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19 stories for “Polity & Governance” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 in New Delhi ended with 42 election management bodies from around the world adopting the Delhi Declaration 2026. It rests on five pill...
The 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference was held in Lucknow on the theme 'Strong Legislature - Prosperous Nation'. About 36 presiding officers from 24 States and UTs took part, the largest such meeting so far....
The UGC notified the Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 to prevent caste-based discrimination, mandating Equal Opportunity Centres and Equity Committees in all institutions, with loss...
The Supreme Court ruled that unreserved (general) category seats are open to all on merit, and SC/ST/OBC candidates qualifying on general standards must be counted against unreserved seats; the judgment, based on Article...
The Supreme Court upheld the Lok Sabha Speaker's formation of an Inquiry Committee into the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, ruling that rejection of a motion in one House does not bar the other House from forming a co...
The Supreme Court gave a split verdict on Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The section requires prior government approval before police can investigate a public servant over decisions taken in offic...
Puri in Odisha is now India's first city where tap water meets Bureau of Indian Standards quality norms and can be drunk directly, without boiling or filtering. About 3 lakh residents get it round the clock. The achievem...
The Union Women and Child Development Minister launched PANKHUDI, a single digital portal for the ministry's work on nutrition, health, early childhood care and education, child welfare and women's safety. It is meant to...
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched the Aadhaar mascot 'Udai' to help users understand Aadhaar update, authentication, offline verification and secure data sharing.
The Kalpetta judicial district in Kerala's Wayanad became India's first fully paperless district court system - all courts from case filing to final judgment operate entirely in digital mode, integrating AI-based judicia...
The schedule for Census 2027 was announced. The first phase, House Listing Operations, will run from 1 April to 30 September 2026 across all States and UTs, with a self-enumeration facility available 15 days before house...
The Telangana Assembly passed the Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which replaces an earlier ordinance. Under a 1994 law, people with more than two children could not contest local body polls. The Bill rem...
