Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
The quiet battle over the right to dying with dignity
India's Supreme Court authorised the country's first-ever passive euthanasia in the Harish Rana vs. Union of India case (March 2026), marking the practical r...
Punjab ‘inflating’ numbers of households with tap water access, groundwater very contaminated—CAG report
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's audit of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Punjab found that the state has been "inflating" the number of ...
India aims for universal health insurance by 2033, says Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated that achieving universal health insurance coverage is a government priority, with a target year of 2033. I...
March taken out to Lok Bhavan in protest against Bill on transgender persons
Members of the transgender, intersex, and gender diverse community marched to Lok Bhavan (seat of the state government) in protest against the Transgender Pe...
No evidence of increased efficiency due to mechanisation of sewer cleaning, Centre tells LS
The Central government informed the Lok Sabha that 622 deaths from hazardous sewer and septic tank cleaning have been reported since 2017, and that there is ...
Doctors warn against rising trend of using AI for diagnosis and self-prescription
Doctors and public health experts have raised alarms about an accelerating trend of patients using AI tools — particularly large language models (LLMs) like ...
Health insurance priority for government, to cover all by 2033: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that health insurance is a government priority and that India aims to achieve universal health insurance coverage ...
Supreme Court strikes down age cap on maternity leave for adoptive mothers
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, declaring it unconstitutional for restricting maternity ...
Pensioners’ demands echoed: Parliamentary panel seeks hike in minimum EPS payout, say Rs 1000 insufficient
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has urged an immediate review of the minimum monthly pension under the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995, calling the ...
Rs 39.48 lakh cr sanctioned so far under PM-MUDRA, NPAs at around 2 pc: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha on March 17, 2026, that a cumulative ₹39.48 lakh crore has been sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri ...
Availability of generic medicines under PMBJKs
The Government highlighted the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), which provides quality generic medicines at prices 50–...
Maharashtra legislature passes Freedom of Religion Bill to check conversions through fraud
The Maharashtra legislature passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, making it one of the most comprehensive anti-conversion laws enacted by an...
'Unconstitutional': SC rules adoptive mothers can't be denied maternity leave if child is older than 3 months
The Supreme Court struck down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, which had restricted maternity benefits to adoptive mothers only when the adop...
Passive euthanasia: How Harish Rana's case revived memories for Aruna Shanbaug's long, silent fight for dignity in death
The Supreme Court of India approved passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old from Uttar Pradesh who has been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) ...
Census 2027 offers historic opportunity to record data on disabilities: Athawale
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale described Census 2027 as a "historic opportunity" to capture accurate data on all ...
India at UN slams Pakistan for ‘fabricating’ Islamophobia narratives, flags Ahmadiyya repression, Afghan bombings
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, delivered a strong rebuttal at the UN General Assembly, accusing Paki...
National Integrated Policy for Fishing Community
The Department of Fisheries affirmed in Parliament that it is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) as the flagship scheme for a "Blu...
Gujarat UCC report, draft law to be submitted today; follows Uttarakhand template
Gujarat's state government submitted its Uniform Civil Code (UCC) committee report and draft law, modelled closely on the Uttarakhand UCC template — the only...
Migrant workers bear brunt of Iran attacks in Gulf
Since Iran launched wave after wave of missile and drone attacks against Gulf states from February 28, 2026, approximately 9 million Indian migrant workers l...
Freedom of Religion Bill passed in Maharashtra Assembly; 'not against any community', says Fadnavis
The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 was passed by voice vote in the Maharashtra Assembly, introducing stringent provisions against religious conver...