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22 Mar

Indian Army Operationalises 7th Pinaka Regiment, Expanding Indigenous Long-Range Artillery

The Indian Army has operationalised its 7th regiment equipped with the indigenous Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system, continu...

GS3 (Internal Internal Security 4m
22 Mar

EU Rice Millers Seek Safeguard Duties: India's Export Surge Under Scrutiny

European rice millers' associations have formally requested a review of EU trade agreements to impose safeguard duties on rice imports, citi...

GS3 (Agriculture, GS2 (India's Economics 5m
22 Mar

Dedicated Jetty for Lakshadweep to Come Up at Old Mangalore Port Under Sagarmala

Old Mangalore Port (Mangaluru) is set to build a dedicated jetty for vessels ferrying daily essentials to the Lakshadweep island group. The ...

GS1 (Indian GS3 (Infrastructure, Geography 5m
22 Mar

WMO Report: 2015-2025 Confirmed as Hottest Decade on Record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its State of the Global Climate 2025 report confirming that 2015-2025 are the eleven ho...

GS3 (Environment, Environment & Ecology 5m
22 Mar

NSEIX Global Access: Indian Investors Get Direct Route to US Stocks via GIFT City

NSE International Exchange (NSEIX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) operating from GIFT City (Gujarat Interna...

GS3 (Economics, Economics 4m
22 Mar

EPFO Launches Auto-Settlement for Inoperative PF Accounts with Unclaimed Balances

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) approved a pilot auto-settlement facility to automatically disburse unclaimed funds from i...

GS2 (Social GS3 (Economics) Economics 4m
22 Mar

Agri-Photovoltaics (AgriPV): Combining Solar Energy with Agriculture in India

India's push to achieve 300 GW of installed solar capacity by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2070 is creating land-use conflicts, since larg...

GS3 (Science Science & Technology 5m
22 Mar

India's Whole-of-Government Response: PM Modi Chairs CCS, Sets Up Ministers' Group on West Asia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in New Delhi on 22 March 2026 to review India's pr...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
22 Mar

India Forms Group of Ministers and Secretaries to Address Critical Supply Needs Amid West Asia Conflict

On March 22, 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) convened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the situation arising from ...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
22 Mar

Opposition MPs and Activists Demand Withdrawal of Proposed Transgender Persons Act Amendments

Opposition MPs from multiple parties — including the Indian National Congress, CPI(M), RJD, and NCP (SP faction) — and transgender rights ac...

GS2 Social Issues 7m
22 Mar

Saudi Arabia Expels Iranian Diplomats as West Asia Conflict Deepens

Saudi Arabia declared Iran's military attaché and four embassy staff members personae non grata, ordering them to leave within 24 hours, cit...

GS2 (International GS3 (Internal International Relations 6m
22 Mar

Transgender Amendment Bill 2026: National Council Members Push Back Against Removal of Self-Perceived Identity

Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP), constituted under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, ...

GS1 (Social GS2 (Polity, Social Issues 5m
22 Mar

India Activates Crisis Protocols: PM Chairs CCS on West Asia Conflict Economic Impact

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to take stock of India's exposure to the West Asia confl...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
22 Mar

India's Energy Security Review Amid West Asia Conflict and Hormuz Closure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting with key Cabinet ministers to assess the availability of crude oil, gas, pe...

GS2 (Bilateral GS3 (Indian Economics 6m
22 Mar

Left-Wing Extremism at a Historic Low: The Naxal Endgame and What Comes Next

The March 31, 2026 deadline set by the Union Home Minister for eliminating armed Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) from India is passing without for...

GS3 (Internal GS2 (Government Internal Security 6m
22 Mar

Supreme Court Judge Flags UAPA Misuse, Low Conviction Rates as Incompatible with Viksit Bharat

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court of India, speaking at the 1st Supreme Court Bar Association National Conference 2026 on 'The Role ...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Opposition Demands Rollback Over Rights Dilution Concerns

Opposition MPs and civil society activists have demanded a rollback of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, ...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
22 Mar

Cabinet Committee on Security Reviews West Asia Conflict Impact on India's Energy and Food Security

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by the Prime Minister, held a high-level review meeting to assess the implications of the o...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
22 Mar

India-EU Free Trade Agreement and Strategic Engagement: A Landmark Shift

Following the landmark India-EU summit held on 27 January 2026 at Hyderabad House in New Delhi — where a historic Free Trade Agreement was c...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 6m
22 Mar

Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Self-Identification Under Threat

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, proposing significant cha...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

India's Whole-of-Government Response to West Asia Conflict: Energy, Supply Chain Diversification

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met to review the ongoing West Asia conflict and its econo...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 5m
22 Mar

India Among 40 Nations Raising Concerns Over China-Led WTO Investment Facilitation Pact

India and approximately 39 other countries raised formal concerns at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a China-backed proposal to inte...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
22 Mar

India's High-Level Energy Security Review Amid the West Asia Crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on India's energy security in the context of the ongoing West As...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Energy Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

PM Modi Reviews India's Readiness Across Five Pressure Points as West Asia Conflict Deepens

Prime Minister Modi chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting to assess India's preparedness across five identified pressure points ari...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
22 Mar

Nationwide Protests Against Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: NALSA Rights at Stake

Widespread protests have erupted across India against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, introduced in Lok ...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 5m
22 Mar

India's Forex Reserves as a Crisis Buffer: Historical Management and Current Rupee Stress

Renewed conflict in West Asia involving Iran has placed pressure on the Indian rupee, as rising crude oil prices increase India's import bil...

GS Paper Economics 6m
22 Mar

India's Opposition to the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement

India has continued to block the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement from being incorporated into the WTO's bi...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 4m
22 Mar

Gulf States' Water Vulnerability: Iran's Threats to Desalination Infrastructure

As the US-Iran military conflict (ongoing since February 28, 2026) intensified, Iran threatened to target 'all desalination infrastructure b...

GS1 (Geography GS2 (International GS3 (Environment International Relations 5m
22 Mar

SC Internal Reservation: Sub-Categorisation Debate in Karnataka Ahead of Special Cabinet

Ahead of Karnataka's Special Cabinet meeting to decide on internal reservation within the 15% Scheduled Caste (SC) quota, religious heads of...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

ICAR-IVRI Produces Sahiwal Breed Calves Using OPU-IVF-ET Reproductive Technologies

ICAR–Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR-IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly, has produced five healthy Sahiwal calves using a combination of ...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
22 Mar

India's Seventh Tranche of Critical Mineral Block Auctions

The Ministry of Mines announced the launch of the seventh tranche of auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks, comprising 19 blocks ...

GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
22 Mar

India at WTO MC14: Defending Foundational Principles Amid Reform Pressure

The 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) is scheduled for March 26-29, 2026, bringing together trade ministers from all 166 WTO member sta...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 4m
22 Mar

House Panel Pushes for Operationalising Lokpal's Inquiry and Prosecution Wings

A Parliamentary Standing Committee sought details of the roadmap for fully operationalising the Lokpal's inquiry wing and prosecution wing, ...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

Paradigm Shift in TB Response: Combining Social and Medical Lenses for Elimination

A growing body of evidence and public health commentary is highlighting that India's TB elimination effort requires a dual approach — addres...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 6m
22 Mar

Critical Mineral Block Auctions: 7th Tranche Targets Self-Reliance in Clean Energy and Advanced Technologies

The Ministry of Mines announced the launch of the 7th tranche of critical and strategic mineral block auctions on March 23, 2026, offering 1...

GS Paper Economics 5m
22 Mar

Iran-US Standoff Over Strait of Hormuz: Threats to Regional Infrastructure

US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran on or around March 21-22, 2026, threatening to 'obliterate' Iran's power plants...

GS1 (Geography) GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
22 Mar

Nipah Virus Seasonal Alert in Kerala: April to September Risk Period

Health authorities in Kerala have issued a seasonal alert against Nipah virus, warning that the April-to-September window represents the hig...

GS Paper GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
22 Mar

Over Half of Countries Have Banned Phones in Schools: UNESCO GEM Report 2026

A new UNESCO analysis (part of the 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report) finds that 114 education systems — representing 58% of countries...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 5m
22 Mar

NCTP Members Oppose Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026, Cite Lack of Consultation

Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP) — the statutory body created under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rig...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 5m
22 Mar

India's 7th Tranche Critical Mineral Block Auction: 19 Blocks and the Supply Chain Imperative

India's Ministry of Mines launched the 7th tranche of critical and strategic mineral block auctions on March 23, 2026, offering 19 mineral b...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
22 Mar

India's Energy Security Review Amid Strait of Hormuz Disruption

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on March 22, 2026 to review India's energy preparedness amid the ongoing US-Israel...

GS2 (India GS3 (Indian International Relations 4m
22 Mar

Opposition Files Notice to Remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar: ECI Independence and Constitutional Process

193 opposition MPs — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — submitted notices to the presiding officers of both Houses seeking removal...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
22 Mar

US House Resolution Seeks Genocide Recognition for Pakistan's 1971 Atrocities Against Bengali Hindus

US Congressman Greg Landsman (Democrat, Ohio) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking to formally recognise the atro...

GS1 GS2 Modern History 6m
22 Mar

PM Modi Chairs High-Level Review of India's Energy Security Amid West Asia War

Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on March 22, 2026, to review India's energy preparedness as the...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
22 Mar

West Asia War Demands India's Government and RBI Draw Up Contingency Plans

Analysis from economists and policy observers calls on India's government and the RBI to formulate active contingency frameworks for managin...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
22 Mar

Moon Water Ice: New Evidence of Thick Deposits in Permanently Shadowed Craters

New scientific evidence has reinforced the presence of thick water ice deposits on the Moon, particularly inside permanently shadowed crater...

GS1 (Physical GS3 (Science Science & Technology 4m
22 Mar

Modi Calls Iranian President, Condemns Infrastructure Attacks and Urges Ship Lane Safety

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, condemning attacks on civilian and energy infra...

GS2 (India's International Relations 4m
22 Mar

Iran Signals Maritime Safety Cooperation Through IMO as Gulf Shipping Remains in Limbo

An International Maritime Organization (IMO) representative stated that Iran has expressed readiness to cooperate for Gulf maritime safety. ...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
22 Mar

Ethanol Industry Ready to Supply Beyond 20% Blending to Cut India's Crude Import Bill

The All India Distillers' Association (AIDA) has stated that the ethanol industry is ready to supply more than 20 per cent ethanol blending ...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
22 Mar

Japan Signals Possible Minesweeping Role in Strait of Hormuz if Ceasefire Reached

Japan's Foreign Minister indicated Japan could consider participating in minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, contingent on a ce...

GS2 (International GS3 (Defense) Science & Technology 4m
22 Mar

Iran-Israel War Escalates: Missiles Strike Jerusalem, Hormuz Kept Open With Conditions

Blasts and air raid sirens were reported in Jerusalem on March 22, 2026, after the Israeli military warned of incoming missile fire launched...

GS2 (International International Relations 4m
22 Mar

Cuba's Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week Deepens Humanitarian Energy Crisis

Cuba suffered its second complete disconnection from the National Electrical System (SEN) in less than a week, plunging all 11 million citiz...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
22 Mar

Qatar Military Helicopter Crashes in Territorial Waters During Routine Duty

A Qatar military helicopter crashed in the regional territorial waters of Qatar following a reported technical malfunction during routine du...

GS3 (S&T, GS2 (International Science & Technology 3m
22 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Raises Concern Over FCI's Declining Share in Rice and Wheat Procurement

A Parliamentary Standing Committee has raised concern over the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) consistently low and declining share in the...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Agriculture, Social Issues 5m
22 Mar

War's Hidden Climate Cost: US-Israel Assault on Iran Produced More Emissions in Two Weeks Than Iceland Does in a Year

A new analysis by the Climate and Community Institute (CCI) found that the US and Israel's initial 14 days of military operations in Iran ge...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 6m
22 Mar

LNG Supply Disruption Halves India's Urea Output Amid West Asia Tensions

LNG supply disruptions linked to the ongoing Iran-Israel war have caused urea output at affected fertilizer plants to drop by approximately ...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Agriculture, Economics 4m
22 Mar

Iran-Israel War Casts Shadow Over India's Growth Story: Energy, Remittances, and Trade at Risk

The prolonged Iran-Israel war has introduced compound macroeconomic risks for India spanning energy prices, remittances, and trade logistics...

GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
22 Mar

Strait of Hormuz Disruption Threatens India's LPG Supplies and Refined Product Markets

Reports indicate that India's LPG supplies face serious disruption risk from conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, with the sector more vulner...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
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21 Mar

Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs Modified: Extended Tenure, Exporter Provisions, Service Sector Inclusion

The Central Government modified the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS-MSME), originally launched in January 2025, to expand cov...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
21 Mar

Justice Nagarathna: Government as Largest Litigant Feeds the Very Backlog It Complains About

Justice B.V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court of India, speaking at the Supreme Court Bar Association's first National Conference 2026, flagg...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
21 Mar

South Pars Gas Field: Israeli Strike on World's Largest Gas Reserve Exposes Global Energy Fragility

Israel struck Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field — the first time Israel has targeted Iranian natural gas infrastructure ...

GS1 GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

US Strikes Iranian Base as Strait of Hormuz Blockade Triggers 22-Nation Joint Statement

The US military declared it had 'taken out' an Iranian bunker on Iran's coast that stored anti-ship cruise missiles, mobile launchers, and r...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

India Calls for Freedom of Navigation in Gulf Amid Iran-US Conflict

PM Modi spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on March 21, 2026, their second call since the conflict erupted on February 28, 2026 ...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Supreme Court: State Cannot Impose Upper Disability Ceiling Beyond RPwD Act's Minimum Threshold

In Prabhu Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. (2026 INSC 253), the Supreme Court held that a state cannot prescribe an upper ceiling o...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

Feminists and Lawyers Write to MPs, Urge Rejection of Transgender Act Amendments as Unconstitutional

Feminist organisations, lawyers, and rights advocates sent a letter to Members of Parliament urging them to reject the Transgender Persons (...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

Israel Launches Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah

Israel launched ground operations in southern Lebanon on March 16, 2026, targeting Hezbollah positions — potentially the largest ground inva...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Expands Maternity Rights for Adoptive Mothers, Pushes for Paternity Leave

The Supreme Court, in Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India (2026 INSC 246), struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security, 202...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Flags Police Social Media Uploads of Accused as Threat to Fair Trial

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi took up a PIL filed by petitioner Hemendra P...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
21 Mar

Transgender and Queer Groups Demand Withdrawal of Amendment Bill Citing Rights Regression

Transgender and queer collectives, legal advocates, and civil society groups have demanded immediate withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Raises Alarm on Groundwater Contamination, Urges AI-Driven Solutions

A Parliamentary Standing Committee expressed serious concern over the rising level of groundwater contamination across India and directed th...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
21 Mar

US Grants 30-Day Iran Oil Sanctions Waiver as Brent Crude Hits $112

The US Treasury issued a 30-day sanctions waiver beginning March 21, 2026, allowing the sale of Iranian oil currently aboard tankers at sea ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Modi's Eid-Nowruz Call to Iran: Cultural Diplomacy Meets Energy Infrastructure Crisis

On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz (the Persian New Year, which fell on March 20, 2026), Prime Minister Modi called Iranian President...

GS Paper International Relations 6m
21 Mar

Diego Garcia: The Indian Ocean's Most Strategic Military Outpost

Iran fired two ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, marking the longest-range offensive stri...

GS2 GS1 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Iran War: Why the Global Energy Crisis Makes an Early Ceasefire Imperative

Three weeks into the West Asia war (US-Israel strikes on Iran, beginning February 28, 2026), energy analysts and policymakers are arguing th...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
21 Mar

Wastewater Metagenomics Study Maps Scale of Antimicrobial Resistance Across Four Major Indian Cities

A two-year metagenomic study of urban wastewater published in Nature Communications mapped antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes across 19 si...

GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
21 Mar

Finance Ministry Revises Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme to Boost MSME Credit Access

The Finance Ministry announced changes to the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS-MSME), making the existing 5% upfront contribut...

GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Clears Cutting of 45,000 Mangroves for Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road in Mumbai

The Supreme Court of India, in a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, dismissed an appeal by environmental NGO Vanashakti against the Bomb...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
21 Mar

India Achieves One Billion Tonne Coal Production for Second Consecutive Year

India achieved the milestone of one billion tonnes (BT) of coal production on March 20, 2026 — the second consecutive year it has hit this l...

GS3 (Infrastructure, Economics 4m
21 Mar

India Faces Deep Divisions at WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference in Cameroon

India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is set to attend the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from March 26–29,...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

West Asia Conflict: Global Supply Chain Disruption Pathways and India's Structural Insulation Factors

SBI Research cautioned that escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia could create ripple effects across global energy markets, trade fl...

GS3 (Economy, GS2 (International Economics 5m
21 Mar

Parliamentary Committee Tells EC: Protect Genuine Voters During Electoral Roll Revision

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice told the Election Commission of India (ECI) that no ge...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
21 Mar

West Asia War Exposes Energy Fragility Across India's Neighbourhood

Three weeks into the West Asia war (US-Israel strikes on Iran, beginning February 28, 2026), all of India's immediate neighbours — Maldives,...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
21 Mar

US Eases Iran Oil Sanctions Temporarily to Cool Global Energy Markets

The US Treasury Department on March 20, 2026 issued a 30-day sanctions waiver permitting the sale of approximately 140 million barrels of Ir...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
21 Mar

India's Carbon Market to Begin Formal Trading Within Four Months

Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced at the Bharat Electricity Summit 2026 in New Delhi that India will begin formal trading i...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Environment, Economics 4m
21 Mar

Surat's Diamond and Textile Industries Under Strain from West Asia Conflict

Escalating conflict in West Asia has triggered cascading disruptions for Surat's twin industrial pillars — the diamond cutting and polishing...

GS2 (India's GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
21 Mar

US-Israel Strike on Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility: Nuclear Law and Proliferation Stakes

The United States and Israel struck Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment complex on March 21, 2026 — the third week of the West Asia war. Iran's...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
21 Mar

International Day of Forests 2026: "Forests and Economies" Theme Highlights Economic Value of Forests

The United Nations designated March 21 as International Day of Forests, with the 2026 theme selected as 'Forests and Economies' by the UN Fo...

