Kerala Government Revives Focus on Healthcare Regulation Bill
The government in Kerala has renewed attention on creating fresh legislation aimed at overseeing medical facilities across the state. This development has once again highlighted the existing Kerala Clinical Establishments…
Lok Sabha Approves Tougher Anti-Cheating Law After NEET Controversy
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved legislation amending a 2024 statute to strengthen measures against exam malpractices. The changes increase penalties, require investigations and trials within set time limits, and establish special fast-track courts for quick case resolution. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 follows widespread student demonstrations over reported exam...
West Bengal Introduces New Health Insurance Plan for Ayushman Bharat Ineligibles
West Bengal has launched a new state health insurance scheme for residents ineligible for the central Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Named Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana, it targets those already enrolled in Swasthya Sathi. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the plan in July at a public event in Rejinagar, stating that coverage up to five lakh rupees...
Assam Flood Death Toll Climbs to 75 as Relief Measures Expand
Seven additional deaths in the past day have raised the Assam flood fatalities to 75. The number of affected residents has fallen to 3.32 lakh, according to The Telegraph. State authorities have raised ex gratia payments to families of the deceased from four lakh to nine lakh rupees and eased eligibility rules for claims, officials...
Supreme Court Closes Coal Allocation Case Involving Former Prime Minister
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, granted posthumous relief to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by accepting two closure reports submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2014. The reports cleared him of involvement in the coal block allocation matter, noting insufficient grounds to pursue corruption charges. A bench led by Chief...
Supreme Court Quashes 2021 Order on Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearances but Upholds Centre’s Amnesty Authority
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a 2021 Office Memorandum that allowed ex post facto environmental clearances for infrastructure projects. The court ruled that the central government cannot change protective environmental rules through administrative orders alone. The memorandum created an ongoing system for approving projects started without prior clearance and altered the standards set in...
Nadda Defends Police Response to Protesters Amid Parliamentary Dispute
Union Health Minister JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge exchanged sharp remarks in Parliament on Wednesday. Nadda said students who take part in activism should expect police intervention. He supported the authorities’ actions by noting his own detentions from class as a student activist during the Emergency period. Nadda replied to Kharge’s statements that...
Government to Introduce Bill Making Digital Arrests and AI Deepfakes Criminal Offences
The central government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it intends to present legislation during the current parliamentary session to treat digital arrests and AI-generated deepfakes as specific criminal offences, according to a Times of India report. This follows observations by the court that current laws lack provisions for these particular crimes. Solicitor General...
IIT Kanpur Offers Internship Chance to Student Who Hacked Site After Admission Denial
A student who failed to secure admission to the BTech Cyber Security programme at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur hacked the institute’s website and posted a message asking for a fair chance. Instead of filing a police complaint, the institute chose to consider the student for an internship at its cybersecurity centre. Director Manindra...
Georgia Teen Sentenced to Life Without Parole for High School Shooting
A 16-year-old who carried out a mass shooting in September 2024 at Apalachee High School in Georgia received a sentence of life without parole on Tuesday. The youth, who admitted guilt to the attack, faced adult charges. At age 14, he killed two 14-year-old students and two teachers while injuring nine others. Superior Court Judge...
Protesters Face Backlash After Education Minister Resigns
Following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party in Delhi, additional videos have appeared online showing confrontations with participants. Several clips depict individuals being approached, questioned about their statements, and in some cases physically confronted after the demonstrations ended. Those supporting the protests described the incidents...
NCPI Attends NDA Parliamentary Meeting for First Time
The weekly NDA parliamentary party gathering, called ‘Mangal Milan’, occurred on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Members of the Nationalist Citizen’s Party of India (NCPI), a recent breakaway group from the Trinamool Congress, joined for the first time. NCPI chief whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar noted that the party holds Election Commission registration and has received Speaker...
Dispute Arises Over Jharkhand Teacher Hiring as OBC Groups Plan Demonstrations
A new dispute has broken out regarding the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission’s recent assistant teacher hiring drive. The vacancy notice listed no positions for OBC applicants in the primary teacher category, with their total share across the drive at roughly 5 percent. This has led OBC groups to announce plans for statewide demonstrations. The breakdown...
