April 01, 2026
123 articles published on this date
Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill gets Lok Sabha nod: ‘It was Colonial thought to punish everything’
The Lok Sabha passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote on April 1, 2026. The Bill amends 79 Central Acts administered by 2...
Bacteria produce a torque that can drive microscopic machines
A study published in Nature Physics reveals that bacteria generate measurable torque — a rotational force — that can be harnessed to drive microscopic machin...
India restricts imports of gold, silver and platinum jewellery to curb FTA misuse
The government, through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), reclassified imports of gold, silver, and platinum jewellery from 'Free' to 'Restric...
PM chairs CCS meet on Middle East conflict, orders urgent steps to secure supplies and curb price risks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) focused on the Middle East conflict, ordering urgent measures to se...
RBI tightens forex rules, bans non-deliverable Re contracts
The Reserve Bank of India barred authorised dealer banks from offering rupee Non-Deliverable Forward (NDF) contracts to resident and non-resident clients ami...
Rajya Sabha passes CAPF Bill amid Opposition walkout; MoS says will strengthen federal structure
The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, through a voice vote after the entire Opposition staged a walkout...
Lok Sabha takes up CAPF Bill today, MHA seeks exemption from House rule
The Lok Sabha took up the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 on April 1, 2026; the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought exempti...
LPG/LNG to fertilisers: CCS briefed, PM Modi says take all steps
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a second meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on April 1, 2026, to review the impact of the escalating Wes...
PM Modi completes self-enumeration as digital census begins
India's Census 2027 — the country's first fully digital census — formally commenced on April 1, 2026, with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narend...
Corridor of opportunity: On the end of Left Wing Extremism
India has reached a landmark inflection point in its decades-long battle against Left Wing Extremism (LWE), with the government declaring the effective end o...
Orderly exit: On India and energy transition issues
An editorial argues that while India must accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels — particularly oil — it must simultaneously ensure that cutting de...
NHAI exceeds FY26 highway construction target by 15%
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) constructed 5,313 km of national highways in FY2025–26, exceeding its annual target of 4,640 km by 15%. Capit...
Indian Railways sees rise in revenue, freight, and passenger numbers in FY26
Indian Railways posted record performance across all three key metrics in FY 2025-26: freight loading reached 1,670 MT, passenger revenue rose approximately ...
Modi plans FTA push with Europe this summer, fast-tracking implementation on cards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning a significant diplomatic push to Europe in May-June 2026 to accelerate implementation of the landmark India-EU Free ...
Amit Shah asks Manipur CM to accelerate peace process, approves formation of all-woman police battalion
Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and directed him to accelerate the peace process and strengthen inter-communi...
Modi chairs Cabinet panel meet on West Asia crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review India's preparedness in the face of disruption...
55,000 households use Census self-enumeration portal on day one
India launched Census 2027 on April 1, 2026, beginning with Phase 1: the House Listing and Housing Census — the first fully digital census in the country's h...
NSCN-K aims at religious conversion, demographic consolidation, Arunachal government tells UAPA tribunal
The Arunachal Pradesh government submitted before an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal that the National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Kha...
Government skips FCRA amendment Bill; Rijiju accuses Opposition of spreading ‘wrong things’ before Kerala polls
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that the government would not proceed with the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 i...
NASA's Moon flyby mission primed for launch
NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1, 2026, after years of delays, cost overruns, and technical setbacks — the most significant human spaceflight mi...
Navy was minutes away from striking Pakistan from sea during Operation Sindoor: Admiral Tripathi
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi disclosed that Indian naval forces were just minutes away from launching strikes on Pakistan from the sea dur...
Strait of Hormuz crisis: 23 ships attacked, 1,900 stranded, traffic falls from 130 to 6: Navy Chief
At the Naval Investiture Ceremony 2026, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi delivered a pointed assessment of the deteriorating maritime security...
RBI may keep repo rate unchanged as inflation risks persist
Economists broadly expect the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to keep the repo rate unchanged at its April 6-8, 2026 meeting, with th...
SKILL INDIA DIGITAL HUB (SIDH) 2.0
Parliament was informed that the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) has been integrated with the e-Shram portal, enabling e-Shram's registered unorganised sector...
SAFETY AND WELFARE OF SANITATION WORKERS
Parliament was informed that under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme, the identification and profiling of sanitation w...