GS1 GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
21 Mar

Government Raises Commercial LPG Allocation to 50% as Domestic Production Recovers from Middle East Disruption

The Government of India approved an additional 20% allocation of commercial LPG to states and Union Territories, taking total allocation to ...

GS3 (Energy GS2 (International Economics 5m
21 Mar

Iran's Long-Range Missile Strike on Diego Garcia: New Capabilities and Missile Defense

Iran launched two ballistic missiles targeting Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, approximately 4,000 km from ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

India's Diplomatic Push for Open Shipping Lanes Amid West Asia War

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his second telephonic conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian since the start of the US-Isra...

GS Paper International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Iran Urges India-Led BRICS to Play Independent Role in West Asia War

In a call with PM Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran 'did not initiate the war' and called on India-chaired BRICS to play a...

GS Paper International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Middle East War and Global Inflation: How India's Import Diversification and Policy Buffers Provide Insulation

SBI Research released a report warning that the ongoing Middle East conflict could trigger a fresh wave of global inflation if disruptions t...

GS3 (Economy, GS2 (International Economics 4m
21 Mar

EVM-VVPAT First Randomisation Completed in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry Ahead of 2026 Assembly Polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) completed the first randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Aud...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
21 Mar

Rajya Sabha's Floating Majority: How the BJP Manages the Upper House Without a Brute Majority

Despite sweeping the 2014, 2019, and 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has never held a standalone majority in the Rajya Sabha, owing to the...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
21 Mar

India Declares Targeting of Commercial Ships Unacceptable at International Maritime Forum

India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vikram Doraiswami, addressed an emergency session of the International Maritime Organisatio...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

India's Aviation Corridors Shrink as West Asia Conflict Disrupts Airspace

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued an advisory urging Indian airlines to avoid 11 airspaces in West Asia amid escalatin...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Reiterates That No One Is Above Hate Speech Law

The Supreme Court declared that no individual or group should indulge in hate speech, reiterating that existing penal provisions must be app...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Holds Officials of Three States Liable for Chambal Sanctuary Mining

The Supreme Court of India (bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta), in a suo motu case, warned that officials of Rajasthan, Madhya...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 6m
21 Mar

National Dental Commission Operationalised, Replacing the Dental Council of India

The National Dental Commission (NDC) became operational on March 19, 2026, replacing the Dental Council of India (DCI) which had regulated d...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

NMC Mandates Hands-On Clinical Training for Foreign Medical Graduates

The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued a notice mandating that Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who completed part of their MBBS progr...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
21 Mar

FPI Outflows from India Near Record at ₹93,700 Crore in March 2026

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have pulled out close to ₹93,700 crore (~$10.8 billion) from Indian markets in the financial year 2025-26...

GS3 Economics 5m
21 Mar

GLP-1 Drugs Go Generic in India: Opportunity, Misuse Risks, and Regulatory Challenges

Semaglutide's patent expired in India in March 2026, opening the market to generic competition. As many as 50 domestic brands are expected t...

GS2 (Health, GS3 (Science Science & Technology 5m
21 Mar

US Issues 30-Day Sanctions Waiver on Iranian Oil at Sea: Can India Benefit?

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a 30-day General License (GL) authorizing transactions necessary...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
21 Mar

India's March 2026 Weather Extremes: From Heatwave to Hailstorm

March 2026 opened with anomalous heatwave conditions across North India, with Delhi recording temperatures near 37°C, then saw a dramatic re...

GS1 GS3 Environment & Ecology 6m
21 Mar

Why the US Suspended Sanctions on Iranian Oil at Sea: Explained

The Trump administration issued a 30-day general licence waiving sanctions on Iranian crude oil already in transit at sea — approximately 14...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Supreme Court: Criticism of Judgments Is Not Contempt of Court

A bench led by the Chief Justice of India ruled that criticism of Supreme Court judgments does not amount to contempt of court or an affront...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

Supreme Court Allows Felling of 46,000 Mangroves for Mumbai Coastal Road

The Supreme Court of India (bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul Pancholi) refused to interfere with the Bomb...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
21 Mar

Hindukush Himalaya Glacier Ice Loss Rate Doubles Since 2000

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) released two landmark reports on World Water Day (March 21, 2026): 'Ch...

GS1 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
21 Mar

Israel Strikes Tehran and Beirut as US Deploys Marines to West Asia

Israel carried out fresh airstrikes on Tehran and Beirut on March 21, 2026, marking the 21st consecutive day of the US-Israel military campa...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Security Forces Seize Arms Cache Including 50 IEDs in Ongoing Manipur Operations

Security forces conducting search operations across multiple districts of Manipur seized a significant cache of arms, ammunition, and 50 Imp...

GS3 Internal Security 5m
21 Mar

World Bank's Water-Food Nexus Framework: Feeding 10 Billion on Finite Water

A new World Bank report released in March 2026 proposes a 'New Water-Food Nexus Framework' to avert a global food-water crisis as the world ...

GS1 GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
21 Mar

Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Drone Barrages Against Russia

Ukraine launched over 280 drones at Russian territory overnight, one of the largest single drone barrages since the war began in February 20...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

India's Fertiliser Dependence: The Case for Domestic Innovation Beyond Imports and Subsidies

A policy analysis argues that India's fertiliser strategy — currently dominated by heavy imports and large subsidies — needs a structural sh...

GS3 (Agriculture, Economics 5m
21 Mar

Oil Palm's Dual Role: Edible Oil Security and Carbon Sequestration

A growing body of research and policy discussion is examining oil palm's potential as a carbon-sequestering crop, challenging the convention...

GS3 (Agriculture, Environment & Ecology 4m
21 Mar

Pentagon Formalises Palantir's AI System as Core US Military Programme of Record

A March 9, 2026 memorandum from US Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg formally designated Palantir Technologies' Maven Smart System (MS...

GS3 GS2 Science & Technology 5m
21 Mar

Iran Signals Readiness to Allow Japanese Ships Through Strait of Hormuz

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that Tehran is prepared to allow Japan-related vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz, wi...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

India's Refiners Scramble for Non-Middle East Crude as Iran-Israel War Chokes Supply

Indian refiners — including state-owned IOCL, BPCL, and HPCL — are actively seeking non-Middle East crude supply as the Iran-Israel-US war e...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
21 Mar

Global Aviation Under Strain as West Asia Conflict Shuts Airspace and Doubles Jet Fuel Costs

Ongoing missile and drone strikes across West Asia have led to the closure of major regional airspace, severely disrupting global aviation r...

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21 Mar

Himachal Pradesh Presents ₹54,928 Crore Budget for 2026-27, Hikes Milk Procurement Price

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented the state budget for 2026-27 with a total outlay of ₹54,928 crore, marking ...

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21 Mar

Maharashtra and India's Orange Economy: AVGC Sector Policy and the Creative Economy Push

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated 'Gen O – Pixels & Play,' a four-day gaming and digital content festival at MMRDA Gr...

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21 Mar

India's LPG Crisis and the Long Shadow of the Abandoned Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline

Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan publicly blamed consecutive Congress and BJP-led central governments for India's ongoing cooking ga...

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21 Mar

Telangana's Rythu Bharosa: ₹3,590 Crore First Instalment to 70 Lakh Farmers on March 22

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced the release of the first instalment of Rythu Bharosa farm income support on March 22, amoun...

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21 Mar

Namaste Shalom Magazine Relaunch Reflects Deepening India-Israel Cultural and Strategic Ties

A magazine focused on India-Israel relations titled 'Namaste Shalom' has been relaunched by former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay, originall...

GS2 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Indian and Asian Refiners Eye Iranian Crude After US Sanctions Waiver

Indian refining companies confirmed they will purchase Iranian crude oil following the US Treasury's 30-day sanctions waiver, with three maj...

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21 Mar

Tripura Assembly Passes Three Private University Bills Amid Opposition Walkout

The Tripura Legislative Assembly passed three bills to establish new private universities on March 20, 2026, amid a walkout by opposition CP...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

DGCA Mandates 60% Free Seat Selection: Airlines Push Back, Warn of Fare Hikes

The Ministry of Civil Aviation directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to instruct all airlines to designate a minimum of ...

GS2 (Regulatory GS3 (Infrastructure, Economics 5m
21 Mar

Telangana Launches Indiramma Family Life Insurance: ₹5 Lakh Cover for 1.15 Crore Families

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presented the state's ₹3,24,234 crore budget for 2026-27, annou...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Inclusive Economics 4m
21 Mar

South Korea in Talks with Iran to Normalise Strait of Hormuz Shipping Lanes

South Korea entered active diplomatic consultations with Iran and other relevant nations to secure normalisation of shipping lanes through t...

GS1 GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Saudi Arabia and Arab Nations Condemn Israeli Strikes on Syrian Territory

Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian army camps in the southern Sweida province on March 20, 2026, targeting military infrastructure includi...

GS2 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Kochi-Muziris Biennale and the Rise of Public Mural Art in Fort Kochi

As the 2024–25 edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) unfolds, its Island Mural Project has transformed the walls of Fort Kochi and Mat...

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21 Mar

Mumbai's Coastal Road vs. 45,000 Mangroves: Protests, Courts, and Ecology

Plans to clear approximately 45,000 mangroves along Mumbai's western coast for the proposed Versova–Bhayandar Coastal Road have triggered su...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
21 Mar

US Issues 30-Day Sanctions Waiver for Iranian Oil in Transit Amid Energy Market Shock

The US Treasury, led by Secretary Scott Bessent, issued a 30-day sanctions waiver on March 20, 2026, authorising the purchase of Iranian cru...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

Trump Signals Possible Wind-Down of Iran Operations as Energy Market Pressures Mount

US President Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2026 — Day 21 of the Iran war — that he was considering 'winding down' military operations, ci...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

US Fed Holds Rates Steady as Iran War Reshapes Global Economic Outlook

The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 11-1 on March 18, 2026, to hold the benchmark federal funds rate steady ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
21 Mar

Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at US-UK Diego Garcia Base in the Indian Ocean

Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK Naval Support Facility at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), ma...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
21 Mar

CAPF (General Administration) Bill 2026: Formalising IPS Deputation in Paramilitary Leadership

The Union Cabinet approved the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, to be introduced in Parliament by the Home M...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

How US War Objectives and Timeline in the Iran Conflict Have Repeatedly Shifted

Throughout the 21 days of the US-Israel war on Iran (beginning February 28, 2026), the Trump administration's stated objectives, justificati...

GS2 International Relations 5m
21 Mar

Iran Conflict Drives Up Construction Costs, Disrupting India's Real Estate Sector

The ongoing conflict involving US-Israel-Iran has triggered a cascade of cost increases in India's real estate sector, driven primarily by s...

GS3 (Indian GS2 (Effect Economics 5m
21 Mar

India's Forest Governance Needs a Resource Nexus Overhaul

On World Forest Day (March 21), researchers at the UN University Institute on Resource Nexus published an analysis arguing that India's fore...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
21 Mar

India's Updated Earthquake Safety Codes Withdrawn Amid Cost Concerns

India's Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a major revision to IS 1893 (Part 1) — the national earthquake design code — in November 2...

GS1 GS3 Geography 6m
21 Mar

India's Cotton Belt Shrinks as Farmers Pivot to Rice and Maize

India's cotton acreage has fallen sharply to 11.2 million hectares in 2025-26, down from 13.4 million hectares in 2019-20 — a decline of nea...

GS1 (Economic GS3 (Agriculture, Economics 5m
21 Mar

Tripura's Tribal Autonomous Council Heads to Polls in April 2026

Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are scheduled for April 12, 2026, with counting on April 17, 2026...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
21 Mar

Eco-Anxiety Among India's Youth: Climate Distress as a Mental Health and Policy Challenge

A documented rise in eco-anxiety among Indian youth is attracting attention from health researchers and environmental advocates, with the ph...

GS3 (Environment, GS2 (Social Environment & Ecology 6m
21 Mar

Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum: Converting Colonial Power Centres into a Cultural Landmark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum project as transforming the former seat of British colonial power — Nor...

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20 Mar

Government Orders WhatsApp to Block Device IDs Used in Digital Arrest Scams

The Ministry of Home Affairs' high-level inter-departmental committee directed WhatsApp to block all device IDs (hardware identifiers) assoc...

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20 Mar

Elephant Gestures and the Biology of Intentional Communication in Animals

A new body of research confirms that elephants engage in goal-directed, intentional gestural communication — a trait once considered uniquel...

GS3 (Science Science & Technology 4m
20 Mar

CJI Recuses from PILs Challenging Election Commissioner Appointment Law

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant recused himself from hearing PILs challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissio...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
20 Mar

NTPC Explores Imported PWR Technology for Nuclear Fleet Expansion in Talks with France, Russia, and US

NTPC Ltd is in active discussions with nuclear technology providers from France (EDF), Russia (Rosatom), and the United States (Holtec Inter...

GS3 Science & Technology 5m
20 Mar

Great Nicobar Mega-Project: Land Compensation Inequities Between Settlers and Indigenous Islanders

Inequities have emerged between ex-servicemen settler families and the original indigenous islanders (Nicobarese and Shompen) over land comp...

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20 Mar

ICAR-IVRI Breakthrough in Sahiwal Cattle Breeding Using OPU-IVF-Embryo Transfer Technology

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR-IVRI) has achieved a breakthrough in Sahiwal cattle...

GS3 Science & Technology 4m
20 Mar

CAPF Bill 2026: Parliament Moves to Override Supreme Court Order on IPS Deputation

The Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 directly responds to a May 23, 2025 Supreme Court judgment that directed...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 5m
20 Mar

India-China Border Trade via Lipulekh Pass to Resume After Six-Year Halt

Border trade between India and China via Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, is set to resume in 2026 after a six-year suspe...

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20 Mar

CAPF General Administration Bill 2026 Introduced in Rajya Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha on March 24,...

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20 Mar

India Delivers Emergency Medical Aid to Afghanistan After Pakistan's Kabul Airstrike

India delivered a 2.5-ton consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits, and equipment to Afghanistan on March 20, 2026. The...

GS2 International Relations 3m
20 Mar

New Income Tax Act Framework: Enhanced HRA Limits, Food Coupons, and Car Perquisite Relief from April 1

The Income Tax Rules 2026 notified several taxpayer relief provisions that take effect from April 1, 2026, under the new Income-tax Act 2025...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

West Asia War Fallout: Premium Petrol Raised ₹2/Litre, Bulk Diesel Up ₹22

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of premium petrol by approximately ₹2 per litre effective March 20, 2026, citing surging glo...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Iran Strikes Qatar's Ras Laffan: A Major Blow to India's LNG Supply

Iranian missile strikes caused extensive damage to Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar — the world's largest LNG export hub — cutting Qatar'...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
20 Mar

US Considers Sanctions Relief on Iranian Oil to Stabilise Prices Amid War

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the administration may unsanction Iranian oil already at sea — approximately 140 million ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Ambedkar's Mahad Satyagraha of 1927: The Watershed Moment of Dalit Assertion

The Mahad Satyagraha, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on March 20, 1927, marks its 99th anniversary — a landmark event now widely recognised as the...

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20 Mar

Kharg Island: The Strategic Oil Hub at the Centre of the Iran War

The United States is weighing a ground invasion and occupation of Kharg Island — Iran's primary oil export terminal, which handles approxima...

GS1 (Geography) GS2 (International International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Geopolitical Winners and Losers: How the Iran Conflict is Reshaping Global Energy Trade

The Iran conflict that began February 28, 2026, has triggered a major realignment of global energy flows, with Russia emerging as the primar...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Telangana's Central Tax Devolution Share Rises to 2.17% Under 16th Finance Commission

Telangana's share in Central tax devolution has been fixed at 2.174% under the 16th Finance Commission's recommendations for 2026–31, up fro...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
20 Mar

New Income Tax Act Rooted in Ethics and Trust: FM Sitharaman's Vision for Tax Administration

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the Income Tax Department on the occasion of officially notifying the Income Tax Rules 2026, a...

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20 Mar

PMO Asks Agriculture Ministry to Plan for Fertilizer and Chemical Shortage as Iran War Prolongs

India's Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to draw up contingency measures to address a potential fertilize...

GS3 GS2 International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Government Eyes Social Security Coverage for 32 Crore Unorganised and Gig Workers

The government is examining domestic and international models to design a social security scheme — including insurance cover — for an estima...

GS2 GS3 Social Issues 4m
20 Mar

Trump Labels NATO "Cowards" Over Refusal to Join Iran Strait of Hormuz Operations

US President Donald Trump publicly denounced NATO as 'COWARDS' and 'A PAPER TIGER' without the US military, after NATO member states refused...

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20 Mar

India Establishes Pilot Plant for Nd-Fe-B Rare Earth Permanent Magnets at ARCI Hyderabad

A pilot manufacturing plant for Neodymium-Iron-Boron (Nd-Fe-B) rare earth permanent magnets has been inaugurated at the International Advanc...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
20 Mar

Income Tax Rules 2026 Notified: New Compliance Regime and Digital Business Taxation from April 1

The Central government notified the Income Tax Rules, 2026, implementing the Income-tax Act, 2025; the new compliance regime comes into forc...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

India's Non-Fossil Power Capacity to Reach 786 GW: 70% of Total — by FY2036: CEA Report

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released the 20th Electric Power Survey Midterm Review projecting that India's total installed p...

GS Paper Economics 5m
20 Mar

RBI Central Board Reviews Global Headwinds: Imported Inflation, CAD, and Fiscal Risks

The Reserve Bank of India's Central Board of Directors held its 622nd meeting on March 20, 2026, in Patna, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra's ...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Eight Core Industries Index: Sector-Wise Breakdown for February 2026

The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) rose by 2.3% in February 2026 compared to February 2025, with steel and cement leading growth while...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Mahad Satyagraha's 99th Anniversary: Thousands Gather at Chavdar Tale to Honor Ambedkar's Legacy

On March 20, 2026, thousands of people gathered at the Chavdar Tale tank in Mahad (Raigad district, Maharashtra) to mark the 99th anniversar...

