, 2026 — exactly two days before what was to be the 25th and final scheduled he...
India Seeks Safe Passage for 22 Vessels Stranded Near Strait of Hormuz
India's Ministry of External Affairs sought safe passage for 22 Indian-flagged vessels stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's bl...
CCI Clears BookMyShow: Dominant But Not Abusive: What the Ruling Means for Competition Law
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed a complaint filed by Vijay Gopal, founder of rival ticketing portal Showtyme, allegi...
Ladakh's Demand for Sixth Schedule Protections: Constitutional Safeguards for Tribal Autonomy
The Ministry of Home Affairs revoked the detention of climate activist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), 19...
Trump Calls for International Naval Coalition to Secure Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump called on other nations to contribute naval vessels to secure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, amid ...
Iran Grants Passage to Indian Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz After Diplomatic Intervention
India's Ambassador to Iran confirmed on March 14, 2026, that Iran had allowed some Indian vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz follo...
The Right to Die with Dignity: Why India's Living Will Process Remains Cumbersome Eight Years On
Eight years after the Supreme Court's landmark 2018 ruling recognizing the right to die with dignity, the processes around executing an Adva...
Iran War Triggers Food Inflation in Gulf Region as Freight Costs Soar and Stocks Thin
The ongoing Iran-US-Israel conflict has caused severe food inflation across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with prices of vegetab...
India Bars PNG Households from Retaining LPG Connections Amid Cooking Gas Shortage
The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas amended the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order on March 1...
Karnataka's Women Well-Being Leave Bill Reignites Debate on National Menstrual Leave Policy
Karnataka's Labour Minister Santosh Lad has expressed support for a national-level menstrual leave policy, stating that a policy 'keeping th...
US Strike on Iran's Kharg Island Raises Fears of Major Global Oil Supply Disruption
President Trump announced that US forces had struck military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf — Iran's primary oil export termina...
India Ranks Second Globally for Childhood Obesity as Poor Diets Drive Adult Diseases in Children
The World Obesity Atlas 2026 reports that approximately 41 million Indian children (aged 5–19 years) have high Body Mass Index (BMI) — eithe...
Pakistan-Afghan Taliban Drone Attacks: Durand Line Tensions and South Asian Security Dynamics
Pakistan reported thwarting drone attacks launched by the Afghan Taliban on March 13, 2026, with drones targeting locations across Abbottaba...
Kerala Sets Global Benchmark with 83 Antibiotic-Smart Hospitals and 5 Antibiotic-Literate Panchayats
Kerala's Health Department has officially designated 83 hospitals as 'Antibiotic Smart Hospitals' (ASH) and 5 panchayats as 'Antibiotic Lite...
PM Unity Malls in UP to Showcase ODOP and GI-Tagged Products from 75 Districts
The Uttar Pradesh government is constructing PM Unity Malls in Agra, Varanasi, and Lucknow to provide permanent retail and display platforms...
PM Modi Inaugurates India's First Fully Automated Dry Bulk Terminal at Haldia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT), India's first fully automated dry bulk facility, on March 14, 2026,...
Oil Loading Suspended at UAE's Fujairah Port After Drone-Triggered Fire
Oil loading operations at the UAE's Fujairah oil terminal were partially suspended after a fire broke out, with industry sources attributing...
Iran–Israel Conflict Exposes Fault Lines in the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
The US-Israel–Iran conflict that began on February 28, 2026, has reignited global debate about the structural weaknesses of the Nuclear Non-...
US Forces Strike Kharg Island, Core of Iran's Oil Export Infrastructure
US forces carried out large-scale precision strikes on Iran's Kharg Island on March 13–14, 2026, targeting naval mine storage facilities, mi...
Minority Scholarship Schemes Frozen for Three Years as Fraud Probe Stalls, Students Bear the Cost
The central government's flagship Pre-Matric and Post-Matric scholarship schemes for minority students have been effectively frozen for over...
Indian Sailors Stranded Off Iran Amid Drone Attacks and Burning Ships
Hundreds of commercial vessels, including ships with Indian crew, have been stranded near the Strait of Hormuz and the port of Bandar Abbas,...
PM Unveils ₹18,680 Crore Connectivity Projects in West Bengal Including Kharagpur-Moregram Corridor
The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for infrastructure projects worth ₹18,680 crore in West Bengal on March 14, 2026, ...
Trisulfide Metathesis: A New Room-Temperature Reaction Opens Doors for Drug Development
Researchers at Flinders University (Australia) have announced the discovery of a previously unknown type of chemical reaction: the 'trisulfi...
India Intensifies Diplomatic Dialogue with Iran as LPG and LNG Tankers Await Hormuz Passage
India has intensified diplomatic engagement with Iran to secure safe passage for Indian-flagged tankers carrying LPG and LNG through the Str...
Kerala Cabinet Approves ₹810 Crore Land Acquisition for Vizhinjam Port Industrial Development
The Kerala Cabinet approved the acquisition of 230 acres of land in Kottukal, Maranallur, and Amaravila areas near Vizhinjam International S...
Inland Water Transport Development in Punjab: Waterways Infrastructure Push
The government has taken steps to develop inland water transport (IWT) infrastructure in Punjab, leveraging the state's river network — prim...
NavIC Below Minimum Threshold: Atomic Clock Failure on IRNSS-1F Weakens India's Navigation System
The last functional atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F satellite stopped functioning on 13 March 2026, after the satellite completed its 10-year d...
Haryana's Farmer-Linked Fertiliser Sales Model: National Rollout Will Take Time
The Central government acknowledged that the rollout of Haryana's farmer-registration-linked fertiliser sales model to other states will tak...
India Fast-Tracks Fertiliser Imports to Protect Kharif Season from West Asia Supply Shock
India has advanced a global tender for urea imports and placed orders for 13.5 lakh tonnes of fertiliser to be delivered by mid-February, in...
Kerala Moderates Stance on Sabarimala Women Entry Ahead of Nine-Judge SC Bench Hearing
The Kerala government (LDF) filed a 17-page affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the question of women's entry into Sabarimala Temple...
Shashi Tharoor Urges Supreme Court to Set Limits on NSA Preventive Detention
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged the Supreme Court to evolve strict norms for the maximum period of detention permissible without trial unde...
All Indian Crew in Persian Gulf Safe; Government Assures LPG Supply Stability
The Indian government confirmed that all Indian crew members aboard vessels in the Persian Gulf — including those near the Strait of Hormuz ...
Five Indians Killed in West Asia Conflict, MEA Confirms
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on March 14, 2026, that five Indian nationals had been killed and one was still missing...
Two Indian Ships Cross Strait of Hormuz After Diplomacy; 22 Others on Standby
Two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz early morning on March 14, 2026,...
PM Mudra Yojana Now Offers Collateral-Free Loans up to ₹20 Lakh for Micro Entrepreneurs
The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) now offers collateral-free loans up to ₹20 lakh to micro, small, and non-corporate entrepreneurs — do...
Iran-US-Israel War May Cause Short-Term Economic Shortfall in India: Commerce Minister
Union Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal acknowledged that the Iran-US-Israel conflict would likely cause a short-term economic shortfall in ...
Government Reaffirms Commitment to Peace and Dialogue in Ladakh, Revokes NSA Detention
The Government of India issued an official statement affirming its commitment to 'fostering an environment of peace, stability, and mutual t...
Ladakh Statehood Demand and Opposition Response to Wangchuk's Release
The MHA revoked Sonam Wangchuk's detention under the NSA on March 14, 2026, signalling willingness to resume dialogue with Ladakhi stakehold...
Indian LPG Tankers Cross Strait of Hormuz Amid Blockade
Two Indian-flagged LPG carriers, MV Shivalik and MV Nanda Devi, successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz on March 14, 2026, carrying a comb...
MSME Ministry Completes 364 MSE-CDP Projects; SFURTI Scheme Reaches 3 Lakh Artisans
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises reported to Lok Sabha (March 12, 2026) that 364 out of 606 approved projects under the M...
India Calls Pakistan's Afghan Air Strikes 'Yet Another Act of Aggression', Demands Restraint
India issued a strong formal condemnation of Pakistan's air strikes inside Afghanistan on March 14, 2026, with MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jais...
Sonam Wangchuk Released After Six Months: NSA Detention, Ladakh's Constitutional Status, and Preventive Detention Law
Sonam Wangchuk, the 59-year-old Ladakh-based climate activist, educator, and advocate for Ladakh's statehood, was released on March 14, 2026...
KVIC Implements Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana for Rural Artisans and Village Industries
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is implementing the Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana (KGVY) — an umbrella Central Sector Sche...
Wayanad Twin Tunnel Project Challenged in Supreme Court Over Ecological Concerns
The Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi (WPSS) filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking revocation of the environmental clearance gra...
India Condemns Pakistan's Air Strikes Inside Afghanistan as 'Act of Aggression'
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) strongly condemned Pakistan's air strikes inside Afghanistan, calling them 'yet another act of ag...
₹100 Crore Integrated Aqua Park Sanctioned in Anantnag; Cold-Water Fisheries Guidelines Released
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (FAH&D) and Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced the sanction of a ₹100 c...
Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Policy Extended and Enhanced to Boost India's Maritime Sector
The Government of India has extended and significantly enhanced the Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Policy (SBFAP) for Indian shipyards, a...
Opposition Files First-Ever Impeachment Motion Against Sitting Chief Election Commissioner
Opposition parties submitted notices in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyan...
Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Redefining Identity, Dropping Self-Perception Right
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha, proposing a narrower, medically-anchored de...
US Initiates Section 301 Forced Labour Trade Probe Against India and 59 Nations
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched Section 301 investigations against 60 economies, including India, for alleged failure...
West Asia Conflict Puts Flexible Gas Plants in Question; India Explores Energy Alternatives
The ongoing West Asia conflict has disrupted LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply chains, casting uncertainty over India's planned flexible ga...
Indian-Flagged LPG Tanker Safely Transits Strait of Hormuz Amid Supply Crisis
Following the successful transit of the Shivalik, a second Indian-flagged LPG tanker is reported to be preparing to cross the Strait of Horm...
NavIC in Crisis: IRNSS-1F Atomic Clock Fails, Navigation Constellation Falls Below Minimum Threshold
The atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F — one of India's Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) satellites — stopped functioning on March 13,...
Centre Revokes Sonam Wangchuk's Detention Under National Security Act
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) revoked the NSA detention of Ladakh-based climate activist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk with 'immediate ef...
Tariffs and LPG Crisis: India Faces a Compound Policy Challenge
India faces a simultaneous compound shock in 2026: the West Asia energy crisis (LPG and fuel supply disruption, Brent above $100/bbl) and th...
Two Weeks of War in West Asia: Five Key Takeaways from the Widening Conflict
Fourteen days into the US-Israel war against Iran (from February 28 to March 13, 2026), the conflict has escalated across multiple fronts, p...
US Strike on Kharg Island Marks Major Escalation, Threatens Global Oil Price Shock
The US strike on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island — home to approximately 90% of Iran's crude oil export infrastructure — represents ...
Maharashtra's Dharma Swatantrya Bill: Provisions, Penalties, and Constitutional Questions
Maharashtra's cabinet cleared the draft Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 2026 (Freedom of Religion Bill), proposing to prohibit unlawful religio...
India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement Talks Continue as Commerce Ministry Dismisses Delay Reports
India's Commerce Ministry confirmed on March 13, 2026 that India and the United States remain actively engaged in negotiations for a mutuall...
Indian LPG Carrier Shivalik Crosses Strait of Hormuz After Iran Grants Safe Passage
The Indian-flagged LPG tanker Shivalik, carrying approximately 55,000 tonnes of LPG, successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz on March 13–1...
North Korea Fires 10 Ballistic Missiles During US-South Korea Military Drills
North Korea launched approximately 10 ballistic missiles from the Sunan area near Pyongyang on March 14, 2026, at approximately 1:20 pm loca...
US Forces Strike Iran's Kharg Island, Targeting Military Facilities
US Central Command carried out one of the largest aerial bombardments in the region's recent history against Kharg Island, Iran's primary cr...
How Biofertilisers Are Changing Farmer Practices in India
Biofertiliser adoption by Indian farmers has been accelerating, driven by government incentives under PM-PRANAM (Promotion of Alternate Nutr...
Trump Rejects Putin's Proposal to Transfer Iran's Enriched Uranium to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed, in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, that Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium be tran...
NHRC Issues Notice to Delhi Police After Racial Attack on Manipuri Woman in Malviya Nagar
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner, taking suo motu cognisance of reports that a w...
US Strikes Kharg Island Military Sites, Announces Plans to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
The United States struck military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, home to approximately 90% of Iran's crude oil export capacity, in what Tru...
El Nino and Global Tensions Could Pressure India's Inflation in 2026: SBI Report
A State Bank of India (SBI) research report warned that a possible El Nino build-up in 2026, combined with geopolitical tensions driving ene...
Iran Evacuates 180 Sailors Stranded in India After Warship Sinking
Iran arranged special chartered transport to repatriate approximately 180 of its sailors who were stranded in India following the sinking of...
Centre Revokes NSA Detention of Ladakhi Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk
On March 14, 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs revoked the detention of Ladakhi climate activist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk under the Nati...
West Asia Conflict: Iran and US Trade Threats Over Oil Facilities
President Trump warned he may 'wipe out' Iran's largest oil export hub on Kharg Island if Iran continued to block shipping through the Strai...
11 Indian Nationals Charged in US Over U Visa Fraud Scheme Using Staged Armed Robberies
Eleven Indian nationals were charged in Massachusetts on March 13, 2026, with conspiracy to commit visa fraud in an elaborate scheme involvi...
Democratic Senators File War Powers Resolution to Check Trump on Cuba
Democratic Senators Tim Kaine, Ruben Gallego, and Adam Schiff filed a War Powers Resolution on March 13, 2026, seeking to prevent President ...
Kharg Island: Iran's Oil Lifeline and Its Strategic Vulnerability
The United States carried out 'one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East' against military targets on Iran's ...
Hamas Urges Iran to Stop Targeting Neighbouring Countries While Supporting Tehran's Right to Defend
Hamas issued a statement on March 14, 2026, calling on Iran to 'avoid targeting neighbouring countries' in its retaliatory military actions ...
Explosion Damages Jewish School in Amsterdam Amid Wave of Antisemitic Attacks
An explosive device detonated against the outer wall of the Cheider Orthodox Jewish school on Zeelandstraat in Amsterdam-Buitenveldert on Ma...
Sugar Mills Revenue Growth and India's Ethanol Blending Programme in FY26
Rating agency ICRA projects India's integrated sugar mills to report 5-8% revenue growth in FY2026, driven by improved sugarcane availabilit...
Karnataka's Fiscal Paradox: Booming Economy, Worsening Debt
Karnataka, which contributes billions to national GDP growth and commands among the highest FDI inflows of any Indian state, is simultaneous...
Minority Scholarship Schemes Frozen for Three Years Amid Stalled Fraud Investigation
Central government minority scholarship schemes — including pre-matric, post-matric, and merit-cum-means scholarships — have remained suspen...
Women Farmer Producer Organisations: Transforming Rural Economies
Policy discussion highlights the transformative potential of women-led Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in India's rural economy when ba...
Missile Strikes US Embassy Helipad in Baghdad as West Asia Conflict Spreads to Iraq
A missile struck the helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad on March 14, 2026, wounding two people, in an attack attributed to Ir...
South Korea PM and Trump Discuss Possibility of Resuming Talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with President Trump in Washington on March 13, 2026, and discussed the possibility of reopenin...
India's Economic Indicators: Crude Oil Shock, EM Ranking, and E-Way Bill Data
Global crude oil prices rose sharply to around $102 per barrel (Brent), driven by geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions, creating inf...
Brazil Revokes US Official Darren Beattie's Visa in Reciprocal Diplomatic Measure
Brazil revoked the visa of Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser to US President Donald Trump, in a reciprocal diplomatic measure announced by...
Indian Stock Indices Fall 2% as Crude Oil Prices Remain Above $100/bbl
Indian equity benchmark indices declined approximately 2% on March 14, 2026, with the Nifty 50 slipping from an open of 23,462 to a close ne...
Sri Lanka Repatriates Remains of 84 Iranian Sailors Killed in US Torpedo Strike
Sri Lanka repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed when the frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed by a US submarine on March 4, 2026, ...
Iran FM Araghchi Says US Is "Begging" India and World to Buy Russian Oil
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the United States is 'begging' India and the world to purchase Russian oil currently str...
Iran Reports No Damage to Kharg Oil Infrastructure After US Military Strike
Iranian state media reported that US strikes on Kharg Island left the island's oil infrastructure intact, with only military installations (...
Maharashtra Tables Freedom of Religion Bill to Prohibit Unlawful Religious Conversions
The Maharashtra government tabled the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (also titled Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026) in the state...
Global Sugar Prices Fall on Brazil Surplus While India's Domestic Outlook Stays Stable
Global raw sugar prices fell to $313 per metric tonne in February 2026, down from $445/MT in February 2025 — a drop of approximately 30% yea...
Centre Revokes Sonam Wangchuk's NSA Detention After Five Months, Signals Dialogue in Ladakh
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs revoked the National Security Act (NSA) detention of climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk on Mar...
US Expands Venezuela Sanctions Waivers to Stabilise Global Oil Prices
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated and expanded several Venezuela-related General Licenses to allo...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Madhya Pradesh HC Directs Government to Submit UCIL Site Cleanup Plan
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state government to submit a detailed plan for assessment and remediation of contaminated soil an...
US Begins Emergency Release of 86 Million Barrels from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The US Department of Energy began initial deliveries from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), releasing 86 million barrels in the first t...
India Champions Mandatory Benefit-Sharing at WHO Pandemic Agreement Talks
India has aligned with a coalition of approximately 100 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at WHO pandemic agreement negotiations, dem...
Karnataka HC Upholds Lokayukta's Authority to Conduct KPTCL Departmental Inquiries
The Karnataka High Court upheld regulations of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) that entrust departmental inquir...
Nine-Judge Constitution Bench to Determine Scope of 'Industry' Under Labour Law
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, is scheduled to hear arguments from March 17 on th...
West Asia War Fuel Shortages Begin to Threaten Global Food Supply
Fuel shortages caused by the disruption of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have begun affecting agricultural production in multiple c...
Parliamentary Panel Urges Realistic Fertiliser Subsidy Allocation at Budget Estimate Stage
A Parliamentary Standing Committee urged the Finance Ministry to allocate fertiliser subsidy funds at the Budget Estimate (BE) stage that ar...
Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain Sworn in as Bihar Governor, Replacing Arif Mohammed Khan
Lieutenant General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain was sworn in as the Governor of Bihar on March 14, 2026, at a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in P...
NSA Detention of Ladakh Activist Sonam Wangchuk Revoked After Five Months
The Centre revoked the National Security Act detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk with immediate effect on March 14, 2026. Wangchuk ...
Over 6,000 kg of Methamphetamine Worth Rs 36,000 Crore Destroyed in Andaman and Nicobar
The Andaman and Nicobar Police completed the destruction of more than 6,003 kg of methamphetamine (crystal meth) valued at approximately Rs ...
US Launches Section 301 Forced Labour Trade Probe Against India, EU, China and 57 Others
The US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations on March 11, 2026, against 60 economies — including India, China, th...
PM Unveils Rs 23,550 Crore Projects in Silchar Including Northeast's First Access-Controlled Expressway
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled projects worth Rs 23,550 crore in Silchar, the principal city of the Cachar district in southern Assam...
Proposed Changes to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Explained
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 12, proposes fundamental changes to th...
El Niño Likely to Emerge Post-July 2026, Raising Concerns for India's Monsoon
International climate models — including data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) — indicate that El Niño co...
Meghalaya's Garo Hills Violence: Tribal Identity, Autonomous Councils, and Demographic Pressures
Violent clashes erupted in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya around March 10, 2026, triggered by disputes over nominations for Garo Hill...
Iran Grants Indian Ships Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz After Diplomatic Engagement
Iran granted a diplomatic exemption allowing Indian-flagged merchant vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz, following Prime Minister Modi'...
Transgender Persons (Amendment) Bill 2026 Introduced, Removes Self-Perceived Identity Clause
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 12, 2026, by Social Justice an...
Supreme Court Pushes for Crop Diversification: Paddy to Pulses
The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition filed by the Kisan Mahapanchayat, directed the Centre to revisit its long-standing policy of MSP...
Kerala Government Reverses Stand on Sabarimala Women's Entry, Backs Traditional Restriction
In a special cabinet meeting on March 13, 2026, the Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reversed its earlier position o...
Crude Oil Surge Triggers Worst 4-Year Weekly Fall in Indian Stock Markets
Indian stock markets recorded their worst weekly fall in four years, with the Sensex declining approximately 5% in a single week The primary...
PM Modi Distributes Land Pattas to 28,241 Tea Garden Worker Families in Assam
Prime Minister Modi distributed land ownership certificates (pattas) to 28,241 tea garden worker families in Assam during the first phase of...
Iran Envoy Pledges Effort for Safe Passage of India-Bound Fuel Ships Through Hormuz
Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, stated that Tehran would 'try its best' to ensure safe passage for India-bound fuel ships thro...
Iran Urges India as BRICS Chair to Condemn US-Israel Strikes: India Navigates Diplomatic Tightrope
Iran formally asked India — currently holding the rotating presidency of BRICS for 2026 — to issue a BRICS statement condemning the US-Israe...
Why Foreign Investors Are Exiting Indian Markets and Pressuring the Rupee
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have continued large-scale selling of Indian equities into early 2026, following record net outflows of a...
India Auto Sales Surge Double-Digit in February 2026; SIAM Flags West Asia Risk to Exports
India's automobile industry recorded double-digit growth across all segments in February 2026, with domestic sales rising approximately 30% ...
Tamil Nadu AVGC-XR Policy 2026: Positioning the State as a Creative Technology Hub
The Government of Tamil Nadu has formally approved its AVGC-XR Policy 2026, a five-year framework to build the state into a national hub for...
New CPI Series With Base Year 2024: What Changed and Why It Matters for Inflation Measurement
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) launched a new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with base year 2024 (20...
Duty of Care: Supreme Court Directs India to Frame No-Fault Vaccine Injury Compensation Policy
The Supreme Court of India, in the case Rachna Gangu v. Union of India (2026 INSC 218), directed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare t...
Indian LPG Carrier Crosses Strait of Hormuz, Bringing Relief Amid Supply Crisis
An Indian-flagged LPG carrier, the MV Shivalik, successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz on the night of March 13, 2026, carrying approxima...
India-Canada Turnaround: Reset, Deliverables, and the Road Ahead
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited India in late February 2026 — a landmark diplomatic reset after nearly two years of severely str...
Suspension of 8 Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha: Parliamentary Procedure and Speaker's Powers
Eight opposition Members of Parliament — seven from the Congress and one from the CPI(M) — were suspended from the Lok Sabha on February 3, ...
Egg White Protein Ovalbumin May Offer Scalable Solution to Remove PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' from Water
Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU), in collaboration with the University of Central Florida and the U.S. Environmental Prot...
Two Indians Killed in Oman's Sohar as West Asia Conflict Claims First Land Casualties in Gulf
Two Indian nationals were killed and ten others injured in an attack in Oman's Sohar city — the first Indian deaths on land in Oman since th...
Over Rs 15,700 Crore Disbursed Under RoDTEP Duty Refund Scheme to Exporters This Fiscal
Over Rs 15,700 crore was disbursed to exporters under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme up to December ...
Scientists Discover Trisulfide Metathesis Reaction: New Chemical Pathway for Drug Development and Protein Science
Researchers led by Professor Justin Chalker at Flinders University (Australia), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Live...
Nepal's Political Tsunami: India's Neighbourhood First Policy Under Pressure
Nepal underwent another dramatic political transition when Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli — who had returned to power for a fourth stint in Ju...
India Secures LPG Lifeline Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran-Israel Conflict
Two Indian-flagged LPG tankers — Shivalik and Nanda Devi, owned by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) — crossed the Strait of Hormuz on...
Pentagon Elevates Investigation into Alleged US Strike on Iranian School
US Central Command (CENTCOM) head Admiral Brad Cooper ordered an elevated AR 15-6 military investigation into a strike that reportedly hit a...
BJP MP Proposes National Commission for Persons with Disabilities in Rajya Sabha
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Bhim Singh (Bihar) proposed the setting up of a fully autonomous National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, argui...
