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Stem Cell Therapy for Autism: Supreme Court’s Ruling Explained

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that stem cell therapy cannot be offered as a clinical treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Court declared that using stem cell interventions for autism outside approved and...

New Rules for IPS Officers: Modified Norms for IG-Level Posts in Central Forces

The Union government has recently modified the empanelment norms for Inspector General (IG) and equivalent posts at the Centre for officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS). Under the revised guidelines, a minimum of two years of central deputation at...

Menstrual Health in Schools: Why It Is Integral to the Right to Health in India

Menstrual health is no longer a peripheral welfare concern but a core public health, education, and constitutional issue. In India, where millions of adolescent girls face menstrual poverty, stigma, and inadequate facilities in schools, denial of menstrual hygiene management (MHM)...

Green Steel in India: How It Can Help Achieve Climate Targets and Net Zero Goals

Green Steel in India: India has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 and to submitting a progressively ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Achieving these goals requires deep decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, among which steel is the most critical. As...

PISA-like Class 10 Assessment Proposed

Context The Economic Survey highlights that most Indian schools rely on internal board examinations. These exams mainly test content recall rather than deeper understanding or skill application. As a result, they fail to produce diagnostic evidence needed to identify students’...

Re-examination of RTI Act: Economic Survey

Context The Economic Survey 2025–26 urges a re-examination of the RTI Act, 2005, proposing limited exemptions for policy deliberations. It suggests a narrow, parliament-supervised ministerial veto to prevent disclosures that could “unduly constrain governance,” while retaining accountability. Economic Survey (2025-26)...

Uneven distribution of secondary schools: Economic survey (2025-26)

Context The Economic Survey 2025–26 assesses progress toward the NEP 2020 target of raising Expected Years of Schooling to 15. It flags the uneven distribution of secondary schools, especially in rural areas, as a key cause of low retention. High...

Coking Coal as Critical and Strategic Mineral

Context The Government of India has notified coking coal as a Critical and Strategic Mineral under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. About the Notification The decision is based on the recommendations of the High-Level Committee on...

Tulu Language: Origin, Script, Speakers and Cultural Significance

Context Coastal MLAs urged Karnataka Legislative Assembly to declare Tulu as second official language. About Tulu  Language family and classification:  It is a Dravidian language that branched early from Proto-South Dravidian and retains several archaic linguistic features not found in...

Bulleh Shah Biography: Sufi Poet, Ideas and Literary Legacy

Context A shrine of the 17th-century Sufi poet Bulleh Shah was vandalised by miscreants in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, sparking widespread outrage and calls for the protection of Sufi heritage. About Bulleh Shah Early Life and Education Bulleh Shah was born as...