GS1 GS2 Modern History 5m
20 Mar

WTO Market Access Panel Adopts Outcome-Tracking Mechanism; India Flags CBAM and EU Deforestation Rule

The WTO's Committee on Market Access (CMA) adopted a new outcome-tracking mechanism on March 16–17, 2026, to record the resolution of specif...

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20 Mar

Sri Lanka's Neutrality Test: Denying Both Iran's Vessel and US Warplanes

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake confirmed that his government denied docking permission to the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena and ...

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20 Mar

Core Sector Growth Halves to 2.3% in February 2026 as Oil, Gas, Petroleum Output Contracts

The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) grew by 2.3% in February 2026 compared to February 2025 — down sharply from 4.7% growth recorded in...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Sri Lanka Refuses US Armed Warplane Access at Mattala Airport

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake publicly confirmed that Colombo refused a US request to land two armed warplanes at Mattala R...

GS2 (International International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Nano-Fertilizer Adoption and Drone-Led Agriculture: India's Precision Farming Push

The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has reported that cumulative sales of nano-fertilizers have reached 1,593.37 lakh bottles of...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Iran Asserts Missile Production Continues and Threatens Global Tourism Sites

Nearly three weeks into the Iran conflict (which began February 28, 2026), Iran's military issued threats against 'parks, recreational areas...

GS2 (International GS3 (Internal International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Supreme Court Warns of Vicarious Liability for Officials Over Illegal Sand Mining in National Chambal Sanctuary

A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, taking suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal S...

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20 Mar

Madras High Court Orders Eradication of Invasive Seemai Karuvelam from Tamil Nadu

The Madras High Court has issued fresh, comprehensive directions for the eradication of Prosopis juliflora (locally called seemai karuvelam)...

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20 Mar

MCMC Pre-Certification Mandatory as ECI Announces Five-State Assembly Election Schedule

The Election Commission of India announced the election schedule for General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puduc...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

DBT in Fertilizers Ensures Subsidy Reaches Farmers Directly, Curbs Diversion

The Government of India has highlighted the successful implementation of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Fertilizers system, which has ...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

PLI Scheme for Pharmaceuticals Surpasses Investment Targets, Strengthens Atmanirbhar Bharat

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Pharmaceuticals, approved by the Union Cabinet in February 2021, has attracted actual inves...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Power Minister Stresses Energy Security and Renewables Transition Amid Global Tensions

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, speaking at the Bharat Electricity Summit 2026, emphasised that ongoing global conflicts — particularly the We...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

MNRE Seeks Expanded Jurisdiction Under Electricity Act to Govern Grid-Connected Renewable Energy

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sought a significant redrawing of institutional boundaries, asking for primary authority...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

Income Tax Act 2025: Replacing the 1961 Law with a Simplified Direct Tax Framework

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Income Tax Act 2025, which replaces the Income Tax Act 1961, will come into effect on...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
20 Mar

ECI Mandates Pre-Certification of Political Advertisements Across All Electronic and Social Media

The Election Commission of India issued a directive making it mandatory for political parties and candidates to obtain prior certification f...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

Eight Core Industries: Month-on-Month Deceleration to 2.3% in February 2026

Production growth in India's eight core infrastructure sectors slowed to 2.3% in February 2026, down from 3.4% in January 2026 — a visible m...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

India's Firm Stance Against Iran's Disruption of Hormuz Shipping

India issued its strongest diplomatic statement against Iran at the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 36th extraordinary session, ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
20 Mar

CJI Recuses from Hearing Petitions Against 2023 Election Commissioner Appointments Law

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant recused himself from hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Chief Ele...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

India to Reopen Lipulekh Pass for China Border Trade in June After Six-Year Break

India is set to reopen the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand for border trade with China in June 2026, ending a six-year suspension that began in...

GS2 GS1 International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Rs 20,000 Crore Credit Guarantee Scheme to Ease Stress in Microfinance Sector

The government has approved a Rs 20,000 crore (₹200 billion) credit guarantee scheme for microfinance institutions (MFIs), aimed at addressi...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

PM Modi Speaks with Bahrain King: India's West Asia Diplomacy During the Iran Conflict

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa to discuss the ongoing conflict in ...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
20 Mar

IEA Advocates Work From Home, Reduced Air Travel, and Speed Limits to Counter Historic Oil Shock

The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a set of immediate demand-side oil conservation recommendations to cushion the impact of a h...

GS3 GS2 Economics 5m
20 Mar

India's Logistics Push Amid Middle East Supply Chain Disruptions

The government has intensified its focus on improving India's logistics ecosystem in response to global supply chain disruptions linked to e...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Jan Aushadhi Scheme Expansion Cuts Out-of-Pocket Medicine Costs for Crores of Indians

The government has highlighted the rapid expansion of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), which now operates nearly 18,0...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 3m
20 Mar

Core Sector Growth Eases to Three-Month Low: What It Signals for the Broader Economy

India's Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) slowed to 2.3% in February 2026 — a three-month low — down from 3.4% in January 2026, driven by...

GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

CBDT Notifies Income-tax Rules 2026: Expanded HRA Cities, Mandatory Landlord Disclosure

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) formally notified the Income-tax Rules, 2026 on March 20, 2026, to operationalise the Income Tax Ac...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
20 Mar

India Sends 2.5-Tonne Medical Aid to Kabul After Pakistani Airstrike on Rehabilitation Centre

India dispatched a 2.5-tonne consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits, and equipment to Kabul on March 20, 2026. The ai...

GS2 International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Centre Classifies Energy Data as National Security Matter, Mandates Real-Time Reporting from Oil and Gas Firms

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued the Petroleum and Natural Gas (Furnishing of Information) Order, 2026, through a gazette no...

GS3 GS2 Economics 4m
20 Mar

NITI Aayog Calls for National Job Skilling Policy to Fix India's Credential-Outcome Gap

NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani has authored a working paper titled 'Education and Skilling for Employment: From Credentials to Learning Ou...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
20 Mar

Biopharma SHAKTI: Government Launches ₹10,000 Crore Scheme to Build India's Biopharmaceutical Ecosystem

The government has announced implementation details for the Biopharma SHAKTI scheme, first proposed in Union Budget 2026–27, with a total ou...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
20 Mar

Modi Condemns Attacks on Energy Infrastructure, Intensifies Diplomatic Outreach on West Asia Crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly condemned attacks on energy infrastructure in West Asia as 'condemnable' and warned they 'can lead to ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Life Term for Mass Conversions

The Chhattisgarh Assembly passed the Chhattisgarh Dharm Swatantraya Vidheyak (Freedom of Religion Bill), 2026, introducing significantly str...

GS2 Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

West Asia Energy Infrastructure Attacks: How the Conflict Is Hitting India's Economy

Israeli strikes on Iran's South Pars gas fields triggered intense Iranian retaliation against energy infrastructure across the Gulf, includi...

GS3 (Energy GS2 (International GS1 (Geography) International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Af-Pak Open War Risks Becoming an Intractable Conflict

Commentary and strategic analysis emerging in late March 2026 warns that the Afghanistan-Pakistan military conflict — which erupted followin...

GS2 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

Afghanistan-Pakistan War: How Pakistan's Strategic Assets Became Its Greatest Threat

Following Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory beginning February 21-22, 2026 — targeting camps linked to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

Semaglutide Patent Expires in India, Opening Door for Affordable Generic Weight-Loss and Diabetes Drugs

March 20, 2026 marks the nominal expiry date of the main compound patent for semaglutide — the active molecule in blockbuster drugs Ozempic ...

GS2 (Health, GS3 (S&T: Science & Technology 6m
20 Mar

Hormuz Blockade: The Most Severe Energy Supply Disruption Since the 1970s Oil Crisis

Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026 has triggered what analysts are calling the largest disruption to ...

GS3 (Indian GS2 (International GS1 (Geography) International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Gas Shortage from West Asia War Risks Reversing India's Clean Cooking Gains

The ongoing West Asia conflict — which has effectively disrupted Strait of Hormuz transit — has created an acute LPG shortage in India, rais...

GS1 GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
20 Mar

European Nations, Japan, Canada Issue Joint Statement on Strait of Hormuz Shipping Safety

The UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada issued a joint statement on March 19, 2026, declaring readiness to contri...

GS2 International Relations 3m
20 Mar

IEA Calls for Work From Home and Reduced Air Travel to Combat Soaring Energy Prices

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report recommending a set of demand-side measures to ease oil price pressures on consumers ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy Economics 6m
20 Mar

G7-Aligned Nations Issue Joint Statement on Hormuz, Invoking UNCLOS and UNSC Resolution 2817

On March 19, 2026, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada issued a joint statement on...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Hormuz Blockade: Iran's Selective Passage: Who Is Getting Through and Who Isn't

Since Iran's effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz began on February 28, 2026, fewer than 100 commercial ships have crossed the strait ...

GS2 (International GS1 (Geography) GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
20 Mar

US Issues New 30-Day Waiver for Russian Oil, Adds Cuba and North Korea to Exceptions List

The US Treasury Department issued a new 30-day general license permitting the sale of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products, repla...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

ISRO PSLV Debris Found Near Tamil Nadu Coast, Mission Identity Unknown

Debris from an ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was discovered near the Tamil Nadu coastline. A three-member team from ISRO's Vikr...

GS3 Science & Technology 5m
20 Mar

US Hints at Easing Iran Oil Curbs: What It Means for India

The US Treasury indicated it may lift sanctions on approximately 140 million barrels of Iranian crude oil currently stranded in tankers, a m...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

Iranian Missile Hits Haifa Oil Refinery as Iran-Israel Energy War Escalates

On March 19, 2026, Iranian missiles struck the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, causing limited but confirmed damage — debris f...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
20 Mar

11 Maoists Surrender in Gadchiroli as LWE Presence Shrinks to One Subdivision

Eleven Maoist cadres surrendered before Gadchiroli police and CRPF ahead of the March 31, 2026 deadline set by Union Home Minister Amit Shah...

GS3 Internal Security 5m
20 Mar

US May Remove Sanctions on Iranian Oil Stranded in Tankers, Treasury Secretary Says

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the United States may remove sanctions on Iranian crude oil currently loaded and stranded ab...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Government's Proposal to Preload Aadhaar App on Smartphones Draws Industry and Privacy Pushback

The government's Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) privately proposed in January 2026 that companies like Apple, Samsung, and...

GS2 (Governance, GS3 (S&T: Science & Technology 5m
20 Mar

China-Taiwan Tensions: Deterrence, US Intelligence Reassessment, and Indo-Pacific Stakes

Taiwan's government issued a formal assessment declaring that China poses a 'pressing threat' and that stronger deterrence is essential to p...

GS2 International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Auto PLI Scheme: Less Than 10% Disbursed as 2028 Deadline Approaches

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Automobiles and Auto Components has disbursed less than 10% of its total ₹25,938 crore budg...

GS3 Economics 6m
20 Mar

Israel Strikes Tehran on Nowruz as Iran-Israel War Sends Energy Markets into Crisis

Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran on March 20, 2026 — the morning of Nowruz (Persian New Year), as millions of Iranians observed the spri...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Three Charged in $2.5 Billion Scheme to Smuggle US AI Chips to China via Dummy Servers

US federal prosecutors charged three men — including a senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro) — with conspiring to ...

GS3 Science & Technology 6m
20 Mar

West Asia Conflict Squeezes Tamil Nadu Textile Hubs as Input Costs Surge and Export Routes Disrupted

Textile manufacturing units in Perambalur district (Tamil Nadu) are reporting mounting financial stress as the West Asia conflict drives up ...

GS3 (Indian GS2 (International Economics 5m
20 Mar

Oil Prices Fall 2–3% as US Weighs Lifting Sanctions on Stranded Iranian Crude

Global crude oil prices fell 2–3% after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signalled that Washington may soon lift sanctions on Iranian cru...

GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
20 Mar

EU Leaders Demand Hormuz Reopening and Moratorium on Energy Infrastructure Strikes

All 27 EU heads of state, convening as the European Council in Brussels, issued a joint statement calling for the reopening of the Strait of...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Women and TB in India: How Gender Barriers Undermine the Path to Elimination

A detailed investigation into tuberculosis (TB) among women in India reveals a pattern of triple disadvantage: women with TB face deprivatio...

GS2 (Health, GS1 (Social Social Issues 5m
20 Mar

Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery Hit as Iran Escalates Strikes on Gulf Energy Infrastructure

Iran launched coordinated drone and missile attacks on energy infrastructure across multiple Gulf states, with Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi refin...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
20 Mar

Andaman Tribal Delegation Raises Great Nicobar Project Concerns, Meets Rahul Gandhi

A delegation from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, comprising members of the Tribal Council from Nicobar District and leaders of the All Ind...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 6m
20 Mar

Why Iran Is Targeting Gulf Energy Infrastructure

On March 18, 2026, Iran launched a major wave of missile and drone strikes against Gulf energy infrastructure in retaliation for an Israeli ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
20 Mar

India's Auto Boom Faces Supply Chain Strain as Iran-Israel War Chokes Gas Supplies

India's booming automotive sector — the world's third-largest car market — is facing production disruptions as the Iran-Israel war chokes na...

GS3 Economics 5m
20 Mar

Climate Change May Expand Cassava Zones but Accelerate Devastating Disease Spread Across Africa

A new peer-reviewed study mapping cassava suitability and disease risk across Africa through 2080 found that while rising temperatures may e...

GS1 (Geography, GS3 (Environment, Environment & Ecology 5m
20 Mar

Six Western Allies Signal Readiness to Help Secure Hormuz Strait Passage

Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan issued a joint statement declaring readiness 'to contribute to appropriate effor...

GS2 (International GS1 (Geography) GS3 (Energy International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Mahad Satyagraha Centenary: Why Ambedkar's 1927 Water March Shaped the Constitution

March 20, 2026 marks the centenary of the Mahad Satyagraha — the landmark civil rights protest led by B.R. Ambedkar on March 20, 1927, in Ma...

GS1 GS2 Modern History 6m
20 Mar

Japan's Takaichi Walks a Constitutional Tightrope on Hormuz as Trump Presses for Action

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 19, 2026, seeking to reaffirm the US-J...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
20 Mar

India Maps Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in Pharma, Textiles, and Fertilizers Amid West Asia War

India has begun systematically mapping supply chain gaps in critical sectors — pharmaceuticals, textiles, and fertilizers — triggered by the...

GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
20 Mar

Income Tax Rules 2026 Notified: New Framework Under the Income-Tax Act, 2025

The government has officially notified the Income Tax Rules, 2026, which will govern the implementation of the Income-Tax Act, 2025 — the le...

GS3 Economics 6m
20 Mar

Russia Pushes for Direct Rupee-Ruble Market and Capital Account Integration with India

Sergey Glazyev, State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, addressed the Russian-Indian Forum 'From the Volga to the Ganges' ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian International Relations 4m
20 Mar

Masi Magam: Irular Community Reconnects with Roots on Mamallapuram's Shores

Thousands of Irular tribal community members gathered on the seashores of Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu to celebrate Masi Magam...

GS1 Art & Culture 6m
20 Mar

Rupee Slides to All-Time Low of 93.49 Against Dollar as War, Crude Shock, and FII Flight Converge

The Indian rupee fell to an all-time low of 93.49 against the US dollar on March 20, 2026 — down 60 paise in intraday trading — breaching th...

GS3 (Indian Economics 6m
20 Mar

Drugs Worth ₹23 Crore Seized in Mizoram's Champhai as Golden Triangle Trafficking Intensifies

Security forces seized drugs worth over ₹23 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district, a recurring hotspot for narcotics trafficking from Myanmar...

GS3 Internal Security 6m
20 Mar

DGCA Directs Airlines to Avoid Nine Middle East Airspaces Amid Escalating West Asia Conflict

India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a safety advisory directing all Indian airlines to avoid the airspaces of nine c...

GS2 (International GS3 (Infrastructure: International Relations 4m
20 Mar

War Reaches Kerala's Doorsteps: LPG Crisis Disrupts Households and Livelihoods

The West Asia war's disruption of LPG supply routes through the Strait of Hormuz has translated into an acute cooking gas shortage in Kerala...

GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
20 Mar

Gautam Gambhir Moves Delhi High Court Against AI Deepfakes, Seeks Personality Rights Protection

Cricket coach and public figure Gautam Gambhir has filed a civil suit before the Delhi High Court seeking comprehensive protection of his pe...

GS2 (Governance, GS3 (S&T: Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

TMC Moves Calcutta HC Against ECI's Transfer of IAS and IPS Officers for West Bengal Polls

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament has moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) mass ...

GS2 Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Protests Over Rollback of Self-Identification Rights

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha, triggering widespread protests from tran...

GS2 Polity & Governance 6m
20 Mar

Cooking Gas Crisis Spreads Across Telangana as West Asia War Disrupts LPG Supply

A severe LPG (cooking gas) shortage has taken hold across Telangana, with households, restaurants, and small businesses struggling to secure...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
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19 Mar

Trump and Netanyahu Split on South Pars Gas Field Strike, Raising Doubts About US-Israel War Coordination

A significant public rift emerged between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's decision to ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 6m
19 Mar

UAE Dismantles Iran-Hezbollah Terrorist Network Operating Under Commercial Cover

The UAE's State Security Apparatus (SSA) dismantled a terrorist network funded and directed by Iran and Hezbollah, arresting all its members...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
19 Mar

IMO Calls for Humanitarian Maritime Corridor in Gulf Amid Hormuz Blockade

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN's specialised shipping agency, convened an extraordinary two-day session of its Counci...

GS2 (International GS1 (Geography) International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Global Terrorism Index 2026: Map Controversy Shows Jammu as Part of China

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2026 report, published by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on March 19, 2026, dr...

GS2 (International GS3 (Internal International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Indigenous Drone Ecosystem Essential for Strategic Autonomy: Rajnath Singh at National Defence Industries Conclave 2026

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, inaugurating the two-day National Defence Industries Conclave 2026 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi (organised...

