Kathmandu, March 2026 — Nepal is witnessing a tectonic political shift as the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by the unconventional and charismatic Balendra Shah (popularly known as “Balen”), has registered a landmark landslide victory in the 2026 General Elections. Breaking a decades-long cycle of unstable coalition governments, the RSP is on track to secure...
COLOMBO, March 2026 — A dramatic maritime strike has shifted the geography of the Middle East conflict into the Indian Ocean. In a rare and lethal underwater operation, a United States Navy submarine intercepted and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The attack, occurring just 40 nautical miles...
New Delhi, February 2026 —In a startling revelation that has sent shockwaves through India’s Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) ecosystem, Arjun Singh, co-founder of the premium sneaker brand Gully Labs, has exposed a sophisticated internal fraud. An employee, hired just weeks prior, allegedly manipulated the company’s backend system to siphon off luxury footwear worth ₹2 lakh before resigning...
Salem, February 2026 — From the dusty grounds of Chinnappampatti to the global stage, T. Natarajan’s rise is the ultimate underdog story. But for the “Yorker King,” personal success was never the finish line. Through the Natarajan Cricket Academy, the Indian pacer is now on a mission to ensure that rural talent is no longer...
New Delhi, February 2026 —While previous budgets focused on literacy and enrollment, this year’s fiscal roadmap attempts to dismantle the “silo” culture of Indian academia. By tying classrooms directly to industrial corridors and emerging technologies, the government aims to turn the demographic dividend into a specialized workforce. From Classrooms to Industrial Corridors The Budget introduces...
Key highlights Martyrs’ Day doesn’t compete for attention the way festival days do. It doesn’t need to. Its power is the opposite: a national pause that asks for seriousness, not spectacle. Government-linked communication around Martyrs’ Day repeatedly anchors the public practice of observing two minutes’ silence at 11:00 am in remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi. India Energy Week The date—30...
Key highlights Republic Day is India’s yearly reminder that the nation is not held together by emotion alone—it’s held together by a document, and the discipline to live by it. The official Rashtraparv portal (MoD) describes Republic Day as commemorating the Constitution’s adoption and enforcement in 1950, and it serves as the government’s information hub...
Key highlights If you want clean, defensible journalism in January 2026, you don’t start with gossip—you start with schedules. The MoSPI Advance Release Calendar exists for a reason: official data doesn’t arrive randomly, and serious coverage shouldn’t either. Stats & Programme Ministry In editorial operations, the ARC is the quiet difference between a newsroom that chases...
Key highlights If the Union Budget is the “money speech,” the President’s Address is the “meaning speech.” It’s the ceremonial opening—yes—but it’s also the government’s first big narrative moment of the Budget Session: what the country should believe the government is trying to do. Official parliamentary procedure documents explain the President’s Address framework and the...
Key highlights People want a clean answer: “Museum or not?” The reality is messier. Institutional buildings don’t flip overnight—they transition through planning, approvals, and public narrative. What’s clear (and already operational) India’s Parliament ecosystem already includes a Parliament Museum, formally inaugurated years ago, and digital systems designed to make parliamentary history accessible. Press Information Bureau+1Rajya Sabha’s official...