Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
I-PAC raid case: Supreme Court pulls up Mamata Banerjee, says a CM can't just walk in during a probe
The Supreme Court of India issued sharp observations in a case arising from a state executive's intervention during an ongoing central agency investigation, ...
RBI issues Draft Master Direction on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs), 2026
The Reserve Bank of India released a draft Master Direction on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs), 2026, for public consultation — replacing the existing 202...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting, April 6 to 8, 2026
The 60th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held during April 6–8, 2026, unanimously voted to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, main...
Digital Payments – E-mandate Framework, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India issued the Digital Payments – E-Mandate Framework, 2026 (RBI/DPSS/2026-27/396), consolidating eight earlier circulars into a single...
MeitY moots stricter disclosure norms for AI-generated content, proposes tweaks to IT rules
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed an amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital M...
On the Yashwant Varma probe’s future
A sitting High Court judge against whom a formal statutory inquiry had been initiated under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 tendered resignation to the Presid...
How the Pahalgam attack forced a radical security shift in J&K
On April 22, 2025, a terrorist attack at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam (Anantnag district, Jammu & Kashmir) killed 26 civilians — 25 tourists and one local p...
After Pahalgam massacre, security forces took the terror fight back to Kashmir’s jungles
Following the April 22, 2025 terror attack at Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam — which killed 26 tourists — a comprehensive review of the security grid in the U...
India bats for greater Global South representation in UNSC
At the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) session on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform held at UN Headquarters in New York, India delivered a national sta...
Expert Explains | ‘India’s fiscal federalism must be reimagined to ensure every vote carries equal weight’
Expert analysis has renewed attention on a structural tension in India's constitutional design: states that successfully controlled population growth face a ...
India leads in AI talent, but also brain drain & anxiety, says Stanford’s AI index report
Stanford University's 2026 AI Index Report identifies India as the world's second-largest source of top AI talent globally, with approximately 50,460 leading...
Digital arrest is a crime against human dignity: CJI
The Chief Justice of India, delivering the 22nd D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture at Bharat Mandapam on "Challenges of Cyber Crime – Role for Police and Judiciary,...
Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impact
An inter-ministerial review has been convened to assess the impact of the West Asia conflict on rural welfare schemes, particularly PM-KISAN, the Mahatma Gan...
India moves closer to opening nuclear power sector to foreign investment as AEC cleared FDI policy: Official
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has cleared a new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for the nuclear power sector, marking a significant policy shift ...
India extends OCI card eligibility in Sri Lanka to sixth generation
India has extended Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card eligibility to sixth-generation Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka, a historic policy expansion announ...
Southern States’ combined representation will increase from 23.76% to 23.90% in LS after delimitation, says Anurag Thakur
Three interconnected Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha in April 2026: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) ...
Export disruption hits ‘Bangalore Rose’ onion farmers; MP seeks urgent support
Farmers cultivating the 'Bangalore Rose' onion variety in Karnataka's Chickballapur district and surrounding areas of the Kolar cluster (Karnataka) are facin...
We know how to bring debt under control, improve finances of Tamil Nadu: Edappadi Palaniswami
The delimitation question — the redrawing of Lok Sabha and State Assembly constituency boundaries based on population — has become a central issue in souther...
Gig workers social security scheme may have multiple fund managers
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is actively designing the implementation architecture for a social security scheme covering gig and platform workers, w...
Finance ministry may review MOOWR benefits for battery storage imports
The Finance Ministry is convening discussions to review the application of the MOOWR (Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse Regulations) scheme to im...