India 
Over 25 years after the FRA of 2006 came into effect, only 10 PVTGs have been granted habitat rights across 14 districts in three States | Photo Credit: The Hindu Over 25 years after the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 came into effect, only 10 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) have been granted habitat … Read more
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh listens to Congress MP P. Chidambaram on March 27, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI Expressing concern over the “tariff war” looming over the global economy after U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent announcement, Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (March 27, 2025) asked the Centre if … Read more
The petition had been orally mentioned before the Chief Justice of India on March 26 by petitioner-advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara for an early hearing. File | Photo Credit: PTI A petition seeking a direction to the police to register a First Information Report and investigate allegations of “huge sums of unaccounted money” found on the … Read more
A delegation of Opposition leaders on Thursday, March 27, 2025, met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over their grievances such as “not allowing” the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, to speak in the House. | Photo Credit: PTI A delegation of Opposition leaders on Thursday (March 27, 2025) met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and others at the launch of the ‘Sansad Bhashini’ initiative to facilitate the functioning of Parliament-related work and making available the proceedings in multiple languages in New Delhi on March 18, 2025. Photo: X/@ombirlakota via PTI With simultaneous interpretations available in 18 languages, the Lok … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged the party’s district unit chiefs on Thursday (March 27, 2025) to work with unity and a long-term strategy to secure victories in the upcoming State elections. He asserted that while the party’s ideology is strong, it cannot be implemented effectively without being in power. Addressing the first of three scheduled … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha on March 27, 2025 on Immigration and Foreigners Bill | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (March 27, 2025) claimed in the Lok Sabha that nearly 450 km border with Bangladesh has not been fenced yet due to appeasement politics of the … Read more
Congress MP Digvijay Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, headed by senior Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, has said in a report tabled in both the Houses of Parliament on Thursday (March 27, 2025) that the Union government must enhance its support to State governments for implementation of the National … Read more
Lt Gen RC Tiwari, Air Marshal Surat Singh, and Cmde Ajay Yadav, NOIC (WB), witness the presentation of Army drones during the Exercise Prachand Prahaar, March 27. | Photo Credit: X/@easterncomd The Army has conducted a Tri-Service integrated multi-domain warfare exercise, ‘Prachand Prahaar’, in the high-altitude terrain of Arunachal Pradesh from March 25 to 27, … Read more
Chief Cleric of Jammu and Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. | Photo Credit: PTI Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday (March 27, 2025) said the administration denied the permission to organise special prayers at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid on the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr, where Muslim devotees hold prayers throughout the night. Mr. Farooq, in a … Read more