BJP MP Received Rs 4.20 Lakh Subsidy for Lemon Farm, Centre Tells Lok Sabha
The government told Lok Sabha on Tuesday that Lumbaram Choudhary, a BJP MP from Jalore in Rajasthan, is another serving parliamentarian who obtained financial support under a central horticulture scheme in the past five years, besides Union Minister Bhagirath Choudhary. Records indicate that Lumbaram received Rs 4.20 lakh as subsidy to cultivate lemons on his...
Nearly One-Third of Faculty Posts Vacant at AIIMS Nationwide, Government Informs Parliament
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told Parliament that nearly one-third of faculty positions remain unfilled at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences across India. In reply to a query from Lok Sabha member Murari Lal Meena of Dausa regarding vacant sanctioned posts in various AIIMS, Minister of State Prataprao Jadhav stated that...
Agriculture Minister Returns Subsidy Received for Personal Farm
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Bhagirath Choudhary has returned a Rs 99-lakh subsidy he received for his cucumber farm under a ministry scheme, the Centre informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The action follows an investigation published a month earlier that detailed how Choudhary obtained the subsidy through a horticulture program run...
Opposition May Extend Debate on Anti-Paper Leak Bill
Opposition sources indicated the debate on the anti-paper leak bill, scheduled for six hours, could stretch to nearly ten hours depending on participation levels. The measure is not expected to pass on Tuesday and may reach a vote only on Wednesday, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set to speak. Several opposition amendments are anticipated during...
Akhil Marar Ends Links With Twenty20, Makes Claims Against Party Chief
Actor and director Akhil Marar, who ran without success as a Twenty20 candidate in the 2026 Kerala Assembly election, has cut connections with the Kitex Group-supported political group and made serious claims against party president Sabu M. Jacob. During a media interaction beside an event in Thrikkakara on Tuesday, Marar said he was first offered...
Supreme Court Seeks Independent Inquiry Into Police Response to Protests
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that an independent probe be conducted to determine responsibility for alleged police overreach during actions against student demonstrations across several states. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant asked the central government and the administrations of Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh to respond....
39 Pilgrims Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge in Jammu and Kashmir
Thirty-nine pilgrims returning from the Amarnath Yatra suffered injuries on Tuesday morning when their bus left the road and plunged into a gorge near Gund village on the Srinagar-Baltal route in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police reports indicated the vehicle carrying around 40 passengers lost control after the driver missed a curve. Jammu...
Centre Proposed Portfolio Shift Before Minister’s Exit, Party Declined Offer
A delegation from the Cockroach Janta Party met Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh on Saturday and turned down a government proposal to reassign Dharmendra Pradhan’s responsibilities rather than remove him from the cabinet, according to government sources. Officials stated that decisions on ministers’ roles or removals rest solely with the Prime Minister. The...
Priti Patel Links India’s Refusal on Migrant Returns to Nirav Modi Extradition Delay
Former UK Home Secretary Priti Patel stated in a podcast that the Indian government declined to accept illegal immigrants from Britain due to the ongoing delay in extraditing Nirav Modi, who remains in a London prison. Patel spoke on the four-part series Diamond King, produced by Daily Telegraph journalists who first reported Modi’s presence in...
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A More Divided World: Can Diplomacy Still Find Common Ground?
International politics is becoming increasingly complicated as countries face geopolitical competition, economic uncertainty, security concerns and disagreements over trade and technology. Major powers are pursuing their own strategic interests while…
India’s Changing Global Role: Why Strategic Independence Matters More Than Ever
India’s growing influence in global affairs raises an important question: how should the country balance relationships with major powers while protecting its own strategic interests? India increasingly works with the…
India’s research retraction surge sparks call for reform
In the expansion of India’s scientific footprint lies an uncomfortable truth: the country now ranks third globally for life science research papers retracted from the record, according to a comprehensive…
Indian Science and Technology landscape: a leap for a better future
India produces a large quantity of scientific research, ranking 4th globally in terms of total research publications in 2020 according to Elsevier SciVal and having the 9th largest number of…
