Parliamentary Panel highlights adverse impact of rising medicine prices on Common Citizens
Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers raised concerns over excessive profiteering, delayed policy reforms, and the absence of effective legal mechanisms to ensure affordable access to essential drugs.
News Today | 03 Dec 2025 | Social Issues | HealthAssam Group of Ministers (GoM) recommends Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for 6 communities
The six communities, Tai Ahoms, tea tribes or Adivasis, Moran, Motok, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi are currently in Assam’s Other Backward Classes list and comprise ~27% of its population.
News Today | 01 Dec 2025 | Social Issues | SC/ST/OBCAustralia to become first country to ban social media for children under 16 years
From December 10, 2025, social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc. can be fined up to AUD 50 million for failing to remove such accounts from their platforms.
News Today | 26 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | ChildThe future of health lies in harmony
Daily News Summary | 24 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | HealthUNICEF releases The State of the World's Children (SoWC) 2025 report
“SoWC 2025: Ending Child Poverty – Our Shared Imperative” draws on data from over 130 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to assess the breadth of multidimensional poverty by measuring deprivations across six categories: Education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and water.
News Today | 21 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | ChildSupreme Court (SC) Directed Centre to frame a Uniform National Policy for Organ Transplantation
Directions came as lack of consolidated national database for donors and recipients was slowing down the process across states.
News Today | 20 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | HealthWorkplace stress and rising diabetes risk among India’s working-age adults
India has 10.1 crore diabetics (ICMR–INDIAB, 2023), with rising incidence among younger, urban, working-age adults.
News Today | 15 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | Developmental issuesState of Social Justice
Recently, the International Labour Organization (ILO) released a report titled ‘The state of social justice: A work in progress’.
Monthly Magazine | 12 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | Developmental issuesRedraw welfare architecture, place a universal basic income in the centre
Daily News Summary | 07 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | Other Vulnerable GroupsG20 releases a report on Global Inequality
Income: 83% of countries have high income inequality (i.e., a Gini coefficient above 0.4), accounting for 90% of the world’s population.
News Today | 06 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | Developmental issues7 Indian institutes among top 100 in QS Asia University Rankings 2026
India saw a record rise in Indian universities featured in the QS Asia University Rankings 2026 from 24 universities in 2016 to 294 in 2026, only behind China’s 395 institutions featured in the list.
News Today | 05 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | EducationChhattisgarh Train Accident draws attention towards Rail Safety in India
Though there is a decline in Consequential Train Accidents from 135 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2024-25, yet accidents including derailments, collisions, etc., continue to occur due to multiple reasons.
News Today | 05 Nov 2025 | Social IssuesIndia loses top spot to China in QS Asia University Rankings 2026
Daily News Summary | 05 Nov 2025 | Social Issues | EducationExtending PM-Poshan to include breakfast will help align national policy with nutritional and educational realities
Daily News Summary | 31 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | HealthWorkforce Challenges in India’s Primary Healthcare System
Recurrent strikes by National Health Mission (NHM) staff and state-level protests by ASHA and Anganwadi workers have revealed deep-rooted structural weaknesses in the primary healthcare system of India.
News Today | 30 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | HealthIndia’s healthcare system is leaning too heavily on volunteers and contractual workers for essential services
Daily News Summary | 30 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | HealthRehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
To modernize and democratize rehabilitation education, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has introduced reforms.
News Today | 29 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | EducationRespect the health rights of India’s children
Daily News Summary | 25 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | ChildSupreme Court forms Committee to formulate a National Equal Opportunity Policy for Transgender persons
In Jane Kaushik v. Union of India & Ors., the Supreme Court (SC) also highlighted issues in Transgender Persons Act of 2019 and discrimination faced by Transgender Persons.
News Today | 18 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | Other Vulnerable GroupsSupreme Court raps Centre, States for ‘gross apathy’ over opportunities for transgender persons
Daily News Summary | 18 Oct 2025 | Social Issues | Other Vulnerable GroupsTransformation of Family Structures in India
Role of Indian Diaspora in Making India Self-Reliant
Economic Growth and Structural Transformation