Two Wards in Alappuzha Cut Mosquito Breeding Sharply. Here Is What the Numbers Actually Show
An ICMR study recorded large falls in Aedes breeding after residents organised the work, though the figure now being quoted describes one ward. Mosquito control usually arrives from outside, as a fogging machine or a health worker with a checklist. In two wards of Alappuzha in Kerala, researchers tried the opposite. They asked residents to […]
A Student Built a Website to Report Bribes. Five Million Requests Later, He Took It Down
Bribes.fyi collected anonymous accounts of alleged bribe demands for six weeks, then shut down and said the data would eventually go. On 2 July 2026, a 20-year-old engineering student in Delhi put a website online. It asked one question. Had anyone at a government office asked them for a bribe? Six weeks later Bribes.fyi was […]
Parliament Passed Eleven Bills in Nineteen Days. Nine Went Through Without an MP Speaking.
A PRS Legislative Research note sets out how much time each Bill in the Monsoon Session 2026 got, and how little of the schedule Parliament used. The Monsoon Session 2026 ran from 20 July to 13 August. Both Houses met for 19 days, and Parliament passed eleven Bills. In the Lok Sabha, nine of those […]
India Has Extended Its Electric Two-Wheeler Subsidy to 2028. Here Is What Changed.
A 10 August notification restored the electric two-wheeler subsidy ten days after it lapsed. Electric scooters and motorcycles now make up more than half of every electric vehicle registered in India. The central electric two-wheeler subsidy that holds their prices down expired on 31 July 2026. Then, on 10 August, the Ministry of Heavy Industries […]
Delhi’s New EV Policy Sets a Date After Which Only Electric Three-Wheelers Can Be Registered
The policy that took effect on 1 July pairs purchase incentives with binding deadlines for the vehicle categories that contribute most to the city’s pollution. Most electric vehicle policies in India are built on incentives, which people can take or ignore. Delhi’s new one is built on dates, which they cannot. The Delhi Cabinet approved […]
The EPF Rulebook Has Been Rewritten After 74 Years. Here Is What Changes for You
The EPF Scheme 2026 replaced the 1952 framework on 29 June. For most salaried employees, the deduction stays exactly the same. The central government notified the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme 2026, along with new pension and insurance schemes, replacing a framework that had been in place since 1952. The change took effect on 29 June […]