Impactful AI solutions being promoted and developed under IndiaAI Mission to address major societal challenges, including in healthcare
The government highlighted that impactful AI solutions are being promoted and developed under the IndiaAI Mission to address major societal challenges, with ...
Railways Sets a New Record of Cargo Transport in 2025–26
Indian Railways achieved a record freight loading of 1,670 Million Tonnes (MT) in FY 2025-26, registering a growth of 3.25% over the previous year's figure o...
Digital trade an important component of India’s economy
The government has reaffirmed that digital trade is an important and growing component of India's economy, with the IT sector recording revenues exceeding $2...
Parliament session likely to be extended, to reconvene after a gap in April itself
Parliament's Budget Session is expected to be extended and reconvene in the third week of April 2026, with the government planning to introduce legislation t...
NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAN
Parliament was informed that Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), launched on 15 August 2020 in 272 most-vulnerable districts, has been extended to all distric...
Watch: Trump says Iranian leader has ‘asked for ceasefire’
US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian had requested a ceasefire from the United States, which Trump said the US would ...
Scrutiny of pre-bankruptcy deals of businesses expanded: Nirmala Sitharaman
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by both Houses of Parliament — the Lok Sabha passed it on March 30, 2026, and the Rajya ...
Prime Minister Modi reviews measures taken to diversify sources of LPG, LNG supply
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting to review measures being taken to diversify India's sources of LPG and LNG...
Centre Disburses Over Rs. 1536 Crores as XV FC Grants Across 8 States to Boost Rural Local Governance
The Union Government has disbursed over Rs 1,536 crore as Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Rural Local B...
Artemis II moon mission: Abort systems, 6-day survival suit — NASA leaves no stone unturned to keep astronauts safe
NASA launched the Artemis II mission on April 1, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. T...
GAAR shadow over payments abroad worries India Inc
Indian corporates are seeking clarity on the applicability of General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) to routine payments made to foreign entities — such as divi...
Government's Semicon India Programme to develop a complete ecosystem ranging from design to manufacturing
The government highlighted that the Semicon India Programme is being developed to create a complete semiconductor ecosystem — covering chip design, fabricati...
National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL)
The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, with the...
Election Commission's new symbol rule to aid parties in poll-bound states
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has amended the rules governing the allotment of common election symbols to registered but unrecognised political part...
SHRESHTA SCHEME
Parliament received data on the SHRESHTA (Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas) scheme, detailing state-wise admis...
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment reported to Parliament that its umbrella scheme — Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) — has benefited 37,77,133 ...
As NDA and Oppn spar, debate on FCRA amendment bill in Lok Sabha deferred
A scheduled Lok Sabha debate on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was deferred, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju ind...
Rajya Sabha passes CAPF bill with voice vote; Oppn MPs stage walkout
Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 through a voice vote amid a strong Opposition walkout The Bill creates...
Despite rate reset, GST collection rises on strong consumption
India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for March 2026 crossed ₹2 lakh crore, recording an 8.8% year-on-year growth — the third time this milestone ...
India permits exports of essential commodities to Maldives for 2026-27
India has renewed its annual commitment to export essential commodities to the Maldives for the fiscal year 2026-27, continuing a practice that began under a...
USTR lists India's UPI and data rules as trade barriers
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, identifying India's digital...
SEZ units can sell locally at lower duty for one year
The government announced a one-time relief allowing Special Economic Zone (SEZ) manufacturing units to sell goods in the domestic market at a concessional cu...
Meghalaya: BJP MLA writes to PM over FCRA amendment, seeks consultative review
Meghalaya BJP MLA A.L. Hek wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging a consultative review of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 b...
Domestic value addition in electronics manufacturing has improved significantly over the years; currently at 18%-20%
According to official data, India's domestic value addition (DVA) in electronics manufacturing has improved significantly over the years and currently stands...
Designed in backdrop of US tariffs, SEZ sops come into effect amid West Asia conflict
New incentives for India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have come into effect, introduced against the backdrop of two simultaneous external pressures: escal...
Christians, Kerala parties opposed, Govt drops new FCRA Bill debate
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 — which had been listed for discussion and passage in Lok Sabha — was withdrawn from the day's bus...
How an Indian LPG tanker escaped Hormuz via an unusual route
The Indian-flagged LPG tanker Pine Gas loaded cargo at the UAE's Ruwais port on February 27, 2026, expecting to transit the Strait of Hormuz and reach India ...
