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A report by NITI Aayog reveals that approximately 8.7 crore young people in India are currently out of jobs, education, and training, posing a major challenge to the country's development goals.
Read the articleBengaluru residents are campaigning to protect a 3-billion-year-old rock formation from a proposed road tunnel project designed to pass beneath the historic Lalbagh Botanical Garden.
A state-owned company, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, funded 20 organisations linked to the Sangh network with hundreds of crores in CSR funds, an investigation has revealed.
The first hearing of a fast-track court set up to address the NEET paper leak case was adjourned after the CBI failed to send a prosecuting lawyer.
A new report from Amnesty International claims Indian-made weapons and military components reached Israel during the Gaza war, urging New Delhi to suspend exports.
Two Adani-linked coal mining projects in Chhattisgarh have received in-principle approval from the Environment Ministry, risking nearly 1,000 hectares of dense forest and elephant habitats.
During a visit to his former school in Maharashtra, Supreme Court Justice P.B. Varale raised concerns over the closure of Marathi-medium schools due to funding imbalances.
Adivasi villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur have launched an 11-day "Fansi Satyagraha" protest, alleging their land was taken without fair compensation for a river-linking project.
Indian wheelchair marathon runner Shailesh Kumar has highlighted the lack of basic facilities in government schools for students with disabilities, stating that many are left without access to education.
Social activist Anna Hazare has initiated a silent protest in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, drawing public support for CJP protestors.
IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti has been appointed to a six-member task force to recommend examination reforms in India, drawing attention to his previous remarks on the medicinal properties of cow urine.
Indian government vacancies have nearly doubled over the last decade, leaving more than one in five posts empty while departments increasingly rely on outsourced workers.
The Supreme Court of India has ordered a fresh survey of elephant corridors, ruling they cannot be blocked over crop damage concerns, as wild elephant populations continue to fall.
The Assam government’s advertising expenditure surged to ₹460.82 crore between 2021 and 2026, featuring significant payouts to a media group led by the Chief Minister's wife.
The Central Reserve Police Force will conduct a professional post-event assessment following allegations of pellet gun use during recent protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
India has been classified as a "flawed democracy" rather than a full democracy after dropping to 53rd on the Economist Intelligence Unit's index, despite having nearly one billion voters.
A Spot On journalist confronted Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava over a video showing schoolgirls wading through a river, leading to an angry exchange over delayed bridge construction and media motives.
Speaking at a demonstration in Delhi, retired principal Sharda Dixit proposed the 'Jan Shiksha Niti 2026' as a secular, scientific, and democratic alternative to India's National Education Policy.
In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India has clarified that state governments hold the authority to withdraw or close FIRs registered against student protesters.
Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been acquitted by a Delhi court of sexual harassment charges, prompting Olympian Vinesh Phogat to announce that the wrestlers will appeal.