Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Amid West Asian conflict, 4 lakh tn basmati stuck at ports, in transit: Exporters
Approximately 4 lakh metric tonnes (400,000 MT) of Indian basmati rice is stranded at Indian ports or mid-transit as the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict disr...
Rural jobs scheme workers flag glitches in monitoring app
Workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have raised persistent complaints about glitches in the National Mobile...
US, Israel attacks Iran: Scheduled, charter flights to be used for repatriation
Following US-Israel joint strikes on Iran (beginning February 28, 2026) and Iran's retaliatory drone and missile campaign across the Gulf region, large-scale...
Iran situation evoking ‘great anxiety’: Govt says some Indians dead, missing amid Iran conflict
The Indian government confirmed that some Indian nationals have been killed and others are missing amid the escalating West Asia conflict, describing the sit...
Grief over lives lost, says Govt; Indian students moved out of Tehran
Following coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran — in which Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed — the Indian government moved quickly ...
How Bombay HC ruling on fee payment highlights Right to Education guarantee, its scope
The Bombay High Court ruled that schools cannot expel students or deny them education — including by issuing a transfer certificate — for non-payment of fees...
Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi demands return of SCSP-TSP funds diverted to guarantee schemes; to stage Bengaluru Chalo on March 11
The Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi demanded that funds diverted from the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) be returned to their in...
BJP names two from eastern Assam as RS poll candidates
The BJP named two candidates from eastern Assam for the Biennial Election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Assam. The nominations were made by the...
Paturu handloom cluster revival to benefit 200 weaver families
A revival initiative for the Paturu handloom cluster in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, has been announced to benefit approximately 200 weaver families eng...
Nearly 500% increase in breast cancer cases in India since 1990: Study
A study published in Lancet Oncology, led by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, found that In...
Haryana’s economic paradox: Per capita income Rs 3.95 lakh, but 7 in 10 families are still ‘poor’
Haryana's Economic Survey 2025-26 projects a per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) of approximately Rs 3.95 lakh, placing Haryana among India's top 3 ...
Pollution exposure linked to mental health problems: EU agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) released a major briefing in early March 2026 establishing that exposure to air pollution, noise pollution, and chemica...
Watch: School attack sparks global alarm as UN calls for accountability
A deadly attack on a school sheltering displaced civilians in a conflict zone sparked international condemnation, with the UN Security Council and UN human r...
When profit prescribes: rethinking health through commercial determinants
A recent analysis highlights the growing recognition that commercial forces — particularly the pharmaceutical industry and the food industry — are major dete...
US-Iran war: Indian students moved out of Tehran
The Indian Embassy in Tehran relocated over 200 Indian students — most enrolled at medical universities in Tehran — to Qom, a city approximately 140 km south...
Najaf to Qom: Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran, and Shia politics in India
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, was killed on February 28, 2026, in a large-scale US-Israel air attack on Iran. His death triggered...
From lapses in beneficiary verification to fund underutilisation, CAG flags issues in Ayushman Bharat and PMAY in Bihar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its Report No. 4 of 2025, audited the performance of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ...
Meeting with Telangana Collectors on Census-2027 begins
Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao chaired a meeting with district Collectors on March 3, 2026 to review arrangements for Census-2027 enumeration, ...
In fragile ecosystems like Great Nicobar, constitutional wisdom lies in ensuring that transformation is ecologically sustainable, socially just
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 16, 2026 upheld the 2022 environmental clearance granted to the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, rulin...
How Dravidian parties changed the course of Tamil Nadu’s progress
A retrospective analysis examines how Dravidian parties — principally the DMK and AIADMK — have shaped Tamil Nadu's socio-economic trajectory since 1967. Tam...