Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
House panel pulls up line ministries for ‘slow, tardy’ progress in execution of flagship schemes for tribal villages
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment pulled up multiple line ministries for "slow and tardy" progress in executing flagship s...
Uptake of induction stoves sluggish in low-income Indian households
Only 5% of Indian households have electric penetration in their kitchens, and uptake of induction stoves remains very sluggish, particularly among low-income...
Reforming choice-based education
An opinion piece in a national daily argued that India's Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), intended to deliver flexible and multi-disciplinary higher educat...
Government plans to raise income limit for post-matric scholarship for SCs, OBCs, DNTs from 2026-27 onwards
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced plans to raise the parental income ceiling for post-matric scholarships for Scheduled Caste (SC), Ot...
20 including Army jawan ‘taken hostage by Kuki group’ in Manipur. CM Khemchand appeals for release
Approximately 20 people, including an Indian Army jawan on personal leave, were reported taken hostage by a Kuki armed group in Manipur's Ukhrul district on ...
New EPS rules leave out clause on higher pension
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) notified revised Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) rules that omit the provision — formerly under Paragraph 1...
Meghalaya govt postpones Garo Hills polls after violence
The Meghalaya government postponed elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), which were scheduled for April 10, 2026, following violen...
Gunmen abduct 20 Naga people from three vehicles in Manipur
Armed gunmen abducted 20 Naga civilians from three vehicles travelling along the Ukhrul-Imphal highway in Manipur on March 11, 2026; the hostages included se...
'To be or not to be': Why Supreme Court allowed passive euthanasia for the first time
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgment in Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026 INSC 222), allowing withdrawal of life-sus...
NCERT book row: Who are the 3 whom SC wants Centre, states to disassociate from
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026 directed the Government of India and all state governments to disassociate from three members of the NCERT Class 8 Social...
Supreme Court applies passive euthanasia framework for first time: Here is what the law says
In a historic first, the Supreme Court of India applied its own passive euthanasia framework to a real case — granting permission to withdraw life support fr...
Tribal organisations begin 48-hour satyagraha at Aralam farm
Tribal organisations launched a 48-hour satyagraha at the Aralam Farm in Kannur district, Kerala, demanding that the land be distributed to landless tribal c...
All you need to know about: passive euthanasia
The Supreme Court of India's framework for passive euthanasia — established in 2018 — has for the first time been practically applied in the Harish Rana case...
Gas shortage due to West Asia crisis threatens food security of migrant workers, business of street vendors
A government-issued Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order in March 2026, triggered by the West Asia crisis, imposed a 35% cut in gas supply to hotels, dhabas...
India's top court allows removal of life support of man in vegetative state
The Supreme Court of India, for the first time in the country's history, permitted the withdrawal of life support from a patient in a permanent vegetative st...
AIDSO to organise Nammura Shaale Ulisi meet in Kalaburagi on Saturday
The All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) organised a "Nammura Shaale Ulisi" (Save Our Schools) meet in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, to protest the s...
LPG crisis fuels fear of loss of livelihood, food scarcity in Kerala
Escalating conflict in West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran from February 28, 2026 — effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to c...
Civilians held captive, fresh tension in Manipur’s Ukhrul
Over 20 Tangkhul Naga civilians travelling in three vehicles along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were detained by Kuki villagers and armed men at Shangkai village ...
ICAR to host 3-day global conference on women in agri-food system from Thursday
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), in collaboration with CGIAR, TAAS, and PPV&FRA, hosted the Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food System...
Only 7 Indian states have dedicated police stations for SC/ST cases. Hotbeds UP & Rajasthan have none
A parliamentary panel found that India has only 181 special police stations dedicated to handling atrocity cases against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe...