Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
How is the next UN chief being chosen? | Explained
The term of the current UN Secretary-General, António Guterres of Portugal, ends on December 31, 2026. The next Secretary-General will assume office on Janua...
Should the PIL jurisdiction be reconsidered?
The Supreme Court and legal commentators have raised renewed concern about the expanding scope of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) jurisdiction, questioning ...
Maharashtra to offer self-enumeration option for Census 2027 from today
Maharashtra became the first state to formally launch the self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 on 1 May 2026, opening a 15-day window (1–15 May 2026) during...
Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing a slew of digital reforms for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI...
BJP, Opposition spar at special session on women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly convened a special one-day session on April 30, 2026 to discuss women's reservation and deliberate on a resolution hol...
Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
In a 6–3 ruling issued on April 29, 2026, the US Supreme Court decided *Louisiana v. Callais*, striking down Louisiana's second Black-majority congressional ...
Mizoram declared ‘insurgency-free’ as last militant group lays down arms
On April 30, 2026, Mizoram was officially declared insurgency-free after the last remaining active militant group in the state — the Lalhmingthanga Sanate fa...
On first Ladakh visit since violence, Amit Shah to join exposition of holy relics of Lord Buddha in Leh
A first-ever exposition of holy relics of Lord Buddha was held at the Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra in Leh, Ladakh, marking a historically and culturally significa...
Chhattisgarh Assembly passes resolution for one-third quota for women in legislative bodies
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed a resolution in a special one-day session demanding the immediate implementation of one-third reservation for wo...
Odisha Assembly: BJP, BJD and Congress resort to political one-upmanship over women’s reservation
The Odisha Legislative Assembly held a special session on April 30, 2026, to discuss women's reservation and the implications of linking it to the delimitati...
J-K: Centre approves Rs 243 crore for PM SHRI schools
The Project Approval Board (PAB) of the PM SHRI (Prime Minister Schools for Rising India) scheme has approved an outlay of Rs 243 crore for Jammu and Kashmir...
SVAMITVA maps 3.3L villages, unlocks Rs 135L cr in rural land value: Study showcased at WB meet
An IIM Ahmedabad impact evaluation study supported by the World Bank found that the SVAMITVA scheme has digitally mapped approximately 3.30 lakh (330,000) vi...
Allahabad HC issues contempt notice to top UP official over delay in constituting OBC panel
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court issued a contempt notice to the Principal Secretary of the Panchayati Raj Department of Uttar Pradesh over fail...
No clarity on caste census a year after promise: Congress
One year after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs announced on April 30, 2025 that caste enumeration would be included in the upcoming national Censu...
Chhattisgarh assembly passes resolution seeking implementation of women’s quota in legislatures
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed a resolution on April 30, 2026 urging immediate implementation of one-third reservation for women in Parliament ...
Why Supreme Court rejected the need for additional provision to tackle hate speech
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta declined to issue directions for the creation of additional legislative provisions to deal wi...
States with revenue deficits and high debt burdens will find current crisis more challenging, Centre warns
A new analysis by the Ministry of Finance warns that Indian states already carrying revenue deficits and elevated debt burdens will face a compounded challen...
Railways Minister flags off first Jammu-Srinagar direct train service on ‘historic day’
The first direct Jammu–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express service was flagged off on April 30, 2026, extending the existing Katra–Srinagar Vande Bharat to Jammu T...
Remove time cap on legal abortion in minor rape cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court directed the Union government to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to remove the time limitation on termination of pregn...