Economics
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
It’s ironic welfare schemes implemented in T.N. are portrayed as fiscally irresponsible: Thangam Thennarasu
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu pushed back against characterisations of the state's welfare schemes as fiscally irresponsible, arguing that d...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
5 min
DNT leaders move Supreme Court seeking distinct enumeration in 2027 Census
Leaders of Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) approached the Supreme Court of India, seeking a court direction to ensure a distinct and sepa...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
How a challenge to 1937 Shariat Act frames inheritance law as a civil statute vs religious instrument question
The Supreme Court is hearing a petition challenging the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, specifically Section 2, which applies Muslim per...
International Relations
Social Issues
5 min
What China’s new ‘ethnic unity’ law reveals about its shrinking tolerance for diversity
China's National People's Congress (NPC) passed the "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" at the closing session of its annual parliamentary meeting i...
Internal Security
Social Issues
6 min
Three years on, justice eludes 2 Kuki-Zo women who were stripped, paraded, gang-raped in Manipur
Nearly three years after the Manipur ethnic violence began in May 2023, the two Kuki-Zo women who were stripped, paraded naked, and gang-raped on May 4, 2023...
Economics
Social Issues
6 min
ICAR to build national gender platform linking 900 institutions to boost women's role in farming
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) announced plans to build a National Gender Platform linking 900 agricultural research and extension instit...
Economics
Social Issues
6 min
Govt asked to explore better substitute for pulses farmers amid complains over lower prices
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, on March 13, 2026, asked the government to explore a better substitute...
Internal Security
Social Issues
5 min
Assam inks settlement with Hmar, Kuki extremist groups
The Assam government signed memoranda of settlement with four armed groups on March 15, 2026 — three Kuki groups (United Kukigam Defence Army, Kuki Revolutio...
Economics
Social Issues
4 min
New labour codes to drive wider adoption of fixed-term employment: Report
India's four new Labour Codes — enacted between 2019 and 2020 and brought into force on November 21, 2025 — are expected to significantly expand the adoption...
Environment & Ecology
Social Issues
4 min
Waste prevention central to UNEP’s latest report on safe disposal of unused medicines
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a new report warning that improper disposal of unused medicines poses serious risks to environmental...
Environment & Ecology
International Relations
Social Issues
5 min
In frames | War lights a kitchen fire
The ongoing conflict in West Asia — involving disruption of LPG supply chains through the Strait of Hormuz — has forced families and eateries in conflict-aff...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
6 min
Fact check: Are “40 out of 100 children malnourished” in Gujarat?
A fact-check exercise verified the claim that approximately 40 out of 100 children in Gujarat are malnourished — the data confirms this is broadly accurate. ...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
4 min
Watch: HPV vaccination roll out, climate change, metabolic diseases and more | Health Wrap
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccination Programme on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan, as par...