Science & Technology
4 min
1.5 lakh collision alerts for Indian satellites in 2025
India's Indian Space Situational Awareness Report (ISSAR) 2025 revealed that ISRO's Earth-orbiting satellites received over 1.5 lakh (150,000) close-approach...
Geography
Environment & Ecology
4 min
Explained: Below normal monsoon, but no cause for alarm
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its first long-range forecast on April 13, 2026, predicting that India's southwest monsoon (June–September 2...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Delimitation: In data and numbers
A data analysis examining how a 2011 Census-based delimitation would impact India's parliamentary representation shows significant variation in projected gai...
Economics
Social Issues
5 min
From protests to paychecks: How state unrest triggered a wage rethink
Labour protests in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, triggered a national conversation about India's fragmented minimum wage regime, with thousands of workers citing sta...
International Relations
Economics
4 min
India to continue buying Russian crude, LPG despite end of US sanctions waiver
The US did not renew the 30-day sanctions waiver it had granted India in early March 2026 to purchase Russian crude oil and LPG; the waiver expired around Ap...
Polity & Governance
4 min
“No state will lose Lok Sabha share”: Narendra Modi defends delimitation, women’s reservation push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Parliament during the Budget Session 2026, assuring all states — particularly southern states — that no state would lo...
Economics
Polity & Governance
4 min
Faster insolvency process proposed with creditor-led resolution framework
A new mechanism called the Creditor-Initiated Insolvency Resolution Process (CIIRP) has been proposed as an amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Mining push meets tribal resistance
Intense conflict has erupted in the Sijimali hills, straddling Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southern Odisha, over proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta L...