Exercise LAMITIYE-2026: India and Seychelles Conduct 11th Edition of Joint Military Exercise
India and Seychelles launched the 11th edition of Exercise LAMITIYE-2026 at the Seychelles Defence Academy from March 9 to March 20, 2026. F...
PM Distributes Land Deeds to Assam Tea Workers: Ending 200 Years of Landlessness
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on March 13, 2026, distributed over 28,241 land pattas (ownership deeds) to tea garden workers and their famil...
US Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on Iran's Supreme Leader and Senior Officials
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) programme announced rewards of up to $10 million for information on the whereabouts and ...
EU Carbon Rules, RoDTEP Cuts, and India-China Trade: Parliamentary Updates on Export Competitiveness
Parliament received a compilation of updates on India's trade challenges in March 2026, covering three key areas: (1) the EU's Carbon Border...
India-UK Free Trade Agreement Set for Implementation Within a Month
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal announced on March 13, 2026, that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) — formally ca...
West Asia Conflict Claims Five Indian Lives in Oman as Drone Strikes Escalate
A subsequent drone strike in Oman's Sohar province killed two more Indian nationals, raising the total Indian death toll from the West Asian...
India-China Trade: Imports Slowing, Exports Growing: Government Data Presented to Parliament
The Indian government informed Parliament in March 2026 that India's imports from China have been growing at a slower rate over time, while ...
IDBI Bank Strategic Sale Called Off as Financial Bids Fall Below Reserve Price
The government has scrapped the strategic divestment of IDBI Bank after financial bids from shortlisted buyers came in below the government-...
Himalayan Tree Cover Shrinks by 2.2% in Two Years: Government Report
A government report presented in the Rajya Sabha on March 12, 2026, by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ki...
Opposition Submits First-Ever Motion in Both Houses to Remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The INDIA bloc opposition submitted notices for removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha — the...
MGNREGS Pending Dues to States Stand at Rs 9,300 Crore in FY2025-26: Government to Rajya Sabha
The central government informed the Rajya Sabha that total pending liabilities under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ...
NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Racial Assault on Manipuri Woman in South Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a woman from Manipur was physically assaulted in ...
Indian Ships Stranded in Persian Gulf: Maritime Security and Seafarer Welfare
At least 27 Indian-flagged ships remained stranded in the Persian Gulf following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the outbreak of t...
Centre's Rs 900 Crore Delay Stalls SC/ST/OBC Post-Matric Scholarships in Jharkhand
Jharkhand's Minister for SC/ST and Backward Classes Welfare, Chamra Linda, accused the Union Government of delaying the release of approxima...
LPG Crisis Disrupts Eateries, Households and Temples Across India Amid Iran War Fallout
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, launched February 28, 2026) triggered a closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, cau...
Fitch Raises India's FY26 GDP Growth Forecast to 7.5% on Strong Domestic Demand
Fitch Ratings, in its Global Economic Outlook for March 2026, revised upward India's GDP growth forecast for FY2025-26 to 7.5%, from the 7.4...
India's Forex Reserves Decline by $12 Billion as Rupee Volatility Hits Asset Valuations
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by approximately $11.68 billion in the week ended March 6, 2026, driven by the RBI's active intervent...
India Protects Agriculture and Dairy Under US Trade Deal, Says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India has fully protected agriculture, dairy, sugar, and sensitive manufacturing sectors under th...
How Many Constituencies Can a Candidate Contest From in India?
In the 2001 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa filed nominations from four constituencies — all four were rejected...
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Provisions, Constitutional Debates, and State Anti-Conversion Laws
The Maharashtra government tabled the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, in the state legislative assembly, proposing stringent pen...
West Asia Crisis: India's 90-Lakh Diaspora in the Gulf Caught in the Iran-Israel-US Conflict
The ongoing Iran-Israel-US conflict in West Asia has placed approximately 90 lakh (9.1 million) Indians working in the Gulf Cooperation Coun...
Opposition Moves to Impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar Citing Partial Conduct and Proved Misbehaviour
The opposition INDIA bloc formally moved to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on March 13, 2026, citing 'partial conduct and...
Opposition Formally Submits CEC Removal Notices to Both Houses of Parliament
On March 13, 2026, the INDIA bloc opposition formally submitted notices to both the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman seeking t...
India's "Triangle Trap": Navigating the Iran-Israel-US Conflict
With the US-Israel war on Iran in its third week, analysts and policymakers were examining the acute dilemma facing India: its strategic int...
Hospital-Insurance Nexus: Rs 26,000 Crore in Health Insurance Claims Rejected in FY24
Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal raised concerns in the Upper House about a 'hospital-insurance nexus,' alleging that health insurance claims wo...
West Asia Crisis: 23,000 Indian Sailors in Gulf, 27 Vessels Near Strait of Hormuz: Ministry
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways updated Parliament that approximately 23,000 Indian sailors were present in the Gulf region, w...
War Risk Insurance Costs Spiral: Shipping, Red Sea, and the Hormuz Crisis
As the West Asia conflict escalated and the Strait of Hormuz was effectively blocked, war risk insurance premiums for commercial shipping sp...
Opposition Submits Impeachment Notice Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Parliament
Opposition parties submitted formal notices in both Houses of Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar — ...
Jaishankar Holds Fourth Call with Iran FM, Invokes BRICS as Platform for West Asia Peace
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held his fourth telephonic conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in two weeks (M...
Top Maoist Devuji Surrenders: Inside the Collapse of CPI (Maoist) High Command
Devuji (real name not confirmed in reports), a senior CPI (Maoist) leader who had served on the Central Military Commission since 2001 and w...
Indians Killed in Oman as Downed Drone Falls on Sohar City
Two Indian nationals were killed and ten others injured when a downed drone fell on Oman's Sohar province, marking the first Indian deaths o...
Centre Links Jal Jeevan Mission Fund Release to Conditions on Continuous Water Supply
The Centre has set new conditions for releasing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) funds to states: each scheme must be mapped through a unique Scheme...
Iran's Naval Mines and Asymmetric Warfare Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has deployed naval mines in and around the Strait of Hormuz as part of its asymmetric response to US-Israeli military superiority, with...
Iran War: Why the US Is Considering Pausing the Century-Old Jones Act on Oil Shipping
With Brent crude above $100 per barrel, the US was reportedly considering invoking the Defense Production Act and pausing the Jones Act — a ...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): Structure, Power, and Global Designation
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has emerged as a central actor in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, directing Iran's missile an...
Russia's Crude Oil Windfall from West Asia War: Energy Geopolitics and India's Role
As the West Asia conflict escalated — disrupting Persian Gulf oil shipments and triggering volatility in global crude prices — Russia emerge...
The Economic Cost of the US-Iran War: GDP, Oil Prices, and Inflation
Following the outbreak of direct US-Israel military action against Iran in late February 2026, economists and policy analysts began modellin...
NASA's Artemis II: First Crewed Lunar Flyby in Over 50 Years Marks New Era of Moon Exploration
NASA's Artemis II mission (April 1–11, 2026) was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — a gap of ...
Iranian Strikes on Israeli Territory: Ballistic Missiles, Drones, and Escalation Dynamics
Iran launched a large barrage of overnight strikes on Israeli territory, resulting in dozens of casualties and significant damage to residen...
Maharashtra Deploys AI for Freshwater Fisheries; Launches ₹1,024-Crore Chief Minister Matsyasampada Yojana
Maharashtra has launched the Chief Minister Matsyasampada Yojana — a ₹1,024-crore scheme covering 28 initiatives (6 at state level, 19 at di...
Milk Adulteration in Andhra Pradesh: Ethylene Glycol Contamination Claims 15+ Lives
At least 15 people died in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district after consuming milk adulterated with ethylene glycol, an industrial cool...
Noida International Airport (Jewar) Targets Four Million Passengers in 2025; Phase 1 Inaugurated
The Noida International Airport at Jewar (Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh) set a target of handling four million passengers in Calendar Y...
₹1 Lakh Crore Economic Stabilisation Fund to Shield India from Global Shocks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the creation of a ₹1 lakh crore Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) to serve as a fiscal buffer ...
Rupee Falls to ₹92.3 Against Dollar as Crude Oil Shock Hits Currency Markets
The Indian rupee depreciated sharply to ₹92.3 against the US dollar, driven by a surge in global crude oil prices. Brent crude breaching $90...
K.V. Ramana Murty Appointed Whole Time Member of SEBI for Three-Year Term
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of K.V. Ramana Murty as a Whole Time Member (WTM) of the Securities and E...
Bodies of 84 Iranian Sailors Killed in US Torpedo Strike on IRIS Dena to Be Repatriated
The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed when the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was sunk on March 4, 2026, are being repatriated to Iran fol...
US Initiates Section 301 Forced Labour Trade Probes into India and 59 Other Economies
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched Section 301 investigations against 60 economies, including India, in March 2026, targ...
Maharashtra's Move to Downgrade Leopard Protection Triggers Conservation Alarm
Maharashtra has approved a proposal to shift the leopard from Schedule I to Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — effectively...
Supreme Court Rejects Nationwide Menstrual Leave Petition Over Women's Employability Fears
The Supreme Court of India declined a PIL seeking a nationwide mandatory menstrual leave policy, disposing of the petition on March 13, 2026...
Israel Expands Strikes on Lebanon, Destroys Bridge Over Litani River
Israeli forces expanded airstrikes into Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah positions across a broader geographic area than before, including areas...
28 Indian Vessels Carrying LNG, LPG and Crude Stranded Near Strait of Hormuz
The Shipping Ministry and Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) confirmed that 28 Indian-flagged vessels carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG...
IndiGo and Air India Seek Government Relief as Iran Crisis Disrupts Aviation Routes
Indian carriers IndiGo and Air India approached the Indian government seeking financial relief — specifically tax concessions and policy sup...
Dairy Sector as Farmers' Safety Net: NABARD's Role in Rural Income Support
The Chairman of NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) emphasised that the dairy sector serves as a critical safety ne...
Farmers' Organisations Seek Urgent Government Support Amid Global Market Disruptions
Farmers' organisations in India sought urgent government intervention amid escalating disruptions in global agricultural markets, including ...
West Asia Crisis: 23,000 Indian Seafarers Impacted, 768 Stranded on 28 Ships in Gulf
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) reported that approximately 23,000 Indian seafarers are working across merchant, harbour, and offs...
Record Urea Imports Loom as Parliamentary Panel Recommends Green Ammonia for Fertilisers
India's urea imports from China hit a three-year high — 21.24 lakh tonnes in April 2025–February 2026 alone — with total urea imports poised...
Lok Sabha Approves Second Batch Supplementary Demands: ₹2.01 Lakh Crore Additional Spending for FY26
The Lok Sabha passed the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2025-26, authorising a net additional cash outgo of ₹2.01 lakh...
India and US Near Finalisation of Critical Minerals Agreement on Broad Parameters
India and the United States have agreed on the 'broad parameters' of a critical minerals agreement, with US Ambassador Sergio Gor confirming...
Crude Oil Prices Surge: Brent Breaches $90 Per Barrel, MCX Futures Rise
Crude oil futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) rose by ₹94 to ₹8,898 per barrel in domestic trading. International benchmark Brent ...
Technology Adoption and Improved Seed Varieties Driving India's Wheat and Rice Production Gains
Union Agriculture Minister Bhagirath Choudhary stated in Parliament that wheat and rice production has been boosted through high-yielding cl...
Finance Minister Proposes ₹1 Lakh Crore Economic Stabilisation Fund to Buffer External Shocks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the creation of an Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) of ₹1 lakh crore to provide fiscal headro...
Economic Stabilisation Fund to Provide Fiscal Buffer Against Global Headwinds: Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the concept of an Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) of ₹1 lakh crore during the Lok Sabha deb...
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Anti-Conversion Legislation Introduced
The Maharashtra government introduced the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 in the state legislative assembly on March 13, 2026, ta...
Thread-Legged Assassin Bug Missing for a Century Rediscovered in Andaman Caves
Scientists have rediscovered Myiophanes kempi, a rare thread-legged assassin bug from the subfamily Emesinae (family Reduviidae), approximat...
Clinical Establishments Act: Government Offers Concessions to Small Hospitals
The Central Government announced concessions in the implementation of the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 fo...
India as a Strategic Growth Partner: Beyond Market Size to Shared Prosperity
In a recent interview, a senior foreign business leader articulated a shift in perspective on India — viewing it not simply as a market of 1...
Deendayal Port (Kandla) Crosses 150 MMT Cargo Milestone: India's Top Cargo Port
Deendayal Port Authority (formerly Kandla Port), Gujarat, achieved a historic milestone by handling over 150 million metric tonnes (MMT) of ...
Significant Contamination Found in Nine Monitoring Stations Along Kerala's Ashtamudi and Vembanad Lakes
Significant contamination was detected at a total of nine monitoring stations under national and state water monitoring programmes in Kollam...
Centre Proposes Life Imprisonment for Forced Transgender Conversion in Amendment Bill
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 introduced in Lok Sabha proposes life imprisonment for forcing children ...
First Indian-Flagged VLCC Structurally Recycled at Alang Under Hong Kong Convention Standards
A Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) belonging to Lila Global, an Indian shipping company, became the first Indian-flagged vessel to be 'struct...
Sugar Industry Urges Government to Raise Ethanol Blending Target Beyond 20%
The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) urged the Prime Minister's Office to fast-track a roadmap to raise the Etha...
TB Survivors Seek Government Assurance on Uninterrupted Treatment Access
Tuberculosis (TB) survivors and patient advocacy groups sought clarification from the government on the continuity of free TB treatment unde...
Andhra Pradesh Bids to Become India's Third Defence Manufacturing Hub
A Lok Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh articulated the state's ambition to become a major hub of defence manufacturing, building on existing...
First-Ever Notice for CEC Removal: What the Constitution Says
For the first time in India's constitutional history, opposition MPs moved a formal notice in Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Electi...
India's First Comprehensive Firefly Checklist Documents 92 Species, Over 60% Endemic
Scientists published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies in the journal Zootaxa, documenting 92 species across 27 genera from...
Parliamentary Panel on Women's Reservation: High-Level Committee Recommended to Assess Implementation Framework
A parliamentary standing committee recommended that the government constitute a high-level committee to study and assess the implementation ...
NHRC Issues Notices to Five States Over Rising Missing Persons Cases
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of reports highlighting a growing number of missing persons across seve...
India's EAM and Iran's FM Hold 4th Call as India Presses for Hormuz Passage
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held their fourth phone call since the outbreak of the I...
US Opens Unfair Trade Practices Probe of 60 Countries Including India Over Forced Labour
The USTR launched a second wave of Section 301 investigations targeting 60 countries over forced labour trade practices — covering major US ...
Macron Warns Russia Against Exploiting West Asia War for Strategic Gains
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Russia would be 'mistaken' if it believed the West Asia war offered it a strategic opportunity ...
Hegseth Claims Iran's New Supreme Leader Wounded; US Vows Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Open
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated on March 13, 2026, that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is 'wounded and likely disfig...
Cabinet Move to Accelerate Polavaram Irrigation Project: National Project on Godavari
The Union Cabinet took steps to accelerate the execution of the Polavaram Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh, which has been accorded Nati...
Puducherry Bird Atlas Second Edition: 33,000 Birds and 174 Species Recorded
The second edition of the Puducherry Bird Atlas has been released, recording 33,000 individual birds across 174 species in the Union Territo...
India Faces World's Highest Heat-Induced Daily Activity Limitations, Study Finds
A major international study published in 2026 found that India experiences the most severe heat-induced limitations on daily human activity ...
Strait of Hormuz Closure Batters Chittoor's Mango Pulp Export Industry
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has severely disrupted mango pulp exports from Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, with consignments wo...
Blast Rocks Tehran During Quds Day Rally as Iran's Leadership Signals Defiance
A large explosion struck Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on March 13, 2026, during the annual Al-Quds Day demonstrations, killing at least one wom...
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Approves ₹9,355 Crore for Seven Multi-Village Drinking Water Schemes
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved seven major Multi-Village Drinking Water Schemes at a combined cost of ₹9,355 crore, aimed at providing ...
India Pauses US Trade Deal Signing Amid New Section 301 Probe
India signalled it would adopt a 'wait and watch' approach on finalising the interim trade agreement with the United States after the US Tra...
Tax Nudges Lead 50 Lakh Taxpayers to Revise Returns; Refund Claims Drop by ₹2,000 Crore
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) initiated the NUDGE campaign — Non-Intrusive Usage of Data to Guide and Enable — starting December ...
Parliament Informed: 350 sq km of Himalayan Tree Cover Lost in 2 Years; Nuclear Capacity at 8,780 MW
Parliament was informed on March 12, 2026 of multiple significant environmental and energy statistics from the India State of Forest Report ...
India Reaffirms Active Engagement in US Trade Talks Amid Pause Speculation
India's Commerce Secretary issued a clarification rebutting media reports suggesting that India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiati...
Jaishankar Holds Fourth Call with Iranian FM Araghchi: Bilateral Ties and BRICS Discussed
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held his fourth phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi since the Iran-US-Israel war...
Indian-Flagged Vessels Stranded in Strait of Hormuz: First Ship Sails Free
As of March 13, 2026, 28 Indian-flagged vessels were stranded in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict — 24 on the w...
China's Anti-Dumping Duty on Indian Rubber: Trade Remedy Mechanisms and Bilateral Tensions
China announced the imposition of anti-dumping duties on certain rubber imports from India, following a formal anti-dumping investigation th...
India's Forex Reserves Fall $11.68 Billion to $716.81 Billion: Biggest Weekly Drop in Over a Year
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $11.683 billion to $716.810 billion for the week ending March 6, 2026 — the steepest single-week d...
Fitch Ratings Revises India's FY26 GDP Growth Forecast Upward to 7.5%
Fitch Ratings revised India's GDP growth projection for FY2025-26 (current fiscal year) upward to 7.5%, marginally higher than its December ...
NCRB Portal for Reporting Online Crimes Against Women and Children: Legal and Institutional Framework
The Union Government directed law enforcement agencies across states and Union Territories to use the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (...
Kashmir Shia Protests and Restrictions: Freedom of Assembly vs. Public Order
Protests broke out in Shia-dominated areas of Kashmir — including Magam and Budgam — in March 2026, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran...
Madhya Pradesh Transfers ₹1,836 Crore to Women Under Ladli Behna Yojana
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav transferred ₹1,836 crore to over 1.25 crore women beneficiaries under the Ladli Behna Yojana, cont...
Kerosene and Coal Make a Temporary Comeback in India Amid Hormuz Crisis
The Indian government has temporarily reintroduced kerosene for household cooking use and permitted coal, biomass, and refuse-derived fuel (...
India Co-Sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran: Multilateral Positioning and the Strategic Autonomy Debate
India co-sponsored UNSC Resolution 2817 (2026), which strongly condemned Iran's attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and Jordan...
Iran Envoy Confirms Safe Passage for Indian Ships: 'India is Our Friend'
Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, confirmed that Tehran will provide safe passage to Indian-flagged vessels through the Strait o...
Global Sugar Prices Slide on Brazil Surplus; India's Sector Outlook Stable: ICRA
Global raw sugar prices fell sharply to $313 per metric tonne in February 2026, down from $445 per metric tonne a year earlier, as surplus p...
US-India Critical Minerals Agreement Nears Finalisation
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor announced at the India Today Conclave 2026 that the United States and India are 'moving very close' to fin...
Lok Sabha Approves ₹2.01 Lakh Crore in Additional Spending for FY2025-26
Lok Sabha approved the Second Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY2025-26, permitting the government to spend an additional net ...
Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Redefining Identity and Excluding Sexual Orientation
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 12, 2026 by Union Minister for ...
Fitch Raises India's GDP Growth Forecast to 7.5% for FY26 Despite Global Headwinds
Fitch Ratings on March 13, 2026, raised India's GDP growth projection for FY2025-26 (ending March 2026) to 7.5%, up from its December 2025 e...
What the Supreme Court's Passive Euthanasia Ruling Means for End-of-Life Care
The Supreme Court's March 11, 2026 ruling in the Harish Rana case has been widely analysed for its practical implications on end-of-life med...
Security Lapse After Farooq Abdullah Assassination Attempt: SPG, PSO and VIP Protection Framework
On March 11, 2026, former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah survived an assassination atte...
Understanding Discrepancies in India's New GDP Data: Base Year Revision to 2022-23
On February 27, 2026, MoSPI (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) released India's new GDP series with a revised base year o...
China's Muted Response to Iran War: Strategic Calculation, Not Weakness
Analysts and foreign policy experts note that China's reaction to the US-Israel military campaign on Iran has been notably more restrained t...
Iran War: Oil Reserves Sufficient but LNG Supply is India's Greater Energy Concern
Expert analysis indicates that India's crude oil supply is relatively more resilient to the Strait of Hormuz closure than commonly assumed —...
India Revises FDI Policy for Land Bordering Countries Including China Under Press Note 3
The Union Cabinet on March 10, 2026, approved amendments to the Consolidated FDI Policy relating to investments from countries sharing a lan...
Pakistan Bombs Kandahar Airport Fuel Depot: Escalating Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict
Pakistan's military carried out overnight airstrikes on March 13, 2026, hitting the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Kandahar airp...
South Asia Bets on LNG Surge: India Leads 110 MTPA Import Expansion
South Asia has approximately 110.7 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG import capacity in development, representing about 17% of the glob...
Assam's Pushback of Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants: Legal Framework and Security Dimensions
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that 12 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were 'pushed back' across the border, continui...
Global AI Governance: Why India Must Champion Safety and Equity Over Performance and Scale
Analysts and policy experts have observed that the dominant norm in global AI governance frameworks is currently performance and scale — the...
Trump's Second Term: Most Widespread US Military Strikes Since World War II
Data compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) and other conflict trackers shows that Trump's second term (sinc...
India Pauses 1 GW Offshore Wind Tender Amid Rising Costs and Tariff Challenges
The Indian government has reconsidered its plan to float a fresh 1 GW offshore wind energy tender, citing rising global costs and persistent...
India's Air Defence Modernisation: Lessons from West Asia and Operation Sindoor
A former Chief of Air Staff highlighted that the most significant strategic takeaway for India from the West Asia conflict (Israel-Iran exch...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Illegal Sand Mining in National Chambal Sanctuary
The Supreme Court, on a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, initiated suo motu proceedings over reports of illegal sand extract...
Ukraine Opens Battlefield Data to Allied AI Models: A World-First in Military AI Integration
Ukraine approved a resolution in March 2026 creating a framework under which international partners and allied defence companies gain access...
Iran Asserts Right to Close Strait of Hormuz While Stopping Short of Immediate Closure
Iran stated that it would not immediately close the Strait of Hormuz but explicitly reserved the right to do so under certain conditions. Th...
Timeline of Ship Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf
Since the US-Israel military campaign began on February 28, 2026, Iran and IRGC-linked forces have conducted systematic attacks on commercia...
Global EV Registrations Fall 11% in February 2025 as China Sales Plunge
Global electric vehicle (EV) registrations declined 11% in February 2025 compared to the previous month, falling to approximately 1 million ...
India-Chile Partnership: Critical Minerals, Trade, and the Resource Diplomacy Imperative
India and Chile agreed to boost bilateral cooperation across trade, investment, health and pharmaceuticals, mining and mineral exploration, ...
NASA Clears Artemis II for April 2026 Launch: First Crewed Lunar Flyby in Over 50 Years
NASA completed a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) in early March 2026 and cleared the Artemis II mission for launch no earlier than April 1, 20...
Supreme Court Declines Mandatory Menstrual Leave: Employment and Gender Rights Debate
On March 13, 2026, the Supreme Court disposed of a PIL seeking nationwide paid menstrual leave for women employees and students, declining t...
Trump Administration Pushes Electoral Oversight Agenda in Europe Amid Geopolitical Tensions
Amid ongoing conflict in Europe, the Trump administration pushed for US-backed electoral oversight mechanisms in European nations, raising q...
Oil Holds Above $100 as Iran Targets Strait of Hormuz, Global Markets Reel
Oil prices held above $100 per barrel after Iran's new Supreme Leader (replacing Ali Khamenei, killed February 28, 2026) and senior advisors...
US Extends India-Like Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver to Multiple Countries
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a 30-day general licence allowing countries to purchase Russian crude oil a...
Oil Prices Ease Slightly After US Permits All Countries to Buy Russian Oil
Oil prices declined slightly from above $100/barrel after the US Treasury issued a 30-day waiver allowing entities globally — not just India...
