08-Jan-2026
The Vikasit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB – G Ram G (Viksit Bharat – G Ram G) Bill, 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 16, 2025 by the Union Minister of Rural Development.
08-Jan-2026
The acquittal of the accused in the 2009 Shaheen Malik acid attack case, after a prolonged 16-year legal battle, has reignited concerns over India’s response to acid violence. The case exposed systemic failures in police investigation, prosecution, judicial sensitivity, and survivor rehabilitation, despite the existence of strong laws and Supreme Court directives.
08-Jan-2026
At the 79th Foundation Day of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs launched the SHINE Scheme (Standards Help Inform & Nurture Empowered Women) in New Delhi. The initiative marks a strategic shift towards placing women at the centre of India’s quality and standardisation ecosystem.
08-Jan-2026
Biomaterials are drawing renewed policy and industry attention as India and other countries search for low-carbon alternatives to fossil-based materials amid climate commitments, plastic bans, and tightening global sustainability standards.
08-Jan-2026
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has successfully released 15 critically endangered Indian vultures into the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. This marks a significant step in India’s efforts to restore vulture populations, which suffered catastrophic declines due to veterinary drug toxicity and habitat stress.
08-Jan-2026
The Madras High Court allowed the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp at Thiruparankundram hill near Madurai, while rejecting the Tamil Nadu government’s apprehensions of communal unrest as speculative.
07-Jan-2026
This editorial “Is Court letting down its mandate on liberty?”, published in The Indian Express on 6th Jan 2026, critically examines the SC’s approach to bail and prolonged pre-trial incarceration, raising concerns about judicial delay, erosion of the presumption of innocence, and the weakening of constitutional safeguards for personal liberty.
07-Jan-2026
This editorial “The struggle to count women’s labour”, published in The Hindu on 6th Jan 2026, examines the persistent invisibility of women’s unpaid, emotional, and care work, highlighting how economic frameworks, policy priorities, and legal systems continue to undervalue labour that is essential for households, society, and the broader economy.
07-Jan-2026
This editorial “Off the guard rails: On the Grok case, explicit imagery”, published in The Hindu on 6th Jan 2026, examines the dangers of unregulated generative AI, highlighting how weak safeguards enable the creation of non-consensual explicit content, raising serious concerns over ethics, accountability, and governance of AI platforms.
07-Jan-2026
Recently, the world's second National Environmental Standards Laboratory (NESL) and the world's fifth National Primary Standards Facility for solar cell calibration was inaugurated at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL).
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