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Clear filtersThe Union Government has appointed senior IAS officer Anurag Jain as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog. The appointment was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), as stated in an offici...
The Union Home Minister will introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha. It amends the 1971 Act to bring the National Song, Vande Mataram, under its protection on par...
Chhattisgarh has passed the Ease of Doing Business Act 2026, which brings in a Risk-Based Approval System. With this, the State becomes the first in India to adopt a trust-based, comprehensive risk-based permission frame...
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant inaugurated the 'Tower of Justice' District Court Complex in Gurugram, Haryana. The new complex is intended to make justice more accessible and to improve the efficiency of the jud...
Harjit Singh Grewal has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). The NCM is the national body that works to safeguard the interests and rights of India's notified minority commun...
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched the Electronic Overseas Citizen of India (e-OCI) platform. Through it, eligible applicants can complete the entire Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) application process...
Rajasthan and Haryana have signed the Yamuna Water Project Agreement covering the construction and implementation of a project to supply drinking water. The agreement draws on the 1994 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) o...
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has reappointed Tushar Mehta as the Solicitor General of India for a term of three years beginning 1 July 2026.The Solicitor General is the second-highest law officer of th...
Mizoram recorded 68.05% digitisation of enumeration forms under the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as of 12 June 2026, ranking first among 16 States and 3 Union Territories. The ex...
West Bengal has become the 36th State to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), completing the scheme's coverage across the entire country. AB-PMJAY provides health insurance cover of...
Siddaramaiah stepped down as Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 29, 2026. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accepted the resignation and asked him to stay on as caretaker Chief Minister until the new government is sworn in. D...
Kerala has rolled out Project Zero, a state-level drive against corruption run by its Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB). The programme targets bribery, cybercrimes and corrupt practices within government admini...