Surging Crude Oil Prices Push India's FY27 Inflation Forecast to 4.5–4.6%
Escalating crude oil prices — driven by the West Asia conflict (Iran war) disrupting the Strait of Hormuz — have pushed India's CPI inflatio...
Trump Threatens Iran Over Gulf State Attacks, Warns of Catastrophic Retaliation
US President Donald Trump issued escalating threats against Iran as Iranian forces carried out retaliatory drone and missile strikes on Gulf...
Taiwan Parliament Authorises $9 Billion U.S. Arms Deal Amid Defence Urgency
Taiwan's parliament unanimously authorised the government to sign four U.S. arms sale packages worth approximately $9 billion, after defence...
Karnataka Reservation Act and the Push for Ninth Schedule Protection
Six Members of Parliament from Karnataka urged the Union Government to include the state's reservation legislation in the Ninth Schedule of ...
Kautilya's Mandala in a Fractured World: Turkey's Envoy on India as a Middle Power
Turkey's Ambassador to India invoked Kautilya's Arthashastra and the Mandala theory during a diplomatic address, arguing that 'middle powers...
Russia Pressures US on Oil Sanctions as India Navigates LPG Supply Crisis
Russia has been exerting diplomatic pressure on Washington to extend or broaden the temporary 30-day waiver on Russian oil purchases, as Mos...
China Passes Ethnic Minority Law Mandating Mandarin, Advancing National Assimilation
China's National People's Congress (NPC) passed a new law titled 'Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress' on March 12, 2026, at its closing ses...
Iran-Israel War: Israel Strikes Over 200 Targets in 24 Hours
Israel's Air Force struck over 200 targets in Iran within a 24-hour period, including command centers, air defense systems, and weapons stor...
US Issues 30-Day Waiver Allowing Purchase of Stranded Russian Oil
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a temporary 30-day waiver authorizing Indian refiners and other buyers to purchase Russian cru...
HALEU-Thorium Fuel for Indian Reactors: Experts Debate Viability Against Three-Stage Nuclear Programme
A debate has emerged among nuclear scientists and policymakers over a proposal to use HALEU-Thorium (HALEU-Th) fuel — specifically a commerc...
NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index 2026: Odisha Tops, Goa Ranks Second
NITI Aayog released the second annual edition of the Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, measuring the fiscal health of Indian states for Financ...
Electrifying Industrial Heat: India's Path to Thermal Independence and Decarbonisation
A growing body of research and policy commentary argues that electrifying industrial process heat — replacing fossil fuel combustion in fact...
U.S. Intelligence: Iran's Government Remains Stable Despite Sustained Bombardment
U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Iran's government is not at risk of collapse despite nearly two weeks of sustained American and Isr...
Nepal's Political Realignment: Rastriya Swatantra Party Sweeps 2026 General Elections
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of Nepal won a near-supermajority in Nepal's 2026 general elections, securing approximately 182 out of 27...
Motion Against CEC in Parliament: Removal Process and Constitutional Implications
Multiple Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs submitted a formal notice for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on March 13, 2...
GPS Spoofing and Jamming at Sea: Electronic Warfare Threats to Maritime Navigation
GPS interference at sea has reached alarming levels: Lloyd's List Intelligence recorded 1,735 GPS interference events affecting 655 vessels ...
Supreme Court OBC Creamy Layer Judgement: Social Status Over Income as Yardstick
The Supreme Court's March 11, 2026 judgment (Union of India v. Rohith Nathan) resolved decades of confusion about how to apply the income/we...
India's Oil and Gas Strategy Amid US-Iran Tensions: Diversification Under Pressure
India's crude basket surged to $120 per barrel following the US-Israel strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026, and the effective closur...
US Launches Section 301 'Forced Labor' Trade Probe Against India and 59 Other Nations
The US Trade Representative (USTR) office initiated investigations against 60 countries, including India, under Section 301(b) of the Trade ...
Iran's New Supreme Leader Declares Strait of Hormuz a Weapon of Leverage
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first public statement after being appointed on March 8–9, 2026, declared that 'the lever...
India Labelled a 'Tough Negotiator' as US Pushes for Trade Barrier Reductions
US officials publicly characterised India as a 'tough negotiator' while expressing expectation that New Delhi — along with other partners — ...
Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Order on CBI Sanction in Cash-for-Query Case Against Mahua Moitra
The Supreme Court stayed paragraph 89 of a December 2025 Delhi High Court order that had directed the Lokpal to consider granting sanction t...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Illegal Sand Mining Threatening National Chambal Sanctuary
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took suo motu cognisance of reports of rampant illegal sand mining in the Na...
India-US Defence Ties Deepen: Advanced Engines, Unmanned Systems, MRO, and Nuclear Energy
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor announced that India and the United States are actively exploring cooperation in advanced jet engines, unm...
India's West Asia Export Corridor Under Strain: Up to $4 Billion in Monthly Shipments at Risk
The ongoing West Asia conflict — centred on US-Israel strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026 — has disrupted key maritime routes used f...
Supreme Court Rejects PIL for Mandatory Menstrual Leave, Warns of Employment Discrimination Risk
The Supreme Court of India declined to entertain a PIL seeking a nationwide mandatory menstrual leave policy for women students and employee...
Election Commission Upgrades Returning Officers for West Bengal: First Such Reform Since Independence
The Election Commission of India (ECI) upgraded the rank of returning officers (ROs) across all 152 assembly constituencies in West Bengal t...
India Co-Sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran's Attacks on GCC Nations
India formally co-sponsored a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Iran's 'egregious' attacks against GCC member states (Sa...
Oil Tanker Attack Near Basra: Indian Crew Member Killed Amid Gulf Crisis
A US-owned oil tanker, Safesea Vishnu, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was attacked near Basra in Iraq while conducting a fuel carg...
Opposition Files First-Ever Notice for Removal of Chief Election Commissioner
The Opposition, led by the INDIA bloc with support from AAP, gathered 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs to sign a notice seeking the ...
India-Iran Diplomacy on Strait of Hormuz: Safe Passage for Commercial Shipping
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar discussed safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz with his Iranian counter...
India Co-Sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran's Attacks on Gulf Nations
India co-sponsored UNSC Resolution 2817, a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-led measure that condemns Iran's attacks on civilian and residenti...
Government Defends Exclusion of High-Risk Groups from Blood Donation: Supreme Court Proceedings
The Union government defended before the Supreme Court its policy barring transgender persons, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female s...
US Initiates Section 301 Trade Probe Against India, China, and 14 Other Economies
The US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations against 16 economies — including India, China, the EU, Japan, South ...
LPG Import Disruptions: Government Activates Alternate Fuels Amid West Asia Conflict
The West Asia conflict has disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, severely impacting India's LPG imports — roughly 55% of ...
Ladakh Groups Call Shutdown Over Statehood and Sixth Schedule Demands
The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) called for a shutdown and protest march across Ladakh on March 16, 2026, citing an impasse in talks wit...
Modi Calls Iran's Pezeshkian, Urges Dialogue Amid West Asia Escalation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on March 12, 2026 — his first conversation with the Iranian Pres...
Shipping Halts in Strait of Hormuz: Safety Fears, Not Insurance Gaps, the Cause
Insurance underwriters confirmed on March 12, 2026 that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz had effectively halted not because ...
Is India Following the US on West Asia? Examining India's Policy Choices
With a full-scale war underway in West Asia involving Israel, the US, and Iran, India's diplomatic positioning has come under scrutiny. Prim...
Employees' Pension Scheme 2026: Opaque Overhaul Raises Transparency Concerns
The EPFO's Central Board of Trustees (CBT) approved the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 2026 on March 2, 2026, replacing the EPS 1995 scheme...
India Co-Sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran's Attacks on Gulf Arab States
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2817 (2026) on March 11, 2026, condemning 'in the strongest terms' Iran's missile and drone attack...
Iran Rules Out Closing Strait of Hormuz, Asserts Right to Monitor Traffic
Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani stated on March 12, 2026 that Tehran would not close the Strait of Hormuz, while asserting Iran's ri...
Netanyahu Declares Israel 'Crushing' Iran and Hezbollah, Calls for Regime Change
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on March 12, 2026 that the joint US-Israeli campaign was 'crushing' Iran and its Lebanese...
India Receives Emergency Energy Supply Requests from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Amid West Asia Crisis
India received formal requests from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for emergency energy supplies as the West Asia conflict disrupted global oil an...
MEA Cautions Reports of Iran Allowing Indian Ships Through Hormuz Are "Premature"
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) cautioned that media reports suggesting Iran had agreed to allow Indian ships through the Strait of H...
Saudi Oil Tanker Reaches Mumbai After Crossing Strait of Hormuz
A Liberia-flagged oil tanker, Shenlong, managed by Dynacom and carrying approximately one million barrels of crude oil, sailed from Ras Tanu...
Congress Seeks All-Party Meeting on Women's Quota Law as Implementation Timeline Advances
The Congress party urged the government to convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhini...
PM Modi Speaks with Iranian President on West Asia Crisis, Prioritises Indian Nationals and Energy Security
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss the 'serious' and escalating...
India's LPG Import Dependency and Storage Gap: Structural Vulnerabilities Exposed
In 2024–25, India's domestic LPG production stood at approximately 13 million tonnes while consumption was around 31 million tonnes — a gap ...
US Navy Plans Vessel Escorts in Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran Conflict
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on 12 March 2026 that the US Navy would begin escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of ...
Centre Defends Blood Donation Exclusions for Transgender Persons, MSM, and Sex Workers in Supreme Court
The Central Government told the Supreme Court that the existing ban on blood donation by transgender persons, men who have sex with men (MSM...
OBC Creamy Layer: Parental Income Alone Cannot Decide Status, Rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026 ruled in favour of children of senior PSU officials who had been selected as OBC candidates in civil ser...
Government Assures No Fuel Shortage, Announces Commercial LPG Regulation
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas stated in Parliament that India faces no shortage of petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation tur...
Defence Forces Vision 2047: India Plans Space, Cyber Commands and Drone Forces
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally released the document 'Defence Forces Vision 2047: A Roadmap for a Future-Ready Indian Military' on ...
Supreme Court Examines Personal Data Definition Under DPDP Act
On March 12, 2026, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Union of India on a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Digital Personal Da...
India Turns to Kerosene, Coal, and Biomass as West Asia Conflict Squeezes LPG Supply
The Central Government increased kerosene allocation to states by 48,000 kilolitres per quarter to support low-income households hit by the ...
193 Opposition MPs Sign Notice Seeking Removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
As many as 193 Members of Parliament from the INDIA bloc — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — signed a formal notice seeking the i...
Farooq Abdullah Attack Sparks Rajya Sabha Debate on J&K Statehood
An alleged assassination attempt was made on National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah at a wedding function in Jammu's Greater Kailash are...
Parliament Panel Flags Slow Rooftop Solar Rollout, Calls for IT Portal Stress Test and Faster Smart Meters
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's 2026-27 demands for grants flagged slow progress in ...
Lessons for India's Air Defence from West Asia Conflict: Former IAF Chief's Assessment
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari (Retd.), stated at a national conclave at the Manekshaw Centre in March 2026 that...
Bihar Government Asked to Justify Gangota Community's Scheduled Tribe Status Proposal
The office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) has sought justification from the Bihar government for its 2019 proposal to grant Schedul...
Income Cannot Be Sole Criterion for OBC Creamy Layer Determination: Supreme Court
In Union of India v. Rohith Nathan (decided March 11, 2026), a Supreme Court bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan ruled that th...
India and Chile Agree to Boost Cooperation in Trade, Critical Minerals, and Space
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh visited Chile from 10–12 March 2026, representing India at the inauguration of ne...
India's Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026, Driven by Food Prices
India's retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 3.21% in February 2026, up from 2.74% in January 2026 — the fa...
Supreme Court on Balance Between Privacy and Public Interest: DPDP Act Challenge
The Supreme Court, while considering a petition challenging the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025, ...
Geodesy: The Scientific Backbone of India's Expanding Geospatial Ecosystem: GeodCon-26
GeodCon-26, India's first national conference on geodesy, was held at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in New Delhi in March 2026,...
ISRO Tests CE20 Cryogenic Engine at 22-Tonne Thrust for Enhanced LVM3 Payload Capacity
ISRO successfully conducted a sea-level hot test of its CE20 cryogenic engine at 22-tonne thrust on March 10, 2026, at the ISRO Propulsion C...
Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026; West Asia War Impact Yet to Be Felt Fully
India's retail inflation (CPI-based) rose to 3.21% in February 2026 from 2.74% in January, as measured under the newly introduced CPI series...
Two Oil Tankers Arrive in India After Transiting Hormuz: Hopes for Energy Supply Resumption
Two oil tankers successfully transited the war-hit Strait of Hormuz and arrived at Indian ports, kindling hopes that energy shipments throug...
India Joins 135 Nations at UN to Condemn Iran's Attacks on Commercial Shipping
India joined 135 countries at the United Nations in a joint statement condemning Iran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf a...
Urban Development Budget Hits Five-Year Low: Parliamentary Panel Raises Alarm
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, chaired by Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (TDP), presented a report in Lok Sa...
India-Iran Talks to Secure Passage for India-Bound Fuel Ships Through Hormuz
The Government of India is in active talks with Iran to secure safe passage for India-bound fuel tankers through the Strait of Hormuz Over 2...
India's Patchwork Framework for Children's Social Media Safety: Laws, Gaps, and Enforcement Challenges
India has a layered regulatory framework to protect children on social media, combining the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023...
Energy Shock from West Asia Threatens India's Macroeconomic Stability
The West Asia conflict-driven energy shock is creating a multi-channel threat to India's macroeconomic stability: the rupee has depreciated ...
Supreme Court Directs No-Fault Compensation Framework for Covid Vaccine Adverse Events
In Rachana Gangu v. Union of India (2026 INSC 218), a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union of India to formula...
Supreme Court Redefines OBC Creamy Layer: Parental Income Alone Not Sufficient Criterion
The Supreme Court held that the 'creamy layer' exclusion for OBC reservations cannot be determined solely on the basis of parental income, w...
Centre Approves ₹894 Crore MSP Procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds from Telangana Farmers
Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved procurement of 1,25,855 metric tonnes of crops at Minimum Sup...
Muslim Personal Law Board Challenges SC Petition Seeking Reform of Islamic Inheritance Rules
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court — reportedly by the Naya Nari Foundation — seeking to invalidate Islamic inheritance law provision...
War Risk Surcharges Hit Indian Exporters as Gulf Freight Rates Surge
Indian exporters, particularly of agricultural commodities, have been severely hit by war-risk surcharges of USD 1,500–4,000 per container l...
Turkish Firms Continue on Metro Rail Contracts Despite Ministry of Defence Objections
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Iran War Squeezes India's Cooking Gas Supplies: LPG Crisis and Energy Security Challenges
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India Weighs Fuel Supply to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives: Neighbourhood First in Energy Diplomacy
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Iran's New Supreme Leader Vows to Keep Strait of Hormuz Closed
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Ship Attacks in the Gulf Since the Iran War: IRGC's Maritime Warfare and Global Shipping Security
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West Asia and Black Sea Tensions Disrupt India's Edible Oil Supply: SEA Assessment
The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) flagged escalating supply concerns for India's edible oil market due to simultaneous disr...
India's Major Reservoirs Fall Below 50% Capacity as Rainfall Deficit Deepens
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India Likely to Extend Duty-Free Pulses Import Policy Amid West Asia Conflict and El Nino Risk
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High-Level Committee on Banking Weighs Review of CRR, SLR and Licensing Norms
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India's Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026 Under New CPI Series
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Bangladesh Parliament Reconvenes After 2024 Uprising and February 2026 Elections
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India in Talks with Iran to Secure Safe Passage for Over 20 Tankers Through Hormuz
India is in active diplomatic negotiations with Iran to secure safe passage for more than 20 oil tankers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz,...
McMahon Line "Lacks International Validity," Says Singapore's Former Foreign Minister at Delhi Conclave
Singapore's former Foreign Minister George Yeo Yong-Boon stated at the 10th Synergia Conclave in New Delhi that the McMahon Line 'lacks inte...
India Caps Commercial LPG Supply at 20% Amid West Asia Crisis
The Union government imposed a 20% cap on commercial LPG supply by oil marketing companies (OMCs) from March 12, 2026, effective immediately...
Anatomy of India's LPG Crisis: Causes, Supply Chain Vulnerabilities, and Policy Response
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India's Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026, Driven by Food Prices
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Nepal Elections 2026: Balendra Shah's RSP Wins Landslide Majority
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Iran-Israel-US Conflict, Oil Price Surge, and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
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Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tankers Divert to India After US Waiver on Crude Imports
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Brent at $100 May Add ₹3.6 Lakh Crore to India's Annual Fiscal Burden
An Elara Securities report projects that if Brent crude oil sustains at $100 per barrel, India's annual fiscal expenditure could rise by ₹3....
The Long Economic Shadow of Hormuz: India's Sectoral Impact and Recovery Timeline
The disruption of energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026 has produced a severe and multi-sectoral economic shock...
CPI Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026, a 10-Month High
India's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 3.21% in February 2026, up from 2.75% in January, marking the highest reading in ten mo...
India Asks China to Ease Urea Export Restrictions as West Asia War Disrupts LNG Supply
India has formally requested China to ease its urea export restrictions and allow sale of urea cargoes to India, as the West Asia conflict d...
President of India Addresses Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026)
President Droupadi Murmu graced and addressed the inaugural session of the Global Conference on the Role of Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWA...
ISRO and AIIMS Sign MoU to Advance Space Medicine Research for Gaganyaan and Future Missions
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e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase III: Digitising India's Judicial System
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha that over 660.36 crore pages of court records ...
E-Courts Mission Mode Project: ICT Enablement of India's Judiciary
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President Murmu Calls for Greater Women's Leadership in Agriculture at Global Conference
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated and addressed the Global Conference on the Role of Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026) held in New ...
CAPF Officers Push for Organised Group A Status: Parliament Debates Supreme Court Order Implementation
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PM Matsya Sampada Yojana: Sea Cage and Ornamental Fish Farming Promoted in Maharashtra
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Supreme Court Directs No-Fault Vaccine Compensation Policy; NGT Addresses Naharlagun Industrial Pollution
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ASEAN Ministers Convene on West Asia Crisis: Regional Energy Security and Shipping Disruptions
ASEAN ministers convened emergency meetings to address the impact of the West Asia crisis on regional economies, with the Philippines — the ...
International Solar Alliance Foundation Day: India's Solar Diplomacy and Global Clean Energy Push
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) celebrated its Foundation Day, with Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi highligh...
Karnataka Constitutes Committee on Responsible AI to Frame Ethical Governance Framework
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Government Promotes Fish Farming in Upstream Dam and Reservoir Areas Under PMMSY
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Over 110 Sensitive Railway Stretches Identified to Prevent Elephant Deaths Across India
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Deep-Sea Fishing Promotion: India's EEZ Rules 2025 and Incentives for Fishermen
The Ministry of External Affairs (now clarified as the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying) notified the Sustainable Harnes...
India's Sunflower Oil Imports Halve as West Asia Conflict Disrupts Black Sea Supply Routes
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Lok Adalats and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Reducing Court Pendency in India
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Iron Ore Tailings in Road Construction: CSIR-CRRI and AMNS India Sign R&D Pact
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CSS Scheme for Judicial Infrastructure: Centre Funds District and Subordinate Courts
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193 Opposition MPs Sign Notice Seeking Removal of Chief Election Commissioner
193 opposition Members of Parliament — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — signed a notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Co...
Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February 2026 Under New CPI Series
India's retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 3.21% (year-on-year) in February 2026, up from 2.74% in Jan...
Oil Tanker Crosses War-Hit Strait of Hormuz to Reach Mumbai: India's Energy Supply Resilience
A foreign-flagged vessel carrying crude oil for India successfully crossed the war-hit Strait of Hormuz and arrived at Mumbai port, providin...
India's Energy Diplomacy: Jaishankar's Multiple Calls with Iran FM on Hormuz and Ship Safety
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held three separate phone calls with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi between February 28 and ...
India's February 2026 Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21%, Pre-dating Energy Price Impact
India's retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 3.21% in February 2026 on a year-on-year basis — up from 2.74%...
Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February, Stays Within RBI's Comfort Zone
Retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.21% in February 2026 compared to 2.74% in January 2026, driven primari...
Food Prices Push India's Retail Inflation to 3.21% in February 2026
India's Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation rose to 3.21% in February 2026, up from 2.74% in January 2026 — the second reading...
Indian Railways Deploys AI and ML Systems to Boost Safety and Operational Efficiency
Indian Railways has deployed and piloted multiple AI and Machine Learning-based systems to enhance safety and operational efficiency, as rep...
How Persistently High Oil Prices Amid the Iran War Could Impact India's Economy
With crude oil prices crossing $100 per barrel following the US-Israel military strikes on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of H...
Scientists Decode Heat Transport in Magnetic Semiconductors, Opening Spintronics Possibilities
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Supreme Court's First Passive Euthanasia Order: Harish Rana Case and the Right to Die with Dignity
The Supreme Court of India issued its first-ever order granting passive euthanasia in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India, allowing wi...
PMMSY: Doubling Fishermen's Income Through Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
The Department of Fisheries, under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, issued a detailed update on the Pradhan Mantri ...
IBA RRB Conclave 2026: Next-Generation Reforms for Regional Rural Banks Discussed
The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) hosted the one-day RRB Conclave 2026 in New Delhi on March 11, 2026, themed 'Next-Gen Reforms for RRBs —...
FIEO Seeks Priority LPG and Gas Allocation for Export Manufacturers Amid West Asia Crisis
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) wrote to the Commerce and Industry Ministry on March 12, 2026 requesting priority alloc...
NALSA's Legal Services Schemes: Access to Justice for Marginalised Communities
The government highlighted NALSA's (National Legal Services Authority) role in providing free legal services across State, District, and Tal...
India Probes Circumvention of Countervailing Duty on Saccharin Imports: China-Thailand Rerouting Alleged
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated an investigation into alleged circumvention of countervailing duties (CVD) on...
Deep Ocean Mission: India's Deep-Sea Mining Programme and Polymetallic Nodule Exploration
Parliament received a response detailing India's Deep Ocean Mission (DOM), which encompasses six verticals covering deep-sea mining, human s...
e-Courts Mission Mode Project: 660 Crore Pages Digitised, AI Integration in Judiciary
The Ministry of Law and Justice announced that over 660.36 crore pages of court records have been digitised under the e-Courts Mission Mode ...
Blue Revolution Scheme and Fund Allocation for Fishermen Welfare: India's Fisheries Policy Framework
Government data confirmed fund allocations under the 'Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries' scheme, a Central...
RBI's Digital Payments Awareness Week 2026: Pilot Programme for Rural Financial Inclusion
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Supreme Court Rules OBC Creamy Layer Cannot Be Determined on Income Alone
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India Condemns Attack on Ship Bound for Kandla in Strait of Hormuz
India issued a strong statement calling attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz 'deplorable' after a vessel bound for Kandla ...
India's FDI Policy Recalibration: Opening the Door for Border Countries
The Union Cabinet, via a decision announced on March 10, 2026, approved significant amendments to the guidelines governing foreign direct in...
India's First Passive Euthanasia: Why the Centre Must Act Now
The Supreme Court's March 11, 2026 order permitting passive euthanasia for Harish Rana — India's first judicially sanctioned case of passive...
Supreme Court Applies Passive Euthanasia Framework for First Time: Harish Rana Case
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Withdrawing Life Support in India: Legal Procedure and the Hurdles
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India — in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India — permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining t...
Draft Guidelines for Passive Euthanasia in India: Procedures and Hurdles
Following the Supreme Court's landmark 2026 ruling allowing passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, attention has shifted to India's draft guide...
India's Seafarers in Crisis: Abandonment Risk in the West Asia Conflict Zone
The West Asia conflict — sparked by US and Israeli military operations against Iran beginning February 28, 2026 — led to Iran blocking shipp...
Section 301 Investigations Explained: Mechanism, Excess Capacity Allegations, and Tariff Pathway
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Pakistan's Two-Front Crisis: Caught Between the Afghanistan and Iran Wars
Pakistan faces simultaneous crises on its western borders: an escalating 'open war' with the Afghan Taliban regime, and the spillover effect...
Chinese 'Xiaokang' Villages Along the LAC: Strategic Significance for India
A senior Indian Army officer, Lt. Gen. Ghai, has flagged renewed concerns about China's construction and occupation of 'Xiaokang' border def...
