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24 stories for “Social” · March 2026
Clear filtersKailash Satyarthi has released a new book titled 'Karuna: The Power of Compassion'. Satyarthi is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for his long campaign against child labour and for the rights of children. Through this...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA) to strengthen industrial infrastructure across the country. The scheme will develop 100 plug-and-play industrial parks with a total outlay of ₹33,66...
Access and Equity: The First Global 'Countdown to 2030' SeriesUNESCO has released the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2026, titled “Access and Equity: Countdown to 2030.” This is the first of a three-part series...
Telangana Gig Workers Bill: Providing Statutory Security to the Digital WorkforceThe Telangana Legislative Assembly has passed the Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 20...
Telangana Employees Accountability and Monitoring of Parental Support (TEAMS) Bill, 2026In a pioneering social welfare move, the Telangana Legislative Assembly passed the Parental Support Bill, 2026, in late March 2026....
The centenary of the historic Mahad Satyagraha was marked at Mahad in Raigad district, Maharashtra, on 20 March 2026.B. R. Ambedkar led the movement on 20 March 1927 to assert the right of Dalits to use public water sour...
The World Happiness Report 2026, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre, has named Finland the happiest country for the ninth year in a row.The top five are Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Costa Rica and Sweden, reflectin...
The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the age limit on maternity leave for adoptive mothers. It held that Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, violated the right to equality and the right to life un...
World Social Work Day 2026 was observed on March 17. The day promotes unity, social inclusion, cooperation and shared responsibility, and recognises the role social workers play in supporting communities, tackling challe...
Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), the influential German philosopher and sociologist, has died aged 96. A leading 20th-century social theorist and a member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, he championed deliberativ...
Rashtrapati Bhavan played host to the Purple Fest, organised by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The festival celebrated the achievements of Divyangjan (persons with disabilities) and promoted inclusivity...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has used the Sudarshan Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to take down more than 1.2 lakh misleading posts by financial influencers on social media. Sudarshan is an AI-b...
