Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
TB Tales: journey to slay bacteria
On World TB Day (March 24), health observers assessed India's progress toward tuberculosis elimination, noting a 21% reduction in new TB cases between 2015 a...
Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India's typhoid economic burden: Study
A modelling study published in The Lancet Regional Health — Southeast Asia found that antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections account for 87% of India's tota...
'India belongs to its people, not a select few': Rahul meets tribal leaders opposing Great Nicobar project
Tribal leaders of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands met with Rahul Gandhi to express opposition to the Great Nicobar Island Holistic Development Project, alleg...
Rural job scheme demand falls to a six-year low as work rises in farms, urban centres
Demand for work under the rural employment guarantee scheme has fallen to its lowest level in six years, according to official data tracked by experts. The d...
'Historic step': After Uttarakhand, Gujarat passes Uniform Civil Code Bill
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026, following a debate lasting more than seven hours, making Gujarat the second Indian...
TB remains India’s biggest infectious killer, but mass screening push shows results
Tuberculosis (TB) remains India's largest single infectious disease killer, even as the country's mass screening programme under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan i...
Women’s quota: Why govt may run into hurdles in bid to expand Lok Sabha with same states’ heft
The Union government is exploring amendments to delink women's reservation from the census and delimitation processes, potentially fast-tracking implementati...
SC ruling on conversion puts spotlight on Punjab’s ‘faith without conversion’ phenomenon
The Supreme Court of India, in a ruling delivered on March 24, 2026, held that conversion from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to any other religion results i...
After Supreme Court allows withdrawal of medical treatment, Harish Rana passed away at AIIMS
Harish Rana, 31, an engineering student from Ghaziabad, died at AIIMS Delhi's palliative care unit on March 24–25, 2026 — becoming the first person in India ...
Indian man whose life support was removed after court go-ahead dies
Harish Rana, a 31-year-old man from Ghaziabad who had been in a comatose/vegetative state since 2013 after falling from a fourth-floor balcony, died at AIIMS...
Supreme Court-appointed panel asks Centre to withdraw Transgender Bill that removes right to gender self-determination
A Supreme Court-appointed committee has recommended that the Central Government withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026,...
Trans Amendment Bill 2026: Don’t impose changes without consensus, T.N. CM Stalin tells Centre
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, and was passed by the Lok Sabha amid stron...
Parliament Budget Session LIVE updates: Nirmala Sitharaman replies to discussion on Finance Bill 2026 in Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replied to the discussion on the Finance Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026, a key legislative step in completing ...
10 lakh litres a day: Women SHGs lead dairy push in 31 UP districts
Women-led Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh are collectively collecting 10 lakh litres (1 million litres) of milk daily across 31 districts, generatin...
Explained | The Scheduled Caste classification and the religion bar: What has the Supreme Court ruled?
A Supreme Court bench (Justices P.K. Mishra and N.V. Anjaria) ruled on March 24, 2026 that conversion from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to any other religi...
Tough for women, tougher for men: The grim reality of India's youth jobs
Recent analysis of India's labour market data reveals a deeply fractured employment landscape for youth, with distinct patterns for men and women Women — des...
Bird flu kills 4,400 chickens in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur; surveillance intensified
Around 4,400 chickens died due to avian influenza (bird flu) at a government poultry farm in the Koni area of Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, between March ...
Centre intensifies regulatory surveillance over GLP-1 weight loss drugs
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), in collaboration with State Drug Controllers, has launched targeted enforcement actions across the pharmaceutic...
Four queer voices explain the impact of the Trans Amendment Bill 2026
Gender-diverse individuals and activists who participated in nationwide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 ...
GLP-1 gold rush under scanner: Raids across India expose easy access to weight-loss drugs
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) conducted inspections and audits at 49 entities — including online pharmacy warehouses, drug wholesalers, retail...