Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Karnataka Congress stuck in a quota matrix
The recruitment process for government jobs in Karnataka has ignited a fresh controversy over the state's reservation system, with the Congress government ca...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Internal reservation: Dalit Ministers hold meetings to arrive at a consensus ahead of Karnataka Cabinet meeting on March 5
Dalit Ministers in the Karnataka Cabinet held pre-meeting consultations to arrive at a broader consensus on internal reservation (sub-categorisation) for Sch...
International Relations
Social Issues
5 min
United Nations ‘deeply disturbed’ by strike on Iran school that killed 160 children
On February 28, 2026, during the first day of Israeli-US airstrikes on Iran, the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, southern Iran (Hormozga...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
4 min
Karnataka’s HPV vaccination plan revived under Centre’s national rollout
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's national HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination campaign on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, integrating it into ...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
6 min
India ranks second globally for children who are overweight and living with obesity: report
A new global report — the World Obesity Atlas 2026, released on World Obesity Day (March 4) — places India second globally for the number of children who are...
International Relations
Social Issues
5 min
Gulf conflict: A.P. trying to evacuate stranded people in three days
The Andhra Pradesh government has set a target of evacuating all stranded Telugu nationals from the Gulf region within three days, as the Israel-Iran conflic...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
Why finding a stem cell match remains a major challenge for patients with aplastic anaemia
Only 0.09% of India's eligible population is currently registered as blood stem cell donors, creating a critical shortage for patients with aplastic anaemia ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
NEET-UG requirement for physiotherapy, occupational therapy courses deferred to 2027–28
The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) deferred the mandatory NEET-UG requirement for admissions to Bachelor of Physiotherapy ...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
4 min
EU experts to start work on social media ban for children
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attended the inaugural meeting of a consultative expert panel tasked with advising the EU on a potential s...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
4 min
Silent surge in districts: Door-to-door screening reveals uneven burden of NCDs in Karnataka
A large-scale door-to-door screening programme for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Karnataka's districts has uncovered wide variation in disease burd...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
On science and accountability
An editorial intervention has drawn attention to a growing crisis of accountability in India's publicly funded scientific research ecosystem, coinciding with...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Under pressure, Karnataka to revise internal quota of SC communities
Under political pressure from Dalit community groups, the Karnataka government has decided to revise the internal distribution of the 17% Scheduled Caste (SC...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
6 min
6L kids born with anomalies per year but no national registry to track them
India records approximately 6 lakh (600,000) babies born with congenital anomalies every year, contributing roughly 16% of global deaths linked to birth defe...