Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Lok Sabha clears tweak to bill on trans persons amid opposition protests
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote despite opposition demands for referral to a parliamentary ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Opposition demands all-party meet on Women’s Reservation Act amendment, seeks govt note
Opposition parties demanded an all-party meeting with the government on a proposed amendment to the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 20...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Do protections for Scheduled Castes carry over with religious conversion? What the law says
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled on March 24, 2026, that conversion to any religion other ...
Economics
Social Issues
5 min
Unincorporated sector units grew by 8% in 2025
The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025 shows that the number of unincorporated sector enterprises grew by nearly 8% to approxima...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
LS passes transgender amendment bill amid Oppn walkout. Medical board & narrowed definition under fire
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote; sections of the Opposition staged a walkout. The bill remo...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Only Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled on March 24, 2026, that conversion to any religion other ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Supreme Court widens doors to permanent commission for women in armed forces, flagging ‘systemic discrimination’ behind denials
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh ruled that women Short Service Commission (SSC...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
7 min
India warns of risks as cheap generic weight-loss drugs flood market after Semaglutide patent expiry
Novo Nordisk's patent on semaglutide (brand names: Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for weight loss) expired in India on March 20, 2026, triggering an immediate ...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
7 min
'Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people': Rahul Gandhi slams govt on bill
Opposition leaders and civil society groups have strongly condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sa...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Harish Rana, India's first passive euthanasia case, dies after 13 years in vegetative state
Harish Rana, the first person in India to be legally permitted passive euthanasia by the Supreme Court, died on March 24, 2026, at 4:10 PM at the All India I...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel introduces Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026 in Assembly
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tabled the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a day after a state-appointed expe...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Lok Sabha passes Bill redefining 'transgender'; excludes sexual orientations, self-perceived identities
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, on March 24, 2026, by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sa...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Plea in SC challenges gender bias in Parsi interfaith marriages
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, Nagpur Parsi Panchayat, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Maharashtra government, and Charity Commissioner on...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
Centre flags unapproved drug combinations, raises safety concerns
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has launched a nationwide crackdown on unapproved Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs, directing state and Union T...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Sattankulam custodial deaths: Family wants strong punishment for convicted policemen
A Madurai District Additional Sessions Court on March 23, 2026, convicted all nine police personnel accused in connection with the 2020 custodial deaths of P...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
5 min
U.S. jury begins deliberations in landmark New Mexico trial over Meta risk to children
A New Mexico state court jury found Meta liable for nearly $375 million in civil damages after a landmark trial centred on allegations that the company knowi...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
Transgender persons hold protests demanding withdrawal of amendment to Transgender Bill
Transgender rights activists held protests across India — including in Chennai — demanding the withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) A...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Lok Sabha to discuss Bill to amend trans rights
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 — introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026 by Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minis...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
No Scheduled Caste status on conversion to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court order, ruling that individuals who convert from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to another religion — su...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
5 min
Days after TN order, doctors seek similar rules nationwide as hair transplant boom raises safety alarm
Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order regulating cosmetology, aesthetic treatment, and hair transplant clinics, bringing them under the Tamil Nadu Clinical Es...