02-Jul-2025
On 25 June 1975, the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, declared Emergency in India without the written consent of the Cabinet. The next 21 months witnessed draconian measures like suspension of civil liberties, curbing freedom of the press, mass arrests, postponement of elections and rule by decree.
25-Jun-2025
The Supreme Court on June 23, 2025 took a strong view of the growing trend of accused voluntarily offering to deposit large sums of money to secure bail in cases like tax evasion and financial fraud and later reneging on the promise. The case came to light when a person, who was accused of tax evasion of over Rs 13 crore, approached the Supreme Court for bail.
25-Jun-2025
India has rejected the OIC's inappropriate and factually incorrect references to Jammu and Kashmir at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in which India has been criticized on many issues including the 'social exclusion' of Indian Muslims. Apart from this, India has also talked about the misuse of the OIC platform by Pakistan.
23-Jun-2025
The island nation of Mauritius is facing a severe water crisis. Climate change, increasing population and inadequate water management have made this crisis more severe. In recent years, the level of Mauritius's reservoirs has fallen rapidly from 92.6% to just 38.2% in the year 2024.
20-Jun-2025
The concept of ‘One Nation, One Time’ proposed by Prime Minister Modi is now taking concrete shape. The Department of Consumer Affairs has announced that rules will soon be notified to make Indian Standard Time (IST) mandatory for all activities.
18-Jun-2025
In an important decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), an additional bone test will now be conducted for age verification of players at the junior level (especially under-16 and under-15 categories).
16-Jun-2025
The 113th Plenary Session of International Labour Conference was held in Geneva (Switzerland) between 2 June to 13 June 2025.
16-Jun-2025
The Government of India has directed state-run mining company Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) to stop export of rare earth minerals (REM) to Japan.
13-Jun-2025
According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2025, India has slipped two places to 131st rank out of 148 countries, with a gender parity score of 64.4%.
29-May-2025
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has nominated three members of the House, Sambit Patra (Bharatiya Janata Party/Puri-Odisha), Naresh Mhaske (Shiv Sena/Thane-Maharashtra) and Kali Charan Munda (Indian National Congress/Khunti-Jharkhand) to the Press Council of India.