GS3 (Internal Internal Security 4m
19 Mar

US States Sue EPA Over Trump's Revocation of Climate Endangerment Finding

Twenty-four US states, 10 cities, and five counties filed a legal petition on March 19, 2026 in the US Court of Appeals for the District of ...

GS3 (Environment) GS2 (International Environment & Ecology 5m
19 Mar

India Classifies Energy Data as National Security Matter, Mandates Real-Time Disclosure from Oil and Gas Sector

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a gazette notification on March 18, 2026 — the Petroleum and Natural Gas (Furnishing of Inf...

GS2 (Governance) GS3 (Economy, Polity & Governance 4m
19 Mar

AI-Powered Tax Governance in India: Gains and Governance Gaps

India's tax administration has increasingly deployed Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools to detect anomalies, improve co...

GS2 (Governance, GS3 (Science Science & Technology 5m
19 Mar

India's FTA Negotiations with GCC and Israel Delayed by West Asia Conflict

India's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been pushed to the second half of 2026 due to o...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy) International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Government Expands Compressed Biogas Integration into National Gas Pipeline Network

The Government of India has expanded a scheme to enable the injection of Compressed Biogas (CBG) into the national natural gas pipeline (NGP...

GS3 (Energy/Environment/Economy) Economics 6m
19 Mar

EU Lawmakers Advance US Trade Deal Despite Concerns Over One-Sided Tariff Terms

The European Parliament's trade committee voted 29 in favour on March 19, 2026 to advance the EU-US trade deal (the 'Turnberry deal'), pavin...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy, International Relations 5m
19 Mar

24 States and UTs Budget for New Rural Employment Scheme to Replace MGNREGA

Twenty-four states and Union Territories have set aside funds in their FY2026–27 state budgets for the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar an...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Economy/Rural Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Modi, Jaishankar Intensify Diplomacy as West Asia Energy Infrastructure Under Attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held calls with at least six world leaders within a 24-hour period, including French President Emmanuel Macron,...

GS2 (International International Relations 6m
19 Mar

Supreme Court Nine-Judge Bench Reserves Verdict on Scope of 'Industry' Under Labour Law

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, reserved its verdict on March 19, 2026, afte...

GS2 (Polity, Polity & Governance 6m
19 Mar

Chhattisgarh Passes Stricter Anti-Conversion Law with Life Imprisonment Provision

The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, replacing earlier anti-conversion legislation ...

GS2 (Polity/Governance/Fundamental Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Tamil Nadu Assembly's Sitting Days Fell to 32 Per Year in 16th Term: The Lowest Since 1952: PRS Study

A study by PRS Legislative Research reveals that the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly's 16th term (2021-2026) recorded the lowest sitting day...

GS2 (Polity, Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

India's Trade Diplomacy: UK FTA Near Implementation, Israel-GCC Talks Stall, EU Pact on Track

The India–UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed in July 2025 after three years of negotiations, is on track for implementation by early May ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy/Trade) International Relations 5m
19 Mar

US Fast-Tracks $16.5 Billion Arms Sales to Gulf States, Bypassing Congress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked an emergency waiver under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), declaring that an 'emergency exists ...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India–Myanmar Border Fencing Under Scrutiny After Arrest of Seven Foreigners

Seven foreigners — six Ukrainians and one US citizen — were arrested in India on the night of March 13 for illegally crossing into Myanmar f...

GS2 (International GS3 (Internal Internal Security 5m
19 Mar

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Oil Geopolitics and India's Energy Security

The ongoing US-Israel war against Iran (initiated February 28, 2026, under Operation Epic Fury) has effectively disrupted transit through th...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 6m
19 Mar

India to Champion WTO Reform and Multilateral Trade at MC14 in Cameroon

Ahead of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), Indian officials have outlined India's overarc...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy) International Relations 5m
19 Mar

Iran Signals More Indian Ships May Pass Through Hormuz Strait

Maritime data company Lloyd's List Intelligence reported that nine Indian-owned or Indian-linked ships have exited through Iran's permitted ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy/Energy International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India's Diplomatic Blitz on West Asia Crisis: Modi Calls Five Leaders, Condemns Energy Infrastructure Attacks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate telephonic conversations with five world leaders — the Amir of Qatar, French President Emmanuel M...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India Launches ₹497 Crore RELIEF Scheme to Shield Exporters from West Asia Conflict

The central government unveiled the RELIEF scheme — Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation — with a total financial o...

GS3 (Economy, Economics 5m
19 Mar

India Prioritises Food Security and Agricultural Safeguards at WTO MC14

At the upcoming 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), India has placed food security and agricult...

GS2 (International GS3 (Agriculture, Economics 5m
19 Mar

Railways Minister Announces Border Rail Push Along India-Pakistan Frontier for Strategic Defence Readiness

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a major push to build railway infrastructure along the India-Pakistan border to enhance militar...

GS Paper Internal Security 4m
19 Mar

How the RELIEF Scheme Works: Three-Component Framework for Exporters Hit by West Asia Disruption

The Government of India launched the Rs 497 crore Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) scheme to provide t...

GS Paper Economics 7m
19 Mar

Brent Tops $114 as Strait of Hormuz Stays Closed; India's Petrol and Diesel Prices Hold

Brent crude oil prices crossed $114 per barrel on March 19, 2026, briefly touching $119 after Iranian forces struck Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG c...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
19 Mar

AI and Data Centres Could Add 30 GW to India's Peak Power Demand

A new analysis projects that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence workloads and data centres could increase India's peak electrici...

GS Paper Science & Technology 4m
19 Mar

Why India Had to Act: The Policy Case for the RELIEF Scheme for Exporters

The Government of India launched the Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) scheme with a financial outlay o...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 6m
19 Mar

India to Extend Myanmar Pulse Import Deal by 5 Years to Secure Domestic Dal Supplies

India is set to extend its bilateral pulse import deal with Myanmar for an additional five years, securing guaranteed supplies of pigeon pea...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

Chhattisgarh Puts Number of Tribals Displaced by Maoist Violence at 31,098 After Two-Decade Wait

Two decades after the displacement of tribal communities from Bastar division due to Maoist violence, the Chhattisgarh government has offici...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 4m
19 Mar

India Must Work in Mission Mode to Become Global Hub of Indigenous Drone Manufacturing: Defence Minister

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the National Defence Industries Conclave 2026, calling for India to work in mission mode to become ...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
19 Mar

Why South Pars and Ras Laffan Strikes Compound India's Energy Security Worries

Israel struck Iran's South Pars gas field — the world's largest natural gas reserve — in a major military escalation in the Iran-Israel conf...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Punjab Demands Rs 1.44 Lakh Crore from Rajasthan for 66 Years of Unpaid Water Dues

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced that the state government will formally claim Rs 1.44 lakh crore from Rajasthan for wate...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 6m
19 Mar

CSIR-NCL's DME Technology: India's Indigenous Answer to LPG Import Dependence

The West Asia crisis has revived attention on Dimethyl Ether (DME) — an indigenous alternative cooking fuel developed by CSIR-National Chemi...

GS Paper Science & Technology 4m
19 Mar

Qatar Attacks Threaten India's LNG Supply; Officials Cite Diversified Sources as Buffer

Iranian forces struck Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world's largest LNG export complex — as part of retaliatory strikes following...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Jammu and Kashmir Scales Up e-NAM Interstate Agricultural Trade

Jammu and Kashmir significantly expanded its participation in the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform, recording a rise in intersta...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad to Deploy E-Buses Under PM E-DRIVE with ₹4,391 Crore Allocation

The cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, and Hyderabad moved to operational readiness for electric bus deployment under the PM E-DRIVE (Electric Driv...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

India's FTA Roadmap: UK by May 1, EU by November; GCC and Israel Talks in Slow Lane

A senior Indian government official confirmed that India aims to implement the India-UK Free Trade Agreement by May 1, 2026, and have the In...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

West Asia Crisis Delays India's FTA Talks with GCC and Israel; UK and EU FTAs Remain on Track

The ongoing Iran-Israel conflict has directly disrupted India's trade negotiation calendar with both the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Government Launches ₹497 Crore RELIEF Scheme to Protect Exporters from West Asia Logistics Crisis

The Government of India unveiled the RELIEF scheme — Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export promotion — a ₹497 crore insurance and...

GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

Storage Falls Below 50% Capacity in 40% of India's Key Reservoirs Amid Widespread Rainfall Deficit

According to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) weekly bulletin, total water storage across 166 major monitored reservoirs in India stands...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 5m
19 Mar

India Upgrades LPG Supply Risk to 'Matter of Concern' Amid West Asia Conflict

India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal formally described the LPG supply situation as a 'matter of concern' — a d...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Demand Renewed for Scheduled Caste Status for Dalit Christians in Andhra Pradesh

Dalit Christian organisations and leaders in Andhra Pradesh have renewed the demand for Scheduled Caste (SC) status for Dalit converts to Ch...

GS Paper GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Dindu the Slender Loris Named Dindigul District's Election Mascot, Spotlighting India's First Loris Sanctuary

The Dindigul district administration in Tamil Nadu has unveiled 'Dindu' — an animated slender loris character — as the official mascot for t...

GS Paper Environment & Ecology 5m
19 Mar

India Launches ₹497 Crore RELIEF Scheme to Cushion Exporters from West Asia Maritime Crisis

The government launched the ₹497 crore RELIEF (Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) scheme under the Export Promot...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

India's Power Capacity to Double to 1,121 GW by 2035-36, Solar to Become Backbone: CEA Survey

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) released the Midterm Review of the 20th Electric Power Survey on March 19, 2026, projecting India's ...

GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

NASA Rolls Out Artemis II Moon Rocket: First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years

NASA began rolling out the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Flori...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
19 Mar

WTO Projects World Trade Slowdown to 1.4–1.9% as West Asia Crisis Chokes Fertiliser Supplies

The World Trade Organization released a report projecting global merchandise trade growth will slow sharply to 1.9% in 2026 — down from 4.6%...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India Launches DISC-14 and ADITI-4 Challenges, Sets 2030 Drone Manufacturing Hub Target

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for a mission-mode push to make India a global hub of indigenous drone manufacturing by 2030, emphasis...

GS Paper Science & Technology 4m
19 Mar

India at WTO MC14: Firm on Food Security, Flexible on Selected Trade Issues

India is holding firm on its core positions ahead of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), scheduled for March 26–29, 2026, in Yaounde...

GS2 (International GS3 (Agriculture, International Relations 5m
19 Mar

Saudi Arabia Hosts Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit as Iran War Escalates Across Gulf

Saudi Arabia convened an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic nations in Riyadh on March 19, 2026, as the US-Israel ...

GS Paper International Relations 5m
19 Mar

Tribal Finance Body Received Only 2% of Funds Sought; Defunct in 6 States, Finds Parliamentary Panel

A parliamentary panel has found that the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) received just ₹15 crore of t...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
19 Mar

India Explores Undersea Power Grid Link with Sri Lanka to Advance Cross-Border Energy Trade

Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, during discussions with Sri Lankan counterparts on March 19, 2026, announced that India is actively expl...

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19 Mar

Pakistan Joins Riyadh Bloc in Condemning Iran, Testing Its Strategic Mutual Defence Pact with Saudi Arabia

Pakistan formally joined a Saudi Arabia-led coalition condemning Iranian retaliatory strikes on Gulf targets, positioning itself alongside t...

GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Taiwan Firmly Rejects China's Energy-Linked Reunification Offer as LNG Disruption Bites

China made a formal offer to Taiwan linking energy security guarantees to political reunification — proposing stable LNG supply under 'peace...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

India's Triple Economic Threat from the West Asia Crisis

A report by ASK Wealth Advisors has warned that India faces a 'triple threat' from the ongoing West Asia conflict: soaring energy costs, dec...

GS2 (International GS3 (Economy) Economics 5m
19 Mar

RBI Assesses How Russian Entities Can Deploy Accumulated Rupee Reserves in Indian Markets

The Reserve Bank of India is in active assessment mode regarding how Russian entities — businesses, state companies, and banks — can product...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

Hapag-Lloyd Incurs $50 Million Extra Weekly Costs; Signs India Investment Pact

Hapag-Lloyd, the world's fifth-largest container shipping company, disclosed it is incurring approximately $50 million in extra costs per we...

GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Congress Opposes VBSA Bill, Calls It an Assault on Federal Structure and Academic Autonomy

Congress has formally opposed the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, which proposes to replace the University Grants Commis...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
19 Mar

Ukraine Protests NIA Terror Arrest of Six Nationals, Cites Denial of Consular Access

Six Ukrainian nationals were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 13, 2026, along with one American citizen, on char...

GS Paper International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India Calls Attacks on Gulf Energy Infrastructure "Unacceptable", Signals Diplomatic Shift

India issued a formal diplomatic statement calling attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure across West Asia 'deeply disturbing' and 'u...

GS Paper International Relations 4m
19 Mar

Climate Action to Limit 2°C Warming Could Prevent 13.5 Million Air Pollution Deaths by 2050

A new study published in The Lancet Global Health found that climate action limiting global warming to 2°C could prevent over 13.5 million p...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 5m
19 Mar

India Needs $2.2 Trillion Power Sector Investment Over 20 Years, Says Power Secretary

Union Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal stated that India will require approximately $2.2 trillion in power sector investment over the next two...

GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

Anti-Establishment X Accounts Withheld in India as Government Takedown Orders Mount

Multiple X (formerly Twitter) accounts with anti-establishment content — including parody handles, accounts criticising government policy, a...

GS2 (Governance, Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Rising CO2 Causing Oxygen Depletion in Mangrove Waters, Threatening Fish Nurseries Globally

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union) has found that rising atmospheric CO2 is simultaneously lower...

GS Paper Environment & Ecology 5m
19 Mar

Jal Jeevan Mission Faces Long-Term Threat from Unsustainable Water Sources, Says Parliamentary Panel

A parliamentary standing committee has flagged a critical structural flaw in Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM): taps have been installed across milli...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
19 Mar

India Diversifies Fertilizer Sourcing Toward Russia, Belarus, and Morocco Amid Supply Chain Stress

India is in active negotiations with Russia, Belarus, and Morocco to boost imports of key fertilizers — primarily urea (nitrogenous) and DAP...

GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

India-UK FTA Set for May, EU FTA by Year-End Amid West Asia Trade Disruptions

India's Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom is expected to be implemented by early May 2026, following completion of parliamentary ...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

Chhattisgarh Tables Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 to Curb Forced Conversions

The Chhattisgarh state government, led by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, introduced the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (also re...

GS2 (Polity, Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Ukraine Denies Anti-India Conspiracy, Accuses Russia of Driving a Wedge

Ukraine's government officially rejected allegations that the Ukrainian state was involved in any conspiracy against India's internal securi...

GS2 (International International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India Eyes Russian LPG as West Asia Conflict Disrupts Strait of Hormuz Supply

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that India is exploring the option of procuring Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Russ...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy International Relations 5m
19 Mar

Three Weeks, Three Challenges: India's Diplomatic, Economic, and Humanitarian Battles as Middle East Explodes

Three weeks into Operation Epic Fury — the US-Israel joint military operation against Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure launched in...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
19 Mar

India's Triple Threat from West Asia Crisis: Energy, Remittances, and Migration

A report by ASK Wealth Advisors has highlighted India's 'triple threat' vulnerability from the ongoing West Asia crisis: rising energy impor...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

RBI Working to Create Avenues for Russian Trade Partners to Deploy Accumulated Rupees

At the Russia-India Business Forum in Mumbai on March 19, 2026, N. Senthil Kumar, Chief General Manager of the RBI's Foreign Exchange Depart...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

RELIEF Scheme Design and Exporter Ground Realities Amid West Asia Trade Disruptions

Exporters across sectors described a 'sense of worry' as the West Asia shipping crisis — centred on the near-blockade of the Strait of Hormu...

GS Paper Economics 4m
19 Mar

NITI Aayog Lays Out Roadmap for India to Become Global Sports Goods Manufacturing Hub

NITI Aayog released a comprehensive report — 'Realising the Export Potential of India's Sports Equipment Manufacturing Sector' — proposing a...

GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

Farmers Demand Agricultural and Dairy Carve-Out in India-US Trade Deal, Cite MSP and Swaminathan Commission

Farmers' organisations have rallied against key components of the proposed India-US trade agreement, demanding a formal legal carve-out that...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

NIA Seizes Phones of 7 Foreign Nationals in Alleged Anti-India Conspiracy

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainians and one American — on charges of alleged conspirac...

GS3 (Internal Internal Security 4m
19 Mar

WTO Warns Global Trade Growth to Slow to 1.4–1.9% in 2026 as Middle East Conflict Weighs

The World Trade Organization (WTO) released an updated Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report on March 19, 2026, forecasting global merc...

GS3 (Economy, GS2 (International Economics 5m
19 Mar

WTO's MC14 in Cameroon: Five Key Issues and India's Role

The WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) is scheduled to be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from March 26–29, 2026, bringing together trade mi...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

India Recommends Anti-Dumping Duty on Chinese Chemical Used in Pharmaceutical Industry

India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on a Chinese chemical used in the pharm...

GS3 (Economy, Economics 5m
19 Mar

RELIEF Scheme: India Launches ₹497 Crore Export Support to Cushion West Asia Conflict Impact

The Government of India launched the RELIEF (Resilience and Logistic Intervention for Export promotion) scheme with a total financial outlay...

GS3 (Economy, GS2 (Government Economics 6m
19 Mar

India Climbs to 116th in World Happiness Report 2026; Finland Tops for Ninth Year

The World Happiness Report 2026 has ranked India at 116th out of 147 countries, with a life evaluation score of 4.536 on a scale of 0–10. Th...

GS Paper GS Paper Social Issues 4m
19 Mar

West Asia Shipping Crisis Forces Government to Create Inter-Ministerial Export Task Force

The government constituted an inter-ministerial group to coordinate India's response to the export disruptions caused by the 2026 West Asia ...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
19 Mar

Congress Calls Higher Education Bill Unconstitutional, Raises Seven Concerns Over Federal Structure

Congress has formally raised seven 'serious concerns' about the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, labelling it violative o...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Supreme Court Flags Mamata Banerjee's Interference in ED Raids as "Very Unusual," Seeks Remedy

On March 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of India expressed strong concern over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's personal interventi...

