Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of June, 2026 over June, 2025 is 4.38% (Provisional), marking a 17-month high. Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.74% and 3.92%, respectively. Wholesale price inflation rose to 9.87% in June, from 9.68% in May, led […]
A controversy in India is building up regarding delimitation bill for quite some time. The Union Government introduced the Delimitation Bill 2026 alongside the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill., but it failed to pass in the Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026. It secured only 298 votes in favor and 230 against while the constitutionally mandated […]
The Ram Mandir donation theft case has shattered the hearts of many devotee Hindus and the opposition political parties are blaming the ruling party BJP and RSS which are alleged by them to have set a trust for management of the temple and employing staff for the same including for counting and safely depositing donations. […]
Over the past week, India has entered a period of intense rainfall as the monsoon surges across the subcontinent, causing widespread destruction and forcing millions to confront the annual cycle of floods, landslides, and displacement. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an extraordinary 15-day warning on July 4, highlighting the probability of extremely heavy rainfall […]
Economist and historian Sanjeev Sanyal’s suggestions in a recent remark for the youths to ‘aspire high’ and try more to be entrepreneurs rather than just vying for government jobs is appreciable and the need of the hour. It could be seen as a right course as the working population of the country is increasing fast […]
According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) 2023 survey of Indian politicians and their profiles including their assets, criminal background, finances and liabilities and education details, with the exception of West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who holds only Rs 15 lacs of assets, all the Chief Ministers of 29 states out of the […]
Who constitute Schedule Tribes? Article 366 (25) defined scheduled tribes as “such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this constitution”. The President may, with respect to any State or Union territory, and […]
The Controversy On January 1, when some Muslim students of a college in Karnataka’s Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab as the dress was against the prescribed norms of the college, the College Development Committee President, BJP MLA Ragupathi Bhat, was reported to have advised he students that of they find the dress […]
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility). The Union Cabinet in July 2020 has approved a new pan India Central Sector Scheme called Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility). The scheme shall provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community […]