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Watch: Supreme Court to Centre: Amend law on pregnancy termination | Above the Fold | 30.04.2026
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to consider amending the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to address procedural and substantive gaps ...
Government to roll out Panchayat Advancement Index 3.0 to boost data-driven grassroots planning, assess progress
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is set to introduce the Panchayat Advancement Index 3.0 (PAI 3.0) in May 2026, an upgraded performance measurement framework f...
FDI easing for foreign cos with up to 10 pc Chinese stake to be notified soon under FEMA soon
The Union Cabinet's March 2026 approval of amendments to Press Note 3 (2020) will be given legal effect through a formal notification under the Foreign Excha...
'Imagine the pain, humiliation': Supreme Court urges Centre to allow abortion beyond 20 weeks for rape survivors
The Supreme Court, while hearing a case involving a minor rape survivor whose pregnancy had crossed 20 weeks, strongly urged the Union government to consider...
Jal Jeevan: Somanna disputes CM Siddaramaiah’s claims on Centre’s support to Karnataka
A public dispute has emerged between the Union Government and the Karnataka state government over the implementation and funding of the Jal Jeevan Mission, w...
What is brain death and why is Supreme Court reviewing the way it’s certified?
The Supreme Court is examining a Public Interest Litigation challenging the scientific and constitutional soundness of brain death certification procedures u...
RBI exempts small NBFCs from registration
The Reserve Bank of India issued final guidelines exempting Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) with asset size below ₹1,000 crore that do not avail publ...
NMC does away with ceiling on MBBS intake
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a gazette notification removing two key regulatory caps on MBBS admissions: the 150-seat ceiling per medical...
Finance Ministry caps outlay for schemes pending 16th Finance Commission approval
The Department of Expenditure issued an order capping budgetary allocations for all central sector and centrally sponsored schemes that could not complete ma...
Why creation of new Ladakh districts deepens faultlines, sparks backlash
The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh notified the creation of five new districts — Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass — expanding Ladakh's total from t...
Operationalisation of Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (“PaRRVA”)
SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) issued a circular dated 29 April 2026 operationalising the Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA), e...
Rain and hailstorm pound Bengaluru’s Central Business District as city records 78 mm
On 29 April 2026, Bengaluru received 78 mm of rainfall in just 30 minutes during an intense hailstorm — the highest April rainfall recorded in the city in te...
Hate speech stems from an ‘us versus them’ mindset: Supreme Court judgment
The Supreme Court, in a batch of petitions filed over five years, delivered a judgment on April 29, 2026, holding that no legislative vacuum exists in India'...
'No vacuum in law to deal with the offence' — What Supreme Court said on hate speeches
The Supreme Court on April 29, 2026 dismissed petitions seeking fresh judicial directions or a dedicated legal framework to curb hate speech, ruling that no ...
FSSAI proposes plastic-free packaging for pan masala, gutka
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a draft notification on April 28, 2026 proposing to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Pack...
Rajasthan HC bars construction, unregulated tourism activities in Jawai leopard reserve
The Rajasthan High Court has imposed an immediate and comprehensive halt on all construction, mining, and unregulated tourism activities in the Jawai leopard...
Will Iran war shake India's flagship welfare schemes? The finance ministry wants to find out
The Finance Ministry is conducting stress tests to assess whether the ongoing Iran conflict and its economic fallout — rising oil prices, supply chain disrup...
The RTE Act and the idea of social inclusion
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by a Lucknow-based private school that had refused to admit a child selected under the 25% quota for weaker sections under...
Union government speaking to Anthropic about concerns over Mythos: top MeitY official
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan stated that the impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity has e...
Financial inclusion 2.0 road map set for review this week
The Finance Ministry convened a review to assess progress on existing financial inclusion schemes and set the groundwork for a "Financial Inclusion 2.0" fram...