April 03, 2026
65 articles published on this date
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026: Rationalizing Compliance and Decriminalizing Minor Offences in the Health Sector
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administered by 23 Ministries. Of thes...
Raksha Mantri lays foundation stone of Large Cavitation Tunnel at NSTL, Visakhapatnam to boost naval research & testing capabilities
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art Large Cavitation Tunnel (LCT) at the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NS...
HAL imposes ‘contractual penalties’ on GE for Tejas engine delivery delay; PSU chief says Russia made presentation on Su-57 jet
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has imposed contractual penalties on GE Aerospace for delays in delivering F404-IN20 engines for the Tejas Mark 1A Light ...
Jan Vishwas Bill 2026: Govt's big law decriminalises 717 offences, replaces jail with fines
Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha approving it by voice vote. The Bill decrimin...
US announces 100% tariff on patented pharma; limited impact on India
The United States announced a 100% tariff on patented pharmaceutical products and their active ingredients, effective in phases beginning July and September ...
Fresh IBC amendments: How govt looks to plug gaps in insolvency code
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, 2026 to address systemic weaknesses that had accumulated since the IB...
Gaganyaan: Mission MITRA commences in Leh
Mission MITRA (Mapping of Interoperable Traits and Reliability Assessment) has commenced in Leh, Ladakh — the latest phase of astronaut preparation for India...
Fear of the foreign: On the FCRA amendments
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026 by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Ra...
A year after Operation Sindoor tensions, India and Azerbaijan decide to reset ties
MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George visited Baku for the 6th round of Foreign Office Consultations with Azerbaijani officials — the first such comprehensive bil...
Great Nicobar Project: Draft plan to ‘relocate’ affected Nicobarese families creates confusion
A draft plan for the "relocation" of Nicobarese tribal families affected by the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) Development Project has been circulated, but it ha...
Union Home Ministry revises classification of districts affected by left-wing extremism
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revised the classification system for districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), replacing the single "Mos...
Bahrain postpones vote on UN resolution aimed at ending Iran's stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz
Bahrain, as the sponsor of a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, postponed a scheduled vote on a measure that would authorise the use of "defensive ...
INS Aridhaman, nuclear-powered submarine, enters India’s naval fleet
INS Aridhaman, India's third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), was quietly commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam without a pub...
Patented drug tariffs: India more or less shielded, says GTRI
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 100% ad valorem tariff on imports of patented pharmaceutical products from countries that have...
Government hopes to clear 5 crore pending cases with Jan Vishwas Bill
Following the passage of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, the government has directed central departments and public prosecutors to proa...
Decriminalising healthcare: Jail terms scrapped for minor violations as Parliament clears Jan Vishwas Bill
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 — the Rajya Sabha cleared it after the Lok Sabha had passed it earlier in the Budget S...
Explained: Supreme Court’s high bar for overturning enforcement of foreign arbitration awards
In Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities Fund-I and Others (decided March 26, 2026), a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Vinod Chandran of the Supreme Cou...
INS Aridhaman: Here’s what to know about India’s new nuclear-powered ballistic submarine
India has commissioned INS Aridhaman (SSBN 82), its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, into the Indian Navy in April 2026. Aridhaman is the l...
Karnataka tops under ‘Namo Drone Didi Yojana’
Karnataka has emerged as the top-performing state under the Namo Drone Didi Yojana, a central sector scheme that trains women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as...
Artemis II’s moon-bound astronauts capture Earth’s brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind
Artemis II astronauts released stunning photographs of Earth taken from approximately 100,000 miles away as they continued their journey toward the Moon — th...
India keeps plastic waste targets intact, but eases path to compliance
India has amended its plastic waste management rules to introduce new compliance flexibility provisions while retaining the core Extended Producer Responsibi...
Daily Quiz: On NASA’s Artemis II mission
NASA's Artemis II mission, launched April 1, 2026, marks humanity's first crewed journey to the lunar vicinity in over 50 years — since Apollo 17 in December...
Climate change strikes North India’s ‘mango hub’ as Malihabad’s orchards lie desolate and farmers suffer from declining yields, rising costs
Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh, India's premier mango-growing belt accounting for roughly 34% of national mango production across approximately 11,500 hectares, ...
How Nehru’s fascination with Kibbutz sparked India-Israel outreach before formal diplomatic ties
A recent historical account details how India and Israel developed substantive people-to-people and policy exchanges before India established full diplomatic...
Watch: Artemis II crew make contact with Earth, describe breathtaking sights
The four-member crew of NASA's Artemis II mission made video contact with Earth on April 3, 2026, broadcasting extraordinary views of our planet from deep sp...
Russia offers to increase supply of crude oil, LNG to India amid war in West Asia
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov visited India and held meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, ...
All about Karnataka’s new Freedom Of Choice in Marriage Bill | Decode Karnataka
The Karnataka Legislature unanimously passed the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and T...
China says peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing
China confirmed that peace talks between Afghanistan's Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, with both sides resuming negotiations in the western Ch...
U.S. agencies to monitor drinking water for microplastics, pharmaceuticals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) that, for the first time, includes microplastics an...
Paid leave on polling days for all workers, including daily wage & casual staff: Election Commission
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that all employees — including daily wage workers, casual staff, and workers employed outside their home con...
Trump says U.S. can take Strait of Hormuz with more time
US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States could "easily open the Hormuz Strait, take the oil, and make a fortune" given more ti...
Centre asks states to crack down on hoarding, black marketing amid fuel supply concerns
The Centre directed all states and Union Territories to crack down on hoarding and black marketing of petroleum products and LPG amid supply concerns trigger...