War's Hidden Climate Cost: Israel-Gaza Conflict Generated 33 Million Tonnes of CO₂
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal One Earth, led by Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with Lancaster University,...
Iran Warns of Attacks on All West Asia Ports if Its Ports Are Targeted
A senior spokesperson for Iran's armed forces warned that if Iran's own economic ports are attacked by US-Israeli forces, Iran will 'destroy...
Iran-Linked Handala Group's Cyberattack on US Medical Giant Stryker
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Kashmir's Jhelum River at Historic Low: Climate Change and Water Security
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Iran-US-Israel War: Iraq Shuts Oil Ports, Indian National Killed in Gulf Attacks
Iraq shut down its southern oil export ports after two tankers were attacked in Iraqi waters, sharply escalating the economic fallout of the...
US Launches Section 301 Trade Probes into India, EU, China Over Manufacturing Overcapacity
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations against 16 economies — including India, China, the Europe...
USTR Initiates Section 301 Probe into India and 15 Others Over Structural Excess Capacity
The US Trade Representative (USTR) formally initiated Section 301 investigations under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 on March 11, ...
Iran's Escalation Strategy: Targeting Economic and Tech Infrastructure Amid Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Iran signalled it would target US and Israeli economic and technological assets — including banks, energy infrastructure, and power grids — ...
Cotton Procurement at MSP Expands 4% to Cross 104 Lakh Bales; Telangana Leads
Cotton procurement under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) expanded approximately 4% during th...
Indian Diaspora in the Gulf: Remittances, Livelihoods, and the Iran War Shock
The US-Israel military campaign against Iran (Operation Epic Fury, launched February 28, 2026) and the subsequent closure of the Strait of H...
BPCL's Nellore Petrochemical Complex: Environmental Clearance Process and Coastal Ecology Concerns
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Brent Crude Crosses $100 per Barrel as Iran's Shipping Attacks Intensify
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Maharashtra's Anti-Conversion Bill: Constitutional Tensions and Civil Society Pushback
Civil rights groups and activists demanded that the Maharashtra government make the draft of its proposed anti-conversion legislation public...
Sri Lankan Navy Arrests Indian Fishermen Near Katchatheevu: A Recurring Maritime Dispute
The Sri Lankan Navy arrested two Indian fishermen from Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, near the island of Katchatheevu in the Palk Strait The fisher...
USTR Section 301 Probes into 16 Economies: Excess Industrial Capacity and Non-Market Practices
The US Trade Representative (USTR) formally initiated Section 301 investigations on March 11, 2026, into the trade policies of 16 economies ...
Canada-India Relations: Intelligence Dispute and Diplomatic Reset Under Carney
Canada's intelligence agency CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) stated it 'continues to take all allegations of foreign interfere...
India's 25-Qubit QpiAI-Indus Quantum Computer Installed at IIIT-Dharwad Under National Quantum Mission
The QpiAI-Indus, a 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer developed by Bengaluru-based startup QpiAI, was installed at IIIT-Dharwad and m...
Russia-US Energy Diplomacy Amid Global Oil Market Disruption
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF and Special Representative of the Russian President for Investment and Economic ...
Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974: Explained: 16 Countries Including India Hit by Trump's Probe
The Trump administration initiated Section 301 investigations into 16 trading partners — including India — for alleged 'unfair trade practic...
AI-Generated CSAM and Deepfakes: India's Legal Framework Under Scrutiny
Meta AI's 'Vibes' feature — a short-form video generation tool launched in September 2025 — was exploited to produce sexually explicit conte...
Study Finds Most AI Chatbots Assist Users in Planning Violent Attacks
A joint study by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) tested 10 leading AI chatbots — including ChatGPT (OpenAI), Google Ge...
Oil Prices Surge Past $100: Iraq Terminal Shutdown, Tanker Attacks, and the Global Energy Supply Crisis
Crude oil prices surged dramatically — Brent crude crossed $100 per barrel and WTI reached approximately $104 — after tanker attacks in Iraq...
India Co-Sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iranian Attacks on Commercial Shipping
India co-sponsored a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning what it described as 'egregious' Iranian attacks on commercial sh...
US to Permanently Close Peshawar Consulate: Its Closest Diplomatic Post to Afghanistan
The US State Department notified Congress in March 2026 of its intent to permanently close its consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan — the closest...
US Launches Section 301 Trade Investigations into India, China and 14 Others After Supreme Court Blocks Tariffs
The US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer launched Section 301 investigations into 16 trading partners on March 11, 2026, targeting ...
India Co-Signs Joint UN Statement Raising Alarm over Lebanon Hostilities, Reaffirms UNIFIL Commitment
India joined 29 other UN member states in issuing a joint statement expressing 'deep alarm' at the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, cal...
West Asia Crisis and India's Oil Security: Structural Vulnerabilities and Policy Reform Imperatives
The escalating conflict in West Asia has sharply exposed India's structural dependence on the region for crude oil, with India importing nea...
Why India Is Facing an LPG Shortage: Storage Infrastructure Gap Exposed by Hormuz Crisis
India's LPG supply system — designed for operational throughput rather than strategic stockpiling — is experiencing severe strain following ...
Iran Sets Three Conditions for Ending War with US and Israel
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly outlined three conditions for ending the war with the US and Israel: recognition of Iran's 'leg...
Israeli Strikes on Beirut and Lebanon: Hezbollah Conflict Escalates with Mass Displacement
An Israeli missile strike hit Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida seafront, killing at least eight people and wounding around 21 others, as part of a w...
Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974: What It Is and Why It Matters for India
Following the USTR's March 11, 2026 announcement of Section 301 investigations into 16 economies including India, a detailed explainer on Se...
Pentagon Probe Confirms US Tomahawk Missile Struck Girls' School in Minab, Iran
A US military investigation (Pentagon-led) found that a Tomahawk cruise missile (BGM/UGM-109 TLAM) struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' eleme...
MEA Deplores Attack on Thai Ship Bound for Gujarat in Strait of Hormuz
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement 'deploring' the missile attack on the Thai-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree ...
India Co-sponsors UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran's Attacks on Gulf Nations
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution strongly condemning Iran's attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and Jordan, with 1...
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: Strategic Architecture and Progress
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), launched at the G20 New Delhi Summit in September 2023, continues to evolve as a stra...
Arunachal Pradesh Tops NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index Among NE-Himalayan States
NITI Aayog released its Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, covering financial year 2023-24, ranking Indian states across two separate categorie...
US Launches Section 301 Trade Investigation into India and 15 Other Economies Over Industrial Overproduction
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer announced on March 11, 2026, the initiation of Section 301 investigations again...
US Launches Section 301 Trade Probe Against India and 15 Other Nations Over Manufacturing Overcapacity
On March 11, 2026, the US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations into the trade and industrial policies of 16 econ...
28 Indian Vessels, 778 Seafarers Stranded in Persian Gulf Due to Iran's Blockade
Official data confirmed that 28 Indian-flagged vessels carrying 778 Indian seafarers were unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz due to Iran...
Cracking Down on Digital Piracy: I&B Ministry Directs Telegram to Remove 3,142 Links
On March 11, 2026, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) issued a formal notice to the messaging platform Telegram...
Earth's Geomagnetic Reversals Can Last 70,000 Years: New Study Revises Timeline
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment (2026) by researchers from the University of Utah, France, and Japan...
Cotton's Declining Market Share: Synthetic Fibres, ICAC Data, and India's Agricultural Significance
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) reported that cotton's share of global fibre consumption has fallen to below 25% in recen...
Meghalaya High Court Quashes ST-Only Candidate Rule for Garo Hills District Council Polls
On March 11, 2026, the Meghalaya High Court quashed a notification issued by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on February ...
Supreme Court Directs CBI Preliminary Inquiry into Dalit Woman's Suspicious Death in Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the suspicious...
Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Bars Non-Hindus from 47 Shrines Ahead of Char Dham Yatra
The Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) passed a resolution on March 10, 2026, at its budget meeting in Dehradun, prohibiting entry ...
India Asserts Sovereignty Over Russian Oil Purchases as US Presses for Conditions
Former National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan stated that the US cannot impose conditions on India regarding its purchase of Russian...
Opposition Files Notice to Remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
The INDIA bloc opposition announced it would submit a notice to Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh ...
Motion to Remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Defeated by Voice Vote
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Jaishankar-Iran FM Third Call: Diplomatic Push for Safe Passage of Indian Ships
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for the third time since the outbreak of the US-I...
India's Diplomatic Outreach on West Asia Crisis: Jaishankar Engages Russia, EU, France
On March 11, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held separate high-level teleconferences with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, E...
FDI Policy Easing for Land-Border Countries to Include Rare Earth Magnets and Processing: DPIIT
DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) confirmed that the amended FDI policy guidelines for land-border countries s...
India Reaffirms Government Approval Requirement for Chinese and Hong Kong FDI Despite Recent Policy Easing
The Indian government clarified that despite recent easing of FDI norms under Press Note 3, entities directly registered in China or Hong Ko...
India's Textile Sector Urged to Scale Up for All-Year Exports and FTA Gains
A Union Minister addressed India's textile sector, urging industry players to aim for all-year-round exports rather than seasonal cycles, an...
Naga-Kuki Tensions in Manipur: Civilian Detentions in Ukhrul District
Twenty-one Tangkhul Naga civilians travelling in three vehicles along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were detained by Kuki villagers and armed men ...
Parliamentary Panel Flags Slow Progress in Tribal Welfare Schemes, PM-JANMAN Under Scrutiny
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment pulled up multiple line ministries for 'slow and tardy' progress in exe...
India's Fuel Crisis Exposes Systemic Energy Policy Failures
An editorial analysis identifies systemic policy failures behind India's LPG supply crisis: excessive dependence on West Asian imports route...
US Taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amid Iran War–Driven Oil Price Surge
The US announced the release of 172 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) on March 11, 2026, in response t...
India's Earthquake Zoning Revision and the Rollback of National Building Code Amendments
India's Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) issued a revised seismic zonation map in November 2025 under IS 1893 (Part 1): 2025, the seventh re...
India's 88-Day Coal Buffer: Energy Security Amid Rising Power Demand
India's Union Ministry announced an overall coal stock of 210 million tonnes (MT) — sufficient for approximately 88 days of power generation...
UN Security Council Passes Resolution 2817 Demanding Iran Halt Attacks on Gulf Nations
The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2817 (2026) demanding that Iran halt its attacks on Gulf states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Sa...
LPG Supply Chain Security: Centre-State Coordination in an Energy Crisis
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan held a virtual coordination meeting with Chief Secretaries of all states, directing them to ensure physica...
India's Domestic LPG Production Rises 25% Following Government Supply Maintenance Orders
India's domestic LPG production increased by approximately 25% following government orders issued on March 8, 2026, directing refineries and...
Youth-Backed RSP Victory Signals Nepal's New Political Era and Implications for India
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) achieved a landslide victory in Nepal's March 2026 elections — winning 182 of 275 House of Representative...
India Condemns Attack on Thai Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz Bound for Gujarat
A Thai-flagged bulk cargo vessel, MV Mayuree Naree, was struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11, 2026, causing a fire and ...
India-France Army Expert Exchange on Precision Strike: Deepening a Strategic Defence Partnership
The Indian Army and the French Army conducted a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Exchange on March 9–10, 2026, focusing on Long Range Vectors (LR...
The Minab School Strike: Targeting Errors, Accountability, and International Humanitarian Law
Preliminary investigation findings indicated that a US missile strike on February 28, 2026, hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab...
PM-KISAN 22nd Instalment: ₹2,000 Transferred to 9 Crore Farmers
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Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party Dominates Proportional Representation Vote in 2026 Parliamentary Elections
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Iran's Drone Threat to US Homeland: Asymmetric Warfare and Intelligence Assessments
The FBI issued an alert to California law enforcement warning that Iran 'aspired' to conduct a drone strike from an unidentified vessel off ...
US-Iran War: When Military Targets Run Dry and Diplomatic Endgames Begin
US President Trump stated the US has 'practically nothing left to target' in Iran, signalling that the kinetic military phase of the US-Iran...
The Speaker's Neutrality Under Fire: Constitutional Role vs. Political Reality
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha alleged that the Speaker's office — meant to be neutral per constitutional design — has strayed from imp...
India Welcomes IEA's Record Emergency Oil Stock Release Amid West Asia Conflict
India formally welcomed the International Energy Agency's (IEA) decision to release emergency oil stocks from member countries' strategic re...
India's Slow Shift to Induction Cooking: Energy Transition and the Poor Household Challenge
Only 5% of Indian households have electric penetration in their kitchens, and uptake of induction stoves remains very sluggish, particularly...
Reliance Industries and the $300 Billion US Refinery Deal: Corporate Disclosure and Geopolitics
US President Donald Trump announced a 'historic $300 billion deal' involving India's Reliance Industries to build the first new oil refinery...
US Forces Destroy Dozens of Iranian Mine-Laying Vessels Near Strait of Hormuz
US forces destroyed at least 16 Iranian mine-laying naval vessels in a strike near the Strait of Hormuz on March 10-11, 2026, as a preemptiv...
Choice-Based Education Reform: Structural Gaps Between NEP 2020's Promise and Ground Reality
An opinion piece in a national daily argued that India's Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), intended to deliver flexible and multi-disciplin...
Badri-Kedar Temple Committee Proposes Restricting Non-Sanatani Entry to 47 Temples
The Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) formally passed a resolution on March 10, 2026, to restrict entry of 'non-Sanatanis' into 47...
Building Collapses on the Rise: Union Home Secretary Flags Mounting Deaths and Damage
Union Home Secretary flagged a recent increase in deaths and property damage caused by building collapses across India, indicating an escala...
Iran's Police Chief Labels Protesters as 'Enemies': Crackdown on Economic Dissent
Iran's national police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan warned that anti-government protesters would be treated as 'enemies' if they support forces op...
Afghanistan–Pakistan Border War: Civilians Killed as Durand Line Dispute Escalates
The Afghan government (Taliban administration) confirmed that three civilians were killed by Pakistani artillery shelling along the Afghanis...
India Must Diversify Energy Sources as Oil Markets Turn Volatile: Former Deputy NSA
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran called on India to urgently diversify its energy sources as global oil markets turn hig...
Armed Man Attempts Assassination of Farooq Abdullah at Jammu Wedding Function
On March 11, 2026, Kamal Singh Jamwal (63), a resident of Purani Mandi area of Jammu, opened fire at former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister...
G7 Nations Agree to Examine Naval Escorts for Ships in Persian Gulf
Leaders of the G7 — the US, Canada, Japan, Italy, the UK, Germany, and France — agreed to examine the option of providing naval escorts for ...
FDI Rule Changes to Boost India's Electronics and Rare Earth Sectors: DPIIT
DPIIT Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia, speaking on March 11, 2026, said the revised FDI norms for land border countries (LBCs) will specific...
Government to Raise Income Ceiling for Post-Matric Scholarships for SCs, OBCs, and DNTs from 2026-27
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced plans to raise the parental income ceiling for post-matric scholarships for Schedul...
FDI Policy Eased: Relaxed PN3 Opens Door for Global Funds with Minority Chinese Stakes
India's revised FDI policy (March 10, 2026 Cabinet decision) facilitates easier entry for companies from the US, Taiwan, South Korea, and Eu...
Army Jawan Among Hostages as Kuki-Naga Standoff Tests Manipur's Security Architecture
Approximately 20 people, including an Indian Army jawan on personal leave, were reported taken hostage by a Kuki armed group in Manipur's Uk...
West Asia Crisis Ripples Into Haryana Industry: Fuel, Raw Material, and Supply Chain Shocks
Industrialists from key industrial centres across Haryana — including Hisar (steel and textiles), Bahadurgarh (iron and packaging), and Karn...
Iran Sets Conditions for Ceasefire: No Future US or Israeli Strikes
Iran has communicated through regional intermediaries that any ceasefire in the ongoing conflict is conditional on the US and Israel pledgin...
CDSCO Warns Against Surrogate Advertising of GLP-1 Weight-Loss Prescription Drugs
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) issued an advisory on March 11, 2026, directing pharmaceutical companies not to enga...
Essential Commodities Act Invoked to Manage LPG Supply Amid West Asia Conflict
The Government of India invoked the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955 in early March 2026 to address potential LPG and natural gas suppl...
New EPS Rules Drop Higher Pension Clause, Disappointing Millions of EPFO Subscribers
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) notified revised Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) rules that omit the provision — formerly ...
Kremlin Accuses Britain of Involvement in Ukraine's Missile Strike on Russian City
The Kremlin accused British specialists of direct involvement in a Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missile strike on Bryansk, Russia, on March...
Supreme Court Permits First-Ever Passive Euthanasia, Redraws Active–Passive Distinction
In Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026 INSC 222), a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan permitted — for the ...
Opposition in Lok Sabha: Speaker Acting on Government's Behalf, LoP Repeatedly Silenced
Congress MP K.C. Venugopal stated during the Lok Sabha debate on March 11, 2026 that Speaker Om Birla had repeatedly barred Leader of Opposi...
Bill to Codify IPS Deputation in Central Armed Police Forces
The Union Cabinet approved a draft of the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, expected to be introduced in Parliament...
Meghalaya Postpones GHADC Elections After Pre-Poll Violence in Garo Hills
The Meghalaya government postponed elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), which were scheduled for April 10, 2026,...
Opposition Motion to Remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Defeated by Voice Vote
The Lok Sabha on March 11, 2026, defeated the opposition's no-confidence resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, with a voice vo...
India's GDP Revision to 2022-23 Base Year: What Changed and Why It Matters
On February 27, 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released a new GDP series with 2022-23 as the base year, replacing th...
Election Commission Seeks Accountability Report from Bengal on Poll Violence in 2021 and 2024 Elections
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a detailed accountability report from West Bengal on actions taken against officials impli...
India to Release Sector-Specific Product List for 60-Day Fast-Track FDI Approvals Under Revised PN3
Following the Union Cabinet's March 10, 2026 amendments to Press Note 3 (PN3), DPIIT will release a detailed product-level list specifying w...
West Asia Oil Shock Clouds India's Monetary Policy Outlook, Deferring Rate Cut Hopes
Crude oil prices have surged toward $100 per barrel amid the escalating West Asia conflict, disrupting LNG shipments and raising India's ene...
West Asia Conflict Threatens India's Agricultural Input Supply via Strait of Hormuz
Geopolitical tensions and conflict in West Asia — including strikes on Iranian infrastructure and near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz — hav...
Amit Shah Defends Speaker Birla: Parliamentary Conventions and the Neutral Custodian Debate
Union Home Minister Amit Shah responded to the Opposition's no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on March 11, 2026, defen...
India Eases FDI Norms for Land Border Countries: Balancing Capital and Security
The Union Cabinet approved significant amendments to India's FDI framework for countries sharing a land border — primarily China — on March ...
India Explores Market Diversion for Export Cargo Stranded by the West Asia Crisis
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry sought detailed information from goods exporters about consignments stranded due to the West Asia cris...
West Asia Conflict: India's Most Serious Strategic Crisis in Living Memory
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran described the West Asia conflict as the 'most serious crisis India has faced in living ...
Armed Abduction of 20 Naga Civilians in Manipur Highlights Deepening Ethnic Crisis
Armed gunmen abducted 20 Naga civilians from three vehicles travelling along the Ukhrul-Imphal highway in Manipur on March 11, 2026; the hos...
India's Diplomatic Missions Coordinate Evacuation of Stranded Nationals in West Asia
Indian diplomatic missions across West Asia are actively coordinating with local governments to assist Indian nationals stranded due to the ...
Private Sector Confidence at Decade High: What Business Surveys Tell UPSC Students
A business expectations survey published in early 2026 found that private sector optimism in India has reached its highest level in a decade...
Bihar Police Arrest 141 Including Bank Employees in Mule Account Crackdown
Bihar Police conducted a state-wide crackdown on March 11, 2026, targeting mule bank account networks used to route proceeds from cyber frau...
Uttarakhand HC Declares State PSC Rule on Answer Sheet Verification Unconstitutional
A division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court, comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay, declared as unconst...
Why India Did Not Ban Fuel Exports Despite the West Asia Supply Crisis
Despite the West Asia conflict creating domestic fuel supply pressures, the government chose not to impose a blanket ban on fuel (petrol, di...
Supreme Court Permits Passive Euthanasia for First Time in India: Harish Rana Case
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgment in Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026 INSC 222), allowing withd...
Indians Killed in Merchant Vessel Attacks: India's Maritime Vulnerability in West Asia
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that two Indian nationals were killed and one was missing after merchant vessels they were ...
India Condemns Attack on India-Bound Thai Ship in Strait of Hormuz
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 11, 2026, condemned the attack on the Thai-flagged cargo vessel MV Mayuree Naree, which ...
No-Confidence Motion Against Lok Sabha Speaker Defeated by Voice Vote
The Opposition's no-confidence motion seeking removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was defeated by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha on March 1...
Parliament Under Siege? Owaisi Warns of Executive Encroachment on Legislature
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, during the debate on the no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on March 11, 2026, warned th...
India's First Microalgae Air Tower Deployed in Delhi's Aerocity Corridor
New Delhi has deployed India's first microalgae-based PureAir Tower along the Aerocity highway corridor, marking a new approach to combating...
India's Russian Oil Imports Surge 50% After Strait of Hormuz Closure
India's Russian crude oil imports surged to approximately 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in March 2026, up roughly 50% from 1.04 mb/d in...
Domestic LPG Output Rises 25% as Emergency Refinery Directive Takes Effect
Following the LPG Control Order issued on March 8, 2026, domestic LPG production increased by approximately 25% as Indian refineries redirec...
Opposition Moves Impeachment Motion Against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Opposition parties led by the Trinamool Congress submitted a formal motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kuma...
108 Maoists Surrender in Chhattisgarh as Home Ministry's March 31 Deadline Approaches
In one of the largest mass surrenders in recent years, 108 Maoists — including 44 women — laid down arms in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on ...
Two Indians Killed, One Missing in Merchant Vessel Attacks in Persian Gulf
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on March 11, 2026, that two Indian nationals were killed and one is missing following attac...
NCERT Textbook Row: Supreme Court Orders Disassociation of Three Authors Over 'Judiciary' Chapter
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026 directed the Government of India and all state governments to disassociate from three members of the NCE...
Supreme Court Applies Passive Euthanasia Framework for the First Time: What the Law Says
In a historic first, the Supreme Court of India applied its own passive euthanasia framework to a real case — granting permission to withdra...
Black Rain Over Tehran: Oil Depot Strikes and Toxic Fallout Explained
Israeli airstrikes targeted four major fuel storage depots and a distribution centre in Tehran, including facilities at Aghdasieh, Shahran, ...
Essential Commodities Act Invoked to Regulate LPG Amid West Asia Supply Disruption
The Central Government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (ECA) to regulate LPG supplies amid the shortage caused by disruption to ...
Oil Well Explosions and Environmental Warfare: What the 1991 Gulf War Tells Us About the Iran Crisis
Following Israeli strikes on Iranian oil depots and refineries, environmental scientists have drawn direct comparisons to the 1991 Gulf War,...
Operation Sindoor Marks India's Doctrinal Shift to Proactive Deterrence, Says Army Chief
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, speaking at the College of Defence Management in Secunderabad, stated that Operation Sindoor marks a fun...
KTR Slams Telangana Speaker's Verdict Acquitting Defector MLAs as 'Assault on Constitution'
Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar dismissed all disqualification petitions against 10 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who had...
Tribal Organisations Stage 48-Hour Satyagraha at Aralam Farm Over Land Rights
Tribal organisations launched a 48-hour satyagraha at the Aralam Farm in Kannur district, Kerala, demanding that the land be distributed to ...
India's Low Strategic Petroleum Stockpiles Pose Economic Risk: S&P Global
S&P Global warned that India's current strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) provide only approximately 9.5 days of import coverage — significa...
Iran Declares US and Israeli Economic and Banking Interests as Targets
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters — the unified combat command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — declared on March 11, 20...
West Asia Crisis: Drones Strike Near Dubai Airport as Iran Escalates Gulf Attacks
Two drones fell in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport, with at least one Indian national sustaining moderate injuries in the attack...
India's Energy Security Architecture in Response to the West Asia Crisis
Addressing Parliament, the Prime Minister stated that India has a comprehensive short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategy to navigate ...
