Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, is set to introduce ‘The Indian Ports Bill, 2025’ in the Lok Sabha on Friday, according to the list of the business. The bill aims to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business and ensure the optimum utilization … Read more
Security personnel during an anti-terrorist operation in a remote forested area, in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, Friday, March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces on Friday (March 28, 2025) resumed an anti-terrorist operation in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, a day after three terrorists and … Read more
Evidence-based policymaking relies on data, research, and statistical analysis — not ideology, untested assumptions or political convenience. It ensures that policies address real needs, maximise effectiveness, and avoid unnecessary burdens. By this standard, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s push for a third language in schools fails to meet the mark. What do surveys say? … Read more
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