. The order, issued through the Land & Development Office under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, directs the club to hand over its 27.3-acre property at 2, Safdarjung Road by 5 June 2026. The official reason given is that the land is required for strengthening defence-related infrastructure and other vital public security purposes.
India’s overall score in the 2026 index is 66.5 out of 100, placing it in the top third of assessed countries. In South Asia, India is ranked first overall, ahead of other countries in the region. The index also notes that India is ranked first among lower-middle-income countries assessed, a particularly important achievement because it shows that strong child-protection systems are not only a function of wealth, but also of legal design, institutional effort and political priority.
A major highlight of the event was the latest conservation figure: the lion population in the Greater Gir Landscape has risen to an estimated 891 individuals in 2025, marking a 32 percent increase compared with 2020. This growth has been presented as evidence of India’s successful landscape-based conservation strategy, supported by habitat protection, population monitoring, community involvement and long-term management planning.
The issue arose because CDSCO observed cases where companies received approval for a new drug but launched it commercially much later. In some such cases, firms were submitting PSUR data from the original approval date instead of the actual market launch date. According to the regulator, this practice could lead to the loss of important post-launch safety information, especially adverse effects that may only become visible after wider use among patients.
The newly introduced products include an AI-enabled “Forecast of Monsoon Advance over Different Parts of the Country” and a “High Spatial Resolution Rainfall Forecast for Uttar Pradesh” as a pilot service. These systems have been jointly developed by the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting.
The four codes are the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. The government had already made the four codes effective from November 21, 2025, rationalising 29 existing central labour laws into a simplified framework. The latest publication of rules now completes the operational framework needed for implementation.
The International Big Cat Alliance is an inter-governmental international organisation headquartered in India. It has been established for the conservation of seven major big cat species — tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar and puma. Of these, five species — tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard and cheetah — are found in India, giving the country a special role in global big cat conservation.
According to the Ministry of Finance, cumulative enrolments under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana have crossed 27.43 crore as of April 29, 2026. The scheme has paid ₹21,512.50 crore for 10,75,625 claims, making it one of the largest low-cost life insurance platforms in the country. PMJJBY provides life insurance cover of ₹2 lakh in case of death due to any reason, at an annual premium of ₹436.
New Delhi, April 2026: The Government of India has introduced sweeping changes to the Overseas
The submission marks India’s third Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. NDCs are the national climate action plans that countries submit under the global climate framework, outlining how they intend to reduce emissions, adapt to climate impacts and contribute to the long-term goal of limiting global warming. India’s earlier NDCs were submitted in 2015 and updated in 2022 for the 2030 target cycle.
