Inaugural India, Africa maritime engagement exercise begins in Tanzania 

INS Chennai arrives in Dar-es-Salaam for the inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement, AIKEYME. | Photo Credit: PTI The inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) began on Sunday (April 13, 2025) at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Coinciding with it, offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna, designated … Read more

Parliamentary panel recommends independent survey to assess MGNREGA 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), and its shortcomings.  | Photo Credit: M A SRIRAM The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi … Read more

Watch: Politics behind AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of T.N. assembly polls 2026

Watch: Politics behind AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of T.N. assembly polls 2026 A full year ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the AIADMK and BJP revived their electoral ties on Friday (April 11, 2025) with Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that a “coalition government” would be formed after the elections. Addressing a press conference, … Read more

Why do we have Governors in every State? | Explained

The story so far The Supreme Court on April 8, 2025 delivered a significant verdict delineating the powers of the President and the Governors, on the issue of grant of assent to Bills passed by State legislatures, under Articles 201 and 200 respectively of the Constitution. The judgement has sparked a debate across the country … Read more

BJP files complaint against Kanhaiya Kumar for making ‘abusive’ remarks on RSS, PM Modi

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The BJP on Sunday (April 13, 2025) filed a police complaint against Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar in Patna, alleging that he used abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS during a recent TV interview. A delegation led by the BJP’s media in-charge … Read more

Indian family undergoing rapid change, impacting law and society: SC Judge B. V. Nagarathna

Supreme Court Judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna during a southern zone regional conference on ‘Family: The Basis of Indian Society’, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Saturday, April 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Supreme Court judge Justice B. V. Nagarathna on Saturday (April 12, 2025) said the institution of family in India today is undergoing rapid transformation and … Read more

SC dismisses adoption deed in property dispute, says meant to oust daughters from rightful inheritance

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order of the Allahabad High Court discarding the adoption deed of a man in a property dispute case, saying it was a calculated move to deny the daughters of their rightful inheritance of their father’s estate. The high court, … Read more