Polity & Governance

The government has identified L1 (lowest bidder) insurers for the Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) in Jammu & Kashmir In Kashmir div...

The Supreme Court delivered a rebuke against the prevalent culture of indiscriminate welfare distribution by state governments The judges observed that such ...

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 (February 19-20, New Delhi) that the government is working with industry and ...

The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 has completed 50 years since its enactment, prompting a reassessment of its effectiveness An investigation in ...

The Supreme Court on February 19, 2026, sharply criticised state governments for rolling out freebie schemes on the eve of elections, calling it "nothing but...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed Chief Electoral Officers of 22 states and Union Territories to finalise preparations for the next phase of th...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed Chief Electoral Officers across 23 states and Union Territories to expedite preparatory work for a Specia...

The Labour and Employment Ministry has prepared a list of nearly two dozen compliances for employers under the four new labour codes The compliances are cate...

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) granted an 11-year extension of Environmental Clea...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) approached the Supreme Court alleging obstruction during its January 8, 2026 raid at the Kolkata office of I-PAC (Indian Pol...

India hosted the AI Impact Summit 2026 from February 16–20, 2026 — the fourth in the global series of AI governance summits and the first held in the Global ...

The European Union inaugurated the first-ever European Legal Gateway Office (ELGO) in New Delhi, representing the first such office established in any partne...

Kerala's Cabinet approved India's first state-level comprehensive Urban Policy on February 13, 2026, making it the pioneering state to formally frame such a ...

The Supreme Court indicated it will shortly take up final hearings on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (...

The Maharashtra government issued a fresh Government Resolution (GR) in February 2026 formally withdrawing the 5% reservation for Muslims in government educa...

The Supreme Court of India has scheduled a nine-judge Constitution Bench to begin hearing review petitions against the 2018 Sabarimala judgment from April 7,...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 16, 2026 upheld the 2022 environmental clearance for the ₹81,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Development Project...

India's Copyright Act, 1957 is under review to address the tension between rigid copyright protections and the emerging needs of AI development, public acces...

India's individual taxpayer base more than doubled from 3.26 crore in Assessment Year 2013-14 to 7.26 crore in AY 2024-25, reflecting sustained expansion ove...

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly unanimously passed two Bills removing discriminatory references to persons affected by or cured of leprosy from exist...