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Odisha DGP Appointment: Who Is Vinaytosh Mishra? 1993-Batch IPS Officer Appointed Acting DGP After Khurania’s Retirement

14 August 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

1993-batch Odisha-cadre IPS officer Vinaytosh Mishra has been given additional charge as Odisha DGP after Y.B. Khurania’s retirement, amid a Supreme Court...

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IRS Rohit Mehra’s 365 Quotes For Success Turns Every Day Into A Lesson

14 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IRS officer Rohit Mehra’s new book, 365 Quotes For Success, explores daily motivation, purpose, discipline,...

Features

The Power of a Response: How a Simple Reply Can Bring Government Closer to People

14 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

The Cabinet Secretary’s call for better everyday administrative practices raises a larger question: can...

Change Makers

Saksham Skill Census: How Mumbai Suburban Is Using AI to Bridge the Skill and Employment Gap

14 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Saksham Skill Census in Mumbai Suburban maps skills, identifies livelihood needs and uses AI to connect...

Features

Who Is Accountable When the Drain Fails?

14 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Written by Apurva Pathak, the article argues that India’s cities need to move from reactive flood management...

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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

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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

Bureaucracy News

Odisha DGP Appointment: Who Is Vinaytosh Mishra? 1993-Batch IPS Officer Appointed Acting DGP After Khurania’s Retirement

14 August 2026

Madhya Pradesh: 1994-Batch IPS Officers Raja Babu Singh and D.P. Gupta Set for DG Rank From Sep 1 | Know Them

14 August 2026

14 West Bengal IPS Officers to Receive Independence Day Medals for Distinguished Policing Service - List Inside

14 August 2026

ACC Clears 3 Senior IRS Officers as CBDT Members: Pallavi Agarwal, Sunil Kumar Singh & Vatsalaa Jha

14 August 2026

Census 2027: Centre Notifies 40 Questions, Caste, Aadhaar, Bank Accounts and COVID-19 Vaccination Included

14 August 2026

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Who Is Arava Gopi Krishna? 2012-Batch IAS Gets Key Ladakh Departments; 3 Officers Get Additional Charge

14 August 2026

PSU News

Cochin Shipyard Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Rises 2.4% to ₹10,942 Crore, PAT Falls 19.4% to ₹1,514 Crore

14 August 2026

NMDC Q1 FY27 Results: Profit Rises 2% to ₹2,007 Crore, Revenue Hits ₹6,795 Crore

14 August 2026

RECPDCL Transfers Vizag Power Transmission to Adani Energy Solutions for ₹65.97 Lakh

14 August 2026

NTPC Wins 8 Brandon Hall HCM Awards 2026, Bags 5 Gold Medals for HR Excellence

14 August 2026

Hindustan Copper Appoints Ashish Kumar Khetan, Madhumita Daolagupu as Independent Directors

14 August 2026

What is GARUD Binoculars and How it Can Boost the Strength of Indian Army

14 August 2026

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Signs MoU with MWRRA to Boost Digital Water Resource Management

14 August 2026

HAL Partners with BEML and Adani Defence to Manufacture 90 Prachand LCH Fuselage Structures

14 August 2026

Defence News

Major Defence Milestone: India Moves Closer to Indigenous Fighter Jet Engine as Reliance, Rolls-Royce Announce AMCA Partnership

14 August 2026

Indian Army Loses Major General Sunil Kumar Razdan, First Wheelchair-Borne General

14 August 2026

What is GARUD Binoculars and How it Can Boost the Strength of Indian Army

14 August 2026

Operation Sindoor Documentary Reveals Key Decisions Behind India’s Military Response

14 August 2026

Judiciary News

Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway Controversy: Court Issues Notice To Key Authorities

14 August 2026

What CJI Surya Kant Said About Student Protests in the NALSAR Controversy

14 August 2026

Karur Stampede Case Takes New Turn as Supreme Court Suspends High Court Verdict

14 August 2026

Madras High Court Independence Day Plan Raises Questions Over Tamil Thai Vaazhthu Protocol

14 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

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The Power of a Response: How a Simple Reply Can Bring Government Closer to People

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Who Is Accountable When the Drain Fails?

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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...