On March 20, 2026, Indian equity markets experienced their worst single-session decline since June 2024, with the BSE Sensex crashing over 3.26 percent to close at 74,207.24 points and the Nifty 50 closing at 23,002.15 points. The crash was triggered by a confluence of two major external shocks: Brent crude oil prices surging to $114…
On March 13, 2026, the Union government tabled the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, triggering one of the most significant constitutional controversies in recent memory. The Bill proposes to fundamentally alter the existing framework of gender self-identification, which was established under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act,…
Nearly three years after two Kuki-Zo women were disrobed, paraded, and gang-raped by a mob in Manipur’s Thoubal district on May 4, 2023, an attack in which the brother and father of one of the survivors were also killed, three of the accused in the case remain absconding, two have been released on bail by…
A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant directed the Union government on March 15, 2026, to revisit its existing policy framework and explore better mechanisms to incentivise farmers to diversify from conventional crops like wheat and paddy to pulses. The court directed the Centre, through its Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce,…
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property in Disturbed Areas Bill on March 6, 2026, by voice vote. The legislation seeks to regulate property transactions in areas that the state government declares as disturbed, requiring prior approval from the District Magistrate or Collector before any immovable property, including land,…
The 30th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025 and branded the COP of Implementation, marked a decisive shift in global climate governance. For the first time, global adaptation indicators integrated water, sanitation, and hygiene into climate accountability under the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, establishing…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative announced on March 11, 2026, that it had initiated investigations against sixteen economies, including India, under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, examining whether these economies were using excess manufacturing capacity to export to the United States in a manner that was hurting American businesses….
The Union Public Service Commission has revised the rules governing the empanelment of State Directors-General of Police and Heads of Police Force, introducing a significant new requirement: state governments must now obtain the consent of the Supreme Court before delaying the submission of DGP-rank officer panels to the UPSC. This revision comes after sustained non-compliance…
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment clarifying how the “creamy layer” exclusion from OBC (Other Backward Classes) reservations must be applied to children of parents employed in Central or State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) where the equivalence of those posts with government service posts has not yet been…
As the kharif agricultural season approaches (beginning by end of March 2026), the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Fertilizers, headed by Trinamool Congress MP Azad Kirti Jha, has tabled a report in Parliament warning of an acute shortage of essential fertilizers. The committee’s findings are particularly alarming because they coincide with the severe disruption of international…