Lok Sabha clears Bill to make Amaravati sole capital of Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress stages walkout
The Lok Sabha passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote on April 1, 2026, formally recognising Amaravati as the sole ca...
Was March the worst month ever for the Indian economy?
March 2026 is likely to be recorded as one of the worst months in recent Indian economic history, driven by the ripple effects of the US-Israel war on Iran a...
Ashoka helped spread Buddhism far and wide. How his grandson did the same for Jainism
On Mahavir Jayanti (March 31, 2026), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum in Koba, Gandhinagar — dedicated to Jain history and...
Odisha at 90: How a movement to unify Odia speakers created India’s first linguistic province
Odisha (formerly Orissa) celebrated its 90th formation day — Utkal Divas — on April 1, 2026, marking the creation of a separate Orissa Province by the Britis...
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban resume talks in China as Beijing seeks ceasefire
Representatives from Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban government convened in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang province, for the first-ever China-Pakist...
USTR flags barriers as US trade deficit with India widens 27% in 2025
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, flagging India as a market wi...
Putin likely to participate in September BRICS summit in Delhi: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister confirmed that President Vladimir Putin is likely to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, scheduled for September 2026...
GE delivers sixth F404 engine for Tejas Mk1A to HAL, cites war in Gulf for delay
General Electric (GE) Aerospace delivered only six F404-IN20 engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2026 —...
Artemis 2 launch: L Minus, Ingress, core stage & more – Space lingo cheatsheet to understand NASA moon mission better
NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 1, 2026, at 6:24 PM EDT (3:54 AM IST on April 2), sending four astronauts on a...
Donald Trump attends Supreme Court arguments on limiting birthright citizenship; first such appearance by incumbent President
US President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the Supreme Court on April 1, 2026 — the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the court — t...
The rare whale species in the way of Trump’s oil drilling plan
A cabinet-level committee of senior Trump administration officials, informally called the "God Squad," voted to exempt all oil and gas drilling in the Gulf o...
‘I'm really proud’: Ed Dwight — first Black astronaut candidate reflects on historic Moon mission
Victor Glover, a 49-year-old U.S. Navy test pilot and veteran astronaut, is set to become the first Black person — and first person of colour — to embark on ...
India exempts pre-2017 investments from GAAR, easing pressure on PE firms
India's Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued a gazette notification on March 31, 2026, clarifying that General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will not ap...
North Korea-linked hack hits largely invisible software that powers online services
Hackers linked to North Korea breached Axios, a widely used open-source JavaScript library that facilitates communication between apps and web services, by i...
How Russian oil makes its way to India—two key routes, a backup & a sanctions hack
Russian crude oil travels approximately 7,000 nautical miles from Baltic Sea ports to Gujarat shores via two primary maritime routes, threading through the N...
Trump is at a strategic dead end on Iran; the war will reshape Gulf’s security architecture: Johns Hopkins professor Vali Nasr
A Johns Hopkins University professor and prominent Iran scholar, Vali Nasr, argued in a recent interview that Trump has reached a strategic dead end in the I...
NASA Artemis II Launch LIVE: NASA begins fuelling the rocket
NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1–2, 2026 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon — the ...
Government allows SEZ export units to sell in domestic market at concessional rates
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) announced a one-time relief measure allowing manufacturing units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to s...
Government skips FCRA amendment Bill; Rijiju accuses Opposition of spreading ‘wrong things’ before Kerala polls
The government deferred Lok Sabha consideration of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on April 1, 2026, a day of tumultuous parliame...
Australia’s Albanese says war's economic shock will be felt for months; urges using public transport
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered a rare national address — broadcast simultaneously across major television and radio networks — warning ...
From 543 to 816 seats? Congress alleges Modi govt’s Lok Sabha expansion plan could 'disadvantage' southern states
Congress and other opposition parties have raised concerns that the government's proposed expansion of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816 (a 50% increase) could...
U.S. is considering exiting ‘paper tiger NATO’, says Trump
Donald Trump publicly declared the US was considering withdrawing from NATO, calling the alliance a "paper tiger," and claimed that Russian President Putin s...
Parliament passes IBC Amendment Bill, CoC now can call land authorities
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2025 — Lok Sabha on March 30, 2026; Rajya Sabha with a voice vote on April 1, 2026. The...
