Category: Public Policy & Governance
India Eyes SMR-Powered Data Centres to Fuel AI Boom: Balancing Energy, Security and Net-Zero Goals
India’s digital economy is expanding at breakneck pace. The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, combined with the mushrooming of hyperscale data centres, is placing [more…]
Supreme Court to Hear NEET-PG Transparency Plea on Priority: Students Push for Answer-Key Access and Audit Trails
The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed—as item number one—a plea that challenges the transparency of the NEET-PG 2025 evaluation process. Filed by medical aspirants, the [more…]
Supreme Court Signals “Time Has Come” to Revisit Criminal Defamation: Free Speech, Reputation, and Law in Balance
In a proceeding that could reshape India’s media landscape, the Supreme Court of India on Monday remarked that the “time has come” to reevaluate the [more…]
Gurgaon Bets on AI to Detect Potholes and Encroachments: Will Algorithms Make Roads Safer?
21 Sep 2025 Every monsoon in Gurgaon tells a familiar story: potholes bloom across arterial roads, water stagnates in underpasses, and frustrated commuters navigate cracked [more…]
Haryana emissions: PM10 flagged as top pollutant in state report
A new state-level emissions assessment highlights PM10 as Haryana’s biggest non-CO₂ pollutant—outpacing methane and NOx—and puts the spotlight on industrial activity, dust from roads and [more…]
Maharashtra doctors threaten 24-hour strike from 8 am today over ‘mixopathy’ row
OPDs across Maharashtra are expected to shut from 8:00 am IST on September 18 to 8:00 am IST on September 19, as IMA-affiliated doctors protest [more…]
Nitish Kumar Promises Interest-Free Student Loans Ahead of Bihar Elections
Introduction: Education as an Election Battleground With the Bihar Assembly elections around the corner, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has unveiled a major welfare promise: under [more…]
From Waterbody to Dumpsite: Gurgaon’s Sector 47 Pond Faces NGT Scrutiny
Introduction: A Forgotten Pond Returns to Spotlight Once envisioned as a community waterbody in Gurgaon’s Sector 47, the pond has instead become a symbol of [more…]
From Charcoal to Energy: Bandhwari Landfill’s Shifting Waste Management Future
Introduction: A Policy U-Turn with High Stakes The Haryana government has once again altered course on its approach to tackling the Bandhwari landfill crisis near [more…]
India Shines in Fitch’s Global Growth Forecast: Opportunities, Risks, and the Road Ahead
Introduction: India as a Bright Spot in Global Growth Global rating agency Fitch has revised its 2025 global economic growth forecast upward to 2.4%, citing [more…]