GS2 (Polity, Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Odisha's Doorstep Survey: 33 Questions to Map Socio-Economic Conditions of Residents

The Odisha state government conducted a comprehensive doorstep survey of residents covering 33 questions on a wide range of socio-economic i...

GS2 (Governance, Polity & Governance 5m
19 Mar

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026: A Setback to Self-Identification Rights

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, proposing significant...

GS1 GS2 Social Issues 6m
19 Mar

Supreme Court Strikes Down 3-Month Age Cap on Maternity Leave for Adoptive Mothers

On March 17, 2026, the Supreme Court struck down Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (as amended in 2017), which restricted 12 w...

GS1 GS2 Polity & Governance 6m
19 Mar

Strait of Hormuz: Iran's Permission-Based Transit System Reshapes Global Shipping

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been squeezed to a trickle since the US-Israel military campaign against Iran began on Feb...

GS1 (Geography) GS2 (International International Relations 4m
19 Mar

CSIR-NGRI and SRI Sign MoU to Advance Geothermal Energy Exploration and Pilot Plants in India

The CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Shri Ram In...

GS3 (Science Science & Technology 4m
19 Mar

Can Temples Be Classified as 'Industry'? Tamil Nadu HR&CE Board Raises Objection Before SC

The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Board raised a pointed objection before the Supreme Court: How can temples ...

GS2 Polity & Governance 6m
19 Mar

Foreign Mercenaries Used Mizoram as Transit Corridor for Myanmar Armed Groups: A Recurring Pattern

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven foreign nationals on March 13, 2026 — including American citizen Matthew VanDyke ...

GS3 (Internal GS2 (India's Internal Security 5m
19 Mar

World Happiness Report 2026: Finland Tops for Ninth Year, India at 116th

The World Happiness Report 2026 ranked Finland as the world's happiest country for the ninth consecutive year, with a Cantril ladder score o...

GS2 Social Issues 4m
19 Mar

Panini's Ashtadhyayi: A 2,500-Year-Old Grammar Problem Finally Solved

A book titled Panini's Perfect Rule: A Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem in Sanskrit Grammar by Rishi Rajpopat has been published, docum...

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19 Mar

India's Corn Exports May Gain Opportunity from Iran War and Global Market Disruptions

Experts project India could export approximately 6.5 million tonnes of maize (corn) in the current marketing year (ending September 2026), w...

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19 Mar

US Annual Threat Assessment: India-Pakistan Nuclear Risk Persists

The U.S. Intelligence Community's Annual Threat Assessment, presented to the U.S. Senate, warned that the risk of nuclear conflict between I...

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19 Mar

Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Suspended as Iran War Diverts US Attention and Resources

The Russia-Ukraine peace talks — a trilateral process involving the US, Russia, and Ukraine — have been put on pause, according to Russia's ...

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19 Mar

India's Educational Boom Has Not Translated into Jobs for Young Graduates

A major research report — the Azim Premji University's State of Working India 2026 — finds that while India's youth workforce is becoming si...

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19 Mar

IEA Report Calls for Urgent Reduction in Critical Mineral Demand and Sustainable Supply Chains

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report stressing the urgent need to reduce the demand for critical minerals and prioritise ...

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19 Mar

Guillotine in Parliament: How Budget Demands for Grants Are Fast-Tracked

The Lok Sabha applied the 'guillotine' during the 2025 Budget Session to pass all remaining Demands for Grants in a single vote, fast-tracki...

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19 Mar

Global Markets Tumble as Israel Strikes South Pars Gas Field, Iran Retaliates Across Gulf

Israel conducted an air raid on March 18, 2026 targeting treatment facilities at Asaluyeh, the onshore processing hub for the South Pars gas...

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19 Mar

Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Constitutional Concerns Over Rollback of Self-Identity Rights

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 has been introduced in Parliament, proposing significant changes to the ...

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19 Mar

Iran-Israel War Escalates: Attacks on Gulf Energy Infrastructure Disrupt Global Energy Supply

The US-Israel conflict with Iran, which began on February 28, 2026 (Operation Epic Fury), entered a dangerous new phase on March 18–19 as Is...

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19 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Flags Trump Tariff Impact on India-US Trade

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has warned that the enhanced U.S. tariff regime is likely to have a 'significant impact' on I...

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19 Mar

U.S. Military Reinforcements and the Evolving West Asia Conflict

The U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran, codenamed Operation Epic Fury, launched on February 28, 2026, has crossed its third week wit...

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19 Mar

Europe Refuses to Join US-Led Iran War: Transatlantic Fault Lines Deepen

Major European NATO allies — including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Greece — publicly rejected President Trump's call to ...

GS2 International Relations 4m
19 Mar

RBI Reassures Markets as HDFC Bank Navigates Chairman Transition

Following the abrupt resignation of Part-Time Chairman Atanu Chakraborty from HDFC Bank — citing ethics concerns — the RBI issued a formal s...

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19 Mar

Global Oil Prices Surge as Iran-Qatar Energy Hubs Come Under Attack

Crude oil prices surged over 4% following attacks on Iran's South Pars gas field and Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG hub, raising fears of a wider en...

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19 Mar

Cardless Cash Withdrawals via UPI QR: RNFI and Jio Payments Bank Expand Financial Access

RNFI Services Limited (operating through its fintech platform Relipay) announced a nationwide rollout of UPI QR-based cardless cash withdraw...

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19 Mar

US Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions to Counter Iran-Driven Supply Shock

The U.S. Treasury issued a broad authorization allowing Venezuela's state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), to sell Venezuel...

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19 Mar

Trump Distances US from South Pars Strike, Warns Iran on Qatar

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly stated that Israel acted alone in striking Iran's South Pars gas field, distancing the U.S. from the at...

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19 Mar

Maharashtra's Sugarcane Leopards and the Vantara Transfer: A Conservation Controversy

Maharashtra's Forest Department signed an agreement with Vantara — a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facility run by the Reliance Foundat...

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19 Mar

Israel's Transformed Security Doctrine: Buffer Zones, Preemption, and a Reshaped Middle East

An analysis published in The Hindu argues that Israel's tolerance for persistent security threats on its borders has fundamentally changed f...

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19 Mar

Iran's Strikes on Gulf Energy Infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

Following Israeli strikes on Iran's South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, Iran launched retaliatory attacks on energy infrastructure acr...

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19 Mar

World Happiness Report 2026: India Ranks 116th as Social Media's Toll on Youth Happiness Highlighted

The World Happiness Report 2026 ranked India 116th out of approximately 143 countries, an improvement of two places from 118th in 2025 and u...

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19 Mar

Operation Sindhu and the Indian Diaspora in the West Asia War Zone

As of mid-March 2026, approximately 1,000 Indian nationals remain in Iran amid the ongoing 2026 Iran-Israel war, with evacuation efforts con...

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19 Mar

Attacks on Hospitals in War Zones: International Law and Accountability Gaps

Attacks on medical facilities in active conflict zones are surging, with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) recording 1,348 attacks on health fa...

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19 Mar

India at WTO: The Push to Reduce Cross-Border Remittance Costs

India is leading a proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to reduce the cost of cross-border remittances, which currently average 6....

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19 Mar

West Asia War and the Global Gas Crisis: Strait of Hormuz, LNG Supply, and India's Energy Exposure

The ongoing West Asia war has created a severe disruption to global LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply chains, with analysts warning of a po...

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19 Mar

India-Russia Free Trade Talks and De-Dollarisation Push

At the 'From the Volga to the Ganges' Russian-Indian Forum organised by the National Stock Exchange (NSE), senior Russian official Sergey Gl...

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19 Mar

Tamil Nadu Emerges as India's Top Textile Exporter, Surpassing Gujarat and Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu has become India's top textile-exporting state for FY 2024-25, recording shipments worth $7.997 billion — surpassing Gujarat ($5....

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19 Mar

RBI Approves Transition Arrangement After HDFC Bank Chairman's Resignation

Atanu Chakraborty resigned as Part-Time Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank with immediate effect, citing that 'cer...

GS3 Economics 4m
19 Mar

SEBI Settlement Scheme: How Regulators Resolve Securities Violations Without Trial

SEBI issued a settlement order resolving applications filed by noticees (parties who had received regulatory notices) in connection with sec...

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Lok Sabha Passes Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2026-27 Under Guillotine

The Lok Sabha cleared the Demands for Grants for various ministries in respect of Union Budget 2026-27, with Speaker Om Birla applying the g...

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18 Mar

Can the ED Claim a Fundamental Right to Probe? West Bengal Challenges Federal Structure at SC

The West Bengal government argued before the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) — as a department of the Central Government...

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18 Mar

US National Debt Crosses $39 Trillion Amid Escalating Iran War Costs

The United States national debt crossed a record $39 trillion in mid-March 2026, with analysts attributing part of the acceleration to milit...

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18 Mar

US Intelligence Assesses Iran's Regime Intact Amid Ongoing War

A senior U.S. intelligence official stated publicly that Iran's governing regime remains structurally intact despite three weeks of sustaine...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Approves ₹33,660 Crore BHAVYA Scheme to Develop 100 Plug-and-Play Industrial Parks

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA) with a total outlay of ₹33,660...

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18 Mar

QatarEnergy's Ras Laffan Hit: Missile Strike on World's Largest LNG Hub

Iran launched five ballistic missiles at Qatar; four were intercepted by air defences, but one struck Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world...

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18 Mar

US Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady as Iran War Raises Stagflation Fears

The US Federal Reserve voted to hold its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5%–3.75% for the second consecutive meeting, citing 'un...

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18 Mar

Maharashtra Passes Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Becomes 13th State with Anti-Conversion Law

The Maharashtra Legislature cleared the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, making Maharashtra the 13th state in India to enact legi...

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18 Mar

India Weighs Joining European Sixth-Generation Fighter Programmes FCAS or GCAP

India is actively weighing the option of joining one of two European sixth-generation fighter jet programmes: France-Germany-Spain's Future ...

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18 Mar

India's Gulf Diplomacy: Modi–Kuwait Call Underscores Hormuz Navigation Priority

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah a...

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18 Mar

Pakistan's Long-Range Ballistic Missiles Could Potentially Target US: Tulsi Gabbard

US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment to the Senate Intelligence Committee,...

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18 Mar

Syria's Plan to Eliminate Assad's Chemical Weapons: OPCW, CWC, and the Road to Disarmament

Syria's new government, under President Ahmed al-Sharaa (post-Assad, since December 2024), unveiled a plan — supported by Washington — to sy...

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18 Mar

Second Edition of IOS SAGAR Boosts Maritime Cooperation in Indian Ocean Region

The second edition of the Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR initiative commenced on March 16, 2026, reaffirming India's commitment to collaborat...

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18 Mar

2-3 Drones Sighted at India's Border Every Day: Parliamentary Panel Report

A parliamentary standing committee report, drawing on Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) data, reveals that 2-3 drones are sighted along India's...

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18 Mar

Russia's Aqua Titan Makes U-Turn to India: Dark Fleet, Sanctions, and the Oil Trade Reshuffle

The Russian Aframax tanker Aqua Titan, originally carrying 7.7 lakh barrels of Urals crude and headed to the Chinese port of Rizhao, reverse...

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18 Mar

India's Energy Security at Risk: 22 Ships on Hormuz Evacuation List

India has 22 ships stranded on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz, carrying over 5 lakh tonnes of LNG and LPG and 16.76 lakh tonnes of...

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18 Mar

Iran Retaliates Against Gulf Energy Sites After Strike on South Pars Gas Field

Israel, in coordination with the United States, struck Iran's South Pars gas field — the world's largest natural gas field — targeting Phase...

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18 Mar

Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Revisits Definition of 'Industry': Temples, Hospitals, Charities Under Scrutiny

A nine-judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant commenced hearing on March 17, 2026, and concluded...

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18 Mar

India and Vietnam Move Toward Tribal Affairs Cooperation Agreement

India's Tribal Affairs Minister met his Vietnamese counterpart to discuss a draft Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) focused on tribal and indi...

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18 Mar

China's Strategic Calculus: Lessons Drawn from the US-Iran War for the Indo-Pacific

China's military and strategic community have been studying the US-Israel campaign against Iran as a live-fire laboratory, scrutinising Amer...

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18 Mar

HAL's Order Book: 34 Dhruv, 180 Tejas Mk1A, 156 Prachand Helicopters

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) informed a parliamentary standing committee on defence that it holds current orders for 34 Dhruv advance...

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18 Mar

Lok Sabha Clears ₹53 Lakh Crore in Spending via Guillotine; PLI Solar Disbursements Pending; Uranium Mining Projects Advance

Lok Sabha passed the Demands for Grants for all ministries totalling over ₹53 lakh crore for Union Budget 2026-27 using the guillotine proce...

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18 Mar

India Extends Domestic Sourcing Mandate to Solar Wafers and Ingots, Effective June 2028

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) framework to include solar...

GS3 Economics 5m
18 Mar

El Niño Forecast for 2026: Rising Temperatures and Erratic Monsoon Risk for India

The APEC Climate Centre (APCC) has warned that a drought-inducing El Niño is likely to emerge around July 2026, coinciding with the middle o...

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18 Mar

BHAVYA Scheme: Cabinet Approves ₹33,660 Crore for 100 Plug-and-Play Industrial Parks

The Union Cabinet approved the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA), allocating ₹33,660 crore to develop 100 plug-and-play industrial parks ...

GS3 Economics 4m
18 Mar

Indian-Flagged Vessels Stranded in Strait of Hormuz: Over 1.7 MMT of Energy Cargo at Risk

Official data confirmed that 22 Indian-flagged vessels are stranded on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz, collectively carrying over ...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Approves ₹1,718 Crore MSP Support to Cotton Corporation of India for Cotton Season 2023–24

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved MSP (Minimum Support Price) funding of ₹...

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18 Mar

India Offers States 10% Extra Commercial LPG Amid Hormuz-Driven Supply Crunch

Facing a domestic LPG supply crunch caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure, the Indian government has offered states a 10% additional alloca...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Approves ₹2,584 Crore Small Hydro Power Development Scheme for FY 2026–31

The Union Cabinet approved the Small Hydro Power (SHP) Development Scheme for FY 2026-27 to 2030-31 with a central outlay of ₹2,584.60 crore...

GS3 Economics 4m
18 Mar

India Holds Firm on Food Stockholding at WTO as Yaounde Draft Sidesteps Core Issues

Ahead of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon (March 26-29, 2026), a draft text on agriculture has sidestepped In...

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18 Mar

Indian Tanker Jag Laadki Reaches Mundra with UAE Crude Amid Hormuz Tensions

The Indian-flagged crude oil tanker MT Jag Laadki docked at Adani Ports Mundra (Gujarat) on March 18, 2026, carrying 80,886 metric tonnes of...

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18 Mar

Large Hadron Collider Discovers Xi-cc-plus: A New Doubly-Charmed Baryon

The LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) experiment at CERN has discovered a new subatomic particle named 'Xi-cc-plus' (Ξcc+), making it the ...

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18 Mar

Fuel, Fertilizer, and Food: How the Iran Conflict Ripples Into India's Economy

The ongoing West Asia conflict, triggered by US-Israeli strikes against Iran from late February 2026, has disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, th...

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18 Mar

India's Semiconductor Market Projected to Reach $300 Billion by 2035: Deloitte Report

A Deloitte report titled 'Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Predictions 2026' projects India's semiconductor market will grow from a...

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18 Mar

From Sponsors to Adversaries: The Taliban's Fractured Relationship with Pakistan

Pakistan launched an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul on March 16, 2026, which the Taliban government says killed over 400...

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18 Mar

One Nation One Election Could Free 26 Lakh Teachers from Poll Duty, Says PM-EAC Paper

A paper by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM) argues that simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies...

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18 Mar

Israel Kills Iran's Intelligence Minister; South Pars Gas Field Struck in Major Escalation

Israel confirmed the killing of Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib on March 18, 2026 — one day after killing Iran's national securit...

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18 Mar

India's First Nagoya Protocol Report: Progress and Gaps in Access and Benefit Sharing

India submitted its first national report on the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on February 27, 2026, cover...

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18 Mar

Kaveh Madani Wins 2026 Stockholm Water Prize: From 'Water Terrorist' to Water Laureate

Kaveh Madani, 44, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), was awarded the 2026 St...

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18 Mar

BHAVYA Scheme: Cabinet Approves Rs 33,660 Crore for 100 Plug-and-Play Industrial Parks

The Union Cabinet approved the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA), allocating Rs 33,660 crore for developing 100 plug-and-play industrial ...

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18 Mar

Iran's Nuclear Doctrine Unchanged; Calls for Post-War Hormuz Protocol

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that the country's nuclear doctrine is 'unlikely to change' despite the ongoing US-Israel confl...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Reimburses Rs 1,718 Crore to CCI for Cotton MSP Operations in 2023-24

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved ₹1,718.56 crore as reimbursement to the ...

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18 Mar

BHAVYA Scheme: Cabinet Approves Rs 33,660 Crore for 100 Plug-and-Play Industrial Parks

The Union Cabinet approved the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA) scheme on March 18, 2026, with a financial outlay of Rs 33,660 crore ov...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Clears Rs 54,926 Crore Package: BHAVYA Industrial Parks, Cotton MSP Support, UP Highway, Small Hydro

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved a Rs 54,926 crore package of proposals in a single sitting on March 18, 2026. The...

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18 Mar

CCEA Approves Rs 1,718.56 Crore for CCI to Fund Cotton MSP Procurement

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Rs 1,718.56 crore as funding support to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) for ...

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18 Mar

India's Privatisation Drive Stalls: IDBI Bank, Shipping Corporation, HLL Lifecare Sales in Doubt

India's privatisation programme has hit a significant setback, with three planned stake sales under consideration for shelving due to weak i...

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18 Mar

Cabinet Approves Rs 1,718 Crore MSP Funding for Cotton Corporation of India: 2023-24 Season

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Rs 1,718.56 crore in MSP funding to the ...

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18 Mar

India Dispatches First Medical Aid Shipment to Iran Amid West Asia Conflict

India dispatched its first medical aid shipment to Iran on March 18, 2026 — Day 19 of the US-Israel war against Iran — comprising essential ...

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18 Mar

Six Ukrainians Held for Terror Plot; Kyiv Seeks Consular Access and Quick Release

Six Ukrainian nationals — Hurba Petro, Slyviak Taras, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Stefankiv Marian, Honcharuk Maksim, and Kaminskyi Viktor — were arr...

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18 Mar

Graduate Unemployment Crisis: Two-Thirds of India's Unemployed Youth Hold Degrees

The State of Working India 2026 report, released by Azim Premji University, reveals that 67% of unemployed Indians aged 20–29 are graduates ...

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18 Mar

Supreme Court Nine-Judge Bench Revisits "Industry" Definition in Light of 1991 LPG Reforms

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, is examining whether to revisit the 1978 Bangalore Wa...

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18 Mar

Pakistan Airstrike on Kabul Drug Rehabilitation Centre Kills 400; India Condemns Attack

On the night of March 16, 2026, Pakistan conducted airstrikes on targets in Kabul including the state-run Omid Hospital — a 2,000-bed drug r...

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18 Mar

Quantum Teaching Labs Approved for 23 Institutions Under National Quantum Mission

The Ministry of Science and Technology approved the establishment of quantum technology teaching facilities and undergraduate laboratories a...

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18 Mar

Women's Reservation: Parliament Moves to Delink Quota from Delimitation

The Central Government is actively consulting Opposition leaders on amending the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Nari Shakti ...

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18 Mar

Jal Jeevan Mission Phase 2: Centre Signs Reform-Linked MoUs with MP and Rajasthan

The Centre signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0...

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18 Mar

VBSA Bill: Parliament Panel Divided Over Federal Character of Higher Education Overhaul

The 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025 has become divided, with ...

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18 Mar

Supreme Court's 9-Judge Bench Takes Up the Question: What Is an 'Industry'?

A 9-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, began hearing arguments on March 17, 2026 to reconsid...

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18 Mar

India's Expanding Online Censorship Architecture: From Section 69A to the Sahyog Portal

India's online content-blocking mechanism has expanded significantly beyond the centralised Section 69A pathway (Ministry-level blocking ord...

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18 Mar

Right to Self-Identification of Gender Under Threat: Committees Push Back on Amendment Bill 2026

A committee — including members of the Tamil Nadu Trans and Intersex Welfare Board and civil society organisations — urged protection of the...

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18 Mar

Six Indian LPG Ships Carrying 3 Lakh Tonnes of Cooking Gas Stranded in Strait of Hormuz

Six Indian-flagged ships carrying approximately 3 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of LPG — equivalent to roughly 3 days of India's national cooking ...

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18 Mar

Supreme Court Calls for Paternity Leave Law, Strikes Down Adoptive Mothers' Age Cap

On March 17, 2026, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court (Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan) delivered judgment in Hamsaanandini Nan...

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18 Mar

Terror Network Planned India Attacks, Backed Myanmar Rebels: NIA Probe

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) foiled a major conspiracy involving an alleged American mercenary (Matthew VanDyke) and six Ukra...

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18 Mar

India Moves Diamond-Studded Gold and Silver Jewellery to Restricted Import List

The Indian government moved diamond-studded gold and silver jewellery to the 'restricted' import category, requiring importers to obtain a p...

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18 Mar

Iran Continues Oil Exports to China Through Hormuz Despite War and Western Sanctions

Despite the Strait of Hormuz effectively being shut to most commercial shipping following the US-Israel attack on Iran, approximately 90 shi...

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18 Mar

India's Semaglutide Patent Expiry: Generic Weight-Loss Drugs to Reshape Global Obesity Treatment

The patent on semaglutide — the active ingredient in blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — expired in India on March 2...

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18 Mar

Iran-Israel-US War: India Sends Medical Aid to Iran, 90 Ships Cross Hormuz

The Iranian Red Crescent Society received its first shipment of medical aid from India amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, signalling In...

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18 Mar

Maritime Chokepoints and Global Trade: Five Straits that Hold the World Economy

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Israel conflict with Iran has exposed the structural fragility of global trade, which d...

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18 Mar

US Strikes Iranian Missile Sites Near Strait of Hormuz with Bunker-Buster Bombs

On March 18, 2026, US military forces struck hardened Iranian anti-ship missile sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz using...

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18 Mar

Strait of Hormuz Closure Threatens Global Internet via Undersea Cable Infrastructure

For the first time in history, both the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea are simultaneously effectively closed to commercial maritime traffi...

GS3 (Infrastructure, Science & Technology 6m
18 Mar

SEC Issues Landmark Crypto Guidance: Token Taxonomy and Safe Harbour Framework

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under Chair Paul Atkins, issued its first comprehensive guidance clarifying how federal sec...

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18 Mar

Economic Stabilisation Fund: India Creates ₹1 Lakh Crore Buffer Against Global Shocks

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that ₹57,381.84 crore has been allocated toward the Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF), the fir...

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18 Mar

ECI's Constitutional Power to Transfer Officers: The West Bengal Election Controversy

Hours after announcing the assembly election schedule for West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry, the Election Commission of...

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18 Mar

PM POSHAN Under Pressure: LPG Shortage Forces School Kitchens Back to Firewood

Government schools running the PM POSHAN (mid-day meal) scheme across multiple states are reverting to firewood and alternative solid fuels ...

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18 Mar

India Pushes for Global Framework to Cut Remittance Costs Ahead of WTO Ministerial

India is pushing for a multilateral framework to reduce cross-border remittance transaction costs at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC...

GS3 (Economy/Balance GS2 (IR/International Economics 5m
18 Mar

Climate Finance Has Failed Africa: Adaptation Gaps, Borrowing Costs, and Reform Paths

Africa faces a climate adaptation financing gap of catastrophic proportions: it receives less than $14 billion annually in adaptation funds ...

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18 Mar

Maharashtra's Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Provisions, Controversy, and Constitutional Questions

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 on March 16, 2026, making it one of the most stringent anti-c...

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India's Wholesale Inflation Reaches 11-Month High of 2.13% in February 2026

India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 2.13% in February 2026 (year-on-year, provisional), up from 1.81% in January 202...

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17 Mar

Centre Moves to Expand Content-Blocking Powers Beyond MeitY

The Centre is exploring amending the IT Rules framework to allow ministries beyond MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...

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17 Mar

India to Oppose US Push for Permanent Ban on WTO Customs Duties on Digital Transmissions

At the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), the United States is pushing for a permanent ban on ...

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17 Mar

36,000 Palestinians Displaced by Israeli Settlement Drive: UN Report

The UN Human Rights Office released a report (March 17, 2026) covering the 12 months to October 31, 2025, documenting the displacement of ov...

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17 Mar

BRICS as a Multipolar Science Force: Scientific Collaborations and the STI Framework

BRICS has progressively built a structured science, technology, and innovation (STI) collaboration framework that now spans 13 thematic work...

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17 Mar

PM Modi and UAE President Agree on Safe Navigation Through Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on March 17, 2026, as the second telephonic convers...

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17 Mar

India's Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive Covers 3 Lakh Girls in Two Weeks

Approximately 3 lakh girls aged 14 years have been vaccinated under India's nationwide HPV vaccination campaign within just two weeks of its...

GS2 Social Issues 4m
17 Mar

Ayushman Bharat Crosses 43 Crore Cards as Digital Health Records Surge

India's flagship health insurance programme has crossed the milestone of 43.18 crore Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY cards created as of early 2026, ...

GS2 Social Issues 4m
17 Mar

Supreme Court: Maternity Leave Entitlement Cannot Be Restricted to Biological Mothers

In a landmark ruling delivered on March 17, 2026, a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan struck down Section 60(4...

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17 Mar

Crude Oil at $90/bbl Has Near-Zero Macro Impact; $130/bbl Would Cut GDP Growth by 100 bps: CEA

Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran, appearing before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on 2 March 2026, stated...

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17 Mar

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme: Bridging Smokestack and Soil

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), notified in June 2023 under the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022, has drawn criticism f...

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17 Mar

Fertilizer Shortage Looms Ahead of Kharif Season as Natural Gas Crisis Strains Urea Output

India faces a potential fertilizer supply crunch ahead of the kharif season (June–September) as LNG flows from West Asia have been disrupted...

GS3 (Agriculture, Economics 6m
17 Mar

Climate Change Could Push Millions into Physical Inactivity by 2050: Lancet Study

A peer-reviewed modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health (March 2026) found that rising temperatures driven by climate change c...

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17 Mar

Modi-UAE Summit: Securing Free Navigation Through the Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with both leaders agreeing on the critical importa...

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17 Mar

Pixxel's Firefly Satellites Supply Hyperspectral Data to Saudi Arabia

Bengaluru-based space-tech startup Pixxel has signed a data agreement with Saudi Arabia's national Earth observation platform, NSG UP42 — a ...

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17 Mar

Supreme Court Questions Why Heirs Cannot Be Told About Unclaimed Funds of Dead Depositors

The Supreme Court questioned the Union Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on why information about money held in dormant or inop...

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17 Mar

Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill: UGC-Style Funding Without UGC's Regulatory Conflict

The Ministry of Education clarified before a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) w...

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17 Mar

India Salutes Maritime Heroes: LPG Carriers Shivalik and Nanda Devi Navigate Strait of Hormuz

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (Ports, Shipping and Waterways) publicly commended Indian seafarers aboard LPG carriers Shivalik and Nanda...

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17 Mar

India-US Interim Trade Deal: Tariff Cuts and Bilateral Trade Agreement Negotiations

The Indian government informed Parliament that India remains actively engaged with the United States on trade negotiations and is working wi...

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17 Mar

Women's Reservation Act: Government Moves to Delink Implementation from Census

The central government is preparing a constitutional amendment to delink the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Constitutio...

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17 Mar

Maharashtra Passes Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 to Check Forced Conversions

The Maharashtra legislature passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which prohibits religious conversions carried out through coercion, fr...

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17 Mar

Karnataka SC/ST Commission Deliberates on Internal Reservation Amid Sub-Classification Confusion

The Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes convened deliberations with senior officials, former Karnataka Publ...

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17 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Flags Oil Shock Risks, CPSE Leadership Crisis, and Critical Minerals Strategy

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2...

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17 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Recommends Fast-Tracking Drone Acquisition for Border Guarding Forces

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, chaired by BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, recommended prioritising and fast-tracking ...

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17 Mar

India Pushes for BRICS Unity Amid Iran Crisis While Raising UN Security Council Reform

India called for BRICS cohesion as the grouping faced its most significant internal stress test — an active war involving Iran, a full BRICS...

GS2 International Relations 5m
17 Mar

Crude Oil Surges Above $103 Per Barrel as Iran War Disrupts Hormuz; India's Fuel Prices Hold Stable

Crude oil prices have surged above $103 per barrel — the first time in four years Brent has crossed the $100 threshold — as the US-Israel wa...

GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

Centre Pushes PNG Network Expansion as West Asia Conflict Triggers LPG Supply Squeeze

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written to state governments and Union Territories urging them to expedite approvals and remov...

GS3 Economics 6m
17 Mar

Pakistan's Aerial Strikes on Kabul: Escalating Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict

Pakistan conducted airstrikes on Kabul on the night of March 16, 2026, targeting what it described as 'military installations and terrorist ...

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17 Mar

India at UNGA: Condemning Pakistan's Air-Bombing Campaigns During Ramadan

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, addressed the UN General Assembly during the commemoration of th...

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17 Mar

Himalayan Fire Shift: Forest Fires Climb to Unprecedented Elevations Across the Range

Forest fires in the Indian Himalayas are occurring at historically unprecedented elevations, with fires above 2,500 metres having quadrupled...

GS1 GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
17 Mar

CEA Warns $130 Crude Oil Could Shave 100 Basis Points Off India's GDP Growth

Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on March 2, 2026, and war...

GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

US-China Summit Delayed as Trump Presses Beijing on Hormuz Crisis Amid Iran War

President Donald Trump has sought to delay a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping — originally scheduled for late March/early Ap...

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17 Mar

The Right to Die with Dignity: India's Evolving Passive Euthanasia Framework

India's Supreme Court authorised the country's first-ever passive euthanasia in the Harish Rana vs. Union of India case (March 2026), markin...

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17 Mar

WTO MC14: India Opposes US Push for Permanent E-Commerce Customs Duty Ban

At the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), India opposed the United States' bid for...

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17 Mar

FAC Clears KFDC's Removal of Exotic Species in Kerala Forests

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has approved the Kerala Forest De...

GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
17 Mar

West Asia Conflict: Sharp Drop in Flight Services to Dubai as UAE Airspace Repeatedly Restricted

Flight services to Dubai have fallen sharply as the UAE has repeatedly imposed temporary airspace closures in response to Iranian missile an...

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17 Mar

CAG Flags Punjab for Inflating Jal Jeevan Mission Data and Contaminated Groundwater

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's audit of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Punjab found that the state has been 'inflatin...

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17 Mar

Indian Navy Steps Up Vigil to Escort Oil Tankers; Unlikely to Join US Coalition

The Indian Navy has deployed two warship task forces to escort Indian-flagged LPG tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and moving through...

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17 Mar

India in Talks With Iran for Safe Passage of 2.7 Lakh Tonnes of LPG via Strait of Hormuz

India is conducting diplomatic negotiations with Iran to secure safe passage for six LPG carriers idling in the Persian Gulf west of the Str...

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17 Mar

CBIC Allows BTT Clearance for Cargo Loaded at One Port and Offloaded at Another Amid Hormuz Disruption

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued an emergency circular allowing 'Back to Town' (BTT) clearance for export cargo...

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17 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Rebukes Niti Aayog for "Amateur Planning" and Fund Under-Utilisation

The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, formally rebuked the Ministry of Planning and Niti Aayog for 'amateu...

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17 Mar

Indian Navy Joins US-Led Sea Dragon 2026: Multinational Anti-Submarine Warfare Drill in Guam

The Indian Navy joined Exercise Sea Dragon 2026, a US-led multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise conducted at Andersen Air Forc...

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17 Mar

Government Urges Judicious LPG Use and Alternatives Amid Supply Crunch and Shipping Delays

The Union government has issued a public advisory urging households to 'use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible' as 22 ...

GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

Universal Health Insurance by 2033: Government Reforms, Digitisation, and the Road Ahead

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated that achieving universal health insurance coverage is a government priority, with a targe...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

Strategic Energy Mitigation Framework: Parliamentary Panel's Recommendations on Oil Shock Vulnerability

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Ministry of Finance, recommending tha...

GS3 Economics 6m
17 Mar

India-Indonesia Heritage Diplomacy: Restoring the 9th-Century Prambanan Temple Complex

India and Indonesia have joined forces to undertake the restoration of the Prambanan Temple complex, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in ...

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17 Mar

Indian Railways Saves Rs 6,000 Crore by Switching to Electric Traction; Becomes World's Second Largest Cargo Carrier

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, responding to a debate on Demands for Grants for the Railway Ministry in Lok Sabha, stated that the switc...

GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

India Condemns Pakistan's Strike on Kabul Hospital as 'Barbaric and Unconscionable'

Pakistan's military conducted airstrikes on Kabul, Afghanistan on March 16-17, 2026, targeting what it described as 'terrorist support infra...

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17 Mar

Six Ukrainians and One American Arrested in India Under UAPA for Terror Conspiracy

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainians and one American citizen — on charges of conspirin...

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17 Mar

Parliamentary Committee Recommends India Publish Formal Foreign Policy Strategy Document

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, presented its Twelfth Report on the Ministr...

GS2 International Relations 6m
17 Mar

Ali Larijani Killed in Israeli Strikes: Iran Loses Top Security Official

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on March 17, 2026 that Ali Larijani — secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council ...

GS2 International Relations 6m
17 Mar

Kabul Hospital Strike: Taliban's "Crime Against Humanity" Claim and Pakistan's Military Infrastructure Defence

The Taliban government's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned Pakistan's March 16, 2026 aerial strikes on Kabul, calling the targeting of ...

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17 Mar

CMFRI Launches Rs 5 Crore Deep-Sea Expedition to Map Seamount Fisheries in Arabian Sea

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), under ICAR, has launched a two-year deep-sea research programme worth Rs 4.986 cror...

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17 Mar

Government Strengthens ISTS Framework for Seamless Renewable Energy Grid Integration

The Ministry of Power affirmed that the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) framework, governed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Com...

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17 Mar

Trump Says US Does Not Need Allies on Iran as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens

US President Donald Trump declared that the United States does 'not need' the help of allies to manage the Iran conflict, even as he simulta...

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17 Mar

Transgender Community Protests Amendment Bill 2026, Calls It Unconstitutional

Members of the transgender, intersex, and gender diverse community marched to Lok Bhavan (seat of the state government) in protest against t...

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17 Mar

LPG Consumption Slumps 17% in First Half of March Amid War-Related Supply Shortages

LPG consumption in India fell to 1.147 million tonnes in the first fortnight of March 2026 — a 17.3% decline from the 1.387 million tonnes c...

GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

622 Deaths, No Efficiency Gains: Centre's Admission on Sewer Cleaning Mechanisation

The Central government informed the Lok Sabha that 622 deaths from hazardous sewer and septic tank cleaning have been reported since 2017, a...

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17 Mar

AI for Medical Diagnosis and Self-Prescription: Risks, Regulation, and Ethical Concerns

Doctors and public health experts have raised alarms about an accelerating trend of patients using AI tools — particularly large language mo...

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17 Mar

India Moves to Build Domestic Solar Panel Recycling Capacity as Waste Projected at 600 Kilotonnes by 2030

With support from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), a government-backed think tank has estimated that cumulative solar panel ...

GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
17 Mar

India's 2033 Universal Health Insurance Goal: Coverage, Schemes, and Gaps

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that health insurance is a government priority and that India aims to achieve universal health in...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

Equal Motherhood: Supreme Court Removes Age Barrier for Adoptive Mothers' Maternity Leave

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, declaring it unconstitutional for restr...

