The National Green Tribunal’s Southern Zone Bench in Chennai has directed all five southern States and the Union Territory of Puducherry to ensure strict and time-bound implementation of their State Action Plans under the National Clean Air Programme. The judgment flags persistent particulate pollution across the southern region and warns that continued under-utilisation of clean…
On May 3, 2026, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched India’s Cell Broadcast Alert System, a nationwide emergency alerting technology developed indigenously by the Centre for Development of Telematics in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority. The system was tested simultaneously across all telecom networks except in poll-bound States, sending a test message to…
On May 1, 2026, the United Arab Emirates officially exited the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the broader OPEC+ alliance, marking one of the most consequential shifts in global energy governance since the formation of OPEC+ in 2016. The UAE, OPEC’s third-largest producer and one of only two members with meaningful swing production…
The resignation of Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, submitted to President Droupadi Murmu on April 9, 2026, brings to a close one of the most extraordinary chapters in the recent history of Indian judiciary. The judge’s resignation came after a three-judge inquiry committee found prima facie evidence that cash had been recovered from a…
On the eve of vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress alleging that the Election Commission of India was deliberately favouring the Bharatiya Janata Party by deploying Central government employees at counting centres. The petition challenged an April 13 circular issued…