Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Nod to changes to widen transgender definition
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 aimed at broadening the statutory definition of "transgende...
Now, Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill to repeal two-child norm for ULB elections
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to repeal the two-child eligibility condition for contesting Urban L...
Chhattisgarh Cabinet approves new anti-conversion law draft
The Chhattisgarh Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, approved the draft of the Chhattisgarh Dharm Swatantraya Vidheyak, 2026 (Chhattisgarh Freedom...
SC to pronounce verdict in family’s plea to withdraw life support to man in ‘permanent vegetative’ state
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was scheduled to pronounce its verdict on a family's plea to withdraw life support from 31-year-old H...
Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission calls for legal protection and social security for gig workers
The Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission released a study titled "Status of Platform Based Gig Workers in Tamil Nadu," calling for legal protection and socia...
Exclusive: Union Cabinet approves Jal Jeevan Mission extension until 2028 with lower allocation
The Union Cabinet approved an extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) until December 2028, reformulating it as JJM 2.0 with a restructured implementation m...
Maternity leave is not a break in service, cannot attract bond penalty: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) ruled in *Dr. Meenakshi Muthiah v. State of Maharashtra & Others* that maternity leave cannot be treated as a break in s...
Companies starting to take ownership for mitigating AMR but drug resistance outpacing efforts: Report
The 2026 AMR Benchmark report by the Access to Medicine Foundation evaluated 25 pharmaceutical companies — 7 large research-based firms, 10 generic manufactu...
Climate change and health: Urgent action needed for clean air and safe water
A growing body of evidence and international reports underscores that climate change is directly imperilling public health outcomes, particularly through det...
Rat-hole mining in Meghalaya exposes limits of the ban and challenge of mapping state’s hills
On February 5, 2026, a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Mynsyngat village, Thangkso area (East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya) killed 34 labourers — e...
Army columns deployed in Meghalaya after 2 killed in police firing; curfew clamped
Two persons were killed in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya amid violent clashes linked to nomination disputes for the Garo Hills Autonomous District Co...
UP to drop objectionable references to leprosy-affected people in anti-beggary law
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved an amendment to the state's anti-beggary law to remove provisions that specifically and pejoratively referenced persons af...
‘Only way is to bring in Uniform Civil Code’: SC on PIL seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women
The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women, observed that the "only way" to address gender discrimination in pe...
SC asks Centre to draft 'no-fault compensation policy' for serious Covid vaccine side effects
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union Government to formulate a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse...
How fast‑tracking the Women’s Reservation Bill could reshape the 2027 electoral map
Political signals have emerged suggesting the government may seek to fast-track operationalisation of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Wome...
The quiet demographic revolution unfolding in India
India, long characterised as a "high-fertility developing country," has undergone a quiet but profound demographic transition, with the Total Fertility Rate ...
How duty cuts in cancer drugs will ease burden for patients
Data analysis reveals the significant financial relief that customs duty cuts on cancer drugs — announced across Union Budgets 2025 and 2026 — are delivering...
CJI calls on High Court collegiums to consider female lawyers of Supreme Court for judgeship
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant addressed the inaugural session of the first National Conference of Indian Women in Law on International Women's Day ...
SC directs Centre to frame no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events post COVID-19 vaccination
The Supreme Court of India, on March 10, 2026, directed the Central Government to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse Events Following I...
Seeds of Sovereignty: How community-led seed revival is transforming agriculture in India
Grassroots organisations across India — in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and other states — are successfully reviving indigenous seed systems, reducing depend...