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17 Mar

EPS-95 Minimum Pension: Parliamentary Panel Echoes Demand for Hike from ₹1,000 to ₹7,500

A Parliamentary Standing Committee has urged an immediate review of the minimum monthly pension under the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS), 1...

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17 Mar

Parliament Approves ₹2.01 Lakh Crore Additional Spending in FY26 via Appropriation Bill

Parliament gave its approval for ₹2.01 lakh crore in additional net expenditure for Financial Year 2025–26 when the Rajya Sabha returned the...

GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

PM-MUDRA Yojana: ₹39.48 Lakh Crore Sanctioned, NPA at ~2%: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha on March 17, 2026, that a cumulative ₹39.48 lakh crore has been sanctioned unde...

GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

Second LPG Tanker Reaches India From War Zone; 22 Indian Vessels Still Stranded at Hormuz

A second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, MV Nanda Devi, reached Kandla port in Gujarat after safely transiting the Strait of Hormuz — the first v...

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17 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Urges Strategic Energy Mitigation Framework to Guard Against Oil Shocks

The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, has recommended that the Department of Economic Affairs (...

GS2 GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana: Expanding Affordable Generic Medicine Access

The Government highlighted the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), which provides quality generic medici...

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17 Mar

India's Forex Defence: Former RBI Deputy Governor Advocates $1 Trillion Reserve Buffer

Former RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra, in an article published on BasisPoint Insight, advocated that India should build its foreign excha...

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17 Mar

Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Anti-Conversion Law Passed by Legislature

The Maharashtra legislature passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, making it one of the most comprehensive anti-conversion l...

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17 Mar

India's Growth Outlook Dims as Crude Tops $100 and Gas Crisis Deepens

Goldman Sachs cut its India growth forecast for the fiscal year starting April 2026 (FY2027) by half a percentage point to 6.5%, becoming th...

GS3 Economics 5m
17 Mar

Supreme Court Strikes Down Age Cap on Maternity Leave for Adoptive Mothers

The Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, which had restricted maternity benefits to adoptive mothers o...

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17 Mar

High Trade Margins in Essential Medical Devices: NPPA Regulation and Policy Gaps

The government acknowledged the problem of high trade margins in medical devices included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)...

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17 Mar

India's First Court-Approved Passive Euthanasia: The Harish Rana Case

The Supreme Court of India approved passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old from Uttar Pradesh who has been in a persistent vegeta...

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17 Mar

Affordable Medicines and Regulation of Private Hospitals: DPCO 2013 and NPPA Framework

The government reaffirmed that drug prices in India are regulated under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO 2013), issued under the...

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17 Mar

Census 2027: Historic Opportunity to Capture All 21 Disability Categories for Targeted Policy

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale described Census 2027 as a 'historic opportunity' to capture accu...

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17 Mar

India's Oilmeal Exports Hit by US-Iran Conflict and Red Sea Disruptions

Escalating US-Iran military tensions in 2026 — including effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran — are severely disrupting India's...

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17 Mar

Golden Share Strategy for PSU Autonomy: Parliamentary Panel's Disinvestment Safeguard Proposal

A Parliamentary Standing Committee urged the government to finalize a 'golden share' strategy to protect Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) aut...

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17 Mar

India Calls Out Pakistan's Islamophobia Narrative at the UN General Assembly

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, delivered a strong rebuttal at the UN General Assemb...

GS2 International Relations 4m
17 Mar

Safe Reuse of Treated Water: Uttarakhand Notifies Policy as India Mainstreams SRTW

Amid growing pressure on freshwater resources, Safe Reuse of Treated Water (SRTW) has emerged as a national priority in India's water securi...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
17 Mar

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana: Blue Revolution and Integrated Fisheries Policy

The Department of Fisheries affirmed in Parliament that it is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) as the flagship ...

GS2 GS3 Economics 4m
17 Mar

Biopharma SHAKTI: India's ₹10,000 Crore Push to Become a Global Biologics Hub

The Government has formally launched the Biopharma SHAKTI scheme with a total outlay of ₹10,000 crore over five years, announced initially i...

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17 Mar

Farmer Income and Security: PM-KISAN, KCC, and Crop Insurance Framework

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare informed the Lok Sabha that the government has accorded highest priority to farmers' inco...

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17 Mar

India's Trade Deficit with China Crosses $100 Billion: A Structural Challenge

India's trade deficit with China has crossed $100 billion for the 2025-26 fiscal year, with the full calendar year 2025 deficit reaching a r...

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17 Mar

Gujarat's UCC Draft Law Follows Uttarakhand Template: Uniform Civil Code Momentum Across States

Gujarat's state government submitted its Uniform Civil Code (UCC) committee report and draft law, modelled closely on the Uttarakhand UCC te...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
17 Mar

India Raises Pakistan's Airstrikes on Afghanistan at United Nations General Assembly

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, raised Pakistan's aerial bombardment of Afghanistan ...

GS2 International Relations 5m
17 Mar

Why NATO Is Not Joining the US-Israel War Against Iran: The Article 5 Debate

Despite US forces being targeted by Iranian missile and drone attacks across multiple Gulf states, NATO has not formally invoked Article 5 —...

GS2 International Relations 5m
17 Mar

Iranian Missile Debris Kills One in Abu Dhabi as West Asia War Enters New Phase

On March 17, 2026, debris from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile killed one person in Abu Dhabi, marking one of the most direct civil...

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17 Mar

India's $300 Billion IT Outsourcing Sector at an AI Crossroads

India's IT outsourcing industry, valued at approximately $300-315 billion and employing around 6 million people, is facing an existential re...

GS Paper Economics 4m
17 Mar

UAE Temporarily Closes Airspace as Iranian Missile and Drone Attacks Escalate

The UAE briefly closed its airspace on March 17, 2026 as an 'exceptional precautionary measure' after Iran intensified missile and drone str...

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17 Mar

Supreme Court Nine-Judge Bench Takes Up Definition of 'Industry': Revisiting a 48-Year-Old Labour Law Question

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court commenced hearing on March 17, 2026 to definitively settle the meaning of 'industry' un...

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17 Mar

Strait of Hormuz Disruption: Oil Price Surge and India's Energy Vulnerability

Crude oil prices surged over 2% on March 17, 2026, as fears grew over a prolonged disruption to the Strait of Hormuz — the world's most crit...

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17 Mar

India Condemns Pakistan's Airstrike on Kabul Hospital as Act of Aggression

Pakistan's military conducted an airstrike on the night of March 16, 2026 targeting the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul — a 2,000...

GS2 International Relations 4m
17 Mar

MeitY's Budget Battles: Parliamentary Panel Flags Gaps in India's Tech Funding

A parliamentary standing committee has warned that India's push in artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors is being undermined by ...

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17 Mar

India Cautiously Opens Door to Chinese FDI: Global Lessons from Thailand and Brazil

India's Union Cabinet (March 10, 2026) approved amendments to the FDI policy for land-bordering countries — effectively liberalising aspects...

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17 Mar

India Faces WTO Counter-Notification Over Underreported Rice and Wheat Price Support

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) filed its fourth counter-notification against India at the WTO Committee on Agriculture, co...

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17 Mar

India-US Trade Deal Awaits New US Tariff Framework After Supreme Court Ruling

India's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal confirmed on March 16, 2026, that India will sign the bilateral trade deal with the United States ...

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17 Mar

India's Trade Deficit Widens to $27.1 Billion in February 2026: Gold Surge Drives Import Spike

India's merchandise trade deficit widened to $27.1 billion in February 2026, up sharply from $14 billion in February 2025 — nearly double ye...

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Nine Million Indian Migrants in Gulf Face Uncertainty as Iran Attacks Escalate

Since Iran launched wave after wave of missile and drone attacks against Gulf states from February 28, 2026, approximately 9 million Indian ...

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16 Mar

Trump Postpones Xi Summit as Iran War Dominates US Foreign Policy

US President Donald Trump announced he has asked China to delay the planned summit with President Xi Jinping in Beijing by 'a month or so,' ...

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16 Mar

Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Anti-Conversion Law and Constitutional Debate

The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 was passed by voice vote in the Maharashtra Assembly, introducing stringent provisions against...

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16 Mar

CCI Orders Investigation Against IndiGo for Alleged Abuse of Dominance

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered an investigation into IndiGo — India's largest airline — on February 4, 2026, following a ...

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16 Mar

India Backs Direct Talks with Iran as US Seeks Naval Coalition to Secure Hormuz

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated that India's direct diplomatic engagement with Iran on ship passage had yielded concrete resu...

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16 Mar

Government Clears 23 Institutions to Set Up Quantum Teaching Labs Under National Quantum Mission

Twenty-three academic institutions across India have been cleared to establish quantum teaching laboratories under the National Quantum Miss...

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16 Mar

India Holds Off on US Trade Deal Signature Pending Tariff Framework Clarity

India confirmed it will not sign its interim trade agreement with the United States until Washington clarifies its new tariff architecture —...

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16 Mar

Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026: Community Protests Over Removal of Self-Perceived Identity

The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment tabled the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok S...

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16 Mar

Indian Naval Warships Escort Indian Vessels Through Gulf of Oman Under Operation Sankalp

Three Indian Navy warships escorted three Indian merchant vessels — Shivalik, Nanda Devi, and Jag Laadki — through the Gulf of Oman as the W...

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16 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Flags Rs 2,345 Crore Surrender of SC Welfare Funds by Social Justice Ministry

A parliamentary panel has flagged the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for surrendering nearly a quarter of funds sanctioned for S...

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16 Mar

Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill: Anti-Conversion Law and Constitutional Dimensions

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 by voice vote during the Budget Session, making Maharashtra t...

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16 Mar

Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026: Key Provisions and Constitutional Context

The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 was introduced on March 13 and passed by the Maharashtra state legislature, becoming one of th...

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16 Mar

India Eases FDI Rules for Border Countries: Press Note 2 (2026)

India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued Press Note 2 (2026) on March 15, 2026, partially relaxing the...

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16 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Recommends Expanding Bank-NBFC Co-Lending to Bridge MSME Credit Gap

A parliamentary standing committee has recommended expanding bank-NBFC co-lending partnerships to help MSMEs access cheaper credit and bridg...

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16 Mar

Revamped Stand-Up India Scheme: Enhanced Support for SC/ST and Women Entrepreneurs

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Lok Sabha that a revamped Stand-Up India scheme will be launched soon, incorporating le...

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16 Mar

India Evacuates Over 600 Nationals from Iran via Armenia and Azerbaijan

India evacuated over 600 nationals from Iran via overland routes through Armenia and Azerbaijan amid the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict ...

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16 Mar

Jaishankar Calls for Coordinated Solution on Hormuz; India Pursuing Direct Dialogue with Iran

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated that 'it is better that we coordinate and get a solution' regarding the Strait of Hormuz ship...

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16 Mar

Ladakh Shutdown: Thousands Demand Statehood and Sixth Schedule Inclusion

A complete shutdown was observed across Ladakh on March 16, 2026, with massive protest rallies in both Leh and Kargil, as civic bodies and p...

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16 Mar

Transgender Protection (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Contentions and Constitutional Questions

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was tabled in Parliament, proposing significant changes to the parent 20...

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16 Mar

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026: Revised Minimum Public Shareholding Norms

The Ministry of Finance notified the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, published in the Gazette of India on March 13,...

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16 Mar

Iran Conflict and the Fertiliser Supply Chain: Sulphur Squeeze Threatens Indian Agriculture

Experts and industry analysts have warned that the ongoing US-Israel-Iran military conflict — and the resulting disruption to the Strait of ...

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16 Mar

RIL-Samsung C&T $3 Billion Green Ammonia Pact: India's Clean Fuel Export Ambition Takes Shape

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a long-term Supply and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with South Korea's Samsung C&T Corporation for the ...

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16 Mar

Jaishankar: India-Iran Talks Are Yielding Results on Hormuz, But No Blanket Deal Yet

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed to the Financial Times that India's direct diplomatic engagement with Iran has yielded res...

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16 Mar

Kerala HC Permits Gamete Extraction and Cryopreservation from Brain-Dead Person

The Kerala High Court (Justice M.B. Snehalatha) granted interim permission to a wife to have her brain-dead husband's gametes extracted and ...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

India Liberalizes FDI Framework: Third-Country Firms with Sub-10% Chinese Stakes Get Automatic Route Access

India has amended its FDI policy to permit companies incorporated outside land-bordering countries (LBCs) — but having up to 10% passive LBC...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

Government Plans Bill to Codify IPS Deputation in CAPFs Despite Supreme Court Ruling on Reduction

The Union Cabinet approved the draft Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, which seeks to statutorily codify the provis...

GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

India to Wait for US Tariff Architecture Before Signing Trade Deal; Section 301 Probe Coverage Sought

India has formally decided to wait for the US to finalise its new global tariff framework before signing any bilateral trade deal, according...

GS2 (India-US GS3 (Trade International Relations 6m
16 Mar

India's Merchandise Exports Slip 0.8% in February 2026; Trade Deficit Nearly Doubles

India's merchandise exports declined marginally by 0.8% year-on-year to $36.61 billion in February 2026, compared to $36.91 billion in Febru...

GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
16 Mar

Living Wills in India: Legal Framework and the Right to Die with Dignity

Discussion around advance healthcare directives (commonly called living wills) has renewed in India, with medical and legal experts highligh...

GS2 GS4 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Recommends EV Tractor Subsidies and AI-Driven Precision Farming

A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended subsidising electric vehicle (EV) tractors to make them accessible to small and marginal ...

GS3 (agriculture, Economics 4m
16 Mar

Opposition Moves Notice Seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Removal Over Public Remarks and Voter Roll Concerns

At least 193 opposition MPs — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — have signed a 10-page notice seeking a motion for removal of Chie...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

Saudi Crude Rerouted to India via Red Sea as Hormuz Closes; Russian Imports Surge on US Waiver

Saudi Arabia is routing approximately 6 million barrels of crude oil to Indian ports via its west coast port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, utilis...

GS2 (India-Saudi GS3 (energy International Relations 6m
16 Mar

India-US Interim Trade Deal: Waiting on Tariff Architecture After US Supreme Court Ruling

India has indicated it will sign its interim trade agreement with the United States only after Washington finalises a new global tariff arch...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
16 Mar

India Prioritises Six LPG Tankers Amid Hormuz Disruption and Domestic Cooking Gas Shortage

India is seeking safe passage for six vessels carrying 270,000 tonnes of cooking gas (LPG) through the Strait of Hormuz, identified as the g...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
16 Mar

India Negotiates with Iran to Secure Passage for Six LPG Tankers Through Hormuz

India's government is actively negotiating with Iran to secure safe passage for six LPG tankers currently stranded in the Persian Gulf, carr...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 6m
16 Mar

BITS Pilani Nanomedicine Gel Shows Preclinical Promise for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Researchers at BITS Pilani have developed a nanoparticle-based topical gel designed to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly to inflamed ...

GS3 Science & Technology 4m
16 Mar

LPG to PNG Migration Drive: City Gas Distributors Roll Out Incentives Amid Hormuz Supply Crisis

Government-owned City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies — Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), GAIL Gas, and Bharat P...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
16 Mar

West Asia Tensions Unlikely to Structurally Dent Basmati Rice Exports: CRISIL Ratings

CRISIL Ratings assessed that West Asia tensions will not cause a structural decline in India's basmati rice exports, even though Iran — a ke...

GS Paper Economics 5m
16 Mar

India's Merchandise Exports Flat in February; March Seen Facing Steeper Decline

India's merchandise exports contracted marginally in February 2026 — falling approximately 0.8% year-on-year to $36.61 billion — the first m...

GS Paper Economics 4m
16 Mar

Western Allies Resist Trump's Call for Naval Coalition to Force Open the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump called on NATO allies — including the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea — to deploy warships to forcibly...

GS Paper International Relations 7m
16 Mar

Tamil Nadu's AVGC-XR Policy 2026: Targeting 2 Lakh Jobs in Animation, Gaming, and Extended Reality

The Government of Tamil Nadu formally approved its AVGC-XR Policy 2026 — a five-year (2026–2031) state industrial framework targeting 2 lakh...

GS Paper Economics 4m
16 Mar

Jaishankar Attends EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Discusses Iran Crisis with European Counterparts

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on March 16, 2026 — the first time an In...

GS Paper International Relations 6m
16 Mar

India Considers ₹500 Crore Support Package for Exporters Hit by West Asia Conflict

India's government is considering a support package of approximately ₹500 crore to assist exporters adversely affected by the ongoing West A...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

Cyber Fraud Rising but CERT-In Grappling with Acute Staff Shortage: Parliamentary Panel Report

A parliamentary standing committee report on MeitY's functioning found that CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) — India's noda...

GS3 Internal Security 4m
16 Mar

War's Hidden Cost: Gaza Conflict's 33-Million-Tonne Carbon Footprint

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal One Earth (2026) found that the Israel-Gaza conflict generated approximately 33.2 million ton...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 4m
16 Mar

Karnataka Waqf Board: 1.12 Lakh Acres Donated but Only 20,054 Acres Under Current Control

Karnataka's Housing, Waqf and Minority Welfare Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan disclosed before the state legislature that while 1.12 lakh a...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

ECI Issues Strict Model Code Directions for 2026 Assembly Elections, Deploys 5,000+ Flying Squads

The Election Commission of India announced strict enforcement directions for the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the 2026 Assembly elections...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

LPG Tanker Shivalik Reaches Mundra Port After Navigating Strait of Hormuz

The Indian LPG tanker Shivalik safely arrived at Gujarat's Mundra Port after successfully navigating the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing W...

GS2 (India's GS3 (energy Economics 5m
16 Mar

India in Active FTA Talks with Six Countries Including Australia, Sri Lanka, Peru and Chile

The Commerce Ministry confirmed that India is currently in active Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with six countries: Australia (CEC...

