Government News & Updates

How Mazagon dock seeks to make a mark in merchant shipbuilding

Govt. strategies creating demand for IT products: Mitsumi Distribution

Company focuses on Tier 2, Tier 3 markets to harness untapped potential

China may face closer scrutiny in U.S. forced-labour probe: GTRI

India's exports of solar panels, electronics, and garments to the U.S. may also face closer scrutiny under this new U.S. investigation into forced labour in global supply chains, says the Global Trade...

U.S. launches fresh investigation into India, 59 other economies on forced labour charges

This is the second investigation the United States Trade Representative has launched in as many days that has involved India.

Steered by women and social media, Arabic calligraphy is witnessing a resurgence as an art form in south India

Arabic calligraphy witnesses a resurgence in South India. Nahla Nainar speaks to revivalists and students about Arabic and Urdu digital typing skills being promoted for a new generation.

As Samriddhi Yatra ends in Bihar, Nitish promises more development

Referring to the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal as ‘useless people’, the Bihar CM reiterates that he left the alliance with them following their wrongdoings within the government

Seven-member SIT to investigate assassination attempt on Farooq Abdullah

The SIT has been formed after the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister expressed concern over the security arrangements at the venue where attempt took place on March 11

Government bars PNG users from retaining or refilling LPG connections

Order aimed at protecting domestic LPG supply as West Asia tensions disrupt imports through Strait of Hormuz

Fertilizer stocks for kharif: Centre struggles to avoid crisis

Parliament Standing Committee asks Centre to take structured measures to avoid crisis

Uttar Pradesh government makes ‘hyperbolic claims’ on employment, says Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party says one-third of State’s youth remain outside education, employment or training

LPG crunch puts strain on mid-day meals for children at schools across India

Many schools are cutting down on their daily menu, affecting the nutritional quality of the food being provided to the children; reports indicate that as schools apply for gas cylinder refills, the si...

Ladakh to protest for safeguards on March 16, despite Sonam Wangchuk release

Struggle for rights continue, say civil society groups while demanding release of two more detained since September 2025; Opposition questions Centre over the prolonged detention of the activist and s...

Why Indian airlines are among the worst hit by the Gulf conflict

Almost four crore people flew between India and the Gulf in 2025; half of all international passengers flying to or from India was on a Gulf route; idle aircraft, longer flights, higher costs, lower r...

India facilitating negotiations within BRICS on West Asia conflict: Jaiswal

Acknowledgement of intra-BRICS negotiation comes even as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar continues his telephone calls with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi and other regional dipl...

India at a crossroads, next step to define country’s future: Kamal Haasan

At the book launch of author and former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s India and Her Futures, actor-MP Kamal Haasan said the question before our country is whether we join the chorus of na...

Varsity created needless controversy, says renowned feminist historian Uma Chakravarti

‘The historical roots of patriarchy need to be understood. We need to study as well, because we have to substantiate our point of view. Changes have happened when we have understood changes,’ she said

No shortage of LPG, Oppn. creating panic among public, says Fadnavis

Mojtaba Khamenei | The cleric with a gun

A wounded man who lost his parents and wife, and was elected the ‘Supreme Leader’ of a nation under attack from the world’s most powerful country and its closest ally, the ayatollah now faces a rare c...

Why did the SC allow passive euthanasia? | Explained

What test did the Supreme Court apply in the Harish Rana case to decide if continuing treatment was in his best interest? What nuanced distinction did it provide between active and passive euthanasia?...

Congress releases second list of 23 candidates for Assam polls

Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal released the second list of candidates for the 126-member Assembly; the party also left 15 seats for its alliance partners