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13 stories for “HAL” · March 2026
Clear filtersMeghalaya has become the 12th state to sign a reform-based Memorandum of Understanding under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0. JJM seeks to provide functional household tap water connections in rural areas, and its second ph...
The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya has amended its rules so that a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate is compulsory for contesting council elections. Non-tribal residents, even permanent inhabi...
The United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME) has released its 2025 report.About 4.9 million children under five died worldwide in 2024, with newborns making up nearly half.Leading causes...
MoSPI has released the ‘Planet in Focus’ report on environmental sustainability under the SDGs.India has achieved Open Defecation Free status, and 97.2% of schools have separate toilets for girls and boys (SDG 6).Waste-r...
The Meghalaya government has extended the tenure of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) by six months.The decision came at a Cabinet meeting in Shillong amid protests and unrest in the Garo Hills.The dispu...
Protests in Leh and Kargil have pressed for statehood, Sixth Schedule status, a Public Service Commission and greater representation for Ladakh. Ladakh became a Union Territory without a legislature under the Jammu and K...
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has started the "Say No to Proxy Sarpanch" campaign to end the 'Sarpanch Pati' practice, in which male relatives exercise power on behalf of elected women village heads.The drive seeks to s...
The Mizoram Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution seeking the inclusion of the Mizo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The State clarified that inclusion would not affect the Schedul...
The Union Government has decided to pause rice fortification under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) following an IIT Kharagpur study.The study found micronutrients in fortified rice degrade over time...
At the 79th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2026, held at London's Royal Festival Hall, the Manipuri-language film Boong won Best Children's and Family Film, the first time an Indian film has r...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) for the period 2024-25 to 2028-29 with a total budget of ₹6,839 crore. The scheme will develop villages located along India's International Land Bo...
Overview: The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), in collaboration with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, organized the National Governance Conference in Jammu on March 3, 2026. The cor...
