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Who Scored Highest in UPSC Interview 2025? Tejaswini Singh Tops with 225 Marks, Top 5 Profiles & Mark Calculation Explained

18 March 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Tejaswini Singh secured the highest UPSC interview score this year with 225 marks, followed by Anjana B, highlighting how personality test performance...

Beyond Headlines

IPS Sonali Mishra: The First Woman to Lead RPF and the Officer Strengthening Security Across India’s Railways

18 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

1993 batch IPS officer Sonali Mishra becomes the first woman Director General of RPF, bringing over three...

UPSC Stories

How Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo Inspired Bhavika Chopra to Crack UPSC

18 March 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Bhavika Chopra secures AIR 25 in UPSC 2025, inspired by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Explore her...

UPSC Stories

She Wrote Her Dream on a Wall—Years Later, Sreeja JS Achieved AIR 57 in UPSC

18 March 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Sreeja JS secured AIR 57 in UPSC 2025 with a dream written on her wall. Read her inspiring journey, strategy,...

Legends Of Bureaucracy

From a Teacher’s Son to Andhra’s Top Bureaucrat: The Journey of Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad

17 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From a teacher’s son in Prakasam district to Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Secretary, the story of IAS officer...

Must Read

Major Administrative Reshuffle in UP: Lokesh M Returns as Secretary PWD; 7 IAS and 4 PCS Officers Transferred

14 March 2026

UPSC Tightens DGP Appointment Rules, Makes Supreme Court Nod Mandatory for Delay by States

17 March 2026

Industrial Relations Code Amendment Bill 2026

Parliamentary Panel Favours Expanding 360-Degree Empanelment Process for All Central Services Officers

17 March 2026

Videos

What Happens After Terror Strikes? Surinder Choudhary Explains the Reality of Counter-Terror Operations

16 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

India’s First Visually Impaired IFS Officer on Diplomacy, Inclusion and Changing the System

12 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Beno Zephine: India’s First 100% Visually Challenged IFS Officer Who Rewrote the Rules of Diplomacy | EXCLUSIVE

2 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

Rajasthan’s Jan Sampark Achieves 80% Citizen Satisfaction in March 2026 Amid Transformational Reforms

18 March 2026

Who Is IPS Aparna Kaushik? UP Officer Trolled After Viral Video, Sparks Debate on Cyber Abuse Against Women Officers

18 March 2026

Centre Issues Fresh Appointment Orders: Arunita Phukan Yadav’s Deputation Extended, Amit Mohan Govil Continues as FIU-India Director

18 March 2026

ACC Empanels 15 IRPS Officers for HAG in Railways for 2026; Vaibhav Chauhan Not Approved

18 March 2026

IAS Ajit Kumar Gets Additional Charge of MyGov CEO; Nidhi Kesarwani Extended, Ashutosh Niranjan Repatriated

18 March 2026

IPS Yogesh Gupta Empanelled for DG Rank at Centre After Long Wait; IPS Kanwardeep Kaur’s Deputation Extended

18 March 2026

PSU News

RITES Limited Wins National Mobility Award 2026 for Metro, Rail & Multimodal Transport Excellence in India

18 March 2026

NRDC Signs License Agreements with Aashdit Nutritech to Commercialize Moringa-Based CSIR-CFTRI Technologies

18 March 2026

NMDC Appoints Anurag Kapil as Director (Finance) to Strengthen Financial Strategy and Governance

18 March 2026

REC Limited Joins Hands with National Test House to Strengthen RDSS Quality Assurance

18 March 2026

NHPC Commissions 250 MW Unit-1 of Subansiri Lower Hydro Project, Boosting India’s Renewable Energy Capacity

18 March 2026

Central Bank of India Wins MSME and SME Bank of the Year Awards at Global SME Conclave 2025-26

18 March 2026

Indian Navy Signs MoUs with IIT Madras, IOCL, CSL, and MDL to Boost Marine Engineering and Innovation

18 March 2026

Mazagon Dock Bags $39 Million SCI Contract for India’s First Methanol Dual-Fuel Supply Vessel