Iran's Control of the Strait of Hormuz as Strategic Leverage
Despite suffering significant military losses from US–Israel strikes since February 28, 2026 — including the killing of its Supreme Leader —...
Gujarat National Highway Toll Collections Rise 56.5% Over Five Years to FY25
Toll collections on national highways in Gujarat surged 56.5 percent over five years, rising from ₹3,179 crore in FY21 to ₹4,975 crore in FY...
Jaishankar Steps Up Diplomatic Outreach on West Asia Crisis
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held telephonic conversations with the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, France, and the European U...
Himachal Pradesh Records Severe Heatwave in First Week of March: Earliest in Five Years
Himachal Pradesh experienced severe heatwave conditions on March 6, 2026 — the first time in five years that the state has recorded such ext...
Passive Euthanasia in India: Legal Framework and the First Practical Application
The Supreme Court of India's framework for passive euthanasia — established in 2018 — has for the first time been practically applied in the...
India Reroutes Crude Imports and Boosts Domestic LPG Output to Counter Hormuz Disruption
Following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the West Asia conflict, India rerouted approximately 70% of its crude imports...
Gas Shortage and Food Security: How Energy Crises Hit India's Informal Economy
A government-issued Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order in March 2026, triggered by the West Asia crisis, imposed a 35% cut in gas supply ...
India's Supreme Court Allows Removal of Life Support in Landmark Passive Euthanasia Case
The Supreme Court of India, for the first time in the country's history, permitted the withdrawal of life support from a patient in a perman...
Punjab's Fiscal Crisis: Bottom of NITI Aayog's Fiscal Health Index Despite Agricultural Wealth
Punjab ranks at the bottom of NITI Aayog's Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, which assesses the fiscal performance of 18 major states for FY 2...
Supreme Court on Right to Dignified Death: State Interest Cannot Override Patient Autonomy
The Supreme Court upheld the withdrawal of life support for a 32-year-old man (Harish Rana case) who had been in a persistent vegetative sta...
India Hosts Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems
India hosted the three-day Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS–2026) from March 12–14, 2026, at the Bharat Ratna C. Subra...
Expert Panel Estimates Lakkundi Gold Treasure at 500 Years Old, Valuing Heritage Above Market Price
An expert panel has estimated that gold ornaments unearthed at Lakkundi in Gadag district, Karnataka, are at least 500 years old — placing t...
Karnataka's KPS Magnet School Plan Faces Protests Over Threat to 40,000 Government Schools
The All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) organised a 'Nammura Shaale Ulisi' (Save Our Schools) meet in Kalaburagi, Karnataka,...
India Overtakes China as Largest Supplier of Cotton Products to the US in 2025
India has displaced China to become the largest exporter of cotton products — including apparel, yarn, and home textiles — to the United Sta...
India's Crude Oil Supply Security Amid West Asia Conflict
The Indian government assured Parliament that crude oil and petroleum product supplies remain secure despite the ongoing West Asia conflict,...
FDI in Rare Earth Magnets and Advanced Battery Components from Land-Border Countries Added to Fast-Track List
The Union Cabinet's March 10, 2026 amendment to Press Note 3 of 2020 specifically includes FDI proposals in rare earth permanent magnets, ra...
India's Defence Spending Shift: More Domestic Procurement, Fewer Imports
India's defence expenditure data for recent years reveals a sustained structural shift: capital expenditure (capex) — spending on new equipm...
Garuda Aerospace Inks Deal with Airbus Helicopters for Flexrotor VTOL Drones
Garuda Aerospace, India's leading drone company (backed by cricketer MS Dhoni), signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters to acquire up to 1...
India's LPG and Energy Crisis: Government Response to West Asia Supply Disruption
Escalating conflict in West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran from February 28, 2026 — effectively closed the Stra...
India-Bound Thai-Flagged Cargo Ship Attacked in Strait of Hormuz by Iranian Forces
On March 11, 2026, a Thai-flagged bulk carrier, the MV Mayuree Naree (178 metres long, 30,000 tonne displacement), was attacked while transi...
BKTC Bans Non-Hindus from Badrinath and Kedarnath: Constitutional Dimensions
The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) formally approved a resolution on March 10, 2026, banning entry of 'non-Sanatanis' (non-Hind...
India's LPG and Energy Crisis: Government Response to West Asia Supply Disruption
Escalating conflict in West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran from February 28, 2026 — effectively closed the Stra...
Iran War as a Warning: Why South Asia Needs Stronger Conflict Resolution Architecture
With the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran military conflict in February 2026 — the largest energy supply disruption since the 1970s — analysts and ...
Fitch Warns Indian OMCs and GAIL Face Narrower Financial Buffers from Prolonged Iran Energy Shock
Credit rating agency Fitch issued a warning that Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) — IOC, BPCL, and HPCL — and gas transmission company ...
Nepal's RSP Wins Near-Supermajority: A New Political Era and Its Implications for India
Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP — National Independent Party) secured approximately 182 of 275 seats in the 2026 Nepalese general elec...
Kuki-Naga Ethnic Tension Escalates in Manipur's Ukhrul District
Over 20 Tangkhul Naga civilians travelling in three vehicles along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were detained by Kuki villagers and armed men at ...
India's Russian Crude Imports Surge Amid Hormuz Crisis and US Sanctions Waiver
India's Russian crude oil imports have surged sharply in March 2026, approaching and potentially exceeding volumes seen before the Trump adm...
GCWAS-2026: Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems Adopts Delhi Declaration
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), in collaboration with CGIAR, TAAS, and PPV&FRA, hosted the Global Conference on Women in...
PM-KISAN 22nd Instalment Released: ₹18,640 Crore to 9.32 Crore Farmer Families
The Prime Minister released the 22nd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on March 13, 2026, at an event in...
G7 and IEA Coordinate Record 400 Million Barrel Oil Reserve Release Amid Hormuz Crisis
Germany and Japan announced they would release oil from their strategic petroleum reserves as part of a coordinated G7 and International Ene...
India's Crude Oil Supply Stable: 70% Now Routed Outside Strait of Hormuz
Following the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on Iran), the Indian government convened an in...
Iran's Supreme Leader Succession: Mojtaba Khamenei Appointed Amid War
Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, was killed on February 28, 2026, in a joint US-Israeli airstrike in Tehran, triggering Iran'...
India Revises Press Note 3: Fast-Track FDI Approvals for Land-Border Countries in Key Sectors
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved significant changes to India's FDI policy on March 10, 2026, amending the framewo...
Centre Approves MSP Procurement of 1.25 Lakh Tonnes of Rabi Crops in Telangana
The Centre approved the procurement of 1.25 lakh tonnes of rabi crops in Telangana under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism. The proc...
India's LPG Production Rises 25% as Government Directs Refineries to Maximize Domestic Supply
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued an LPG Control Order on March 8, 2026, directing all Indian refineries to maximize LPG yiel...
India's LPG and Energy Crisis: Government Response to West Asia Supply Disruption
Escalating conflict in West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran from February 28, 2026 — effectively closed the Stra...
Only 7 States Have SC/ST Dedicated Police Stations: Parliamentary Panel Finds Implementation Gap Decades After Atrocities Act
A parliamentary panel found that India has only 181 special police stations dedicated to handling atrocity cases against Scheduled Castes an...
Mob Lynching Criminalised for First Time: Key Provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
The government highlighted key provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which came into force on 1 July 2024 replacing the Ind...
MHA Issues New Guidelines on Remission of Prisoners' Sentences
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) on remission of prison sentences Remission...
Delhi Cantonment Board SMART Tool: Digital Governance for Sanitation Monitoring
The Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) launched the Swachhata Monitoring & Automated Reporting Tool (SMART), a digital platform for real-time moni...
Energy Shock Widens: Sugar and Food Markets Strained as IEA Weighs Record Reserve Release
The escalating conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that has spread beyond oil and gas to affect global sugar,...
Fitch Warns Indian OMCs and GAIL Face Cash Flow Pressure from West Asia Conflict and Oil Price Rise
Fitch Ratings warned that Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) — HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation), IOC (Indian Oil Corporation), and ...
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): Progress and Reforms
The National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), launched in August 2016, is currently in its second phase (NAPS-2) operational since FY...
Border Area Development Scheme and Vibrant Villages Programme: Developing India's Northern Frontier Villages
The government has approved the Vibrant Villages Programme-I (VVP-I) for comprehensive development of select villages in 46 blocks abutting ...
PM-SETU: Hub and Spoke Model for ITI Upgradation with Industry-Led SPVs
The government provided details of the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme, which uses a hub an...
No-Confidence Motion Against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Defeated: Constitutional Provisions and Precedents
The opposition formally submitted a no-confidence motion notice against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on February 10, 2026, during the Budget S...
India AI Impact Summit 2026: Global Declaration, Investment Pledges, and Public Participation
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held from February 16–20, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, with approximately 6 lakh in-person atten...
China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030): Climate Targets, Energy Transition, and Implications for India
China is preparing to unveil its 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP) covering 2026–2030, with significant implications for global climate policy and t...
India Hosts Global AI Summit: Positioning as Innovation and Governance Hub
India hosted the India AI Impact Summit from 16–21 February at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi — described as the largest AI summit hosted by any...
Air Pollution City Rankings 2024-25: Bengaluru Most Resilient, Delhi Worst Among Major Indian Cities
A report ranking major Indian cities by air pollution resilience for 2024–25 placed Bengaluru as the most resilient city and Delhi as the wo...
Lok Sabha Rejects Motion to Remove Speaker Om Birla: Article 94 and the Constitutional Procedure
The Lok Sabha rejected an opposition-sponsored motion to remove Speaker Om Birla by a voice vote amid protests from opposition members The m...
UIDAI Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Strengthen Aadhaar Cybersecurity
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched its first structured Bug Bounty Programme to strengthen Aadhaar system sec...
28 Indian Vessels with 778 Seafarers Stranded in Persian Gulf Amid West Asia Conflict
As many as 28 Indian-flagged vessels carrying 778 Indian seafarers were stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the escalating West Asia conflic...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry: 333rd Report on MSME Demands for Grants 2026-27
The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry (functioning under the Rajya Sabha), chaired by Shri Tiruchi Siva, prese...
Cyber Crime Police Stations in India: BPR&D Data and Institutional Framework
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has published state/UT-wise statistics on dedicat...
Assam's LPG Supply Deficit: When Local Refineries Meet Only 30% of Demand
Assam Chief Secretary Ravi Kota stated on March 11, 2026, that local refineries in the state can meet only about 30% of Assam's LPG demand, ...
Census 2027: Two-Phase Methodology for India's First Digital Population Count
Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases: (i) Houselisting and Housing Census from April to September 2026, and (ii) Population Enumerati...
INDIA Bloc Motion to Remove CEC: Parliamentary Mechanism and Electoral Governance Stakes
Opposition parties led by Trinamool Congress, with support from Congress and Samajwadi Party, are planning to introduce a formal motion in P...
India GDP Growth Projected at 7.1% in FY27: West Asia Conflict as Downside Risk
Crisil Intelligence projected India's real GDP growth to moderate to 7.1% in FY 2026-27, down from 7.6% in FY26 (under the revised 2022-23 b...
PM-DAKSH: Targeted Skill Development for SCs, OBCs, EWS, and Safai Karamcharis
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) highlighted the Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (...
Census 2027: First Digital and Caste-Enumerated Census After a Decade-Long Delay
India is preparing for Census 2027, the 16th decennial census, delayed by over five years since the last census in 2011 (the 2021 census was...
PMKVY: 1.64 Crore Trained in a Decade, Skill India Enters Digital Phase
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) reported that Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) has trained 1.64 cro...
India's LPG Supply Assurance Amid West Asia Crisis: Understanding Energy Security Mechanisms
The government issued a formal assurance that India has adequate LPG stocks to meet all household cooking gas requirements following a surge...
Government Acts to Protect Underground Utilities During Telecom Cable Laying: RoW Rules and GatiShakti Synergies
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed the Lok Sabha that the government has implemented several measures to prevent accidental damage...
India's LPG and Energy Crisis: Government Response to West Asia Supply Disruption
Escalating conflict in West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran from February 28, 2026 — effectively closed the Stra...
India's FDI Strategy: Using Chinese Capital to Build Domestic Manufacturing and Reduce Import Dependence
India's revised Press Note 3 (PN3) FDI policy has been described as a strategic attempt to convert Chinese capital from a source of import c...
Allahabad HC Invokes 1975 Law: UP Parks and Open Spaces Must Be Documented
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court directed divisional commissioners and other administrative authorities in Uttar Pradesh to col...
No-Confidence Motion Against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Defeated: Constitutional Provisions and Precedents
The opposition formally submitted a no-confidence motion notice against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on February 10, 2026, during the Budget S...
CCTNS: All 17,798 Police Stations Now Digitally Networked for Crime Tracking
As of 1 February 2026, all 17,798 police stations across India are using the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), achiev...
No LPG Shortage Despite West Asia Conflict: India's Energy Security Strategy Under Stress
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas stated that there is no need for panic booking of LPG cylinders, with the normal delivery cycle of...
Taranjit Singh Sandhu Appointed as Delhi's 23rd Lieutenant Governor
Taranjit Singh Sandhu, a retired 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and former Indian Ambassador to the United States, was swor...
Iran-Israel War: Every 10% Oil Price Rise Could Cut India's GDP Growth by 20–25 Basis Points
HDFC Bank's economic research has estimated that every 10% rise in crude oil prices reduces India's GDP growth rate by approximately 20–25 b...
Indian Students Begin Exiting Iran as Conflict Intensifies: Evacuation Routes via Armenia and Azerbaijan
Indian students studying at Iranian universities have begun evacuating following escalating conflict fears, with the first batch departing v...
NITI Aayog Calls on States to Tighten Fiscal Discipline Under FRBM Framework
NITI Aayog has urged state governments to adhere to fiscal deficit norms prescribed under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (F...
India to Fast-Track Chinese Investment in Electronics, Capital Goods, and Solar Sectors
India is set to introduce a fast-track approval mechanism for FDI proposals from land-border countries (primarily China) in specific manufac...
Aravallis Lost 13.8% More Soil Per Year During 2017–2024 Despite Rising Forest Cover
Researchers from O.P. Jindal Global University and IIT Kharagpur found that the Aravalli Mountain System lost 13.8% more soil annually betwe...
Taranjit Singh Sandhu Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi: Article 239AA and NCT Governance
Taranjit Singh Sandhu was sworn in as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Delhi by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya Sandh...
Opposition Move to Remove Chief Election Commissioner: Constitutional Procedure and First-of-Its-Kind Notice
Opposition MPs collected signatures for a notice to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, citing allegations of partisan a...
India's GDP and Inflation at Risk as West Asia Conflict Pushes Oil Prices Higher
Economists warn that India's GDP growth for FY2026-27 faces a meaningful downside risk from the West Asia conflict, with oil prices spiking ...
NCERT Textbook Controversy: Supreme Court Directs Disassociation of Professors from Public-Funded Curriculum Work
The Supreme Court directed all publicly-funded educational institutions to disassociate Professor Michel Denino and two associates from curr...
National Disaster Management Plan: India's Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
The government highlighted key features of the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP), which was first issued in 2016 and revised in 2019 ...
FDI Policy Clarification: Relaxation for Entities with Minority Chinese Stakes, Not Chinese Firms Directly
The government clarified that the March 2026 relaxation of Press Note 3 (PN3) FDI rules is not an opening for Chinese companies to directly ...
Passive vs Active Euthanasia: India's Supreme Court Permits First Case Under Legal Framework
India's Supreme Court permitted withdrawal of life support for Harish Rana, who had been in a persistent vegetative state, marking the first...
'Kaushalta se Udyamita' Felicitation Ceremony Recognises Young Innovators from India's ITI-NSTI Skilling Ecosystem
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) held the 'Kaushalta se Udyamit...
NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index 2026: States Urged to Adhere to FRBM Norms
NITI Aayog released the second edition of the Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, assessing states' fiscal performance for the financial year 20...
Congress Flags Data Security Risks in Farmer ID Rollout as Private Agencies Enter the Picture
Concerns were raised in the Maharashtra State Assembly regarding the involvement of private agencies in generating Farmer Identification Num...
Self-Employment Promotion Through Entrepreneurship Development Programmes: NIESBUD, IIE and NIOS
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implements Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) and Entrepreneurship...
No-Confidence Motion Against Lok Sabha Speaker: Constitutional Process and Democratic Debate
The Union Home Minister strongly criticised the opposition's filing of a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, calling it...
Skill India Mission Extends to Wedding and Tourism Sector: PMKVY, JSS, and the Architecture of India's Skilling Ecosystem
Under the Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is delivering skill, re-skill, and up-ski...
TRAI's Quantum-Safe Communication Initiative: Policy and Migration Pathways
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) organised a workshop on 'Quantum Safe Communication' at its headquarters in New Delhi Senio...
RBI Directs Banks to Comply with Updated UNSC Taliban Sanctions List Under UAPA Section 51A
The Reserve Bank of India issued circular RBI/2025-26/242 on March 11, 2026, directing all regulated entities (commercial banks, finance com...
China's Xiaokang Border Villages Along LAC in Northeast India: A Strategic Challenge
Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, a senior Indian Army commander, has flagged that China's 'Xiaokang' (小康) border settlement project is progressing rapidly...
Bangladesh Intelligence Chief Meets Indian Officials in Quiet Thaw After Tarique Rahman Becomes PM
Shortly after Tarique Rahman (BNP leader) was sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister in February 2026 following the BNP's victory in Bangla...
Thousand-Year-Old Idols and Sacred Tanks Unearthed in Rajasthan Excavation
An excavation in Bahaj village, Deeg district, Rajasthan has unearthed a major ancient hub of religious activity with artefacts spanning mul...
Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves Stringent Anti-Conversion Bill with Life Term for Mass Conversions
The Chhattisgarh Cabinet approved a new anti-conversion bill to replace the existing Chhattisgarh Dharm Swatantrya Adhiniyam (Freedom of Rel...
CAG Flags 32-Fold Increase in Coliform Bacteria in Ganga Due to Untreated Sewage in Uttarakhand
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged a 32-fold increase in coliform bacteria levels in the Ganga river in Uttarakh...
Oman in the Iran War: The Arab World's Oldest Independent State as 'Switzerland of West Asia'
As the 2026 Iran war escalated following the U.S.-Israel joint military campaign that began February 28, 2026, Oman emerged as a central dip...
PIL Seeks Disability Recognition for Victims of Forceful Acid Ingestion Under RPwD Act
The Supreme Court issued notice to all States and Union Territories on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking recognition of victims of ...
Reliance-Backed Texas Refinery: Dissecting the '$300 Billion Deal' and India-US Energy Ties
US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would build its first new oil refinery in approximately 50 years, with backing fr...
Karnataka Proposes Banning Children Under 16 from Social Media: The Legal and Practical Challenges
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced during the 2026-27 state budget speech that the use of social media will be prohibited for c...
The Illusion of 41%: How Cesses and Surcharges Quietly Erode India's Fiscal Federal Promise
Analysis reveals that while states are officially entitled to 41% of the divisible pool of central taxes (as recommended by both the 15th an...
Telangana Speaker Clears 10 MLAs: Anti-Defection Law's Evidentiary and Institutional Limits
The Telangana Assembly Speaker dismissed disqualification petitions filed under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) against all 10 MLAs ...
The Era of Permanent Climate Disaster: Extreme Weather Becomes the New Normal
Climate analysts argue that extreme weather events — floods, heatwaves, droughts, and cyclones — have ceased to be exceptional occurrences a...
Most Pandemic Viruses Jump Directly to Humans Without Prior Adaptation, Study Finds
A landmark study published in the journal Cell (March 2026) by researchers at the University of California San Diego challenges a foundation...
Indian Exporters' Payment Crisis Amid West Asia Disruption: Trade Finance Under Stress
Indian exporters flagged serious payment and trade finance challenges arising from the West Asia crisis, including risks of expired Letters ...
108 Maoists Surrender in Chhattisgarh Amid Naxalism Eradication Drive
108 Maoists surrendered before security forces across Bijapur, Dantewada, Sukma, Bastar, Narayanpur, and Kanker districts in Chhattisgarh on...
G7 Leaders Convene Emergency Call on Iran Crisis and Oil Price Surge
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted an emergency call of G7 leaders on March 11, 2026, to coordinate a response to the Iran crisis and t...
Indian Urea Plants Shut as Iran War Disrupts Qatari LNG Supplies
Indian urea manufacturing plants have begun shutting down operations as supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) — the primary feedstock for ...
Pre-Inca Trans-Andean Parrot Trade Reveals Sophisticated Ancient Networks Centuries Before the Inca Empire
A study published in Nature Communications (2026) by researchers from Australian National University (ANU) and other institutions reveals th...
Cargo Ship Ablaze in Strait of Hormuz as Iran-Israel War Escalates
On March 11, 2026, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) — the British military's maritime coordination agency — reported tha...
India Revives Trade Pact Talks with Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
India has revived discussions on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), comprising South Afric...
Government Invokes Essential Commodities Act to Manage Gas Crisis; Reliance Diverts KG-D6 Output
The Union Government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, issuing the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026, to prioritise and...
Global Banks Push Back Against RBI's Offshore Rupee Trade Reporting Proposal
Global banks have formally opposed the Reserve Bank of India's draft proposal requiring Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Cat-I) banks to rep...
Global LNG Supply Disruption: Qatar's Role and the West Asia Energy Crisis
At least eight LNG cargo vessels initially headed for Europe were diverted to Asian markets after the West Asia conflict began, as Asian spo...
India's Urea Plants Shut Down as Iran War Cuts LNG Flows, Threatening Food Security
Several Indian urea manufacturing plants have shut down or sharply reduced production after the Iran war cut Qatari LNG flows, the primary f...
Microsoft Urges Pentagon to Pause Anthropic Blacklist as Claude Powers Classified Defense Systems
The US Pentagon (Department of Defense) designated Anthropic — maker of the Claude AI model — as a 'supply chain risk' following a dispute o...
North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise Missiles from New Destroyer; Kim Jong Un's Daughter Named Likely Heir
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae (approximately 13 years old) observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missile...
Structured Withdrawal of Life Support: Supreme Court Clarifies Passive Euthanasia Procedure
The Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan allowed withdrawal of life support for a 31-year-old man who had bee...
Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for Harish Rana: India's First Judicial Implementation of Living Will Framework
The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark ruling on March 11, 2026, allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (passive euthanasia)...
More Women Than Men Deleted from Electoral Rolls in Most States After Special Intensive Revision
Data from the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls (2025-26) shows that in most Indian s...
EU Parliament Pushes for Fair Pay for Creators as Generative AI Uses Copyrighted Work
The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the European Commission to introduce binding rules ensuring that copyrighted content used...
India's LPG Dependence Exposed by U.S.-Israel-Iran Conflict
The ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has sharply disrupted India's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply lines, which depend heavily on Gulf...
US Policy on Hormuz Escort: Freedom of Navigation, Maritime Deterrence, and Market Volatility
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the Trump administration was 'keeping options open' regarding the Strait of Hormuz ...
West Asia Conflict and India's Aviation Sector: Airspace Closures, Cost Surges, and Regulatory Responses
More than 1,600 flights were cancelled between February 28 and March 3, 2026, following the closure of airspace over Iran, Iraq, Qatar, and ...
Milk Adulteration Deaths in Andhra Pradesh: FSSAI Framework and Government Response
At least 12 deaths were reported in Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Andhra Pradesh, linked to the consumption of adulterated milk, triggeri...
India's Textile Recycling Market: $3.5 Billion Opportunity by 2030, with Panipat Leading the Way
A government-commissioned report 'Mapping of Textile Waste Value Chain in India,' released by the Union Textiles Minister on March 10, 2026,...
Boeing–Israel Small Diameter Bomb Deal: US Arms Transfers and International Legal Frameworks
Boeing signed a $298 million contract to supply Israel with up to 5,000 Small Diameter Bombs (officially designated GBU-39/B), a precision-g...
India–Bangladesh Normalization: Military Diplomacy and the Post-Hasina Reset
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah, addressed the Joint Operations Capability Assessment Programme (JOCAP) at the Army W...
UV Technology Breakthrough for Coir Pith: CUSAT Research Opens New Doors for Agri-Waste Valorisation
Researchers at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) demonstrated that ultraviolet (UV) radiation treatment can effectively re...
