Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025: The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 came into effect on 1st September 2025, consolidating India’s immigration laws, imposing stricter penalties for forged documents, and strengthening reporting and monitoring of foreigners. It repeals four outdated laws: the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, the Foreigners […]
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Piyush Goyal Assumes Charge as Mines Secretary
Piyush Goyal Assumes Charge as Mines Secretary: Shri Piyush Goyal, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, has officially assumed charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Mines as of September 4, 2025. His appointment follows the transfer of Shri V.L. Kantha Rao, who is now serving as Secretary in the Department of […]
Dinesh K Patnaik Appointed India’s Envoy to Canada
Dinesh K Patnaik Appointed India’s Envoy to Canada: Government of India appointed Dinesh K Patnaik as its next High Commissioner to Canada, signaling a major diplomatic shift aimed at restoring ties between the two countries. This appointment comes in parallel with Canada naming Christopher Cooter as its envoy to India, indicating a joint thaw in […]
Urjit Patel Appointed IMF Executive Director for 3-Year Term
Urjit Patel Appointed IMF Executive Director for 3-Year Term: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The appointment, formalized on August 28, 2025, marks Patel’s return to the international financial stage, now with greater responsibility and experience. This article explores […]
The Delhi High Court banned Sci-Hub and its mirror sites
The Delhi High Court banned Sci-Hub and its mirror sites: The Delhi High Court banned Sci-Hub and its mirror sites following a copyright case by global publishers. This has revived the debate on access to research papers and the role of the government’s One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS) Sci-Hub: Founded in 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan, […]
Supreme Court Directive on Social Media Conduct Guidelines
Supreme Court Directive on Social Media Conduct Guidelines: The Supreme Court of India has directed the Union government to frame comprehensive guidelines to regulate conduct on social media, balancing freedom of speech with the right to dignity of individuals and communities.India has over 800 million internet users with rapidly growing social media penetration. Social media […]
Nominations to UT Assemblies
Nominations to UT Assemblies: The Union Home Ministry asserts that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) can nominate five members to the Legislative Assembly without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 (amended 2023) provides for 90 elected members and allows the LG to nominate up […]
The 130th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2025
The 130th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2025: The 130th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha and referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). It is a Bill seeking to amend Article 75 (Union Ministers), Article 164 (State Ministers), and Article 239AA (NCT of Delhi). It Also proposes amendments in the Government […]
Machine Readable Electoral Rolls in India
Machine Readable Electoral Rolls in India: The Opposition have demanded machine-readable electoral rolls from the Election Commission (EC), arguing that searchable formats are vital to detect duplicate or fraudulent entries. Machine-Readable Electoral Rolls is Rolls provided in text-searchable format (text-PDF or Excel/CSV) instead of image-only PDF. Allows computers to index, search, and analyse voter data […]
India’s Democracy and the Migrant Citizen Crisis
India’s Democracy and the Migrant Citizen Crisis: Nearly 3.5 million voters (4.4% of Bihar’s electorate), mostly migrants, have been deleted from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), raising concerns of systemic migrant disenfranchisement ahead of elections.Migrant Disfranchisement refers to the exclusion of migrant workers from exercising their right to vote either in their […]
