Environment & Ecology
Polity & Governance
5 min
Aligning religious tourism with ecology
A recent opinion piece examines the growing conflict between India's booming religious tourism sector and the ecological fragility of pilgrimage destinations...
Polity & Governance
Economics
5 min
IBC represents legislative choice to privilege speed over exhaustive judicial scrutiny: Supreme Court judgment
The Supreme Court of India delivered a significant judgment affirming that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 represents a "conscious legislative...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
5 min
Rural jobs scheme workers flag glitches in monitoring app
Workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have raised persistent complaints about glitches in the National Mobile...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha formed, Ravi Shankar Prasad nominated as chairperson
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla constituted the Committee of Privileges of the 18th Lok Sabha, nominating BJP leader and former Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Pr...
Science & Technology
Polity & Governance
5 min
NDAP overhaul in works to handle surge in big data
The National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP), managed by NITI Aayog, is undergoing a major technical overhaul to address an accelerating surge in governme...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
How Bombay HC ruling on fee payment highlights Right to Education guarantee, its scope
The Bombay High Court ruled that schools cannot expel students or deny them education — including by issuing a transfer certificate — for non-payment of fees...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi demands return of SCSP-TSP funds diverted to guarantee schemes; to stage Bengaluru Chalo on March 11
The Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi demanded that funds diverted from the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) be returned to their in...
Science & Technology
Polity & Governance
6 min
India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders
The Supreme Court of India has categorized the citation of AI-generated fake court precedents as a serious form of judicial misconduct — the first time the a...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
BJP names two from eastern Assam as RS poll candidates
The BJP named two candidates from eastern Assam for the Biennial Election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Assam. The nominations were made by the...
Economics
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
Inter-Ministerial Group set up to boost supply chain resilience amid West Asia tension
The government constituted an 'Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) for Supply Chain Resilience' to monitor the escalating West Asia conflict and its impact on Indi...
Polity & Governance
Art & Culture
6 min
Nagaland MLA questions Centre’s directive on singing of Vande Mataram
A constitutional and cultural controversy erupted in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly after several MLAs objected to an MHA directive dated January 28, 2026...
Polity & Governance
6 min
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah writes to Tamil Nadu counterpart Stalin backing renewed Centre-State relations debate
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah formally wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin endorsing his call for a federal reset — a systematic restorati...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Polavaram project progressing as per established engineering standards, asserts government
The Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh was reported to be progressing as per established engineering standards, with construction on the rock-fil...
Polity & Governance
6 min
Judicial independence extends to freedom of a judge to dissent or diverge from colleagues, says J. Nagarathna
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai reaffirmed that judicial independence intrinsically includes the freedom of a judge to dissent or diverge from the opinions...
Polity & Governance
6 min
Siddaramaiah backs Stalin’s call for federal reset, seeks institutional forum for states
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has backed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's call for a national dialogue on restoring federal balance between th...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
6 min
Which law gave US, Israel authority to attack Iran, kill its leader: Omar Abdullah
The US and Israel launched joint military strikes on Iran in late February 2026, including strikes on nuclear facilities and the killing of Iran's Supreme Le...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
5 min
UIDAI covers mandatory biometric update for students in over 1 lakh schools
UIDAI has covered Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU) for students across more than 1 lakh schools in India, with 1.2 crore children completing biometric updat...
Polity & Governance
Economics
5 min
Road ministry defines catastrophic failures to help in assessment of concessionaire
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formally defined "Catastrophic Failures" in the context of National Highway (NH) infrastructure, esta...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
From lapses in beneficiary verification to fund underutilisation, CAG flags issues in Ayushman Bharat and PMAY in Bihar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its Report No. 4 of 2025, audited the performance of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
Expert Explains: How Iran’s power pyramid came to be, with Supreme Leader at the top
Following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the reported killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, global attention has turned to the structure of Iran's governan...