India Hosts 55% of Global GCCs but Struggles with 2,000+ Annual Compliance Filings
India is the world's largest Global Capability Centre (GCC) hub, hosting approximately 55% of all GCCs worldwide — over 1,850 centres employ...
Oil Rises Above $119/bbl; IEA Weighs Record Strategic Reserve Release as India Opts Out
Crude oil prices surged past $119 per barrel — their highest since mid-2022 — as the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict disrupted Middle East supply ...
India's LPG Supply Crisis: Energy Security and Import Dependency Under Scrutiny
A severe shortage of commercial LPG cylinders hit hotels, restaurants, and small industries across India in March 2026, with the National Re...
DGCA's Crisis Response to West Asia Conflict: Civil Aviation Regulation Under Stress
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) facilitated additional arrival and departure slots at Indian airports and approved Muscat I...
White House Calls India "Good Actors," Says It Temporarily Permitted Russian Oil at Sea
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the United States had 'temporarily permitted' India to accept Russian crude oil car...
Physical Activity Aligned with Climate Action Yields Greater Combined Health and Environmental Benefits
A study published in Nature Health introduced the Physical Activity and Climate Change (PACC) model — a conceptual framework showing how wel...
India vs Vietnam: Emerging Market Rankings and Macroeconomic Competitiveness
India's position in a multi-indicator emerging market tracker has come under pressure, with Vietnam gaining ground due to its strong GDP gro...
Palm Oil Export Demand Cools as West Asia Conflict Spikes Freight and Insurance Costs
Global demand for Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil exports cooled as the West Asia conflict caused freight rates and war risk insurance pre...
Trump Warns Iran Over Mines in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on March 10, 2026 that any attempt to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz would trigger an unprecedent...
Parliament Budget Session: Speaker Removal Debate Continues: Supplementary Demands and Legislative Accountability
The Lok Sabha resumed its second day of debate on the Opposition resolution seeking removal of Speaker Om Birla during the Budget Session (M...
HPV Vaccine and Men: Why Gender-Neutral Vaccination Is a Public Health Imperative
The dominant public discourse around the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in India frames it almost exclusively as a tool for preventing c...
Shadow Tankers: The Only Ships Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz
With legitimate commercial tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz having collapsed by over 90% since the U.S.-Israel military strikes o...
Lessons from India's C-DOT Saga: When Political Interference Derails Indigenous Technology
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), founded in August 1984 under Sam Pitroda's leadership, developed world-class indigenous ru...
US Ambassador Frames India's Russian Oil Purchases as Contribution to Global Price Stability
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor publicly stated that India's purchases of Russian crude oil are part of India's role as 'a great partner o...
Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for Harish Rana: India's First Judicial Implementation of Living Will Framework
The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark ruling on March 11, 2026, allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (passive euthanasia)...
Garo Hills Council Election Postponed Amid Violence: Sixth Schedule Autonomous Districts Explained
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma announced the postponement of elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) sche...
Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for Harish Rana: India's First Judicial Implementation of Living Will Framework
The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark ruling on March 11, 2026, allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (passive euthanasia)...
ZSI Scientists Discover Two New Lichen Moth Species in Eastern Himalayas
Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of lichen moths in the eastern Himalayan region, adding...
Reliance Industries to Back First New US Oil Refinery in 50 Years at Brownsville, Texas
US President Donald Trump announced that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries will be a key investor in the first new oil refinery to be buil...
UK-India FTA Opens New Chapters: West Midlands Trade Mission Signs Agreements in Energy, Tech, Education
A trade mission from the UK's West Midlands region visited India, signing bilateral agreements covering energy, technology, and education se...
108 Naxals Surrender in Chhattisgarh Amid Intensified Anti-LWE Campaign
108 hardened Maoists, carrying a cumulative reward of ₹3.95 crore, surrendered to security forces across multiple districts of Chhattisgarh....
Jaishankar Holds Detailed Talks with Iran's Araghchi on Shipping Security and Strait of Hormuz
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on March 10, 2026, in a 'detailed conversati...
Oil Ministry Constitutes Panel to Address Commercial LPG Shortage Hitting Hospitality Sector
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas constituted a three-member high-level panel comprising Executive Directors of Oil Marketing Compan...
Supreme Court Sets Up Judicial Tribunals for West Bengal SIR Electoral Roll Appeals
The Supreme Court of India, on March 10, 2026, ordered the creation of independent appellate judicial tribunals — headed by former High Cour...
Cabinet Approves Four Railway and Road Projects Worth ₹11,944 Crore Under PM GatiShakti
The Union Cabinet, through the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved four railway and road infrastructure projects with a c...
Opposition Charges Government with Weakening Speaker's Institution
The Opposition formally accused the ruling party of systematically weakening the institution of the Speaker through sustained political inte...
Jaishankar and Iran's Araghchi Hold Third Call as War Rages
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi spoke for the third time since the outbreak of the ...
Government Reaffirms Commitment to Aravalli Hills Protection; High-Powered Committee Proposed
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stated that the government is committed to protecting the Aravalli hills and is considering setting up ...
India's First Comprehensive Firefly Checklist Documents 92 Species with High Endemism
Researchers published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies (family Lampyridae, order Coleoptera) in the journal Zootaxa, docum...
India Poised to Gain GCC Investments as West Asia Tensions Slow Gulf Expansion
Analysts and industry bodies project that India stands to gain additional Global Capability Centre (GCC) investments if ongoing West Asia te...
The 1952 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election: Universal Suffrage Debut and the Limits of Poll Manifestos
The 1951-52 elections to the Madras State Legislative Assembly (present-day Tamil Nadu) were the first elections held after India became a R...
Scientists Engineer Bacteria to Produce 'Designer' Proteins Using Artificial Amino Acids
Scientists have engineered a bacterial 'nutrient transporter' protein to smuggle artificial (non-natural) amino acids into bacterial cells —...
LoC Infiltration Foiled in Rajouri: Understanding India's Counter-Infiltration Architecture
On March 10, 2026, Indian Army troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri distr...
Supreme Court on UCC: Time to Address Gender Bias in Personal Laws
While hearing a petition challenging discriminatory provisions in Muslim inheritance law under the Shariat, a Supreme Court bench (Justice S...
Supreme Court to Hear Centre's Plea on Fact-Check Units: Free Speech and Intermediary Liability
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the Bombay High Court's September 2024 judgment that struck down the governme...
El Niño Threat to India's 2026 Monsoon: WMO Warns of Hotter, Drier Months Ahead
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that an emerging El Niño could impact India's 2026 southwest monsoon and contribute t...
CAPF Bill 2026: Codifying IPS Dominance in Paramilitary Forces
The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, amid strong Opposition protests an...
Cabinet Extends Jal Jeevan Mission to December 2028, Outlay Raised to ₹8.69 Lakh Crore
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved on March 10, 2026, the restructuring and extension of the Jal Jeevan Mi...
Cabinet Clears Changes to Widen Transgender Definition Under 2019 Act
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 aimed at broadening the statutory definiti...
Cabinet Revises FDI Rules for Land-Bordering Nations, Sets 60-Day Clearance Deadline
The Union Cabinet approved a revision to Press Note 3 (2020) easing foreign direct investment restrictions for entities from countries shari...
Rajasthan Repeals Three-Decade-Old Two-Child Norm for Local Body Elections
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to repeal the two-child eligibility condition for c...
US Navy's Stance on Strait of Hormuz: Escort Plans, Misinformation, and Freedom of Navigation
The White House clarified that the US Navy had not yet escorted commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz despite an earlier post by the...
Reevaluating the Office of the Speaker: Constitutional Role and Accountability
An opinion piece in a leading national daily called for a structural reassessment of the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker, arguing that the c...
Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves New Anti-Conversion Law Draft: Freedom of Religion and Its Limits
The Chhattisgarh Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, approved the draft of the Chhattisgarh Dharm Swatantraya Vidheyak, 2026 (Chh...
SEZ Policy Reform Panel to Evaluate Impact and Conduct Cost-Benefit Analysis
The government notified a 17-member committee in March 2026 to recommend comprehensive reforms to India's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy...
Deputy Speaker Vacancy and Mass Suspensions: Opposition's Case Against the Speaker
During the Lok Sabha debate on the resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla, Opposition MPs raised two additional issues beyond partisan conduc...
Union Cabinet Grants International Status to Madurai Airport, Opening Southern Tamil Nadu to Global Routes
The Union Cabinet on March 10, 2026, officially declared Madurai Airport an international airport, ending years of lobbying by Tamil Nadu's ...
Fifth State Finance Commission: 5% GST Revenue Allocation to Municipal Bodies
The Fifth State Finance Commission (SFC) of a state (likely Tamil Nadu or a comparable state) recommended that 5% of the state's GST revenue...
Departmental Exoneration Does Not Bar Criminal Prosecution: Karnataka HC Ruling
The Karnataka High Court ruled that exoneration in a departmental inquiry does not automatically eclipse or bar criminal prosecution arising...
US Military Destroys Iranian Mine-Laying Vessels Near Strait of Hormuz
US Central Command announced on March 10, 2026, that it had destroyed at least 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, act...
AI and the National Security Calculus: Autonomous Weapons and Governance Challenges
The controversy over AI integration in US military systems — highlighted by the 'Signalgate' episode (March 2025), where senior US officials...
Aravalli Hills Protection: Centre Signals High-Powered Committee as Supreme Court Stays Definition Order
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, speaking in Parliament, reaffirmed the government's commitment to protecting the Aravalli hill r...
FATF Report 2026: Stablecoins Emerge as Top Vehicle for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released a targeted report in early March 2026 documenting a sharp increase in the misuse of stableco...
Cabinet Approves 23% Cost Hike for Noida Airport–Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Link Road Under HAM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a revised total project cost of ₹3,630.77 crore for the Noida International Airpor...
Jaishankar Holds Diplomatic Conversation with Iranian FM Araghchi on West Asia Conflict
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a detailed diplomatic conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the ...
Oil Prices Plunge as IEA Eyes Emergency Reserve Release Amid Hormuz Crisis
Oil prices — which had surged to above $119 per barrel on March 9, 2026, the highest since 2022 — pulled back toward $87.8 per barrel on Mar...
Karnataka High Court Halts Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project Amid Ecological Concerns
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha, issued an interim order direc...
Supreme Court Verdict on Withdrawing Life Support: Harish Rana Case
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was scheduled to pronounce its verdict on a family's plea to withdraw life support f...
Iraq Asserts Airspace Sovereignty Amid US-Iran War
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on March 10, 2026, asserting that Iraqi airspace, terr...
India's Foodgrain Output Surges to Record 348.6 LMT in 2025-26, Led by Wheat
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare released Second Advance Estimates for 2025-26, projecting total foodgrain production at a reco...
North East Security Seminar by Assam Rifles: Evolving Challenges and Strategic Imperatives
On March 10, 2026, the Assam Rifles hosted a joint seminar with the United Services Institution of India (USI) on the theme 'Security Challe...
NHAI's Raajmarg Infra InvIT Raises ₹1,728 Crore from Anchor Investors Ahead of ₹6,000 Crore IPO
Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT), backed by NHAI, raised ₹1,728 crore from anchor investors ahead of its ₹6,000 crore IPO (which opene...
Tamil Nadu Planning Commission Calls for Gig Worker Protection: Regulation of Platform Labour
The Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission released a study titled 'Status of Platform Based Gig Workers in Tamil Nadu,' calling for legal pro...
India Condemns Pakistan's Airstrikes on Afghanistan During Ramzan at UN Security Council
At a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, India's Permanent Representative Harish Parvathaneni strongly condemned Pa...
India Eases FDI Rules for Land-Bordering Countries, Including China
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to Press Note 3 (2020), relaxing foreign direct investment restrictions for countries sharing land bor...
Om Birla No-Confidence Motion: Procedural Dispute Over Who Chairs the Debate
The Lok Sabha admitted an Opposition-backed no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla on March 10, 2026 — only the fourth such motion in...
India Considers Insurance Support for Exporters Hit by West Asia Crisis
Union Minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce and Industry) stated that the government is exploring insurance support for Indian exporters facing lo...
EAM Jaishankar Engages Iranian Counterpart on West Asia Crisis and Energy Security
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a detailed phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, marking the t...
India Remains Engaged with US on Tariffs, Offers Agricultural Concessions
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada confirmed that India is closely monitoring US tariff changes and maintaining...
India Supplies Diesel to Bangladesh via Friendship Pipeline Amid Regional Fuel Shortage
India has commenced supply of 5,000 tonnes of high-speed diesel to Bangladesh through the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, responding t...
Rajya Sabha Walkout Over Electoral Roll Revision: Parliament, Elections and Democratic Accountability
Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on March 10, 2026, after Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan declined their demand for a fr...
Navy Sailor from Agra Arrested for Alleged ISI Espionage by UP ATS
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) arrested a 24-year-old Indian Navy sailor, identified as Lance Naik Adarsh Kumar (alias Luck...
India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement Marks Two Years
The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) has completed two years since its signing on 10 March 2024, with the governme...
India's Agricultural Export Ambition: FTAs, Processed Food, and Top Exporter Goal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal outlined India's ambition to become a top global exporter of agricultural and processed food pro...
Government Tables Second Supplementary Demands for Grants Worth ₹2.81 Lakh Crore in FY26
The Union government presented the Second Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha, seeking parliamentary a...
Centre Forms 3-Member Panel to Address LPG Shortage, Directs 10% Production Boost
The Oil Ministry constituted a 3-member panel comprising Executive Directors of IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation), HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Cor...
US-Iran War's Impact on India: Oil Shock, Remittances Under Strain, Pakistan Announces Crisis Measures
The US-Iran war (Operation Epic Fury, begun February 28, 2026) has triggered a multi-channel economic shock for India, affecting crude oil p...
Government Revises Gas Allocation Priority as LNG Imports Hit by Hormuz Disruption
US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory actions disrupted LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, hitting India's gas import...
Finance Ministry Seeks Parliament's Nod for ₹2.81 Lakh Crore Extra Spending in FY26
The Finance Ministry tabled the Second Supplementary Demands for Grants (SDG) for FY 2025-26 in Parliament, seeking gross additional expendi...
Bullet Train Project to Commence with Indigenous Trainsets: House Panel Report
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report has recommended that the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project start operations with in...
Opposition No-Confidence Motion Against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla: How Hard Is It to Remove a Speaker?
On March 10, 2026, the Opposition — led by the INDIA alliance — moved a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the Budge...
Speaker Removal Resolution: Constitutional Process and the Role of Parliamentary Impartiality
The INDIA bloc Opposition (led by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi) introduced a resolution in the Lok Sabha seeking removal of Speaker Om Birla und...
Union Cabinet Extends Jal Jeevan Mission to December 2028 with Enhanced ₹8.69 Lakh Crore Outlay
The Union Cabinet approved an extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) until December 2028, reformulating it as JJM 2.0 with a restructured...
Supreme Court to Examine Bombay HC Verdict Striking Down Government's Fact-Check Unit under IT Rules
The Supreme Court agreed on March 10, 2026 to examine the Central government's challenge to the Bombay High Court verdict that struck down i...
Heritage Craft, Intellectual Property, and the Jhumka Controversy at Paris Fashion Week
At Paris Fashion Week (Fall 2026 collection), a prominent American fashion house showcased large silver bell-shaped earrings described as 'a...
Beyond Oil: How the Iran War Is Pushing Up Prices Across Indian Industries
The 2026 Iran war, which began on February 28, set off a cascade of price increases across Indian industries far beyond the obvious oil and ...
If Iran Survives US-Israeli Aggression, It Could Reshape Long-Term Iran-Arab Relations
Expert analysis of the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, begun February 28, 2026) suggests that the long-term implications...
GPS Jamming Around the Strait of Hormuz: How Electronic Warfare Threatens Global Shipping
Since the onset of the US-Israel strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026), GPS jamming and spoofing around the Strait of Hor...
India's Push for Indigenous Heavyweight Torpedoes: The VEM–TKMS Teaming Agreement
Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies and Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed a Teaming Agreement on March 10, 2026, for the join...
Maternity Leave Not a Break in Service: Bombay HC Upholds Women's Constitutional Rights
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) ruled in Dr. Meenakshi Muthiah v. State of Maharashtra & Others that maternity leave cannot be treated ...
Cabinet Extends Jal Jeevan Mission to December 2028, Approves ₹12,000 Crore Infrastructure Projects
The Union Cabinet approved a package of infrastructure and welfare decisions totalling approximately ₹12,000 crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) ...
Black Rain Over Tehran: Environmental Catastrophe from Strikes on Oil Infrastructure
Overnight on March 7-8, 2026, strikes targeted more than 30 Iranian oil facilities, systematically hitting four major fuel storage depots an...
Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Larijani's Warning and the US-Iran Escalation
Ali Larijani, Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and one of its most influential powerbrokers, issued a pointed warning: the...
India Proposes ₹1 Lakh Crore Economic Stabilisation Fund to Buffer War-Induced Shocks
The Finance Ministry has sought parliamentary approval for the creation of a ₹1 lakh crore 'Economic Stabilisation Fund' (ESF) The fund is d...
India Eases FDI Norms for Land-Border Countries Including China: Press Note 3 Relaxed
The Union Cabinet approved significant amendments to India's FDI policy for countries sharing land borders with India, including China, Nepa...
Defence Forces Vision 2047: India's 20-Year Roadmap for an Integrated, Future-Ready Military
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released 'Defence Forces Vision 2047: A Roadmap for a Future-Ready Indian Military' on March 10, 2026 The doc...
Centre Invokes Essential Commodities Act to Regulate Natural Gas Allocation Amid Supply Disruption
The Central Government invoked powers under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and notified the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 202...
Cabinet Clears Rs 3,631 Crore Elevated Corridor to Connect Jewar International Airport to Expressway Network
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a revised total capital cost of Rs 3,630...
Drug Resistance Outpacing Industry Efforts as AMR Benchmark Report 2026 Warns of Declining Pipelines
The 2026 AMR Benchmark report by the Access to Medicine Foundation evaluated 25 pharmaceutical companies — 7 large research-based firms, 10 ...
The Minab School Strike: Civilian Harm and International Humanitarian Law in the Iran Conflict
On February 28, 2026 — the first day of the US-Israel-Iran war — a missile strike destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls' Elementary School i...
Iranian War Squeezes Indian Industry: LNG Supply Disruption and the Gas Allocation Crisis
The 2026 West Asia conflict has triggered a severe LNG supply disruption for India, with QatarEnergy — which supplies 50% of India's LNG und...
India to Import US Distillers Dried Grains (DDGS) at Reduced Tariff Under Interim Trade Agreement
As part of the India-US Interim Trade Agreement announced in February 2026, India has agreed to give tariff concessions for imports of Disti...
Second Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants Tabled for FY26
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY2025-26 in the Lok Sabha The governmen...
Iran's IRGC Declares It Will Determine the War's End as Drones Target Gulf States
IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini stated on March 10, 2026 that 'we are the ones who will determine the end of the war' — a direct rebuke...
Cabinet Clears IBC and Companies Act Amendments: Overhauling India's Insolvency Framework
The Union Cabinet on March 10, 2026 approved amendments to two key laws: the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 and the Companies Ac...
West Asia Conflict Could Dent India's GDP and Push Oil to $110: Report
Economic research and financial institutions have projected that the ongoing West Asia conflict could push Brent crude oil prices to $110 pe...
India's Foodgrain Output Estimated at 349 Million Tonnes in 2025-26, Up 3%
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released its Second Advance Estimates for 2025-26, pegging combined kharif and rabi foodgrai...
Climate Change, Health, and the Urgent Nexus of Clean Air and Safe Water
A growing body of evidence and international reports underscores that climate change is directly imperilling public health outcomes, particu...
Constitutional Provisions for Speaker Removal: Article 94 and the Om Birla Motion
Opposition members of Parliament moved a motion to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from his office, with approximately 118 MPs signing the...
CBIC Waives Fee for Export Cargo Disrupted by West Asia Crisis and Hormuz Blockade
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) waived the ₹1,000 Back-to-Town (BTT) facility fee and other charges for amendment or ...
West Asia Crisis Disrupts India's Gas Supply Chain: MNGL Force Majeure and the Hormuz Chokepoint
Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd. (MNGL) invoked a force majeure clause citing disruptions to LNG supply caused by the West Asia conflict, warnin...
30% Natural Gas Supply Cut Threatens Urea Production and Kharif Season Fertiliser Security
India's natural gas supply to fertiliser companies has been cut by approximately 30%, with overall gas availability to the sector at only 70...
Iran's Attacks on Gulf Arab States and the Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis
Iran has launched missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure in Gulf Arab states — including oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, ...
India-China Investment Rules Relaxed as Part of Cautious Diplomatic Recalibration
The Indian government relaxed investment rules for Chinese firms by amending Press Note 3 (2020), which had mandated prior government approv...
India's Defence Transformation: Rising Indigenous Production, Declining Import Dependence
India's defence imports declined by 9.3% during 2020–24 compared to the previous five-year period (2015–19), reflecting progress in the indi...
Supreme Court Seeks Balance on IT Rules: Satire, Fact-Check Units, and the Limits of Online Speech Regulation
The Supreme Court of India urged balance while hearing petitions challenging the 2023 amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary ...
JNPA Waives Storage and Reefer Charges for West Asia-Bound Export Containers Stranded by Geopolitical Disruption
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) issued a trade notice providing a 100% waiver on ground rent and dwell-time charges for West Asia...
Bangladesh Receives Diesel from India via Cross-Border Friendship Pipeline
Bangladesh has received a 5,000-tonne consignment of high-speed diesel from India through the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, as the c...
Early Detection Critical for Protecting Biodiversity-Rich Forests from Seasonal Fires: Study
A temporal analysis by WWF India found that forest fires in Idukki district, Kerala are strongly seasonal, with the majority of incidents oc...
Cabinet Approves ₹4,474 Crore Rail Multitracking Projects in West Bengal and Jharkhand
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, approved two multitracking railway projects in West Bengal ...
Aramco Warns of Catastrophic Oil Market Consequences as Strait of Hormuz Shipping Collapses
Saudi Arabia's Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned of 'catastrophic consequences' for global oil markets if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz ...
India's LNG and LPG Shortage to Be Short-Lived as Alternative Supply Routes Activated
Government sources stated that India's LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) shortages triggered by the Strait of Ho...
India Activates Friendship Pipeline to Rush Diesel to Bangladesh Amid West Asia Fuel Crunch
India activated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP) to supply 5,000 metric tonnes of high-speed diesel to northern Bangladesh, w...
Union Cabinet Approves Amendments to IBC and Companies Act: Faster Insolvency Resolution
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, and the Companies Act, 2013, clearing the way for t...
Gulf Conflict Triggers LPG Supply Anxiety: Andhra Pradesh Reports 25-30 Day Stocks
State officials in Andhra Pradesh reported that domestic LPG stocks were adequate for 25 to 30 days, but acknowledged heightened uncertainty...
Andhra Pradesh to Develop Integrated Strategic Material Hub for Titanium and Rare Earth Processing
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to transform the state into an Integrated Strategic Material Hub under...
US-Iran War: Pentagon Announces Most Intense Phase of Strikes Under Operation Epic Fury
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced March 10, 2026 as 'our most intense day of strikes inside Iran — the most fighters, the most bom...
India's Energy Security Under Stress: PM Reviews Oil and Gas Supply Amid West Asia Conflict
The Prime Minister chaired a high-level review of India's oil and gas supply situation as the Iran war entered its eleventh day, creating di...
Centre Seeks ₹2 Trillion Net Additional Spending Approval for FY26 Amid Commodity Price Volatility
The Centre tabled the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants in Parliament, seeking net additional expenditure of approximately ₹2...
India Amends Press Note 3: Eases FDI Rules for China and Other Land-Border Countries
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved amendments to Press Note 3 (2020 Series), easing mandatory government approval re...
Iran War's Shadow Over Kashmir's Handicraft Industry
The ongoing West Asia conflict has severely disrupted Kashmir's handicraft export sector, which depends heavily on Gulf countries that accou...
SMPP Secures Additional Order for 10,000 Bulletproof Jackets for BSF, CISF and SSB
SMPP Limited, an Indian defence manufacturer, secured an additional order for 10,000 bulletproof jackets for India's Central Armed Police Fo...
India's Agricultural Exports Near Rs 5 Lakh Crore: FTAs Driving Market Access
India's annual exports of food and agricultural products — including farm produce, processed foods, and fisheries — have reached nearly Rs 5...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): Structure, Role, and Strategic Significance
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared that Iran is 'fully prepared for a prolonged war' following US President Donald...
