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9 November 2026

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Digital Telangana Governance Spotlight-200kb

From Paperless Cabinet Meetings to Critical Minerals: How IAS Anudeep Durishetty Is Driving Reforms in Telangana

9 November 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From targeting ₹1,200 crore in sand revenue to digitising Cabinet meetings and strengthening Telangana’s critical mineral potential, IAS officer Anudeep...

NCLT Reform_ Tribunal Independence Debate-250kb

NCLT's Administrative Crisis: Why India's Insolvency Tribunal Must Break Free from Ministry Control

9 November 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In this article, P. Sesh Kumar, IAAS-82, Former Director General, CAG of India, examines the administrative...

PM GatiShakti and BIM_ Bridging Infrastructure and Delivery-250kb

Beyond PM GatiShakti: Why India Needs to Connect BIM with Geospatial Infrastructure Planning

9 November 2026

Apurva Pathak

PM GatiShakti has made geospatial coordination a national infrastructure capability. The next question...

IAS Ravi Kant

India’s Waste Crisis Is Growing. Can Scientific Waste Management Turn It Into an Opportunity?

8 November 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In this article, Ravi Kant, a 1985-batch IAS officer, draws on his experience with major municipal solid...

IAS Pandve Tukaram

Inside IAS Pandve Rahul Tukaram’s Mission to Identify Childhood Disabilities Before It’s Too Late

8 November 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IAS Pandve Rahul Tukaram leads Yadgir’s digital social registry to identify developmental delays, disabilities...

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Must Read

V Umashankar Haryana

Haryana Chief Secretary Race Heats Up: Who Is IAS V. Umashankar, Likely to Succeed Anurag Rastogi?

3 November 2026

Inbasekar Sundaramurthi IFS

Who Is Inbasekar Sundaramurthi? 2004-Batch IFS Officer Appointed India’s Next Ambassador to Senegal

3 November 2026

Bureaucrats Asset

Top Bureaucrats' Asset Declarations Raise Transparency Questions: 115 Properties Missing Area Details, 115 Without Current Value

2 November 2026

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Videos

He Took His Late Mother’s Photo to the UPSC Interview | Vishwas Jhargad AIR 145 | CAPF 2025

Some journeys are about more than ranks and results. They are about courage, family support and the determination to keep moving forward…

7 November 2026

Meet Parag Jain: The IPS Officer Leading India’s Spy Agency

From policing in Punjab to leading India's external intelligence agency, IPS officer Parag Jain has had a remarkable career spanning policing, intelligence…

6 November 2026

Political Pressure on Police: Why Honest Officers Must Stand Their Ground | Yashovardhan Azad

Can an honest police officer stand up to a powerful politician? What happens when political pressure interferes with investigations, transfers and the…

4 November 2026

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PSU News

ADNOC Gujarat Energy LNG deal

India-UAE Energy Ties Grow As ADNOC Signs 10-Year LNG Deal With Gujarat Energy

7 November 2026

E20 petrol quality

E20 Petrol Quality Row: Oil PSUs Reject Karnataka's 31% Ethanol Claim

7 November 2026

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Leadership Updates: PESB Recommends Jasbir Singh for HAL Director (Engineering & R&D) Post

6 November 2026

NCL CSR Blood Bank Project

NCL Signs ₹1.16 Crore CSR MoU to Establish Blood Bank at District Hospital in Singrauli

6 November 2026

Cochin Shipyard COLLAB

Cochin Shipyard Signs MoUs with Four Kerala Engineering Colleges to Boost Research and Innovation

6 November 2026

NALCO Angul CPP Plant

NALCO’s Angul Captive Power Plant Wins ‘CPP Plant of the Year’ Award for Fly Ash and Waste Utilisation

6 November 2026

NLMC

CPSE Asset Monetisation: Inter-Ministerial Group Recommends Proposals Worth Over ₹1,100 Crore

6 November 2026

SAIL

SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant Achieves Record CRNO Production of 7,445 Tonnes in October 2026

6 November 2026

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Defence News

AMCA Programme

India's 5th Generation AMCA Fighter Takes Another Step Towards Prototype Development

