SINGLE PROTEIN CAN END MALARIA

NEW DELHI,16 March 2026 : Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria, identifying a unique protein that is essential for the parasite’s survival and transmission. The discovery, made by an international team of researchers, centres on a molecule called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1), which acts as a ‘traffic controller’ during the […]

WHAT IF SAUDI ARABIA ASKS PAK TO GO TO WAR

NEW DELHI: 15March 2026: When Pakistan signed the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in September last, its military-controlled regime never imagined that this agreement would soon become so onerous, writes India’s defence expert Sushant Sareen. Pakistani generals and politicians had convinced themselves and their public that Saudis would shower […]

6 NEW VISA UPDATES THAT INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS NEED TO KNOW

NEW DELHI,15 March 2026 : International travel planning often comes with one big question – what has changed with visas this year? Governments frequently tweak visa systems, documentation rules and application processes to manage rising travel demand. For Indian travellers, 2026 has already brought several such updates across different destinations. From digital visas and student […]

LIMITED OPTIONS OF TRUMP IN IRAN WAR

NEW DELHI,14 March 2026 : US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s leader but have not toppled the government, which now, from its perch on the Strait of Hormuz, has put the entire world economy on the war’s frontlines. The initial US victory in killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei has given way to a conflict that Washington cannot […]

SPECTACULAR NIGHT VIEW OF ILLUMINATED INDIA

NEW DELHI,15 March 2026 : The International Space Station (ISS) has released mesmerising night-time images of India captured from orbit, offering a dazzling view of the subcontinent lit up by thousands of city lights as the spacecraft passed over the Arabian Sea and the Himalayan region. Shared on the ISS’s official account on X, the […]

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 […]