May 19, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a comprehensive Advisory 2.0 aimed at strengthening the protection, inclusion and welfare of transgender persons across India. The advisory has been sent to the Secretaries of 11 Union Read more…
May 19, 2026 : The Judges Inquiry Committee probing allegations against former High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma on Monday submitted its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at Parliament House in New Delhi. The report was presented in Read more…
May 18, 2026 : President Droupadi Murmu will present the Padma Awards for the year 2026 on May 25 during the first Civil Investiture Ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The information was shared by the Ministry of Home Read more…
May 16, 2026 : The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the proposed ‘One Nation One Election’ Bill conducted extensive consultations in Bengaluru yesterday with political leaders, members of the legal fraternity and representatives of civil society organisations. Addressing the media, Read more…
May 16, 2026 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, a senior Botany teacher from Pune, Maharashtra, in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case involving the alleged leak of Biology examination questions. Read more…
May 16, 2026 : A Delhi court on Saturday remanded the prime suspect in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, P V Kulkarni, along with co-accused Manisha Waghmare, to 10 days of CBI custody for further investigation into the alleged Read more…
May 13, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission has called for urgent systemic reforms to strengthen the protection and welfare of migrant workers, stressing that policy frameworks alone are insufficient without effective implementation, interstate coordination and accountability from both Read more…
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out an extensive long-duration ground test of its Actively Cooled Full-Scale Scramjet Combustor at a facility in Hyderabad. According to the Ministry of Defence, the test achieved a run-time of Read more…
The Centre has introduced a stricter compliance framework aimed at strengthening protections for outsourced and contractual workers employed across Central Ministries, Departments, autonomous bodies and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). The Ministry of Labour and Employment said the new procurement-linked Read more…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that all passengers and crew aboard the cruise ship affected by the hantavirus outbreak should be considered high-risk contacts and closely monitored for 42 days. WHO’s Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Read more…