Budget session to be extended? Parliament may reconvene in 3rd week of April to raise Lok Sabha seats to 816: Report
The government is reportedly planning to extend the Budget Session of Parliament — scheduled to adjourn on April 2, 2026 — by 2 to 3 days in the third week o...
Lok Sabha passes bill to name Amaravati AP capital as YSRCP walks out
The Lok Sabha on April 1, 2026 passed a bill to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, officially designating Amaravati as the sole and permanent...
Kerala likely to see 20% drop in remittances as West Asia war drags on
The West Asia war is expected to cause at least a 20% decline in remittances to Kerala in 2026, with the possibility of steeper falls if the conflict escalat...
GST collections rise 9 pc to over Rs 2 lakh cr in March, third highest in FY26
Gross GST collections in March 2026 grew approximately 9% year-on-year to over ₹2 lakh crore — the third highest monthly collection in the FY2025–26 fiscal y...
New I-T Act marks new chapter in India's tax administration, step towards Viksit Bharat: CBDT
The Income Tax Act, 2025 came into force on April 1, 2026, replacing the six-decade-old Income Tax Act, 1961 — India's most significant direct tax legislatio...
Bill to recognise Amaravati as sole capital of Andhra introduced in Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, by voice vote on April 1, 2026, giving statutory recognition to Amaravati as t...
Amit Shah self-enumerates for Census 2027, urges people to cooperate in ‘national duty’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah completed the self-enumeration exercise for Census 2027 on April 1, 2026, becoming among the first senior government functionar...
FCRA amendment sparks row; Oppn flags minority rights concerns, BJP cites national security
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026, sparked a sharp political confrontation between th...
Rajya Sabha passes CAPF bill, Opposition walks out
The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, by a voice vote on April 1, 2026, amid a walkout by opposition me...
Census 2027 begins: President Murmu, PM Modi among leaders completing self-enumeration
India's Census 2027 officially launched on April 1, 2026, with the first-ever self-enumeration phase allowing citizens to submit their own demographic data o...
Lok Sabha passes Jan Vishwas amendment bill
The Lok Sabha on April 1, 2026 passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, a sequel to the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023. The Bill ame...
Parliament passes amendments to IBC to quicken resolution process, reduce backlog
Parliament on April 1, 2026 completed passage of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha passing it by voice vote; th...
Amaravati bill to restore investor confidence, unlock Rs 56,000-crore for development: Pemmasani
The Lok Sabha passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, by voice vote, conferring statutory recognition on Amaravati as the sole capit...
Dedicated rare earth corridors will reduce import dependence: Govt
Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha on April 1, 2026 that dedicated rare earth (RE) corridors are being established in four states — Odisha, Ker...
Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Listing of 01 Entry
The Reserve Bank of India issued its first circular of the financial year 2026-27 (RBI/2026-27/01, dated April 1, 2026) updating all regulated financial enti...
IT rules may cover social media news
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued draft amendments on March 30, 2026 to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelin...
Census 2027 begins today: First digital headcount, 33 questions in Phase 1; 10 things to know
Phase 1 of Census 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) — commenced on April 1, 2026, making it India's first fully digital census. Citizens can ...
Overcrowding, open bathing spaces for women among major issues in Odisha prisons: CAG report
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Odisha Assembly found serious deficiencies in the state's prison system covering the audit perio...
Madhya Pradesh: Ujjwala gave them smoke-free kitchens, but now, dung-cake stoves are back
A ground-level report from Madhya Pradesh reveals that women who received free LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) have reverted t...
In year NDA passed law to replace MGNREGA, 8% dip in families that availed the rural job scheme
The year in which the NDA government passed legislation to replace MGNREGA saw an 8% decline in the number of families that availed employment under the sche...
India recorded 65 internet shutdowns in 2025, highest among democracies: Access Now report
Access Now, a global digital rights advocacy group, released its annual report titled "Rising Repression Meets Global Resistance: Internet Shutdowns in 2025,...
A task still lies ahead in former Red Corridor
India has officially declared victory over Left Wing Extremism (LWE), with Naxal-affected districts reduced from 126 in 2014 to just 11 in 2025, and most-aff...
Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026: Looking back at a decade of legal battles over gender identity
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 has replaced the self-identification framework established by the Supreme Court's 2014 NAL...
24 districts in Rajasthan to get electricity for irrigation during daytime
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma announced that Dausa and Karauli districts will now receive daytime electricity for irrigation in two blocks, rais...
