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Bhagwat Prasad Makwana has been named Chairperson and Kaishab Bihari Vice-Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK). The NCSK was set up on 12 August 1994 under the NCSK Act, 1993, and turned in...
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) released its Annual Report 2025, noting that more than 7,200 corruption cases probed by the CBI are awaiting trial. The CBI's conviction rate improved from 69.14% in 2024 to 71.71%...
The Centre has deferred Census operations in Manipur. Meiteis, Pangals (Meitei Muslims) and Nagas demanded that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be updated first with 1951 as the base year, and petitions in the Ma...
The Indian Navy has commissioned Nipun, the second indigenously built Nistar-class Diving Support Vessel (DSV), at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The induction adds a second home-built ship of this class to the fleet and...
Bihar and Jharkhand have signed an MoU to share the waters of the Sone River, settling an inter-State dispute of nearly 25 years. The Sone, a major right-bank tributary of the Ganga, rises in the Maikal highlands near Am...
The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing released its 2026 report on the rising number of older people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In 2025, about 11.5 million people with HIV were aged 50 or above; this is...
The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has released seven nitrosamine impurity reference standards for the first time. They will help laboratories accurately detect and quantify nitrosamine impurities, harmful compoun...
Indian Railways intends to four-lane roughly 11,000 km of its High-Density Network (HDN) to raise capacity and ease congestion. Its seven high-density routes, Delhi–Howrah, Howrah–Chennai, Chennai–Mumbai, Mumbai–Delhi, D...
The Supreme Court has ruled that hanging, as a method of carrying out the death sentence, does not breach Article 21 or the right to dignity. It relied on its 1983 ruling in Deena v. Union of India and noted that Parliam...
IntroductionTo enhance transparency, eliminate procedural delays, and empower citizens in accessing public information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) on 17 August 2026 officially launched 'AppCoMS 2.0' (Appeal...
IntroductionIn a landmark legislative overhaul responding to authoritative Supreme Court constitutional rulings, the Lok Sabha on 17 August 2026 passed the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026. The legislation replaces the conte...
IntroductionIn a historic policy shift for demographic enumeration in post-independence India, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 17 August 2026 officially notified the 40-question questionnaire for the second phase o...
