SONAM WANGCHUK COMES OUT OF JODHPUR JAIL AFTER 170 DAYS OF INCARNATION
NEW DELHI,14March 2026 : Laddakh’s environment activist Sonam Wangchuk was on Saturday freed from the Jodhpur central jail after 170 days of incarnation under the National Security Act. The Centre withdrew the NSA against him. He was arrested on September 24 by the Ladakh adminisstration and shifted to the Jodhpur jail on September 26. He […]
BJP, TRINAMUL WORKERS CLASH IN KOLKATA AHEAD OF PM MODI’S RALLY
NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : Clashes broke out between supporters of the TMC and the BJP near Girish Park in central Kolkata on Saturday, about 5 km from the Brigade Parade Ground where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally later in the day. BJP supporters alleged that stones were suddenly thrown […]
GIG ECONOMY COMES TO GOVT JOBS IN HIMACHAL
NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : The hill state of Himachal Pradesh today has the highest youth unemployment rate in the country. Nearly one in three young people between 15 and 29 has no work. Yet the state government’s answer to this crisis isn’t permanent jobs – not unlike the gig-style work that has swept urban […]
SC REJECTS PLEA FOR MENSTRUAL LEAVE
NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : Mandatory menstrual leave for women could ‘adversely impact (their) employment’ because employers ‘will not hire women if we make such a law’, Chief Justice Surya Kant said Friday. Such a law would also ‘create a psychological fear or impression among working women… that they are ‘less’ than men’, the Chief […]
SC TO USE AI TO END HUMAN ROLE IN CASE LISTING, BENCH ALLOCATION
NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : In a move that could mark a significant change in the functioning of the Supreme Court’s administrative side, software powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take over case listing and bench allocation in the top court effectively removing human intervention in the process. The decision was taken by Chief Justice […]
A Fortnight That Shook the Architecture of American Power in West Asia
New Delhi 14 March 2026 : On the fourteenth day of the US–Israel war against Iran, the conflict has already begun to reshape strategic assumptions that governed West Asia for decades. What was initially projected as a swift demonstration of American military supremacy has evolved into a confrontation whose strategic consequences are still unfolding. Among […]
SC PUSHES FOR FARMING OF PULSES INSTEAD OF WHEAT & RICE
NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to reassess its long-standing focus on wheat and rice cultivation and consider a new policy framework that encourages farmers to grow alternative crops, especially pulses. The court made these observations while hearing a petition filed by the Kisan Mahapanchayat. Chief Justice of […]