GST collection exceeds ₹2 lakh crore in March
Gross GST collection in March 2026 crossed ₹2 lakh crore — up from ₹1.83 lakh crore in March 2025, a year-on-year growth of approximately 9%. However, the gr...
Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions - India begins huge census
India has launched the world's most ambitious enumeration exercise — Census 2027 — with approximately 3 million (30 lakh) officials beginning the first of tw...
Kuwait says Iran drone attack sets airport fuel tanks ablaze, no casualties
Iranian drones struck fuel storage tanks belonging to Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company (KAFCO) at Kuwait International Airport on April 1, 2026, triggering a...
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Houthis claim responsibility for third missile attack against Israel; joint ops. with Iran, Hezbollah
Yemen's Houthis claimed a third joint missile attack on Israel, conducted with Iran and Hezbollah — marking their formal entry into the Iran-Israel war. Iran...
GST collections grow 8.8% to over ₹2 lakh crore in March
India's gross GST collections for March 2026 reached ₹2,00,064 crore — an 8.8% year-on-year increase over March 2025's ₹1,83,845 crore. The milestone marks t...
Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Kharge, Nadda face off over BJP MP's remark; Lok Sabha discusses A.P. Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
The Lok Sabha began discussions on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, 2026, seeking to formally declare Amaravati as the so...
Gender and identity: New questions arise
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 received Presidential assent after being passed by Parliament on March 25, 2026 — sparking...
Historic Artemis 2 mission set for launch, but NASA astronauts will not land on the Moon — Here's why
NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched on April 1, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center at 6:24 p.m. EDT — the first crewed mission to travel beyond low Earth orbit si...
India’s goal not to take ‘balanced position’ in West Asia war, has to protect own interests—C Raja Mohan
Foreign policy analyst C Raja Mohan argued that India's goal in the West Asia conflict should not be to maintain a "balanced position" for its own sake — Ind...
India accelerates e-bus drive amid fuel risks, new 3k unit tender by June
The Indian government is accelerating the rollout of electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa scheme, with a new tender for approximately 3,000 additional e-bus...
In 5-point proposal to end West Asia war, Pakistan & China urge ‘cessation of hostilities, peace talks’
Pakistan and China jointly issued a Five-Point Initiative for Restoring Peace and Stability in the Gulf and Middle East Region on March 31, 2026, following a...
Government proposing to up Lok Sabha size by 50%; move will disadvantage southern states: Congress
The Central government is reportedly proposing to increase the size of the Lok Sabha by approximately 50% — from 543 to around 816 seats — based on populatio...
FCRA Bill sparks row: Congress calls it ‘unconstitutional’, Govt defends, says it curbs foreign fund misuse
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 sparked a sharp constitutional debate in Parliament, with the Congress party calling it "unconstit...
Systematically crushing Iran, forging alliances with important countries in West Asia: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the joint Israel-US campaign is "systematically crushing" Iran's military capabilities and that the I...
U.S. report flags high import duties, non-tariff barriers in India
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, flagging India's high import ...
Iran’s Parliament commission approves Hormuz toll plan: state TV
Iran's Parliamentary Security Commission approved a plan to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to state television reports, m...
Artemis II, the international space race, and what is at stake for the U.S.
NASA's Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 1, 2026 — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in ...
Fertiliser shock looms as Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption ripples through supply chains, warns UNCTAD
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has issued an urgent warning that near-paralysis of Strait of Hormuz shipping — transits down ove...
Why a second global shipping chokepoint could soon live up to its name as the ‘Gate of Tears’
With the Strait of Hormuz nearly paralysed — shipping transits down over 95% since Iran's IRGC began enforcing closure warnings following US-Israel strikes o...
Telangana Gig Workers Union welcome bill ensuring social security and dignity
The Telangana Assembly passed the Gig and Platform Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026 on March 30, 2026, making Telangana one of ...
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon as opposition protests against FCRA Amendment Bill
Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were adjourned till 12 noon on April 1, 2026, as Opposition members — primarily from Kerala, led by MPs raising slogans in the w...
FCRA amendment sparks row; Oppn flags minority rights concerns, BJP cites national security
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, proposing major cha...
Droupadi Murmu assents to Transgender Rights Amendment; opposition flags exclusion, self-id concerns
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 on March 30, 2026, converting it into law. The bi...
Opposition stages protest in Parliament over FCRA Amendment Bill
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026, triggering immediate Opposition protests, with memb...