Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Shivraj bats for direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy to farmers, says it is possible
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan pitched for shifting India's fertiliser subsidy from manufacturers to farmers' bank accounts through Direct ...
Meghalaya Health Minister says State has highest HIV caseload in India
Meghalaya's Health Minister W Shylla has stated that the state has the highest HIV caseload in India, with 10,293 people living with HIV currently receiving ...
CACP recommends strategic measures to revive India’s jute sector
The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended a comprehensive set of strategic measures to revive India's jute sector, covering pri...
Tata Power JV electrifies homes of most remote tribal communities in Southern Odisha
TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) — a joint venture between Tata Power (51% stake) and the Government of Odisha — has completed electrificatio...
Big change on cards to how fertiliser subsidy is transferred? What Agriculture Minister is proposing
Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan publicly pitched for shifting India's annual Rs 1.7 lakh crore fertiliser subsidy from manufa...
CAG flags lapses in Kerala MGNREGS: ‘Poor planning, low asset creation, and declining work demand’
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) released an audit report on the implementation of MGNREGS in Kerala, identifying systemic lapses in planni...
As forests shrink and herds grow, central India’s elephant crisis is primed to spiral
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in central India is intensifying as elephant herds displaced from shrinking forests in Jharkhand and Odisha continue to migrate...
Haryana land-for-free treatment deal: Govt gave prime plots to pvt hospitals, poor got little in return
An investigation revealed that the Haryana government allotted prime urban land to private hospitals at heavily subsidised rates through the Haryana Shahari ...
Dolphin City: Chennai’s dolphinarium that shaped national debate on marine mammal captivity over 25 years ago
A detailed account traces how Chennai's "Dolphin City" — an entertainment facility that kept captive dolphins — catalyzed a national debate in India on the e...
UNICEF experts stress rights-based approach to tackling non-communicable diseases among children
UNICEF experts called for a rights-based framework for addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among children and adolescents, stres...
Soluble fertiliser makers support Uttar Pradesh’s decision to ban tagging
Uttar Pradesh banned the procurement of urea that comes with fertiliser company tags or branding from neighbouring states such as Bihar and Jharkhand, target...
‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism
Chhattisgarh presented its ₹1.72 lakh crore budget for 2026–27, marking the first state budget explicitly framed as a "post-Naxal" development plan for the B...
Govt approves MSP procurement of gram, mustard, lentils for Rabi 2026 season
The Union Cabinet approved procurement of gram (chickpea), mustard (rapeseed-mustard), and lentils (masoor) under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Rabi...
Government allows export of 25 lakh tonnes of wheat
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), through Notification No. 62/2025-26 dated February 24, 2026, permitted the export of 25 lakh metric tonnes (...
Centre approves construction of 5,000 houses for internally displaced persons in Manipur
Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the construction of 5,000 houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) ...
Forced to fraud: Inside cyber-scam factories trapping Indians in Southeast Asia
Investigations have revealed the full scale of Southeast Asia's industrialized cyber-fraud operations, which specifically target Indian victims through "digi...
India's first childhood cancer survivor registry suggests 94.5% overall survival rate: Study
India's first dedicated registry of childhood cancer survivors — the Indian Childhood Cancer Survivorship (C2S) study — has been published in The Lancet Regi...
How opaque healthcare pricing burdens patients in India
An analysis highlights how the combination of low government health spending and unregulated pricing in private corporate hospitals is placing severe financi...
Menstrual pads and tampons can contain toxic substances – here’s what to know about this emerging health issue
Research, including a landmark 2024 UC Berkeley and Columbia University study — the first to systematically measure 16 metals in 30 tampon brands — found det...
Chhattisgarh HC verdict in rape case turns back the clock
The Chhattisgarh High Court, in February 2026, reclassified a man's seven-year rape conviction to three-and-a-half years for "attempt to commit rape" — drawi...