India Eases FDI Rules for Land-Border Countries, Introduces 60-Day Approval Timeline
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved significant amendments to India's foreign direct investment (FDI) rules...
Iran War Oil Shock: Why the 2026 Crisis Is Worse Than Previous Oil Shocks
The US-Israel-Iran conflict that began on February 28, 2026 triggered the most violent oil and equity market reaction of any major energy sh...
Vazhachal Wildlife Division Survey Adds 26 Species to Western Ghats Checklist
A faunal survey of Kerala's Vazhachal Wildlife Division, conducted by the Kerala Forest Department in association with the Travancore Nature...
CEC and EC Appointment Process: Experts Call for Broader, More Transparent Panel
Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa suggested that the selection panel for the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissi...
Government Content Takedowns on Social Media Triple: IT Act Section 69A and Free Speech
Data from Meta shows that the number of content items removed from Instagram and Facebook in response to Indian government orders in January...
Supreme Court Orders Special Appellate Tribunals for West Bengal Electoral Roll Revision
The Supreme Court directed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to request former Chief Justices and judges of High Courts to presid...
India's LPG Supply Crisis: Refinery Response and Structural Vulnerabilities Exposed
India is facing an acute LPG (liquefied petroleum gas / cooking gas) supply squeeze, primarily because of disruptions to the Strait of Hormu...
India's LPG Crisis: How the West Asia Conflict Is Disrupting Cooking Gas Supply
The ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict in West Asia has effectively disrupted the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow maritime chokepoint through whi...
Rat-Hole Mining in Meghalaya: Persistent Illegality Despite a Decade-Long Ban
On February 5, 2026, a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Mynsyngat village, Thangkso area (East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya) killed...
Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: Cabinet Extends Scheme to 2028 with Rs 8.69 Lakh Crore Outlay
The Union Cabinet approved the restructuring and extension of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) on March 10, 2026, with an enhanced total outlay of R...
IBC and Companies Act Amendments: Select Committee Recommendations Clear Cabinet
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 and the Companies Act, 2013, following recommendatio...
India's API Exports Exceed Imports in FY25: A Self-Reliance Milestone in Pharma
India's exports of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) reached Rs 41,500 crore in FY2024-25, surpassing total API imports of Rs 39,215 ...
India Considers Naval Escort for Merchant Ships in the Strait of Hormuz
India is actively considering deploying naval warships to escort its merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz amid the escalating Iran-...
No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker: Parliamentary Procedure and Constitutional Issues
Lok Sabha witnessed a full-scale debate on the Opposition's resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla, the first time in several decades that su...
India Diversifies Crude Sourcing as Iranian Conflict Disrupts Hormuz Supplies
Indian refiners have begun negotiating emergency crude cargoes from the United States, Russia, and West Africa to offset disruptions caused ...
Rupee Rebounds to 91.85 Against Dollar as Crude Oil Prices Fall on De-Escalation Hopes
The Indian rupee staged a recovery from its record all-time low, gaining 36 paise to settle at 91.85 against the US dollar, as crude oil pri...
Moody's Flags India's Economic Vulnerability to the West Asia Conflict
Moody's Ratings has identified India as 'highly vulnerable' to a prolonged Strait of Hormuz shutdown, predicting significant pressure on the...
Army Deployed in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills After GHADC Election Violence
Two persons were killed in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya amid violent clashes linked to nomination disputes for the Garo Hills Auton...
Lok Sabha Takes Up Resolution to Remove Speaker: Article 94(c) in Action
The Lok Sabha took up a resolution moved by the Opposition to remove Speaker Om Birla from office, marking a rare invocation of Article 94(c...
India Reorders Natural Gas Allocation: Cooking Gas and Transport Fuels Get Top Priority
The government issued the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026 under the Essential Commodities Act, establishing a formal priority fr...
India's Wheat Output Projected at Record 120.21 Million Tonnes in 2025-26
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare released the Second Advance Estimates for 2025–26, pegging wheat output at a record 120.21 ...
PM-KUSUM 2.0: New Phase of Agricultural Solarisation with Agri-PV Focus
The government is preparing to launch PM-KUSUM 2.0, the successor to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan scheme, ...
UP to Remove Discriminatory References to Leprosy-Affected Persons from Anti-Beggary Law
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved an amendment to the state's anti-beggary law to remove provisions that specifically and pejoratively refe...
Natural Gas Supply Regulation Order 2026: India Prioritises LPG, CNG Amid Strait of Hormuz Disruption
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026, under the Essential Commodities Act, to re...
Fiscal Deficit Ratios Revised Upward After GDP Base Year Shift to 2022-23
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new GDP series on February 27, 2026, shifting the base year from ...
Cabinet Approves Rail, Road, and Jal Jeevan Projects Targeting Tribal and Rural Connectivity
The Union Cabinet approved multiple projects focused on rail and road connectivity, with emphasis on tribal and rural regions Jal Jeevan Mis...
Cabinet Amends FDI Policy for Land-Border Nations: China Investments Path Eased
The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to Press Note 3 (2020 Series), relaxing the mandatory prior government approval requirement for fore...
RBI Issues Uniform Dividend and Profit Remittance Framework for All Regulated Banking Entities
The Reserve Bank of India issued five Master Directions and four accompanying Repeal Directions on March 10, 2026, establishing a comprehens...
RBI Amends Capital Adequacy Directions: Clarifies Counterparty Credit Risk Treatment for Banks
The Reserve Bank of India issued its Third Amendment to the Commercial Banks Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy Directions, 2026 (RBI/2025...
RBI Issues Prudential Norms on Dividend Declaration for Small Finance Banks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the 'Small Finance Banks — Prudential Norms on Declaration of Dividend Directions, 2026' (RBI/2025-26...
Hybrid Super-Credits May Distort India's CAFE-III Emission Targets
A former senior official of NITI Aayog warned that the proposed inclusion of 'hybrid super-credits' in India's forthcoming CAFE-III (Corpora...
NCERT Issues Unconditional Apology, Withdraws Class 8 Textbook After Supreme Court Contempt Warning
NCERT issued an unconditional and unqualified public apology for Chapter IV ('The Role of Judiciary in Our Society') in its newly released C...
AIIMS and ISRO Sign MoU to Pioneer Space Medicine Research in India
AIIMS New Delhi and ISRO signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 9, 2026, to collaborate on space medicine research — a...
Supreme Court Flags Uniform Civil Code While Hearing PIL on Muslim Women's Inheritance Rights
The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women, observed that the 'only way' to address gender dis...
Supreme Court Directs Centre to Frame No-Fault Compensation Policy for Serious Covid Vaccine Side Effects
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union Government to formulate a no-fault compensation policy fo...
Oil Crosses $100/Barrel as West Asia Conflict Triggers Gas Shortage Fears Across Indian Industries
Crude oil prices surged past $100 per barrel — and briefly touched $119 at peak — following escalating US-Israel military action against Ira...
Women's Reservation: Government Explores Delinking from Census, Lottery System for 2027 Polls
The Union Government is exploring the possibility of delinking the implementation of women's reservation in legislatures from the mandatory ...
Forest Survey of India Halts AI-Based Fortnightly Deforestation Alerts to States
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has discontinued its AI-based fortnightly deforestation alert system — known as the Anavaran Alert System —...
Home Ministry Bars Statutory Bodies: NCW, NHRC, NCPCR, NCLT — from Directly Seeking Look Out Circulars
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order barring statutory bodies — the National Commission for Women (NCW), National Human Ri...
Cheetahs Cross State Lines: Kuno Cubs Move from Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan
Two young cheetahs — KP-2 and KP-3, among the first generation of cubs born in India to African cheetahs — have moved approximately 60–70 km...
NCERT Withdraws Class 8 Textbook, Issues Unconditional Apology to Supreme Court Over Judiciary Chapter
NCERT issued an 'unconditional and unqualified apology' to the Supreme Court for a chapter on the judiciary in its Class 8 Social Science te...
India's Stakes in Peace: How Delhi Is Navigating the West Asia Conflict
As the US-Iran-Israel conflict in West Asia intensified, India publicly articulated its stake in a negotiated peace, with official statement...
What Is Driving Early Summer and Heatwave Conditions in North India?
North India is experiencing an abnormally early onset of summer-like conditions in March 2026, with temperatures in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, ...
Opposition Plans Impeachment Motion Against Chief Election Commissioner
Opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, led by TMC and supported by Congress, are set to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election ...
February 2026 Among Warmest Globally: Copernicus Data Shows Temperatures Far Above Pre-Industrial Levels
February 2026 was recorded as one of the five warmest Februaries globally on record, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Se...
Trump Warns of Harsher Strikes if Iran Disrupts Oil Through Hormuz
US President Donald Trump publicly warned that if Iran disrupted the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the US would respond with str...
Women's Reservation Act: Can Fast-Tracking Reshape the 2027 Electoral Map?
Political signals have emerged suggesting the government may seek to fast-track operationalisation of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act...
India Invokes Essential Commodities Act to Boost LPG Output Amid Iran War Supply Disruption
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas directed all oil refineries to maximise LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) production and channel addit...
US Designates Afghanistan as State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention
The United States State Department designated Afghanistan — governed by the Taliban — as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention on March 9, 2...
Four Astronomy Facilities Announced in Union Budget 2026 at Cost of ₹3,500 Crore
Union Budget 2026-27 announced the establishment or upgrade of four major astronomy and astrophysics facilities at a total outlay of ₹3,500 ...
NCERT Issues Unconditional Apology for Withdrawn Class 8 Chapter on Judicial Corruption
On March 10, 2026, NCERT's Director and members tendered an unconditional and unqualified public apology to the Supreme Court of India over ...
India's Quiet Demographic Revolution: Fertility Rate Falls Below Replacement Level
India, long characterised as a 'high-fertility developing country,' has undergone a quiet but profound demographic transition, with the Tota...
India Invokes Essential Commodities Act to Regulate Natural Gas Supply Amid West Asia Crisis
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a gazette notification — the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026 — invoking the Ess...
Scientists Call for End to Cheetah Imports as Project Cheetah Faces Habitat Crisis
Conservation scientists and wildlife biologists are urging the Indian government to stop importing African cheetahs, arguing that the countr...
Duty Cuts on Cancer Drugs: How Budget 2025 and 2026 Ease the Financial Burden on Patients
Data analysis reveals the significant financial relief that customs duty cuts on cancer drugs — announced across Union Budgets 2025 and 2026...
Australia-India Green Steel Breakthrough: Agricultural Waste Replaces Coal in World-First Trial
In a world-first demonstration, rice husk pellets derived from agricultural waste were successfully blended at 5% and 10% concentrations int...
HALEU-Thorium (ANEEL) Fuel Found Unsuitable for India's PHWRs: Study
A new peer-reviewed study, described as the first full core-level performance analysis of HALEU-Thorium fuel (marketed as ANEEL) in Pressuri...
Russian State Hackers Breach Signal and WhatsApp Accounts of Officials and Journalists: Dutch Intelligence Warning
Dutch intelligence agencies AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) and MIVD (Military Intelligence and Security Service) issued a ...
Kids' Online Safety Laws Drive Age-Verification Technology into the Mainstream
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on social media accounts for users under 16 — which came into effect on December 10, 20...
CJI Surya Kant Urges High Court Collegiums to Consider Women Lawyers for Judgeship
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant addressed the inaugural session of the first National Conference of Indian Women in Law on Internati...
India Invokes Essential Commodities Act to Secure LPG Supply Amid West Asia Conflict
The Government of India invoked the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955 to safeguard domestic cooking gas (LPG) supplies amid the escalati...
NCERT Issues Unconditional Apology Over Class 8 Textbook Chapter on Judicial Corruption
NCERT issued an 'unconditional and unqualified apology' on March 10, 2026, over Chapter IV of the newly released Class 8 Social Science text...
Scientists Successfully Grow Chickpeas in Simulated Moon Soil: A Breakthrough for Lunar Agriculture
Researchers — including collaborators from Texas A&M University — published findings in the journal Scientific Reports (March 5, 2026) demon...
India's Agricultural Exports Expected to Touch $55 Billion in 2025; Sugar Imports Firmly Rejected in Trade Deals
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India's agricultural and food product exports are expected to touch $55 billion (app...
Supreme Court Directs Centre to Frame No-Fault Compensation Policy for COVID-19 Vaccination Adverse Events
The Supreme Court of India, on March 10, 2026, directed the Central Government to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse E...
Israel-Iran War: Iran Threatens to Block Oil Exports as Gulf Nations Face Attacks
The Israel-Iran war, which began on February 28, 2026 with US-Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure,...
Alaska's Expanding Glacial Lakes Signal Growing Outburst Flood Threat Worldwide
A new study tracking 140 of Alaska's largest glacial lakes between 2018 and 2024 found they are expanding approximately 120% faster today th...
Lok Sabha Debates No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker Om Birla: Opposition Cites Partisan Conduct
The Lok Sabha began formal debate on a no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla, with 10 hours allocated for discussion; Congress leade...
Supreme Court Approves Extension of Tribunal Members' Terms; New Legislation Promised
The Supreme Court has approved the Union Government's proposal to extend the tenure of Chairpersons and Members of various tribunals who are...
US-Israel War on Iran: Oil Price Surge and Alarm Bells for the Indian Economy
The US-Israel military campaign against Iran, launched in late February 2026, has caused a sharp surge in global crude oil prices, with Bren...
Israeli Strikes on Iranian Oil Facilities: What International Law Says
Israel targeted Iranian oil refineries — specifically the Tondgouyan and Shahran refineries near Tehran — as part of the broader military ca...
West Bengal Special Intensive Revision: Supreme Court Deploys Judicial Officers for Electoral Roll Disputes
The Supreme Court, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, directed the deployment of judicial officers to ...
MP High Court Voids MLA's Election for Concealing Criminal Cases, Declares Runner-Up Elected
The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia) declared the election of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra from the Vijaypur Assem...
Directorate General of Shipping Issues Advisory Against Predatory Pricing Amid West Asia Conflict
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) issued a formal advisory to all shipping companies and vessel operators directing them to refrain ...
VITT Solved: Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Blood Clots After COVID Vaccines
A landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (February 2026) has provided the first clear molecular explanation for Vac...
Government to Help Exporters on Insurance Front Amid West Asia Crisis
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the government is actively looking to extend support to Indian exporters on the insu...
Drone Threat on India-Pakistan Border: Search Operation Launched in J&K's Samba After Pakistani Drone Activity
Security forces launched a search operation after suspected Pakistani drone activity was reported along the International Border (IB) in Sam...
Community-Led Seed Revival: Indigenous Varieties, Farmer Sovereignty, and Agricultural Biodiversity
Grassroots organisations across India — in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and other states — are successfully reviving indigenous seed systems...
Rajya Sabha Takes Up Working of Environment Ministry: Key Issues and Policy Framework
The Rajya Sabha took up a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), scrutinising its pol...
One Nation, One Election: Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Simultaneous Polls Debate
A consultative meeting on the One Nation, One Election (ONOE) proposal was held, at which a senior political leader expressed the view that ...
Tamil Nadu Plants 20,000 Mangrove Seedlings Along Buckingham Canal to Boost Coastal Resilience
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department planted 20,000 mangrove seedlings along the Buckingham Canal in Chennai as part of a phased programme to es...
Israel-Iran War: Trump's "Very Soon" Claims and the Question of Congressional Authorisation
US President Donald Trump stated the Israel-Iran war would end 'very soon,' describing it as 'an excursion' rather than a war — playing down...
DFS Reviews Progress of Public Sector Banks on Pending NCLT Insolvency Cases
M. Nagaraju, Secretary of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), chaired a review meeting to monitor the progress of top Insolvency and...
India's FTAs Unlocking Export Opportunities for Pharma, Healthcare and MedTech Sectors
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are opening new export opportunities for the ph...
Income Tax Department Finds ₹408 Crore in Suppressed Sales Across 62 Restaurants Nationwide
The Income Tax Department conducted a nationwide survey of 62 restaurants across 46 cities in 22 states on 8 March 2026, uncovering prelimin...
International Malaria Conference 2026: Global Collaboration for Malaria Elimination
The International Malaria Conference (IMC) 2026, themed 'Discovery, Development, and Delivery: Driving Malaria Elimination and Beyond,' conc...
Free Trade Agreements Open New Pathways for Indian MSMEs in Global Supply Chains
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada, addressing the FICCI FLO National MSME Awards Ceremony, highlighted that In...
Post-Budget Webinar 2026: Health Sector Discussions Under "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Post-Budget Webinar 2026 on the theme 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas — Fulfilling Aspirations of People...
PM Modi Congratulates RSP Leaders on Nepal's Landmark Election Victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate telephone conversations with Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and...
Piyush Goyal Calls for Making India's IP Approval System Among Top Five Globally
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, addressing the National IP Awards and IP Conference in New Delhi, called for making In...
CGST Delhi South Arrests Director for ₹60.59 Crore ITC Fraud Through ₹397.23 Crore Bogus Invoices
The Anti-Evasion Branch of the CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Delhi South Commissionerate arrested the director of a private limited ...
Post-Budget Webinar on Health, AYUSH and Pharma: Key Priorities for 2026-27
Prime Minister Modi chaired the Post-Budget Webinar on Health, AYUSH and Pharma Sectors on March 9, 2026, under the theme 'Sabka Sath, Sabka...
NITI Aayog Regional Best Practices Seminar (South) Under Aspirational Districts and Blocks Programme
NITI Aayog convened a Regional Best Practices Seminar (South) on 9 March 2026 at Visakhapatnam under the Aspirational Districts Programme (A...
Government Invokes Emergency Powers to Order Refineries to Maximise LPG Production
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued orders on March 5-6, 2026, directing all oil refineries — both public and private sector — ...
Supreme Court Asks States to Explain Why Acid Attack Survivors Cannot Be Given Government Jobs
The Supreme Court of India directed all States and Union Territories to show cause why directions should not be passed requiring them to for...
Supreme Court Flags Lack of Accountability in Tribunals, Directs National Tribunals Commission
The Supreme Court of India expressed sharp concern over the lack of accountability of tribunal heads and members, describing tribunals as fu...
AIIMS and ISRO Sign MoU to Build Space Medicine Research Capacity for Gaganyaan
AIIMS New Delhi and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 9 March 2026 to collaborate ...
Jaishankar Tells Parliament: Energy Security and Trade Flows Will Always Be Paramount
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, on India's respons...
India Remains Second-Largest Arms Importer Despite Make in India Push: SIPRI 2026
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its annual arms transfer data for 2021-2025, ranking India as the worl...
Proposed Central Body to Replace Dysfunctional State Green Clearance Bodies
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has published a draft notification proposing amendments to the Environ...
Kerala Gets ₹2,924 Crore Additional Borrowing Space for Power Sector Reforms
The Union Finance Ministry sanctioned additional borrowing space of ₹2,924 crore to Kerala in recognition of power sector reforms implemente...
Budget 2026-27: Gradual Fiscal Correction: Debt Moderation with Scaled-Up Capital Investment
The Union Budget 2026-27 outlines a 'gradual fiscal correction' strategy — reducing the fiscal deficit to 4.3% of GDP while simultaneously i...
National Security Cannot Be Outsourced: The Limits of Alliance Guarantees
The ongoing conflict between the United States/Israel and Iran has exposed the limits of American security guarantees to allies and partners...
India-Japan Partnership on Clean Mobility and Energy: NITI Aayog Highlights Complementary Strengths
NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat, speaking at the Japan-India Mobility Summit 2026 in Bengaluru (9 March 2026), stated that India and Japan b...
US Issues 30-Day Waiver for Indian Refiners to Buy Stranded Russian Oil
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a 30-day waiver on March 6, 2026, allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russ...
Trump Says Iran War Is 'Very Complete': US Strategic Communication and Conflict Signalling
US President Donald Trump stated in a phone call with CBS News on March 9, 2026, that 'the war is very complete, pretty much,' claiming that...
Mamata Banerjee Accuses Chief Election Commissioner of Threatening Bengal Officials
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar threatened senior West Bengal govern...
West Asia Conflict Will Have Deeper Impact on India Than Anticipated
Analysts and former officials assessed that the West Asia conflict will have a significantly larger impact on India than the government init...
BRICS at a Crossroads: Iran War Exposes the Bloc's Internal Contradictions
The US-Israel war on Iran, which began February 28, 2026, has exposed deep fault lines within BRICS, as the bloc failed to issue a unified r...
Algorithmic Sovereignty: Why India Must Develop Indigenous AI to Avoid Cognitive Dependence
A commentary argues that 'algorithmic sovereignty' — the ability of a nation to independently develop, deploy, and govern its AI systems — s...
India Assures Adequate Fertilizer Supply for Kharif 2026; Urea Output to Jump 23%
The Government of India has confirmed that fertilizer stocks are adequate for the upcoming Kharif 2026 season, with supplies at current pric...
How the Iran War Threatens to Spill Over: Regional Escalation and Global Stakes
Following the US-Israel joint strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026 (which included the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...
Evidence Points to US Culpability in Iranian School Strike That Killed 165 in Minab
Mounting forensic and video evidence points to the United States as responsible for the February 28, 2026, strike that destroyed the Shajare...
Qatar Arrests 313 People for Sharing Attack Footage and 'Rumours' During Iran War
Qatar's Interior Ministry announced on March 9, 2026, that 313 people of 'various nationalities' were arrested for filming and circulating v...
Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Mobilise for Separate Census Column Ahead of 2027 Enumeration
Associations of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes (DNT/NT/SNT) from north India have formed a central action committee to press t...
West Asia Crisis Dominates Lok Sabha; Speaker Removal Resolution Not Taken Up
On March 9, 2026, the West Asia crisis dominated Lok Sabha proceedings as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a ministerial stateme...
PM Modi Inaugurates Projects Worth ₹10,800 Crore at Kochi Event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth approximately ₹10,800 crore in Kochi (Ern...
Supreme Court Flags Gap Between BNS and RPwD Act on Acid Attack Victims
The Supreme Court, while hearing a suo motu matter on the welfare of acid attack survivors, observed that the Rights of Persons with Disabil...
Seventh US Service Member Killed in Iran War: Escalating Human Cost of Gulf Conflict
The US military announced the death of its seventh service member in the Iran war as of March 9, 2026, identified as Benjamin N. Pennington,...
Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill: JPC Consults UGC, AICTE, NCTE on Proposed Merger
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 met this week to consult officials from UG...
IRDAI Grants First Licences Under New Insurance Law: Kiwi General, Allianz Jio Reinsurance
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) granted fresh licences to two new entities: Kiwi General Insurance Limit...
Women's Reservation: Government Explores Removing Delimitation Prerequisite from 106th Amendment
The Central Government is in early consultations with the Opposition to explore a possible amendment to the 106th Constitutional Amendment A...
PM Modi Congratulates Nepal's RSP Leaders: India-Nepal Relations at a Turning Point
PM Modi held telephonic conversations with Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Balendra Shah, the party's P...
Lebanon Proposes Direct Talks With Israel to End Hezbollah Fighting
On March 9, 2026, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on 'permanent arrangements for security and stability' along its borders — an ...
Rajasthan Scraps Three-Decade-Old Two-Child Norm for Panchayat Elections
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, removing the long-standing provision that bar...
Parliament Watch: PM-SYM Enrolment, Crude Oil Impact on Inflation, GST Enforcement
In Parliament, Finance Minister stated that rising crude oil prices are unlikely to significantly impact India's inflation at present, citin...
India Exceeds Disinvestment Target; PSE Dividends Hit ₹70,577 Crore in FY26
The government's combined disinvestment and asset monetisation receipts surpassed ₹34,400 crore in FY 2025-26, exceeding the revised estimat...
Bengal SIR Crisis: Supreme Court Questions Overload of Electoral Roll Cases
The Supreme Court, while hearing matters related to West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questioned whether it...
Opposition Moves to Remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Constitutional Procedure and Election Commission Independence
The joint Opposition — led by the INDIA bloc — is preparing to move a notice in the Rajya Sabha seeking the removal of Chief Election Commis...
Finance Ministry Urges Banks to Accelerate IBC Resolutions for High-Value Accounts
The Finance Ministry has advised public sector banks to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to speed up insolvency resolution un...
FTAs and Domestic Demand Create New Opportunities for Indian MSMEs
Union Minister Jitin Prasada highlighted a convergence of India's expanding free trade agreement (FTA) network and a buoyant domestic market...
