On March 13, 2026, the last functioning atomic clock aboard the IRNSS-1F satellite — a component of India’s Indigenous Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), commercially known as NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) — stopped functioning. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed the failure in a statement on March 14, noting that the satellite had…
On March 14–15, 2026, U.S. forces “obliterated” military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, the single most critical node in Iran’s oil export infrastructure, handling between 1.3 and 1.6 million barrels of crude per day — up to 90% of Iran’s total crude exports. President Donald Trump, in a social media post,…
The ongoing military conflict in West Asia — specifically the United States-Israel bombing campaign against Iran that began on February 28, 2026, and Iran’s retaliatory closure of the Strait of Hormuz — has created an acute energy crisis in India of a scale not seen since the oil shocks of the 1970s. India imports approximately…
On March 15, 2026, Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released from Jodhpur Central Jail after 170 days of detention under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980. The Union Home Ministry invoked Section 14 of the NSA to revoke the Leh District Magistrate’s detention order with “immediate effect,” stating that Mr. Wangchuk had “already undergone…
Since the outbreak of the West Asia conflict on February 28, 2026, when Israel and the United States jointly attacked Iran, the Strait of Hormuz — arguably the world’s most strategically critical maritime chokepoint — has been effectively closed to normal commercial shipping. The newly elected Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has explicitly stated that…
On March 14, 2026, the Union Government introduced a Bill to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 in Parliament. The amendment seeks to redefine the term “transgender person” in a manner that, according to community members and activists, fundamentally undermines the landmark right to self-perceived gender identity that was codified in the…
The Supreme Court of India’s landmark directive in the case of Rachana Gangu, instructing the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to design a no-fault compensation scheme for serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) arising from India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, represents a paradigm shift in how the Indian state conceptualises its obligations toward citizens in…
The editorial pages of The Hindu, dated March 14, 2026, carry a detailed analysis of the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to India from February 27 to March 2, 2026 — a visit widely described as a “remarkable turnaround” in bilateral relations after the severe diplomatic rupture under Justin Trudeau, which was precipitated…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the debate on the Second Supplementary Demand for Grants in the Lok Sabha on March 14, 2026, announced that the Centre has allocated Rs. 57,381 crore for a newly proposed Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF). The Lok Sabha simultaneously cleared additional net cash expenditure of approximately Rs. 2.01 lakh…
On March 14, 2026, 193 Members of Parliament belonging to the INDIA bloc formally submitted a notice in both Houses of Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. This marks a historic first — no such notice has been formally submitted in Parliament before against a sitting CEC. The 10-page document…