9 November 2026

Indigenous SATCOM Technology

Inside India's Indigenous SATCOM Technology: How New Rukmini Terminals Will Help The Navy

9 November 2026

Modern Warfare

Rajnath Singh Warns Of New Security Threats Beyond Traditional Border Warfare

9 November 2026

Indigenous Mounted Gun System

Indian Army's Mounted Gun System Evaluation Advances With Pokhran Trial Success

9 November 2026

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Judiciary News

J&K High Court Judge Appointment

J&K Arms Licence Scam: High Court Declines Plea by Two IAS Officers, Seeks Centre’s Compliance Report

9 November 2026

BLO SIR Duties

Big Relief For Election Authorities: Allahabad HC Rejects Teachers' Plea Against BLO Duties

9 November 2026

AI Judgements Case

Fake Supreme Court Judgments Cited? Bombay High Court Quashes Customs Order

9 November 2026

Big Relief For Election Authorities: Allahabad HC Rejects Teachers' Plea Against BLO Duties

UP Police Under Fire: Allahabad High Court Questions Illegal Detention And CCTV Failure

9 November 2026

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CSR News

NCL CSR Blood Bank Project

NCL Signs ₹1.16 Crore CSR MoU to Establish Blood Bank at District Hospital in Singrauli

6 November 2026

REC Foundation Solar Street Light

REC Foundation to Install 350 Solar Street Lights Across Six Districts of West Bengal to Improve Rural Safety

5 November 2026

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NALCO Signs MoU with SDI Bhubaneswar to Provide Skill Training to 60 Youths in Odisha

5 November 2026

HUDCO Perpetual Tier I Bond Issue

HUDCO Launches Cleanliness and Green Initiatives Across India Under Special Campaign 6.0

3 November 2026

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Opinion

NCLT Reform_ Tribunal Independence Debate-250kb

NCLT's Administrative Crisis: Why India's Insolvency Tribunal Must Break Free from Ministry Control

Indian Masterminds Bureau

PM GatiShakti and BIM_ Bridging Infrastructure and Delivery-250kb

Beyond PM GatiShakti: Why India Needs to Connect BIM with Geospatial Infrastructure Planning

Apurva Pathak

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Beyond Bureaucracy

Yogi Adityanath

How Prime Minister Narendra Modi transformed governance, delivery and India’s global standing

21 September 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

From last-mile governance and women’s empowerment to infrastructure and cultural renewal, PM Modi’s leadership...

Ajay Singhal

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

Atish Chandra

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

UPSC Stories

Aniket Sagar ICoAS

No Coaching, Full-Time Job and Two Attempts: How Aniket Sagar Cleared ICoAS

7 November 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Aniket Sagar, a chartered accountant from Bundelkhand, cleared UPSC ICoAS 2025 after working at PwC,...

IDAS Himanshu Tembhekar

Should UPSC Aspirants Give Up Their Hobbies? IDAS Officer Himanshu Tembhekar Explains

3 November 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Should UPSC aspirants give up their hobbies? IDAS officer Himanshu Tembhekar explains how hobbies help...

UPSC Story

He Taught Students to Meet Expenses. Today, Sachin Bhadouria is a Scientist ‘B’ at CWPRS

30 October 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Sachin Bhadouria overcame financial challenges and a Hindi-medium background to secure AIR 2 in a UPSC...

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Social Media

IPS Arun Bothra

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...

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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

Dipika Goyal Bajpai

“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

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Book Reviews

Urvashi Prasad

Urvashi Prasad’s ‘Still Here’: A Stage IV Cancer Diagnosis, and a Memoir That Refuses to Pretend Everything Is Fine

7 November 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Former NITI Aayog Director IAS Urvashi Prasad turns her stage IV cancer journey into an honest memoir...

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Beyond Tourism: Lokesh Ohri’s Journey Through the Myths, Mysteries and Sacred Trails of Uttarakhand

7 November 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

From Himalayan legends and ancient temples to forgotten histories, forest traditions and sacred trails,...

The Mirror and the Map_ India’s Census (1)

Counting a Nation: India’s Census, the Politics of Legibility and the Challenges of Census 2027

31 October 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

From colonial enumeration to Census 2027, C. Chandramouli’s book explores how India’s census has shaped...

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