18 March 2026

Defence News

Indian Navy Signs MoUs with IIT Madras, IOCL, CSL, and MDL to Boost Marine Engineering and Innovation

18 March 2026

IOCL Signs MoU with Indian Navy to Strengthen Training, Technology, and Operational Solutions

18 March 2026

₹30,000 Crore Defence Exports & AI Push: Inside India’s Explosive Defence Tech Surge Strategy Unveiled at Global Attaché Summit 2026

18 March 2026

India Masterstroke: Homegrown Port Crane Manufacturing Policy and Its Role in Reducing China Dependence

18 March 2026

Judiciary News

Thiruparankundram Deepam Controversy: Madras High Court Halts Contempt Action, Key Hearing Set for April

18 March 2026

Supreme Court Issues Notice to DoPT Secretary Rachna Shah in Contempt Plea Over ITAT Appointment Delay

17 March 2026

Big Legal Action: Supreme Court Sends Contempt Notice to DoPT Secretary for Ignoring ITAT Appointment Orders

17 March 2026

Telangana High Court Dismisses LS Chowhan’s Challenge to IPS Promotion Process

16 March 2026

CSR News

ECIL Completes CSR Project by Handing Over Retaining Wall at Rastriya Vidya Kendra, Telangana

13 March 2026

NTPC WR-I Launches ₹7.64 Crore CSR Project to Renovate IPD Blocks at N.M. Wadia Hospital, Solapur

13 March 2026

AAI Provides ₹12.29 Crore CSR Support to Balasaheb Deoras Rugnalay in Pune for Healthcare Expansion

12 March 2026

Numaligarh Refinery Wins Dual Honours for Operational Innovation and CSR at Governance Now PSU Awards 2026

11 March 2026

Opinion

Beyond Headlines

Precision Sovereignty: Why Defence Indigenisation is No Longer Optional

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

IPS Deputation Get An Upper Hand Over CAPF Cadre Officers

Sharad Gupta

Cartoon of the Week

UPSC Stories

Who Scored Highest in UPSC Interview 2025? Tejaswini Singh Tops with 225 Marks, Top 5 Profiles & Mark Calculation Explained

18 March 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Tejaswini Singh secured the highest UPSC interview score this year with 225 marks, followed by Anjana...

How Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo Inspired Bhavika Chopra to Crack UPSC

18 March 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Bhavika Chopra secures AIR 25 in UPSC 2025, inspired by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Explore her...

She Wrote Her Dream on a Wall—Years Later, Sreeja JS Achieved AIR 57 in UPSC

18 March 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Sreeja JS secured AIR 57 in UPSC 2025 with a dream written on her wall. Read her inspiring journey, strategy,...

Social Media

Watch: First One-Horned Rhino Calf of 2026 Takes Birth at Jaldapara National Park, IFS Officer Shares Rare Footage

3 January 2026

A newborn one-horned rhinoceros calf was spotted at Jaldapara National Park on January 1, 2026. IFS officer...

Rare Night Encounter: IFS Officer Spots Highly Venomous Banded Krait During Forest Patrol, Internet Amazed

29 December 2025

An IFS officer’s night patrol video of a highly venomous banded krait has gone viral, highlighting India’s...

Heroic Karnataka Elephant Rescue: How a 28-Hour “Impossible Mission” Became a Triumph of Wildlife Care, IFS Parveen Kaswan Shares Video

19 November 2025

A trapped elephant was rescued after 28 hours in Karnataka through a massive, expertly coordinated Forest...

Book Reviews

Friendship, Caste, and the Reservation Debate in a WhatsApp Age

14 March 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A review of Removed from the WhatsApp: A Bitter Tale of Caste and Reservation by Pankaj Rangari, exploring...

Sixteen Months, One Unbreakable Spirit: A Cancer Survivor’s Diary

7 March 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A breast cancer survivor’s candid diary chronicles sixteen months of pain, courage, family support and...

Not Just a Letter, But a Moral Indictment of Guru Gobind Singh That Challenged an Empire

27 February 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

In Zafarnama, Guru Gobind Singh pens a fearless moral indictment of Aurangzeb, redefining victory beyond...