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Friday, March 13, 2026
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Topic: Cabinet

Cabinet clears Bill to merge UGC, AICTE & NCTE; likely to be introduced in Parliament next week

Higher Education Commission of India Bill will establish a sole authority for coordinating & determining standards in higher education, research, and scientific & technical institutions.

Cabinet clears Atomic Energy Bill, opens doors to private players in civil nuclear sector

Modi cabinet greenlights SHANTI Bill, creating umbrella law to allow private players. Reform expected to help India achieve target of generating 100 GW nuclear energy by 2047.

‘One Nation One Subscription’: All about Modi govt’s new scheme that promises to be India’s JSTOR

Publishers like Oxford University Press, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis have already been included in national journal-subscription programme. 'Game-changer for Indian academia,' says PM.

From billionaire Elon Musk to Fox News’ Pete Hegseth as defence secretary — a look at Trump 2.0

Trump has announced several nominees for his incoming administration, prominent among those are Musk and Ramaswamy who will head the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency.

What is Cabinet-approved PM-Vidyalaxmi & how it will benefit 22 lakh meritorious students each yr

Any student who gets admission to recognised quality higher education institution will be eligible to get ‘collateral free, guarantor free’ loan from banks or financial institutions.

SC-OBC outreach to pay hike for madrasa teachers, Shinde cabinet has taken 146 decisions in 1 month

The decisions include populist moves, declaring the cow as ‘Rajya Mata’, infra projects, land parcels for Adani group & corporations for non-dominant groups. Oppn has questioned the timing.

Modi doesn’t have numbers on his side to amend Constitution, so what’s behind ‘1 nation, 1 poll’ push

Centre has tasked Rajnath Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju to talk to Oppn on ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal, it is learnt; bill on simultaneous polls likely in Winter Session.

Jaishankar, Sitharaman retain key ministries, TDP gets civil aviation, JD(U) panchayati raj & fisheries

Rajnath Singh remains defence minister, JP Nadda is health minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture & rural development, HD Kumaraswamy gets heavy industries and steel.

Cabinet approves 3 semiconductor projects worth Rs 1.26 lakh cr, among them India’s 1st fab unit

IT Minister Vaishnaw says India's 1st commercial semiconductor fab plant ‘big turning point for the nation’. The other 2 are assembly, testing, packaging and marking (ATMP) units.

To curb illegal immigration, Haryana to table travel agents bill — up to 10 yrs jail, Rs 2L minimum fine

Draft Haryana Registration and Regulation of Travel Agents Bill cleared by state cabinet, to be introduced in Budget session beginning 20 February.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.