Polity & Governance
6 min
Indian exports brace for impact as US-Israel strikes on Iran affect sea routes
Indian exporters are bracing for disruption as US-Israel military strikes on Iran threaten major maritime trade routes used by Indian cargo. A prolonged conf...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
6 min
Eighteen Indian aircraft stranded overseas as West Asia airspace shut amid tensions
As West Asia airspace shut down across 11 countries following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory attacks, 18 Indian commercial aircraft were ...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
5 min
Air India cancels 50 international flights amid Middle East crisis
Air India cancelled 50 international flights in response to the West Asia airspace closures triggered by the US-Israeli-Iran conflict beginning February 28, ...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Andhra Pradesh achieves record GST collection in February 2026
Andhra Pradesh achieved its highest-ever GST collection in February 2026, recording a 5.45% growth compared to February 2025. The record collection was annou...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
Economics
7 min
Why politicians in Bihar are not saying ‘cheers’ to prohibition
Ten years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed a total prohibition on alcohol in the state (effective April 2016), parties across the political sp...
Polity & Governance
Economics
6 min
GST eroding financial freedoms of States: K.N. Harilal
K.N. Harilal, Chairman of Kerala's 7th State Finance Commission, stated that GST is eroding the financial freedoms of states by concentrating indirect tax de...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
PM Modi to chair CCS meeting tonight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) following the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, ...
Polity & Governance
6 min
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stresses on building a ‘mediation culture’ for resolving disputes amicably
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, at an event in Andhra Pradesh, called for the building of a "mediation culture" in India — urging litigants, lawyers...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
Science & Technology
5 min
Ban, regulate or reform? Social media & under-15s – The India question
India is actively debating whether to impose a ban on social media access for children under 15, with experts, government officials, and civil society divide...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
GST mop-up grows 8.1% to over ₹1.83 lakh crore in Feb
Gross GST revenue for February 2026 reached ₹1,83,609 crore — an 8.1% rise year-on-year, driven by a 17.2% surge in import-linked GST revenue (₹47,837 crore)...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Centre, states collect GST revenue of ₹1.61 trillion in February after refunds
Net GST revenue for February 2026 — after deducting refunds — stood at ₹1,61,014 crore (approximately ₹1.61 trillion), a 7.9% year-on-year increase. The gros...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
India's GST collections rise 8.1% YoY to Rs 1.83 lakh crore in February
Gross GST revenue for February 2026 stood at ₹1,83,609 crore — an 8.1% year-on-year increase over February 2025. The cumulative GST collection for FY2025-26 ...
Polity & Governance
5 min
‘Grant statehood for Puducherry,’ CM Rangasamy urges PM Modi
Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to grant Puducherry full statehood, citing the territory's ina...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Key takeaways from Bengal SIR: 9% deletions, 8.5% in limbo, 20% struck off in Mamata seat
The final electoral roll for West Bengal was published on February 28, 2026, after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise — the most...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
5 min
Khamenei is dead: How will his successor be picked?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, triggering Iran's constitutional succession process for only the second time...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
SC: Make prisons reformative, give women right to open jails
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued nationwide directions in the case Suhas Chakma v. Union of India (2026 ...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
4 min
Why is WhatsApp's privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India?
In January 2021, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy requiring all users to consent to sharing their data with Meta (then Facebook) and its subsidiaries for ...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
West Asia crisis: India assures visa relief to stranded foreign travellers
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 1, 2026, issued an advisory directing foreign nationals whose travel plans were disrupted by the West Asia cr...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
5 min
How succession works in Iran and who will be the country’s next supreme leader?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, was killed in joint US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, triggering Iran's constitutional su...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
7 min
U.S., Israel clash with Iran in UNSC, as U.N. chief Guterres warns of uncontrollable ‘chain of events’
The UN Security Council (UNSC) convened in emergency session on February 28, 2026, hours after the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran that kille...