Social Issues

Opposition MPs and civil society activists have demanded a rollback of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the...

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, proposing significant changes to the 2019 ...

Widespread protests have erupted across India against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13...

Ahead of Karnataka's Special Cabinet meeting to decide on internal reservation within the 15% Scheduled Caste (SC) quota, religious heads of various SC commu...

A growing body of evidence and public health commentary is highlighting that India's TB elimination effort requires a dual approach — addressing both medical...

Health authorities in Kerala have issued a seasonal alert against Nipah virus, warning that the April-to-September window represents the highest risk period ...

A new UNESCO analysis (part of the 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report) finds that 114 education systems — representing 58% of countries worldwide — now ...

Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP) — the statutory body created under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 — ...

A Parliamentary Standing Committee has raised concern over the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) consistently low and declining share in the direct procureme...

In *Prabhu Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.* (2026 INSC 253), the Supreme Court held that a state cannot prescribe an upper ceiling on the disabilit...

Feminist organisations, lawyers, and rights advocates sent a letter to Members of Parliament urging them to reject the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rig...

The Supreme Court, in *Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India* (2026 INSC 246), struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security, 2020 on March 17, ...

Transgender and queer collectives, legal advocates, and civil society groups have demanded immediate withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rig...

The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued a notice mandating that Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who completed part of their MBBS programme in online or...

Semaglutide's patent expired in India in March 2026, opening the market to generic competition. As many as 50 domestic brands are expected to enter at a thir...

The Tripura Legislative Assembly passed three bills to establish new private universities on March 20, 2026, amid a walkout by opposition CPI(M) and Congress...

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presented the state's ₹3,24,234 crore budget for 2026-27, announcing the Indiram...

A documented rise in eco-anxiety among Indian youth is attracting attention from health researchers and environmental advocates, with the phenomenon now reco...

Inequities have emerged between ex-servicemen settler families and the original indigenous islanders (Nicobarese and Shompen) over land compensation for the ...

The Mahad Satyagraha, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on March 20, 1927, marks its 99th anniversary — a landmark event now widely recognised as the foundational act...