Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
As nicotine pouches spread online, call for regulations, ban get louder
Health experts and activists are calling for a nationwide ban on nicotine pouches, which are spreading rapidly through online sales channels in India. Nicoti...
Social Issues
Environment & Ecology
4 min
Experiencing heat during pregnancy results in fewer male babies: study
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), led by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Sociology, fo...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
4 min
Preventing diabetes before birth, to offer hope for future generations
A shift in strategy for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) screening has been advocated: moving intervention from the conventional second trimester to the f...
Social Issues
Economics
5 min
The hidden price of being a woman
Analysis highlights the systemic "pink tax" -- a phenomenon where products marketed to women are priced higher than functionally identical products for men, ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
Science & Technology
6 min
Medical colleges asked to link patients’ digital health records
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all medical college hospitals to integrate digital health records of every patient — OPD visits, emergency...
Social Issues
Geography
5 min
The promise of a bridge to development in Odisha’s Kalahandi
Tribal and Dalit families stranded on a landmass within the Indravati reservoir in Kalahandi district, Odisha, have been promised a new bridge for connectivi...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
ACTREC working on app to help assess risk of breast, oral, gall bladder cancers
The Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), the R&D wing of Tata Memorial Centre, is developing a mobile application to ass...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
‘Even stricter than Gujarat, MP’: Maharashtra cabinet approves draft of proposed anti-conversion law
The Maharashtra cabinet approved the draft of a proposed anti-conversion law on 5 March 2026, officially titled the Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra Government over death of 18 workers at explosives unit
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of the death of 18 workers and severe burn injuries to 24 others in an explosion at an e...
Social Issues
Economics
5 min
India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households
A paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has found a sharp rise in tobacco consumption across India between 2011-12 and 2023-2...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
India, China top Asia-Pacific region with highest metabolic diseases burden
A study has found that India and China top the Asia-Pacific region in terms of the burden of metabolic diseases, measured in DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life ...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
Economics
4 min
Draft Population Management Policy to incentivise parents having third child
Andhra Pradesh has released a draft Population Management Policy that reverses the decades-old approach of discouraging large families — instead incentivisin...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
‘Free’ vaccines, single-dose nudge pushes India-made HPV vaccine to back of the line
India launched a nationwide free HPV vaccination programme on 28 February 2026, targeting girls aged 9–14 with a single dose of HPV vaccine, tracked via the ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Affordable Medicines at Janaushadhi Ensure Quality Healthcare without Financial Strain
The Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) continues to expand its network of dedicated outlets (Jan Aushadhi Kendras) offering quality gener...
International Relations
Economics
Social Issues
4 min
India and Finland Discuss Expanding Cooperation in Skill Development, Vocational Education and Workforce Mobility
India and Finland held a high-level meeting on March 5, 2026, to advance cooperation in skill development, vocational education, and workforce mobility Jayan...
International Relations
Internal Security
Social Issues
6 min
Iran-Israel war: Who are the Kurds, why U.S. may align with them?
As the US-Israel war against Iran widened from February 28, 2026, the strategic role of Kurdish fighters in Iran's western regions came into sharp focus. Rep...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
4 min
Ahead in health, but a new set of challenges awaits Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu, long regarded as a model state for public healthcare delivery, faces a new wave of challenges despite its historical achievements in maternal hea...