Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Verdict holding Meta, YouTube accountable for addiction could encourage responsible design
A California jury on March 25, 2026 found Meta and Google (YouTube) negligent and liable in a landmark trial, ruling that their platforms were deliberately d...
AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots
A major study published in the journal Science in March 2026, testing 11 leading AI systems (including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek), found that all...
Banas Bio-CNG model gains national traction; Gujarat allocates ₹60 crore for expansion
Gujarat has allocated ₹60 crore in its 2026–27 state budget to expand Bio-CNG plant infrastructure through cooperative milk production societies, building on...
The Transgender Persons Amendment Bill and the question of identity: Who gets to define a trans life?
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, has reignited the debate on how the State det...
From hills to markets: Indigenous seeds make a comeback in Andhra Pradesh
A grassroots network of tribal and smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Eastern Ghats is conserving hundreds of indigenous seed varieties — including nati...
What we know so far about the Supreme Court’s ruling on reservation for converted Dalits
A Supreme Court bench of Justices P.K. Mishra and N.V. Anjaria ruled on March 24, 2026 that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste loses that status immedia...
Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa — new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100
A new multi-model climate study — using 10 global climate models bias-corrected to observed conditions — projected heatwave exposure for rural and urban popu...
As ‘Ladki Bahin’ spends crores, malnutrition deaths persist in Melghat, Bombay HC asks State for explanation
The Bombay High Court administered a sharp rebuke to the Maharashtra government, observing that while the state allocates thousands of crores to schemes like...
Rolling back rights: Karnataka’s gender minority communities question Trans Bill 2026
Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha clearing it by a voice vote after the Lok Sabha p...
Jaya Bachchan’s fiery standoff in Rajya Sabha as controversial Transgender Bill clears Parliament
The Rajya Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 on March 25, 2026, completing its passage through Parliament after...
Faiths and fences: On reservation benefits, religious groups
The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed that a person who converts to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism loses their Scheduled Caste (SC)...
Dowry claims lives of thousands, do not give bail for such deaths mechanically: SC
The Supreme Court has strongly cautioned high courts against granting bail mechanically in dowry death cases, cancelling the bail granted to an accused husba...
CBI arrests human trafficking ‘kingpin’ in Myanmar-based cyber scam compounds case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan (alias "Krish"), a Mumbai resident, as the alleged kingpin of a transnational ...
46 pc of CSR spends in Maharashtra, aspirational districts need more attention: Crisil
A new report by CRISIL (released March 27, 2026, marking a decade of mandatory CSR) found that 46% of India's total Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) exp...
CSR spends up but aspirational districts fail to get bigger share
A recent study revealed that Indian companies have cumulatively spent over ₹1.22 lakh crore on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities over the past...
President urged not to grant assent to transgender bill
Over 140 legal professionals and activists have written to President Droupadi Murmu urging her not to grant assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of ...
SC-appointed panel urges Govt to withdraw Transgender Persons Amendment Bill
A Supreme Court-appointed expert committee has formally urged the Union Government to withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill,...
Explained: Amid Iran war, the rise of Israeli settler violence in West Bank
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has sharply escalated since the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against ...
How Karnataka is looking to curb screen time among students
The Karnataka government has released a draft "Policy for Responsible Digital Use Among Students," targeting students in Grades 9–12 (secondary and pre-unive...
Can Parsi women be excommunicated for marrying non-Parsis? SC to examine
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Nagpur Parsi Panchayat (as of March 24, 2026) to respond to a plea challenging the practice of excommunicating Par...