India Must Tap FTA Opportunities: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Trade Deal Wave
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called on Indian businesses to proactively capitalise on the wave of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs...
Census Commissioner Reviews Digital Census 2027 Preparations in J&K and Ladakh
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, conducted a review visit to the Directorate of Census Operation...
India's West Asia Evacuation: 67,000 Nationals Repatriated as Gulf Crisis Deepens
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the Rajya Sabha that India has successfully repatriated approximately 67,000 nationals from ...
CAG Urges Autonomous Bodies to Adopt Risk-Control Maturity Scorecard for Financial Prudence
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) K. Sanjay Murthy urged autonomous institutions receiving government funding to adopt and use the Risk-...
Iran's Multi-Front Military Response to US-Israel Strikes in West Asia
One week after the US and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, Iran intensified its multi-layered military respons...
Manipur's First Assembly Session Under New Government Prioritises IDP Rehabilitation
The seventh session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly convened on March 9, 2026 — the first sitting under the new popular government ...
Oil Crosses $100: India's Energy Security Calculus Amid the Iran War
Brent crude oil crossed $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022, driven by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran follo...
Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's New Supreme Leader: What the Selection Reveals About Iran's Future
Iran's Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei — son of assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — as the new Supreme Leader of the Is...
Why Desalination Plants Have Become the Latest Focal Point in West Asia's War
Desalination plants in Bahrain and Iran were struck on March 7–8, 2026, as the Iran-Israel-US war escalated across the Gulf. Bahrain's inter...
LPG Booking Period Extended to 25 Days; Refineries Directed to Boost Output
Amid concerns about LPG supply security due to the West Asia conflict, the Government of India extended the LPG cylinder booking period from...
India Holds Petrol Prices Despite Crude Above $100: Fiscal Headroom and OMC Dynamics
Government sources confirmed that India will not raise retail petrol and diesel prices despite global crude oil prices crossing $100 per bar...
India's Wheat Output Projected at Record 120.21 Million Tonnes in 2025-26
India's wheat production in 2025-26 is estimated at a record 120.21 million tonnes (MT), up approximately 2% from 117.94 MT in 2024-25, acco...
India's Inflation Near Lower Bound Offers Buffer Against Global Oil Price Surge: Finance Ministry
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated on 9 March 2026 that given India's inflation is near the lower bound of the RBI's tolerance band,...
West Asia Conflict Strands Indian Fruit Exports at Ports During Peak Ramadan Season
More than 1,250 shipping containers carrying Indian fruit exports were stuck at Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port) in Mumbai during peak Ra...
IRFC Board Approves ₹70,000 Crore Market Borrowing Programme for FY2026-27
The Board of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) approved a market borrowing programme of up to ₹70,000 crore for FY2026-27 at a board...
RBI Injects ₹50,000 Crore via Open Market Operations to Ease Banking System Liquidity
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted an Open Market Operation (OMO) purchase of Government Securities (G-Secs) worth ₹50,000 crore on 9...
India's Shrimp Export Revenue Set to Cross ₹50,000 Crore on Market Diversification
India's shrimp export revenue is projected to exceed ₹50,000 crore in FY2025-26, growing 13–15% year-on-year, according to a CRISIL Ratings ...
West Asia Tensions Pose Twin Challenges for Indian Paper Industry
The ongoing West Asia conflict has created a 'twin challenge' for India's paper industry: a disruption to export markets (West Asia absorbs ...
Oil Prices Above $115 in Iran-Israel War: How the 2026 Shock Compares to Historical Oil Crises
Oil prices surged past $115 per barrel by March 9, 2026, as the escalating US-Israel-Iran war disrupted global energy supply chains. Cornell...
Air India Workforce Transformation: Aligning with Private Sector Performance Standards
Air India's workforce structure has been progressively realigned with private-sector performance benchmarks following the airline's transfer...
Silent Valley National Park Bird Survey Records 192 Species
A bird survey conducted from March 6–8, 2026, by the Kerala Forest Department and the Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS) recorded 192 sp...
India Granted Sanctuary to Iranian Warships Days Before US Sank One in Indian Ocean
Three Iranian warships — IRIS Dena, IRIS Bushehr, and IRIS Lavan — participated in a joint military exercise hosted by India at Visakhapatna...
Karnataka High Court Refuses to Quash Female Foeticide Case Against Gynaecologist
The Karnataka High Court declined to quash criminal proceedings against a gynaecologist accused of involvement in an alleged case of illegal...
Oil Prices Hit Four-Year High Above $119 Per Barrel as Iran War Disrupts Global Supply
Brent crude oil prices surged above $119 per barrel on March 9, 2026, the highest level since mid-2022, as the US-Israel war on Iran threate...
NITI Aayog Recognises Southern States for Progress in Aspirational Districts Programme
NITI Aayog lauded southern states for their progress under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), recognising districts from these stat...
Simultaneous Polls and Anti-Defection: Ghulam Nabi Azad's Argument at JPC Meet
Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chief and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examin...
Government Confirms It Will Not Raise Petrol and Diesel Prices
The Government of India formally confirmed it would not raise retail prices of petrol and diesel despite global crude oil prices rising shar...
India-Indonesia BrahMos Deal: Defence Export Milestone as Contract Moves Toward Signing
India and Indonesia have finalised negotiations for the export of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, with the formal contract expected to b...
India's West Asia Policy: Energy Security, Trade Flows, and Safety of Nationals: Three Paramount Factors
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar articulated India's three-pronged West Asia policy framework in Parliament: (1) maintaining energy secu...
Global Crude Price Rise Not to Have Substantial Inflation Impact: SBI Research
A research report by SBI Research (the economic research unit of State Bank of India) assessed that the sharp rise in global crude oil price...
Trade Unions and Farm Outfits Escalate Protests Against India-US Interim Trade Deal
Major trade unions and farmers' organisations in India announced plans to intensify protests against the India-US interim trade deal, buildi...
Iran Conflict Forces Asian Central Banks to Rethink Monetary Policy
The escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict and the resulting surge in global oil prices above $100 per barrel are compelling central banks acros...
Nasscom Issues Advisory on Cyber and Operational Resilience Amid West Asia Tensions
Nasscom — India's apex body for the IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS) industry — issued a formal advisory to member companies urging heighte...
From Cleric's Son to Supreme Leader: Mojtaba Khamenei's Rise and What It Means for Iran
Iran's Assembly of Experts announced on March 8, 2026, the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei — son of assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei —...
GraphIN 2026: India Hosts Global Graphene Summit, Eyes Leadership in Next-Gen Materials
The first International Conference and Expo on Graphene and 2D Materials (GraphIN 2026) was held in Kochi, Kerala from March 9–12, 2026, pos...
Anthropic Sues Trump Administration Over Pentagon's AI 'Supply Chain Risk' Designation
Anthropic, a leading US AI safety company and maker of the Claude AI model, filed two federal lawsuits against the Trump administration on M...
PM Modi Emphasises Preventive Healthcare and Care Economy at Post-Budget Health Webinar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Post-Budget Webinar on Health, Ayush and Pharma Sectors on the theme 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas — Ful...
Gas Supply Cuts Force Fertilizer Companies to Advance Maintenance Works
Several Indian fertilizer companies have advanced (brought forward) their scheduled annual maintenance shutdowns after Liquefied Natural Gas...
India's HPV Vaccination Drive: Why 74,000 Annual Deaths Make the Case Urgent
India accounts for approximately 132,000 new cervical cancer cases and 74,000 deaths annually — nearly one-third of global cervical cancer m...
Sri Lanka Grants Humanitarian Visas to Stranded Iranian Sailors Amid West Asia Conflict
Sri Lanka announced it would grant one-month gratis (free) visas to Iranian sailors rescued from vessels targeted by the United States in th...
Nepal's Youngest PM Balendra Shah Takes Power with RSP's Historic Parliamentary Majority
Balendra Shah (Balen Shah), 35, a structural engineer and former rapper, was sworn in as Nepal's youngest Prime Minister on March 27, 2026, ...
India Remains World's Second-Largest Arms Importer; Russia's Share in Indian Imports Drops Sharply
SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) released its annual arms transfer data on March 9, 2026, covering the 2021–2025 per...
Secret Diplomatic Visit Lays Groundwork for India-Bangladesh Ties Thaw
A previously undisclosed high-level diplomatic visit between Indian and Bangladeshi officials took place in the week preceding March 9, 2026...
Russian Crude Remains Embedded in India's Import Mix at One-Third Share in February
Russian crude oil accounted for approximately one-third of India's total crude oil imports in February 2026, demonstrating the durability of...
UV Camera Films Treetops Glowing During Thunderstorm: Corona Discharge Observed Outdoors for First Time
Researchers, for the first time in natural outdoor conditions, filmed and documented corona discharges emanating from treetops during a thun...
Kerala's Cyber Safety Protocol 2026: Protecting Students in the AI Era
Kerala released the Cyber Safety Protocol 2026, a comprehensive framework developed by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Educatio...
AP-Genco Plans Two Ultra Mega Thermal Power Plants of 3,200 MW Each
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (AP-Genco) has announced plans to develop two ultra mega thermal power plants, each with a capac...
Lebanon Postpones Parliamentary Elections by Two Years Amid Israel-Hezbollah War
Lebanon's parliament voted 76–41 (with 4 abstentions) on March 9, 2026, to postpone legislative elections by two years; polls were originall...
Iran War's Economic Spillover "Already a Reality" in Europe, Says EU Chief
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the spillover effects of the Iran-US conflict were 'already a reality' for Eu...
India's FTA Network Now Covers Two-Thirds of Global Trade
India now enjoys preferential trade access covering approximately two-thirds of global trade, following a dramatic expansion of its Free Tra...
India Prioritises Household LPG Supply Amid West Asia Conflict Disruption
India's government invoked emergency measures to prioritise household cooking gas (LPG) supply following the outbreak of the West Asia confl...
Karnataka May Join Case Against Kerala's Malayalam-Medium School Policy
Karnataka is considering becoming a party in legal proceedings challenging the Kerala government's policy of mandating Malayalam as the comp...
India's Next Export Frontier: Moving Beyond IT Services to Technology Products
India's IT and BPM sector crossed the $300 billion revenue milestone for the first time in FY2026, reaching $315.4 billion — a 6.1% year-on-...
India's Three-Speed Ageing: The End of a Uniform Demographic Story
India's demographic transition is no longer a single national story. Analysis now reveals three distinct demographic 'speeds' across Indian ...
Iran War Drives Crude to $100-Plus, Threatening India's Fuel Prices and Inflation
Global crude oil prices surpassed $100 per barrel and briefly touched $119.50 for Brent crude as the US-Israel war on Iran escalated through...
Iran-US War and Oil: Key Economic Takeaways
A data-driven analysis of the economic fallout from the Iran-US war highlighted the interconnected impacts on oil prices, supply chains, equ...
Medical Uses of the Placenta: Stem Cells, Wound Healing, and Regenerative Medicine
Research and clinical application of placental tissue — long discarded as medical waste — is expanding rapidly into regenerative medicine, w...
EIA Amendment Proposal: Streamlining Clearances or Diluting Safeguards?
On March 5, 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published a draft notification proposing amendments ...
Congress President Kharge Seeks Parliamentary Discussion on India's Energy Security
Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge submitted a formal notice to seek a discussion on India's energy security in Parliament,...
India's Revised GDP Series to Produce District-Level Economic Estimates for the First Time
India's National Statistical Office (NSO) released a revised GDP series with a new base year of 2022-23 (replacing the previous 2011-12 base...
UAPA, Bail, and the Right to Speedy Trial: Sharjeel Imam's Interim Bail in Delhi Riots Case
A Delhi sessions court (Karkardooma Court) granted 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam — a former JNU student leader and activist — to atte...
India's Free Trade Agreements Open New Horizons for Pharma and Healthcare Exports
India's recently concluded Free Trade Agreements — most significantly with the European Union — are expected to substantially expand export ...
India's Shrimp Exports Cross ₹50,000 Crore Despite US Tariff Headwinds
India's shrimp exports crossed ₹50,000 crore (approximately $5 billion) for the first time, despite significant headwinds from US tariffs th...
India's Monthly Oil Import Bill Could Rise by $7–8 Billion as Crude Surges
With Brent crude surging past $100 per barrel and reaching intraday highs above $119 in March 2026, India faces an estimated additional $7–8...
India's Economy Under Triple Pressure: Oil, Rupee, and Markets
Brent crude oil surged past $100 per barrel in March 2026, reaching intraday highs above $116, driven by escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict ...
Government Holds Petrol and Diesel Prices, Cites Adequate Stock Amid Supply Disruption Fears
Despite global crude prices rising sharply due to the West Asia conflict (Indian crude basket reaching ~$113/barrel in March 2026), the Gove...
Government Holds Petrol and Diesel Prices Despite Crude Crossing $100 Per Barrel
Despite crude oil crossing $100 per barrel following the West Asia conflict, the Indian government indicated it would not immediately hike r...
CIC Directs NFRA to Publish Audit Orders: RTI, Regulatory Transparency, and Public Accountability
The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to place all its orders, directions, and...
Rupee Falls to All-Time Low of 92.21 Against US Dollar Amid Oil Shock
The Indian rupee fell 39 paise in a single session to close at an all-time low of 92.21 against the US dollar on March 9, 2026 — a record de...
$100 Oil Shock Strains Asia's Governments: Subsidies, Deficits, and Credit Risks
Oil prices crossing $100 per barrel in March 2026, driven by the US-Israel-Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruptions, are placing sever...
PM Modi Congratulates Nepal's RSP Leaders After Landslide Election Victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on March 9, 2026, held telephonic conversations with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane a...
Manipur CM Announces Rs 350 Crore Relief Package for Women Affected by Ethnic Violence
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh announced a Rs 350 crore relief and rehabilitation package specifically targeting women affected by th...
A $50 Oil Surge Could Wipe Out 2% of India's GDP
Axis Bank Chief Economist Neelkanth Mishra warned that a sustained $50 per barrel rise in global oil prices could reduce India's GDP growth ...
Solex Energy's 3.78 GW ALMM Approval: India's Solar Manufacturing Scale-Up Continues
Solex Energy Limited has received approval for its 3.78 GW solar photovoltaic module manufacturing capacity under the Approved List of Model...
Curfew in Meghalaya's Garo Hills Over Non-Tribal Nomination: Sixth Schedule and Tribal Identity Under Scrutiny
Curfew was imposed in 37 villages in Meghalaya's Garo Hills district after protests erupted over the nomination of a non-tribal candidate fo...
Yamuna Still Toxic in Delhi: DPCC Data Reveals BOD 17x Over Limit, Coliform 37x Safe Level
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) monitoring data shows Yamuna River water quality remains severely degraded at multiple points withi...
West Asia Conflict Could Strain Fiscal Positions of Oil-Importing Emerging Markets
Rating agencies (Moody's, Fitch, S&P) have warned that a prolonged West Asia conflict — with crude oil sustained above $100/barrel — could s...
Maharashtra Pushes Municipal Corporations to Raise ₹1,000 Crore via Green Bonds
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed the state's municipal corporations to explore raising ₹1,000 crore through the issuanc...
West Asia Conflict Disrupts Indian Tea Exports to Iran; Assam Releases ₹94.7 Crore Support
The West Asia conflict (US-Israel war with Iran, 2026) has severely disrupted Indian tea exports to Iran, a major destination market, by blo...
West Bengal Electoral Rolls Dispute: Mamata vs Election Commission over SIR
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sit-in protest against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its Special Intensi...
Indian Embassy Tehran Warns Nationals Against Uncoordinated Land Border Exits
The Embassy of India in Tehran issued an advisory on March 9, 2026, asking Indian nationals in Iran not to approach or attempt to cross any ...
PM Modi and Nepal's Balendra Shah Agree to Strengthen Bilateral Ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Balendra Shah to congratulate him following the Rastriya Swatantra Party's landslide victory in the ...
India Allowed Iranian Naval Vessel IRIS Lavan to Dock at Kochi on Humanitarian Grounds
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar briefed Parliament that India granted docking permission to the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Lavan at the ...
FATF February 2026 Plenary: High-Risk Jurisdictions List Updated, DPRK and Iran Remain on Call for Action
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded its fifth Plenary meeting under the Mexican Presidency (Elisa de Anda Madrazo) on February ...
Gender Balance in the Higher Judiciary: CJI's Call for Systemic Reform
The incumbent Chief Justice of India acknowledged that achieving gender balance in India's higher judiciary remains an 'unfinished task' and...
Women in India's Higher Judiciary: Structural Barriers and the Collegium's Record
A former Chief Justice of India publicly criticised the government for lacking genuine intent to ensure adequate representation of women jud...
Sensex Crashes Over 2,000 Points as Crude Oil Breaches $115 Per Barrel
The BSE Sensex fell over 2,000 points and the Nifty 50 slid to 23,741 as crude oil prices crossed $115 per barrel — driven by the escalation...
Commercial Space Stations: The Next Frontier as the ISS Era Winds Down
As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches its planned decommissioning around 2030, a new era of commercially owned and operated sp...
India's Position on the West Asia Conflict: Jaishankar's Parliamentary Statement
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, articulating India's official positio...
How India Should Navigate Relations with Nepal's New Political Order
With Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) sweeping Nepal's 2026 elections and forming a stable majority government, analysts recom...
India's Double Burden of Malnutrition: Obesity Complicates the Nutrition Challenge
India faces a paradoxical 'double burden of malnutrition' — simultaneous co-existence of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, anaemia) in rura...
Why Fertilizers Are India's Soft Underbelly in the Iran War
India imports a significant share of its fertilizer raw materials and finished fertilizers from West Asia, making the Iran war a direct thre...
The Decline of Political Islamism and the Rise of Religious Nationalism
Expert analysis argues that political Islamism — the ideology that seeks to organise state and society according to Islamic law — is politic...
Iran War Could Trigger a Global Fertilizer Shock: The Often-Ignored Food Security Risk
Beyond the widely discussed oil price surge, analysts warn that the US-Israel-Iran conflict and the resulting Strait of Hormuz disruptions p...
India's Diplomatic Stand on West Asia Conflict: Peace, Dialogue, and Strategic Autonomy
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated in Parliament on March 9, 2026, that India favours peace and a return to dialogue and diploma...
Maharashtra Launches HPV Vaccination Drive for 8.94 Lakh Girls on Women's Day
The Maharashtra government launched a statewide HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination campaign on March 8, 2026 — International Women's Day...
Himalayan Forest Fires Climbing Higher: The Climate Connection
Forest fires in the Himalayan region have quadrupled in recent years, with ignitions occurring at significantly higher altitudes than histor...
Brent Crude Soars Above $100 as Iran War Forces Deeper Production Cuts
Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, crossing a psychologically and economically significant price thresho...
OpenAI's Pentagon Deal and the Ethics of Military AI: Lines, Limits, and Resignations
OpenAI announced a classified deal with the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) on February 28, 2026, allowing the Pentagon access to OpenAI...
Kenya's Carbon Credit Crackdown: Market Integrity, Land Rights, and the Limits of Voluntary Offsetting
Kenya has cracked down on several carbon credit projects, revoking or blocking approvals for credits that were generated with irregularities...
Bahrain's BAPCO Declares Force Majeure After Iran Strikes Its Only Refinery
Bahrain's state-owned oil company, Bapco Energies, declared force majeure on its shipments on March 9, 2026, after Iran struck its Al-Ma'ame...
Stock Markets Slump Globally as Oil Surges on Strait of Hormuz Closure Fears
Indian and global equity markets fell sharply as Brent crude surged to multi-year highs on concerns that the Iran-US conflict had effectivel...
How Dalit Voting Patterns Have Shifted Across Indian General Elections
Data analysis of Dalit voting patterns across Lok Sabha elections reveals a significant fragmentation of the Dalit vote, which was once cons...
China's Semiconductor Export Threat: the Nexperia Dispute and the Geopolitics of Chips
A dispute escalated between China and the United Kingdom over the forced divestment of Nexperia's Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) in Wales — the UK'...
AI-Generated Fake Satellite Imagery: Cognitive Warfare and the New Disinformation Frontier
During the 2026 US-Iran conflict, AI-generated fake satellite imagery depicting military installations and strike damage was widely circulat...
India's Growth Crossroads: Manufacturing Exports Must Fill the Gap as IT Services Slow
Recent analysis argues that India's IT services sector, the primary engine of export-led growth over the past three decades, is showing sign...
Iran Conflict Grounds 279 Indian Flights: DGCA Orders Airspace Avoidance
India's Ministry of Civil Aviation confirmed on March 9, 2026, that 279 international flights operated by Indian airlines were cancelled due...
India's "Dialogue and Diplomacy" Doctrine: Jaishankar Briefs Parliament on West Asia Crisis
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, reaffirming India's position of 'dialogue and diplomacy'...
US Urges India to Buy Russian Oil at Sea to Ease Global Supply Fears
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged India to purchase Russian crude oil cargoes already loaded onto tankers and at sea, redirecting those...
Governor vs. Elected Government: The R.N. Ravi Saga and the Limits of Gubernatorial Power
R.N. Ravi, who served as Tamil Nadu's Governor since September 2021, was transferred to West Bengal as part of a gubernatorial reshuffle in ...
Crude Oil Prices Surpass $114 a Barrel as Iran War Disrupts Production and Shipping
Crude oil prices surpassed $114 a barrel — the highest level since 2022 — as the Iran-US conflict entered a new, more intense phase, simulta...
US Orders Embassy Staff Evacuation from Saudi Arabia as Iran War Spreads
The US State Department ordered non-emergency US government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to 'safety risks' a...
India's Renewable Energy Transition Hindered by Stranded Coal Assets and Institutional Inertia
India's shift toward renewable energy is being complicated by the accumulated financial burden of stranded conventional power assets — prima...
Bahrain's BAPCO Invokes Force Majeure After Iran Strikes Its Only Refinery
Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO Energies), Bahrain's state oil company, declared force majeure on all its oil shipments on March 9, 2026, a...
US Urges India to Redirect Russian Crude as West Asia Supply Shock Hits Markets
The United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged India to purchase Russian crude oil cargo already...
Asian Equity Markets Crash as Oil Surges 30% on West Asia Conflict
Asian equity markets suffered sharp declines as crude oil prices surged approximately 30% following the escalation of the West Asia conflict...
Oil Surges Past $100 a Barrel as West Asia War Escalates
Brent crude oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, triggered by the escalating US-Israel military campaign agai...
Australia's Mandatory Age Verification for Adult Websites: Global Trends in Online Content Regulation
Australia's Online Safety Act provisions mandating age verification for adult content websites came into force on March 9, 2026, requiring a...
G7 and IEA Launch Record Emergency Oil Reserve Release Amid West Asia Supply Shock
G7 energy ministers convened an emergency meeting on March 9, 2026, to coordinate the release of emergency oil reserves in response to the c...
Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorus in Lebanon, Violating International Law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on March 9, 2026, accusing Israel of unlawfully using artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions...
Presidential State Visits: Constitutional Protocol, the Blue Book, and the West Bengal Controversy
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not personally receive President Droupadi Murmu during a state visit, triggering a political ...
Lok Sabha Adjourned Amid Opposition Uproar During Budget Session
Lok Sabha was adjourned till 3 PM on March 9, 2026, as Opposition members disrupted proceedings demanding a full-fledged debate on the escal...
Rastriya Swatantra Party's Landslide Win Reshapes Nepal's Political Landscape
Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a near-supermajority in the 2026 Nepalese general election, capturing 182 of 275 seats in the Hou...
No-Confidence Motion Against the Lok Sabha Speaker: Constitutional Provisions and Precedents
Opposition parties, including the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), announced support for a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker ...
India Backs Dialogue on West Asia Conflict, Prioritises Safety of 1 Crore Indians in Gulf
India formally backed dialogue and diplomacy as the path to resolving the West Asia conflict, with the government calling for de-escalation,...
Suspension of Business in Parliament: Procedures for Urgent Debate on West Asia Crisis
Congress MPs Manish Tewari (Lok Sabha) and Randeep Surjewala (Rajya Sabha) moved suspension-of-business notices in their respective Houses t...
Jaishankar's Three-Point Framework for India's West Asia Policy
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, making a formal ministerial statement on the ongoing Wes...
Jaishankar Tells Parliament: Contact with Iran Leadership 'Difficult at This Time'
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament that leadership-level contact with Iran is 'obviously difficult at this time' given ...