Social Issues
Science & Technology
6 min
Centre suspends rice fortification scheme citing IIT study; activists welcome move
The Central Government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other allied ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Karnataka government skirts internal reservation in recruitments
The Karnataka government issued a Government Order authorising recruitment notifications for 56,432 Group A, B, and C posts across various departments — with...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
5 min
A budget that remains unspent, patients remain untreated, crisis brews, this Rare Diseases Day
A significant gap exists between the budgetary allocation and actual utilisation under India's National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD) 2021: while Rs 299.59...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
5 min
For a house built in Kerala, another brought down in Bihar
A wage dispute in Bihar's Darbhanga district between a Dalit family and upper-caste members escalated into a caste atrocity case, with a house being demolish...
Internal Security
Social Issues
5 min
From bombmaker to Assembly guest: 120 ex-Maoists step into Chhattisgarh’s ‘temple of democracy’
120 former Maoist cadres — including individuals who had carried out violent acts such as bomb-making — visited the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly to obse...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
4 min
PM Modi launches nationwide HPV vaccination drive, inaugurates projects worth Rs 16,680 crore in Rajasthan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide HPV Vaccination Programme from Ajmer, Rajasthan on February 28, 2026, targeting 14-year-old girls. Along...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
4 min
Telangana launches HPV vaccination programme at King Koti hospital in Hyderabad
Telangana's Health Minister launched a statewide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme at King Koti Hospital in Hyderabad on February 28, 2026, as...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
6 min
PM Modi to launch nationwide HPV vaccination drive on February 28
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan. The pro...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
PM Modi launches nationwide HPV vaccination drive for 14-year-old girls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan The prog...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
Maharashtra to vaccinate 9.84 lakh girls aged 14 as part of nationwide HPV vaccination campaign
Maharashtra will vaccinate 9.84 lakh (approximately 9,84,000) girls aged 14 as part of the nationwide HPV Vaccination Campaign launched on February 28, 2026....
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to introduce Tamil as medium of instruction in select schools
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has announced it will introduce Tamil as a medium of instruction in select Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Tamil Nadu, under ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
Rahul seeks more funding of ECHS, tax exemption on disability pensions
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 25, 2026, seeking adequate funding for the Ex-Servicemen Contribut...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
HPV vaccination: Is one dose enough for girls? Should males get this vaccine? Is it safe? Doctors answer
Following the government's launch of the nationwide HPV Vaccination Programme on February 28, 2026, doctors and public health experts addressed key questions...
Social Issues
Economics
5 min
Women to move from drudgery to decision-making in agriculture: Union Agriculture Secretary
The Union Agriculture Secretary, speaking at the fifth Agri and Commodity Summit organized in New Delhi, highlighted the government's commitment to shifting ...
Social Issues
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
National social security board for gig workers soon, says Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra's Labour Minister announced that a National Social Security Board for gig and platform workers will be constituted soon, following the Code on So...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
6 min
Unpacking the rise of self-managed abortions in India
A detailed analysis examines the growing trend of self-managed or medical abortions in India, where women use medication (mifepristone and misoprostol) outsi...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
Major boost to India’s healthcare: PM Modi rolls out nationwide HPV vaccination for 14-year-old girls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Programme from Ajmer, Rajasthan on February 28, 2026. The program...
Social Issues
Science & Technology
4 min
Sikkim CM lauds PM for launching HPV vaccination campaign for girls
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang welcomed PM Modi's nationwide launch of the HPV Vaccination Campaign, stating the drive would safeguard the health an...