Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Up to 10,000 Indian students, pilgrims, business persons and seafarers in Iran: Jaishankar told Parliament last month
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had informed Parliament that approximately 10,000 Indian nationals — comprising students, pilgrims, business persons,...
As Iran vs US-Israel expands to West Asia, a look at Indians who live in the Gulf region
Following joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, the entire Gulf region was plunged into a security crisis, directly affecting millions of...
Access to cooling matter of health for all, not privilege of rich, says top UNEP official
A senior UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) official stated that access to cooling — air conditioning, fans, cold storage for food and medicine — mu...
Why politicians in Bihar are not saying ‘cheers’ to prohibition
Ten years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed a total prohibition on alcohol in the state (effective April 2016), parties across the political sp...
Ban, regulate or reform? Social media & under-15s – The India question
India is actively debating whether to impose a ban on social media access for children under 15, with experts, government officials, and civil society divide...
Women to move from drudgery to decision-making in agriculture: Agri Secretary at businessline’s Agri Summit
Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi, speaking at an agri-summit, emphasised the government's focus on shifting women from drudgery-intensive field tasks ...
Access to cooling matter of health for all, not privilege of rich, says top UNEP official
A senior United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) official has stated that access to cooling is a matter of health and a fundamental right for all people,...
Tribal women in Maharashtra take charge of residential school maintenance
The Maharashtra state Tribal Development Department, in partnership with UNICEF and CYDA (Centre for Youth Development and Activities), is training 120 triba...
SC: Make prisons reformative, give women right to open jails
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued nationwide directions in the case Suhas Chakma v. Union of India (2026 ...
How climate-smart villages are building rural resilience in India
Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) across India are demonstrating measurable reductions in carbon emissions and fossil fuel dependence through shifts to solar-pow...
Why is the NEP undergrad course in chaos? | Explained
The Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) introduced under the National Education Policy 2020 is facing widespread implementation difficulties across Ind...
When art wilts under the sun
Folk artists of Tamil Nadu report that worsening summer heat is directly impacting their income, health, and ability to perform — with outdoor performances b...
For 60 lakh 'doubtful' voters, it's a race against time to get on electoral roll
Following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, over 61 lakh names have been deleted f...
‘Boost to women empowerment’: PM Modi launches HPV vaccination drive for 14-yr-old girls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan. The pro...
Centre suspends rice fortification scheme citing IIT study; activists welcome move
The Central Government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other allied ...
Karnataka government skirts internal reservation in recruitments
The Karnataka government issued a Government Order authorising recruitment notifications for 56,432 Group A, B, and C posts across various departments — with...
A budget that remains unspent, patients remain untreated, crisis brews, this Rare Diseases Day
A significant gap exists between the budgetary allocation and actual utilisation under India's National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD) 2021: while Rs 299.59...
For a house built in Kerala, another brought down in Bihar
A wage dispute in Bihar's Darbhanga district between a Dalit family and upper-caste members escalated into a caste atrocity case, with a house being demolish...
From bombmaker to Assembly guest: 120 ex-Maoists step into Chhattisgarh’s ‘temple of democracy’
120 former Maoist cadres — including individuals who had carried out violent acts such as bomb-making — visited the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly to obse...
PM Modi launches nationwide HPV vaccination drive, inaugurates projects worth Rs 16,680 crore in Rajasthan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide HPV Vaccination Programme from Ajmer, Rajasthan on February 28, 2026, targeting 14-year-old girls. Along...