Indian politics, policy, and public affairs explainers.
Over 93 lakh Ayushman Vay Vandana cards have been issued since AB PM-JAY expanded to cover all senior citizens aged 70+, regardless of income. Here is how the expanded coverage works and where enrolment gaps remain.
EPFO has disposed of over 98.5% of the 15.24 lakh higher pension applications filed after the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, approving roughly a quarter and rejecting most of the rest. Here is what the 2026 numbers mean for applicants.
The Supreme Court judges amendment bill raises the top court’s sanctioned strength to 38, converting a May 2026 ordinance into permanent law.
India’s MeitY has given Meta seven days to explain how Instagram ran paid ads promoting child sexual abuse material, found by a BBC investigation.
Parliament’s IT committee has summoned Meta, Google, X, Snapchat, MeitY and MHA for an August 3 hearing on social media regulation after the PM Modi Facebook row.
Lok Sabha passed the Public Examinations Amendment Bill with tougher jail terms, bigger fines and fast-track courts for exam paper leaks after the NEET-UG controversy.
The Supreme Court on 27 July 2026 held that an IBC Section 14 moratorium shields only the corporate debtor, allowing consumer complaints against promoters and directors to proceed while company proceedings stay.
MeitY summoned senior Meta executives after Facebook briefly restricted PM Modi’s NEET-related video, rejecting the company’s AI-glitch explanation as inadequate.
On 29 July 2026 the Supreme Court prospectively quashed the 2021 Office Memorandum on post-facto environmental clearances, while upholding the 2017 amnesty notification and requiring any future window to use a Section 3 statutory notification.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, 2026, after NEET-UG protests. President accepted it; Pralhad Joshi took charge.
