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UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released the Gender Snapshot 2026 report. It finds that one in three institutional mechanisms for gender equality saw their power reduced in the las...
Tamil Nadu observed Social Justice Day on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer E.V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, with the Social Justice Day pledge marking his 147th birth anniversary in 2026....
Bengali novelist and short-story writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay was remembered on his 150th birth anniversary. Born on 15 September 1876 at Debanandapur in Bengal, he wrote Devdas, Srikanta, Parineeta, Choritrohin and...
The Tamil Nadu government has formally notified the Tamil Nadu State Mental Healthcare Regulations, 2026. They lay down minimum standards for infrastructure, staffing, professional qualifications and patient care in ment...
The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to raise awareness on drug abuse and offer prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, has reached 34.54 crore citiz...
The Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited (CIL) unveiled India's first sector-wide Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Framework for coal companies in New Delhi. It is the first sector-specific CSR guid...
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...
Tamil Nadu registered 8.02 lakh births in 2025, around 45,000 fewer than the 8.47 lakh recorded in 2024, a fall of 5.3%. The State's total fertility rate dropped below the replacement level of 2.1 nearly two decades ago,...
A new study has shown that the songs of more than 3,000 passerine bird species are composed from just eight basic sound motifs. Using machine learning on over one lakh recordings, researchers identified three types of tr...
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to open a 'safe house' in every district to protect individuals and families at risk of, or affected by, 'honour' killings, caste killings and related violence. Social Justice Minist...
Tamil Nadu has announced a Social Justice Welfare Board for the welfare of Dalits. The Board will extend financial help for education, medical treatment and marriages. The State unveiled 67 measures under the Social Just...
India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2026 is expected to gather separate data on digital and platform workers for the first time, covering food delivery executives, drivers and home-service providers. Their earnin...