GS2 (bilateral GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
16 Mar

Bhutan's "Pay to Protect" Model: A Blueprint for Sustainable Himalayan Tourism

Bhutan's Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) of USD 100 per visitor per night — in effect from September 2023 to August 2027 — has generated N...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 4m
16 Mar

EU and UN Explore a Black Sea-Style Deal to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced on March 16, 2026, that the European Union and the United Nations are discussing a 'Black Sea ...

GS Paper International Relations 6m
16 Mar

India Weighs Softening Deviation Penalties for Wind and Solar Producers

India is reconsidering proposed tighter grid-supply penalties for wind and solar power producers under the Deviation Settlement Mechanism (D...

GS3 (energy, Economics 5m
16 Mar

India 'Engaged' with US on Trade Deal But Warns of Delays as Section 301 Probes Add Complexity

India's Commerce Secretary confirmed that India remains 'engaged' with the US on a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), but government officials...

GS2 (India-US GS3 (Trade Economics 6m
16 Mar

Green Public Procurement as a Tool for Decarbonising India's Steel and Cement Sectors

A Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) study, released in February 2026 in collaboration with Climate Catalyst, found that mandating 26% c...

GS3 Environment & Ecology 5m
16 Mar

India's Solid Waste Management Rules 2026: Digital Traceability and Stronger Compliance

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026 on January 28, 2026, to come in...

GS2 GS3 Environment & Ecology 4m
16 Mar

India-US Interim Trade Deal Awaits US Tariff Architecture Finalisation

A senior Indian government official stated in March 2026 that the interim trade agreement between India and the United States will be formal...

GS2 (International GS3 (Trade International Relations 5m
16 Mar

NDA Wins All Five Bihar Rajya Sabha Seats as Opposition Falters on Abstentions

The NDA alliance secured all five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar in the March 2026 biennial elections, with the fifth seat going to BJP's Sidd...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

India Eases FDI Rules for Firms with Minority Chinese Shareholding Under Press Note 3

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) notified amendments to India's FDI policy under Press Note 3, relaxing i...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

EU and India Move to Implement Landmark FTA and Defence Partnership

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar focused on implementing the...

GS2 (India-EU GS3 (trade International Relations 4m
16 Mar

War Surcharges and Cape of Good Hope Diversions Drive Up Costs for Indian Apparel Exporters

India's apparel exporters are absorbing sharply higher logistics costs due to the West Asia conflict, with war surcharges and route diversio...

GS Paper Economics 5m
16 Mar

WPI Inflation Climbs to 11-Month High of 2.13% in February 2026

India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 2.13% year-on-year in February 2026, the highest level in 11 months and the four...

GS Paper Economics 4m
16 Mar

India's Basmati Rice Exports Projected Stable Despite Middle East Conflict: CRISIL Analysis

CRISIL Ratings projects India's basmati rice export volume to remain broadly stable in the current and next fiscal year, with growth of up t...

GS Paper Economics 4m
16 Mar

India's Merchandise Trade Deficit at USD 27.1 Billion in February 2026; Tariff Uncertainty and West Asia Tensions Weigh on Trade

India's merchandise trade deficit for February 2026 stood at USD 27.1 billion — narrower than January 2026's USD 34.68 billion but sharply h...

GS3 (Indian Economics 6m
16 Mar

India's Unemployment Rate Eases to 4.9% in February 2026

India's unemployment rate (as measured by CMIE — Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy) eased to 4.9% in February 2026, down from 5.0% in Jan...

GS Paper GS Paper Economics 5m
16 Mar

Lok Sabha Revokes Suspension of Eight Opposition MPs After All-Party Consensus

Lok Sabha revoked the suspension of eight opposition MPs — seven from the Indian National Congress (Manickam Tagore, Amrinder Singh Raja War...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

EAC-PM Paper Calls for Outcome-Linked Urban Fund Disbursement to Address Hidden Urbanisation

A working paper titled 'India's Hidden Urbanisation and its Policy Implications' authored by EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi (with consultants Ma...

GS1 (urbanisation) GS2 (government GS3 (infrastructure) Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

India's Exports to US Decline 13% in February; Trade Deficit with China Crosses USD 100 Billion

India's merchandise exports to the United States declined approximately 12.88% year-on-year to USD 6.88 billion in February 2026, attributed...

GS3 (Indian Economics 6m
16 Mar

India Rejects USCIRF 2026 Report Recommending Sanctions on RSS and R&AW

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2026 Annual Report, recommending targeted sanctions — ...

GS2 International Relations 4m
16 Mar

CCI Directs Companies to Self-Audit AI Tools for Hidden Anti-Competitive Risks

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has issued a guidance note urging enterprises to conduct self-audits of their AI tools to identify...

GS2 (regulatory GS3 (technology Science & Technology 4m
16 Mar

India Will Sign US Trade Deal Only After New Tariff Architecture Is Finalised, Says Commerce Secretary

India's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal stated that India remains engaged with the US for a 'mutually beneficial' trade agreement, but wil...

GS2 (India-US GS3 (Trade Economics 5m
16 Mar

India Signs Trade Pact Terms of Reference with Philippines and Maldives

India's Department of Commerce inked Terms of Reference (ToR) with the Philippines for a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and with the Mal...

GS2 (India's GS3 (Indian International Relations 4m
16 Mar

Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Form National Federation, Demand Separate Column in 2027 Census

Representatives of Denotified Tribes (DNTs), Nomadic Tribes (NTs), and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (SNTs) from across India announced the formation ...

GS1 GS2 Social Issues 4m
16 Mar

West Asia Conflict Threatens to Erode India's GST Rationalisation Gains

Escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia following the conflict that began on February 28, 2026, are threatening to reverse the consume...

GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
16 Mar

Exporter Support Package on Anvil as West Asia Crisis Disrupts Trade

The Commerce Ministry is finalising a support package for Indian exporters hit by disruptions arising from the West Asia conflict that escal...

GS2 (Government GS3 (Indian Economics 4m
16 Mar

India's Diplomatic Approach to the Hormuz Crisis: Engagement Over Confrontation

India has adopted a direct diplomatic engagement strategy with Iran to secure safe passage for Indian vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, ...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Parliamentary Panel Flags Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Capacity Gaps in MeitY Spending Review

A parliamentary standing committee reviewing MeitY's (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) budget and expenditure flagged cri...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

Election Commission Orders Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle in West Bengal Ahead of Assembly Polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered a sweeping reshuffle of senior administrative and police officials in West Bengal within hour...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

RBI Amends FEMA Currency Regulations to Formalise Currency Declaration Form

The Reserve Bank of India, exercising powers under Section 47(2)(ga) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), notified an amendm...

GS Paper Economics 5m
16 Mar

Centre Pushes ₹71,000 Crore Highway Projects in West Bengal, Linking All 23 District Headquarters

The Central Government has pushed forward highway projects worth approximately ₹71,000 crore in West Bengal, designed to connect all 23 dist...

GS3 (Infrastructure, GS2 (Centre-State Economics 5m
16 Mar

LPG Shortage in Rural Madhya Pradesh Drives Forest Dependence, Raising Human-Wildlife Conflict Risks

LPG shortages in rural Madhya Pradesh — exacerbated by the March 2026 price hike of ₹60 per cylinder triggered by Iran conflict disruptions ...

GS1 (Social GS2 (Government GS3 (Environment, Economics 6m
16 Mar

Vairamuthu Wins 60th Jnanpith Award: Literary Honour, MeToo Shadow

Tamil poet and lyricist R. Vairamuthu was conferred the 60th Jnanpith Award (for the year 2025), India's highest literary honour. Vairamuthu...

GS1 Art & Culture 4m
16 Mar

E-KYC Made Mandatory for All Domestic LPG Consumers Amid Supply Shortage

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has made biometric Aadhaar authentication (E-KYC) mandatory for all domestic LPG consumers. The E-...

GS2 GS3 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

Delhi's New Water Plan: Confronting Decades of Undelivered Promises

Delhi has unveiled a new water management plan aimed at significantly improving supply and reducing dependence on a severely polluted Yamuna...

GS1 GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

US Grants India Temporary Waiver to Buy Russian Oil as Iran War Disrupts Global Energy Markets

The US Treasury Department issued a 30-day temporary waiver (codified as General License 133) allowing Indian state and private refiners to ...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Iran War vs Ukraine War: Why the Economic Fallout Differs for India and the World

Economists and policy analysts are drawing comparisons between the economic fallout of the current Iran conflict (2026) and the Russia-Ukrai...

GS2 (International GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

NavIC Falls Below Operational Threshold After IRNSS-1F Atomic Clock Failure

The last functioning atomic clock aboard the IRNSS-1F satellite failed on March 13, 2026 — just three days after the satellite completed its...

GS Paper Science & Technology 4m
16 Mar

Why Gold Prices Have Remained Subdued in India Despite the West Asia Conflict

Despite the West Asia conflict that began on 28 February 2026 driving safe-haven gold demand globally, domestic gold prices in India have re...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

Rajya Sabha Elections 2026: Odisha's Four Seats and the MLA Poaching Controversy

On March 16, 2026, MLAs from Odisha gathered in Bhubaneswar for the biennial Rajya Sabha election to fill four vacant seats. Five candidates...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

Maharashtra's Leopard Reclassification Proposal Sparks National Conservation Debate

Maharashtra's state cabinet approved a proposal in March 2026 to reclassify leopards from Schedule I to Schedule II under the Wildlife Prote...

GS Paper Environment & Ecology 5m
16 Mar

Strait of Hormuz Closure Deepens: Trump Pressures NATO and China as Saudi Arabia Intercepts 60 Drones

Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry reported intercepting more than 60 drones since midnight on March 16, in the context of the expanding Iran w...

GS1 GS2 GS3 International Relations 5m
16 Mar

EU Moves to Amend AI Act to Prohibit AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

European Union member states reached a common position in mid-March 2026 to formally ban AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and...

GS Paper GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
16 Mar

India's Economic Tightrope: Balancing Iran Relations, US Pressure, and BRICS Chairmanship

India faces acute economic stress from the Strait of Hormuz closure: disruption to LPG supply chains, rising crude oil prices, and inflation...

GS2 (India's GS3 (Indian International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Trump Links NATO's Future to Hormuz Cooperation, Ties Ukraine Military Aid to Alliance Burden-Sharing

US President Donald Trump publicly warned that NATO faces a 'very bad' future if member states do not cooperate to help secure and reopen th...

GS2 (international International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Crude Price Surge Could Raise Global Inflation by 60 Basis Points, Cut Growth by 0.4 pp: Gopinath

Gita Gopinath, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned that if crude oil prices average around $85 per barre...

GS3 (Indian GS2 (International Economics 5m
16 Mar

Drone Strike on Fuel Tank Near Dubai Airport Triggers Fire, Halts Flights

A drone attack struck a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026, triggering a large fire and forcing the temporary susp...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
16 Mar

Iranian Drone Strikes Dubai Airport Fuel Tank; Flights Suspended for Seven Hours

An Iranian drone struck a fuel storage tank in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026, igniting a fire that disrupted...

GS2 (West GS3 (internal International Relations 5m
16 Mar

TikTok Deal Finalised: US Government Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee from ByteDance Joint Venture

The Trump administration is set to receive approximately $10 billion as a brokering fee from the TikTok ownership restructuring deal, accord...

GS2 GS3 International Relations 4m
16 Mar

"No Quarter": The Ancient War Crimes Prohibition Back in the Spotlight

The phrase 'no quarter' — a declaration that no prisoners will be taken and all enemy combatants will be killed, including those attempting ...

GS2 (international GS3 (security) International Relations 6m
16 Mar

AI-Generated War Fakes Proliferate on X Despite Platform Policy: The Iran-US Conflict Information War

Amid the ongoing Iran-US military conflict, AI-generated fake images and videos are circulating massively on X (formerly Twitter), depicting...

GS Paper Science & Technology 5m
16 Mar

US Broadcast Regulator Threatens Networks' Licences Over Iran War Coverage

FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chair Brendan Carr threatened major US broadcast networks — including ABC, NBC, and CBS — with non-r...

GS2 International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Bhopal Residual Ash Mercury Risk: Environmental Law, Hazardous Waste, and Forty Years of Unresolved Liability

NGO Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti urged the Supreme Court to direct inspection and testing of filter bags and buried residual a...

GS Paper Environment & Ecology 6m
16 Mar

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Iran War, Condemns Civilian Deaths

Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, issued a direct and impassioned call for an immediate ceasefire in the US-Israel war on Iran dur...

GS2 International Relations 4m
16 Mar

Measles Resurgence in 2026: Why Pandemic Researchers Are Alarmed

The United States has recorded over 1,362 confirmed measles cases as of mid-March 2026 — on track to exceed 2025's record of 2,283 cases, wh...

GS2 GS3 Social Issues 5m
16 Mar

Trump Demands Allied Naval Support for Hormuz Security; Japan and Australia Decline

US President Donald Trump publicly called on other nations — specifically naming China, Japan, and Australia — to contribute naval assets to...

GS2 (international GS3 (energy International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Dubai Airport Briefly Halted After Drone Strike Hits Nearby Fuel Tank

Operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) were temporarily suspended after a drone strike caused a fire at a nearby fuel storage tank....

GS2 (international GS3 (aviation International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Expanding Cancer Coverage Under Ayushman Bharat: What the Evidence Shows

A study — the FinCan study — by oncologists and health economists from AIIMS Delhi's Dr B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital has c...

GS2 Social Issues 5m
16 Mar

Electric Cooking Is 37% Cheaper Than LPG: Why India Must Electrify Its Kitchens at Scale

A study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) published in October 2025 found that electric cooking costs app...

GS3 (Energy, GS2 (Government Economics 5m
16 Mar

IEA Releases Record 400 Million Barrels from Emergency Oil Reserves Amid Hormuz Disruption

The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced the release of 400 million barrels of oil from member countries' emergency strategic reserve...

GS2 (International GS3 (Energy Economics 4m
16 Mar

Shia Families in Madhya Pradesh Observe Silent Eid in Mourning for Khamenei

Around 4,000 Shia Muslim families in Madhya Pradesh — spread across Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, and Burhanpur — chose not to celebrate Eid al-...

GS1 GS2 International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Nvidia GTC 2026: Next-Generation AI Chips, Agentic Systems, and the Physical AI Frontier

Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2026 opened on March 16 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, with CEO Jensen Huang del...

GS Paper Science & Technology 6m
16 Mar

India's BRICS Presidency Under Scrutiny Amid West Asia Conflict

With the Iran–US/Israel conflict entering its third week in March 2026, calls intensified for India — as BRICS Chair for 2026 — to take a cl...

GS Paper GS Paper International Relations 4m
16 Mar

ECI Transfers West Bengal's Top Officials: Model Code of Conduct and Past Precedents

On March 16, 2026, hours after the ECI announced West Bengal's two-phase assembly election schedule, the Commission directed the transfer of...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

Lok Sabha Rejects Motion to Remove Speaker Om Birla: Article 94(c) and the Constitutional Process

The Lok Sabha rejected by voice vote a resolution moved under Article 94(c) of the Constitution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla from...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

Kharg Island: Iran's Oil Export Lifeline and the Stakes of an Unthinkable Strike

Kharg Island, which handles approximately 90% of Iran's crude oil exports, has remained untouched despite sustained US-Israeli strikes on Ir...

GS1 (geography GS2 (international GS3 (energy International Relations 5m
16 Mar

Rajya Sabha Elections 2026: Bihar's Five Seats and the Contest Between NDA and RJD

On March 16, 2026, polling began at 9 AM for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar, continuing until 5 PM, in the Bihar Legislative Assembly com...

GS2 Polity & Governance 5m
16 Mar

India's Wholesale Inflation Hits 11-Month High of 2.13% in February 2026

India's wholesale price inflation (WPI) accelerated to 2.13% in February 2026 from 1.81% in January 2026, marking the highest reading in 11 ...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

India's Diplomatic Balancing Act Between Iran and the US as Energy Crisis Deepens

India is intensifying diplomatic engagement with Iran to manage severe gas shortages triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz follow...

GS2 (India's GS3 (energy International Relations 4m
16 Mar

Supreme Court Refers Bhopal Mercury Contamination Plea to MP High Court: Environmental Law and Judicial Hierarchy

The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a petition filed by NGO Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti, which raised concerns about m...

GS Paper GS Paper Environment & Ecology 6m
16 Mar

Harichand Thakur's 215th Birth Anniversary: The Matua Movement's Enduring Legacy

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th b...

GS1 Art & Culture 4m
16 Mar

WPI Framework and India's Wholesale Inflation: Understanding the Index Behind the February 2026 Numbers

India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rose for the fourth consecutive month to 2.13% in February 2026 (year-on-year), up from ...

GS3 (Indian Economics 5m
16 Mar

Prosecution Sanction Refused in Mahmudabad Case: What the Law Says

The Haryana government informed the Supreme Court that it has declined to grant prosecution sanction against Ashoka University professor Ali...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

Potti Sriramulu: The Martyr Who Redrew India's Political Map

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu unveiled a 58-foot bronze statue of Potti Sriramulu in Amaravati, the state's new capital...

GS1 GS2 Modern History 4m
16 Mar

Election Commission Overhauls Police Leadership in Poll-Bound West Bengal

One day after announcing the West Bengal Assembly Election schedule, the Election Commission of India removed Director General of Police (DG...

GS Paper Polity & Governance 4m
16 Mar

India Secures Passage for LPG Tankers Through Strait of Hormuz via Direct Diplomacy

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed that India secured safe passage for two Indian-flagged LPG tankers through the Strait of H...

GS2 (India's GS3 (energy International Relations 4m
16 Mar

India's BRICS+ Presidency Tested as Opposition Questions Silence on Iran War

The Congress party accused the government of 'diminishing' the value of India's BRICS+ presidency by declining to issue a collective stateme...

GS2 International Relations 4m
16 Mar

Election Commission Removes West Bengal's Chief Secretary and Home Secretary: Article 324 Powers in Action

Hours after announcing West Bengal's assembly election schedule (voting on April 23 and 29, counting May 4), the Election Commission of Indi...

GS2 Polity & Governance 4m