Daily Inshorts - 31 March 2026

Daily Inshorts - 31 March 2026

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Millions of drivers mis-sold car finance to receive average £829 in compensation

The City regulator says 12.1 million mis-sold motor finance deals will be eligible for redress.

What was the 1970s oil crisis, and are we heading for something worse?

While both crises involve oil, experts say there are some important differences between what happened in the 1970s and today.

Scott Mills sacked from BBC Radio 2 after allegations over 'historic relationship'

He has not hosted his show since Tuesday and the BBC said he is "no longer contracted to work" there.

Why the benefit used by over 8 million people may not be fit for the future

Can Universal Credit and the work and benefits system more generally reshape itself to meet a new reality?

PM gives BMA 48 hours to call-off strike or lose 1,000 training posts

Resident doctors announced a six-day strike in England next month after talks broke down last week.

J&K Assembly starts debate on 33 private members Bills, three fail to pass

“J&K’s successive governments, including the present dispensation led by Omar Abdullah, have ensured protection of temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches alike,” said Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary, while opposing the Bill of the BJP

BJP fields Harshad Parmar for Umreth bypoll in Gujarat

The bypoll has been necessitated following the death ofGovind Parmar, who passed away on March 6 at the age of 72 after a brief illness. He had represented the Umreth seat in Anand distric

1.22 lakh Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan get ₹1,000 each through DBT

The Chief Minister said the children aged three to six years were being provided hot milk five days a week at Anganwadi centres under the Amrit Aahar Yojana. “These buildings are being renovated, and smartphones have been distributed to workers and women supervisors”

JKPC chief Sajad Lone highlights official data mismatch on poor population in J&K’s regions, seeks one definition

Speaking in the J&K Assembly, Mr. Lone said official data contradicted its own figures on how many poor families live in the two regions of Kashmir and Jammu and termed it as “a structural flaw that is distorting fairness in employment and welfare distribution”

Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court also criticised the Centre’s amendment Bill taking away the right to gender self-determination as something that risks reducing an ‘inviolable aspect of personhood’ to a ‘contingent, State-mediated entitlement’