NDMC to ease compliance as Jan Vishwas Bill pushes trust over punishment
Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, which decriminalises 717 provisions across 80 Central laws by replacing criminal ...
China calls for stronger trade cooperation with India after ministerial talks during WTO conference
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on the sidelines of the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, C...
First crewed moon mission of the 21st century, Artemis II launched successfully
NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1, 2026, at 6:35 PM EDT from Launch Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida — marking the first crewed lunar missi...
Lok Sabha clears CAPF bill, opposition flags 15-year promotion freeze
The Lok Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, following the Rajya Sabha's earlier passage amid an o...
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri represents India as 60+ nations discuss Hormuz crisis
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri participated in a UK-convened virtual summit of 60+ nations to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, blocked as a consequenc...
Jan Vishwas Bill 'giant step' for ease of living, business: Shah
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administered by 23 Ministries The bill...
‘Not words, but power’: India inducts nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine INS Aridhaman
India formally inducted INS Aridhaman, its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), into the Indian Navy, completing a critical milestone in...
Explained: Right to be considered for promotion as a fundamental right, and how it works in practice
The Supreme Court has reiterated the distinction between the right to be considered for promotion (a fundamental right under Article 16) and the right to pro...
How latest amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code promise a swifter resolution process
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating the changes aim to a...
Failure of U.P. govt.: Oppn. after tigress found dead on railway track in Dudhwa buffer zone
A tigress estimated to be five to six years old was found dead near the Bankeyganj-Mailani railway track in the Mailani range of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve's buffe...
Kuwait oil refinery units on fire after drone attack: state media
Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery — the country's largest, processing approximately 730,000 barrels per day — was struck by multiple drone attacks, causin...
Rajasthan HC issues contempt notices over delay in panchayat, local body elections
The Rajasthan High Court (Division Bench led by Acting Chief Justice S.P. Sharma) issued contempt notices on April 2, 2026, to the State Election Commission ...
Parliament passes Jan Vishwas Amendment Bill
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, which amends 784 provisions across 79 central laws to decriminalise minor offences an...
India to attend UK-led talks on Strait of Hormuz; prioritises maritime security: MEA
India confirmed participation in a UK-convened virtual multilateral meeting to explore measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively bl...
UN lauds efforts by Indian peacekeepers in opening key corridor in South Sudan
The United Nations publicly lauded Indian peacekeepers serving with UNMISS (UN Mission in South Sudan) for reopening the critical Malakal–Renk main supply ro...
Pakistan's response to any attack would be 'swift, calibrated and decisive': Khawaja Asif on Rajnath Singh’s remarks
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned that any Indian attack would be met with a response that is "swift, calibrated, and decisive," directly respon...
Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran’s bridges and electric power plants
US President Donald Trump on April 2, 2026, threatened to destroy Iran's bridges and electric power plants, stating that US forces have "not even started des...
Does Iran have a path to the bomb?
Amid the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran, the question of Iran's nuclear breakout capability has taken on renewed urgency in global strategic discourse. A...
Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media ban
Australia is standing firm on its world-first social media ban for children under 16, resisting pressure from major technology platforms despite early enforc...
Tanker with 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude shifts course from India to China midway
A tanker named Ping Shun, carrying approximately 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude oil loaded from Iran's Kharg Island, abruptly altered its course from India...
OpenAI buys tech talk show TBPN in push to shape AI narrative
OpenAI has acquired TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network) — a daily live tech and business talk show hosted by former founders John Coogan and Jordi...
India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman
India has commissioned INS Aridhaman, its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), significantly strengthening the sea-based leg of the coun...
Petroleum Secretary met State Chief Secretaries, addressed concerns about LPG for autos, migrant workers
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas convened a review meeting with Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries (Food and Civil Supplies) of ...
‘Only country to have lost mariners’—India flags its concerns at UK-led West Asia talks
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri represented India at a high-level meeting hosted by UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, convening over 60 countries to address...
Education Ministry notifies NCERT as deemed university
The Ministry of Education formally notified the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) as an "Institute Deemed to be University," mark...
RBI grants approval to Emirates National Bank of Dubai to acquire up to 74% stake in RBL Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted approval on April 1, 2026 for UAE-based Emirates National Bank of Dubai (Emirates NBD) to acquire up to 74% stake in ...
Trump fires Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general, White House official says
US President Donald Trump dismissed Pam Bondi as Attorney General on April 2, 2026 — only about two months after she took office in January 2026 following Se...
Government confirms extra sittings to debate amendments to Women’s Reservation Act 2023
The central government confirmed that Parliament will hold extra sittings — a three-day special session from April 16 to 18, 2026 — specifically to debate an...
1973 OPEC oil embargo to US-Israel & Iran war: 6 geopolitical conflicts that shaped India’s energy strategy
The ongoing US-Israel war against Iran and the resulting Strait of Hormuz crisis have prompted a retrospective examination of how geopolitical shocks have hi...
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran warns against provocative action ahead of UN vote on Hormuz force
Iran issued warnings against "provocative action" as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on a Bahraini proposal that would authorise member states to us...
Trump unveils 100% tariff on some patented drugs on ’Liberation Day’ anniversary
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 2, 2026 — the first anniversary of "Liberation Day" — imposing tariffs of up to 100% on patented...
Iran warns UN Security Council against ‘provocative action’ on Hormuz
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the UN Security Council against any "provocative action" regarding the Strait of Hormuz, ahead of a scheduled ...
Artemis II astronauts rocket toward moon after spending day around Earth
NASA launched Artemis II on April 1, 2026 — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, marking over 50 years since humans last ...