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The draft VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 seeks to replace MNREGA to offer 125 days of rural work, focus on durable assets, improve transparency, and align employment schemes with rural economy and needs

The government says India sets its own air quality standards and does not follow WHO guidelines; cities are ranked under NCAP, with top performers rewarded annually

US lawmakers are probing a September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat off Venezuela and a reported second blast on survivors, raising questions on authority, war powers and the law of armed conflict

After IndiGo's mass cancellations, DGCA's one-time FDTL exemption has sparked fresh questions about who the regulator is, what it oversees, and how safety rules are drafted and rolled back

Karnataka is set to introduced the Rohith Vemula Bill 2025 to stop caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, creating new complaint system, penalties and protection for SC/ST students

According to the IMF's updated outlook, India is projected to surpass the $4 trillion threshold in FY26 and expand to roughly $4.96 trillion by FY28, just short of the $5 trillion milestone

Two West Virginia Guard members were shot near the White House, and the suspect, an Afghan national, had entered the US in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome

Indian professionals are accelerating their move towards the EB-1A extraordinary ability route as H-1B hiring grows costlier and more restrictive, with early-2025 filings up by more than 50%

India's overhaul merges 29 labour laws into four codes, reshaping minimum wages, gig-worker social security, industrial relations, and workplace safety through unified rules and digital compliance

The Trump administration has shut down its Department of Government Efficiency, with officials confirming the unit no longer exists, even though it was meant to run for eight more months

Donald Trump is pushing for $2,000 tariff-funded rebate cheques next year, but key Republicans say soaring deficits, the $38 trillion national debt make the proposal difficult to support

The Centre's bid to place Chandigarh under Article 240, enabling direct presidential regulation and an independent administrator, has triggered rare political unity in Punjab against the proposed move

The Supreme Court's latest ruling has redrawn the limits of Article 142, overturning its own 'deemed assent' order and clarifying how far the judiciary can intervene in legislative-executive disputes

Users reported broken pages and slow loading for websites after many of the world's largest online services, including ChatGPT and X, that depend on Cloudflare for security, were disrupted on November

Four cheetahs and three cheetah cubs have died in the last four months with fighting, illness, and weakness being the main causes

Pakistan's 27th constitutional amendment seeks to merge military command, weaken judicial autonomy, and give Field Marshal Asim Munir lifetime constitutional protection from accountability.

As the 8th Pay Commission begins work, here is how it will review salaries, allowances and pensions, and why its recommendations could reshape government finances and employee welfare