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How Digital Media Is Giving India’s Cooperatives a New Voice

13 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This article is written by Harshendravardhan Singh, who explores how digital platforms are transforming India’s cooperative movement, empowering farmers...

UPSC Stories

A Failed Prelims, A Fractured Leg & One More Shot: How Prachi Jain Made AIR 714

13 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Prachi Jain secured AIR 714 in UPSC CSE 2025 after setbacks, injury and two interviews, and now prepares...

From Protecting Tiger Habitats to Reviving Wetlands: How IFS Akash Deep Badhawan Is Turning Conservation Vision into Ground-Level Action

Change Makers

From Tiger Rescues to 12 Wetlands: How IFS Akash Deep Badhawan Is Transforming Conservation in UP

13 August 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From rescuing wildlife and reclaiming 16.530 hectares of tiger habitat to notifying 12 wetlands, Mr Badhawan...

Features

India’s Strategic Autonomy Is Facing Its Hardest Test

13 August 2026

Col MV Shashidhar

India’s real test is not choosing sides. It is ensuring that no external power can take away its freedom...

Beyond Headlines

Harmeet Singh IPS: The Historian Who Became Assam’s Top Cop, From Insurgency to Cybercrime

12 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

As Assam battles another brutal flood season, its police chief stands at the intersection of disaster,...

Must Read

ED Director Rahul Navin Gets One-Year Extension; IRS Officer to Continue Till August 2027 | Know His Career

9 August 2026

Fake IAS Officer With ₹100 Crore Assets Arrested in Bihar; Tesla, Deer Antlers Seized, Doval Link Probed

9 August 2026

Centre Orders 6 Key Secretary-Level Changes in Major Reshuffle; V L Kantha Rao Shifted, Sushil Lohani Gets IWAI

11 August 2026

Videos

Harmeet Singh IPS: The Historian Who Became Assam’s Top Cop, From Insurgency to Cybercrime

12 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

‘My Path Has Not Been Straight’: Shakeel Ahmad Ganie’s Journey to the IRS

11 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

The Man Who Policed Kosovo, Guarded Ladakh and Now Leads Uttarakhand Police | DGP Deepam Seth

8 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

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Leadership Updates: IRFC Appoints 2 New Independent Directors for 3-Year Tenure

13 August 2026

Engineers India Q1 FY27 Results: Net Profit Jumps 141% to Rs 158 Crore, Revenue at Rs 820 Crore

13 August 2026

BEL Appoints Ambrish Tripathi as Director (HR) and Anoop Kumar Rai as Director (Marketing)

13 August 2026

ITI Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Jumps to Rs 425 Crore, Net Loss Narrows to ₹32.25 Crore

13 August 2026

Expert Analysis of MIDHANI GE Aerospace S400 Approval and Its Importance for India's Defence Sector

13 August 2026

Petronet LNG Q1 FY27 Results: PBT and PAT Rise 33% to Rs 1,514 Crore and Rs 1,133 Crore

13 August 2026

MIDHANI Becomes First Indian Company to Secure S400 Approval from GE Aerospace

13 August 2026

IGL Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Climbs 16% to Rs 5,040 Crore, Net Profit Declines 48%

13 August 2026

Defence News

India Unveils Rs 1 Lakh Crore Plan To Buy 60 Indigenous Transport Aircraft, Boosting Make In India Defence Manufacturing

13 August 2026

Why The Indian Navy Wants A 1,000 Km Range Loitering Munition And Who Could Build

13 August 2026

How the Su-30MKI Fighter Jets Virupaksha Radar Integration Will Boost the IAF Combat Power

13 August 2026

Why the Philippines Is Expanding Defence Cooperation With India After the BrahMos Deal

13 August 2026

Judiciary News

Railway Fare Concessions For Acid Attack Survivors

Acid Attack Survivors May Get Railway Fare Benefits For Medical Travel, Supreme Court Told

13 August 2026

Who Can File A Complaint Under The Senior Citizen Act? Madras High Court Answers

13 August 2026

Bombay HC Urges Resolution of Vijay Mallya-SBI Dispute, Cites Economic Impact, Seeks ED Details on Assets

13 August 2026

SC Considers Nationwide Cancer Notification to Improve Early Detection and Treatment, Seeks Responses From 19 States

12 August 2026

CSR News

NLC India Bags Gold at CSR TIMES Awards 2026 for Over 150 Rural Infrastructure Projects

12 August 2026

HPCL, Assam Rifles and Antogattva Foundation Sign MoU to Launch Project Bright Horizon in Northeast

10 August 2026

CMPDI Partners with Frontline Global Services to Train 60 Jharkhand Youth Under CSR Initiative

6 August 2026

GRID-INDIA Signs MoU with ALIMCO to Provide Assistive Devices to Persons with Disabilities

3 August 2026

Opinion

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How Digital Media Is Giving India’s Cooperatives a New Voice

Indian Masterminds Bureau

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India’s Strategic Autonomy Is Facing Its Hardest Test

Col MV Shashidhar

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Beyond Bureaucracy

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

How AI, Blockchain and Quantum-Ready Tech Are Transforming India's PDS

28 July 2026

Sharad Gupta

For seven decades, India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) was synonymous with leakage, ghost...

Politics Without Politicians? How Retired IRS Officer Sanjay Gahlot Wants to Reimagine Democracy

24 July 2026

Pallavi Priya

Drawing from decades in the Army and the Indian Revenue Service, retired IRS officer Sanjay Gahlot explains...

UPSC Stories

A Failed Prelims, A Fractured Leg & One More Shot: How Prachi Jain Made AIR 714

13 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Prachi Jain secured AIR 714 in UPSC CSE 2025 after setbacks, injury and two interviews, and now prepares...

From 10 SSB Setbacks to UPSC CAPF AIR 191: Abhay Pratap Singh’s Journey in Uniform

12 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

After 10 SSB setbacks, postal department job and two CAPF attempts, Abhay Pratap Singh cleared UPSC CAPF...

From Engineering Desks to the Uniform: The Inspiring Journeys of UPSC CAPF 2025’s Top 5 Toppers

11 August 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Sheershoo Deb, Aryan Sheoran, Akanksha Vishwakarma, Rohan and Harsh Shankarlal Solanki prove that there...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

The Hindi Heartland: Ghazala Wahab’s Provocative Study of Caste, Religion and India’s Changing Politics

8 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ghazala Wahab’s The Hindi Heartland explores caste, religion, politics, history and polarization across...

A Novel That Questions Identity, Technology and the Meaning of Being Human

1 August 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Amrita Mahale’s Real Life masterfully weaves together parallel universes, wildlife, AI and human relationships...

‘My Last Autobiography’: A Moving Meditation on Ageing, Memory and the Will to Live

25 July 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Forty-three years after its original publication, Rajendra Banahatti's Akherche Atmacharitra finds renewed...