09 May 2026

A comprehensive decadal analysis of India’s school education system by NITI Aayog, titled “School Education System in India — Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement,” has revealed a paradox at the heart of India’s education story: while near-universal access to primary schooling has been achieved, the system fails catastrophically at retaining students through…

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), one of the world’s largest employment guarantee programmes, saw sharp contraction in scale and reach during 2025-26, according to a report by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and LibTech India. Total person-days of work generated fell by 21.5 percent — from 268.44 crore in 2024-25 to 210.73 crore…

India has sent over 1,137 diplomatic notes (notes verbale) and 456 consolidated reminders to Bangladesh since September 2020 regarding the repatriation of suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, without receiving “an actionable response,” according to an External Affairs Ministry diplomatic document reviewed by The Hindu. This disclosure came in a note verbale sent on April 30, hours…

India’s three oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum — are collectively losing approximately ₹30,000 crore every month on the sale of petrol, diesel, and LPG, as they maintain stable retail fuel prices even as crude oil costs have spiralled past $100 per barrel. The trigger is the escalating conflict…

Operation Sindoor, launched at 1:05 a.m. on May 7, 2025, and its subsequent escalation phases through May 10, has emerged as one of the most consequential military and constitutional events in post-independence India. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing the Joint Commanders’ Conference in Jaipur, described the operation as a defining example of India’s “swift, precise,…