Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
EPFO plans auto-settlement to clear Rs 5,200 crore in inoperative accounts
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is developing an auto-settlement mechanism to proactively credit unclaimed balances from inoperative provid...
India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women to develop AI-driven solutions for preterm births: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that India's largest pregnancy cohort study — the GARBH-INi initiative — has enrolled 12,000 women and is develop...
Graduate and unemployed: India’s middle-class rulebook for career & success no longer works
A structural crisis in India's graduate employment market has become increasingly visible: approximately 40% of graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed,...
The Sattankulam custodial torture deaths of a father and son in Tamil Nadu | Explained
The verdict in the custodial death case of P. Jeyaraj and his son J. Benicks was delivered on March 23, 2026, by the Madurai District Principal Sessions Cour...
PM calls Lohia ‘outstanding thinker’, one of foremost voices of social justice
March 23, 2026 marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (born March 23, 1910; died October 12, 1967). Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes,...
Supreme Court judge flags overuse of UAPA, laments poor representation of women in HCs, SC
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court of India criticised the excessive use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Prevention of Mone...
Manipur: Mob attacks Kuki Zo Council chairman's residence in Churachandpur, blank fire reported
On March 22, 2026, an irate mob of youths attacked the residence of Kuki Zo Council (KZC) Chairman Henlienthang Thanglet in Churachandpur, Manipur. Protester...
EPFO reaches out to subscribers with unclaimed balance
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) approved a pilot auto-settlement facility to automatically disburse unclaimed funds from inoperative EPF ac...
Opposition MPs, activists oppose amendments to Transgender Persons Act
Opposition MPs from multiple parties — including the Indian National Congress, CPI(M), RJD, and NCP (SP faction) — and transgender rights activists have call...
National Council members to govt: 'Self perceived identity' must remain foundation of transgender identification
Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP), constituted under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, met with official...
Opposition MPs, activists seek rollback of transgender bill, say law could dilute rights
Opposition MPs and civil society activists have demanded a rollback of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the...
Transgender Rights Bill row: Opposition MPs, activists seek withdrawal
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, proposing significant changes to the 2019 ...
‘Criminalising lived realities’: Protests across India against Transgender Persons Amendment Bill
Widespread protests have erupted across India against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13...
SC internal reservation: Religious heads spearheading campaign of their communities
Ahead of Karnataka's Special Cabinet meeting to decide on internal reservation within the 15% Scheduled Caste (SC) quota, religious heads of various SC commu...
Are we in a paradigm shift in our #endTB response?
A growing body of evidence and public health commentary is highlighting that India's TB elimination effort requires a dual approach — addressing both medical...
Alert issued against Nipah in Kerala from April to September
Health authorities in Kerala have issued a seasonal alert against Nipah virus, warning that the April-to-September window represents the highest risk period ...
Over half of countries have banned phones in schools: UNESCO
A new UNESCO analysis (part of the 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report) finds that 114 education systems — representing 58% of countries worldwide — now ...
NCTP members oppose transgender Act amendments, say not consulted
Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP) — the statutory body created under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 — ...
Rice, wheat procurement remains ‘consistently’ low; House panel raises concern
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has raised concern over the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) consistently low and declining share in the direct procureme...
State cannot put ‘arbitrary ceiling’ on disability limits when RPwD Act does not prescribe any: SC
In *Prabhu Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.* (2026 INSC 253), the Supreme Court held that a state cannot prescribe an upper ceiling on the disabilit...