The Proposed Reset: National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Leading public health and nutrition experts—including Dr. Soumya Swaminathan and Dr. V. Mohan—jointly highlighted the policy implications of the draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The proposed reset aims to resolve structural inequities between individual and household entitlements under the NFSA. Currently, Priority Households (PHH) […]
Day: August 14, 2026
Supreme Court Directs States to Declare Cancer as Notifiable Disease
Supreme Court Directs States to Declare Cancer as Notifiable Disease: The Supreme Court has directed the 19 States and Union Territories that have not yet done so to consider declaring cancer a “notifiable disease”. At present, 17 of India’s 36 States and UTs have already notified cancer, following the recommendations of a Parliamentary Standing Committee. […]
Srijan: Voices from the Loom
Srijan: Voices from the Loom: The Ministry of Textiles is organising ‘Srijan: Voices from the Loom’ in New Delhi to celebrate the contribution of women weavers to India’s handloom heritage. Srijan: Voices from the Loom is a special programme recognising the stories, skills and contributions of women weavers engaged in India’s handloom sector. It provides […]
What Is Cess?
What Is Cess? The Himachal Pradesh government imposed a widow and orphan cess of 60 paise per litre on petrol and high-speed diesel. A cess is a specialized, targeted tax levied by the government over and above basic taxes to generate revenue for a specific, pre-determined purpose (e.g., education, road development, worker welfare). Once the […]
Indonesian Babirusa : Pig-deer
Indonesian Babirusa : Pig-deer Chester Zoo in the UK announced the birth of Rana, a rare babirusa piglet, amid declining wild populations threatened by African swine fever, habitat loss, and hunting in Indonesia. The babirusa (genus Babyrousa)—commonly known as the pig-deer—is one of the oldest living and strangest wild pig species. The name babirusa comes […]
The Sprite Tejas Express
The Sprite Tejas Express: Indian Railways and IRCTC awarded full commercial train-branding rights for the Lucknow–Delhi–Lucknow Tejas Express (Sprite Tejas Express) to beverage brand Sprite for six months. The ‘Sprite’ Tejas Express is India’s first privately branded, fully air-conditioned corporate superfast train operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) featuring full external/internal […]
The Parliament passes bill to rename Kerala as Keralam
The Parliament passes bill to rename Kerala as Keralam: Parliament passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, officially renaming Kerala as Keralam, following a unanimous resolution by the State Legislative Assembly.The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 is a Parliamentary law that amends the First Schedule of the Constitution of India to change the […]
The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal: A container ship paid nearly $4 million to bypass a 10-day Panama Canal queue amid surging shipping demand, Middle East diversions, and drought-related transit restrictions.The Panama Canal is an artificial 50-mile (82 km) lock-type waterway that cuts across the narrow Isthmus of Panama. Connecting the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) with […]
The One Herb, One Standard (OHOS) Initiative
The One Herb, One Standard (OHOS) Initiative: The Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) renewed their partnership under the ‘One Herb, One Standard’ initiative for an additional three years.The ‘One Herb, One Standard’ initiative is an inter-ministerial collaborative framework designed to establish unified, scientifically synchronized quality and testing standards […]
