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NEET to MBBS to PG: Why India’s Medical Education Funnel Keeps Getting Narrower

10 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Written by Mr. P. Sesh Kumar, a retired 1982-batch IA&AS officer, this article takes a critical look at India’s medical education system, its growing...

Beyond Headlines

A Rank Gets You In, Character Makes You Stay: Sanjay Gehlot on Becoming a Better Civil Servant

10 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Former IRS officer Sanjay Gehlot says clearing UPSC is only the beginning—integrity, empathy, courage...

Beyond Headlines

Dr. Navjot Kaur Khosa: From Gold Medal-Winning Dentist to the Officer Shaping India’s Digital Census

9 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr. Navjot Kaur Khosa IAS, a 2012-batch Kerala cadre officer, has built a remarkable career spanning...

Change Makers

From Classrooms to Culture: How IAS Parul Patawari’s ‘Shikshartha’ Is Transforming Tribal Education in Odisha

9 August 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

NITI Aayog recognition puts Rayagada’s innovative education initiative in the national spotlight, as...

IAS

“Saree Is India’s Timeless, Sustainable and Inclusive Garment”

9 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

ITDC Chairman Mugdha Sinha makes a strong case for the saree as a symbol of India’s cultural continuity,...

Must Read

ACC Clears 10 Overseas Appointments, Extends Hemang Jani’s World Bank Tenure Till 2029 - List Inside

5 August 2026

Centre Extends Tenure of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan, Home Secretary Govind Mohan by One Year | Know Their Careers

5 August 2026

IAS, IPS & IFS Officers to Get Government Legal Aid; DoPT Issues Fresh Guidelines for Serving and Retired Officers

6 August 2026

Videos

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

8 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

How IPS Akshay Sachdeva Is Building a Smarter and Stronger Sikkim Police

5 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

G.S. Rao: The IPS Officer Who Helped Shape Future Cops And Now Leads Tripura Police

31 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

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

10 August 2026

Hindustan Copper Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Jumps 81% to ₹936.50 Crore, PAT Surges 163%

10 August 2026

ITI Limited and Airtel Business Partner for Enterprise Connectivity, Cloud, IoT and Cybersecurity Solutions

10 August 2026

PESB Recommends P.B. Rangarao as Director (Operations) of HAL After Selection Process

10 August 2026

BEML Appoints Savitri Yadav as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

8 August 2026

MMTC Appoints Kundan Kumar Mishra as Director (Finance) for Five-Year Term

8 August 2026

SECL Leads India in Scientific Mine Closure, Completes Closure of 28 Abandoned Mines

8 August 2026

IRCON International Appoints Vimal Kishor Nagar, P.V. Sreekanth as Executive Directors

8 August 2026

Defence News

Indian, US Navies to Begin EOD Exercise in Kochi, Focus on Interoperability and Joint Operations

10 August 2026

India Eyes 6th-Generation Fighter Jet With France; Moves to Join FCAS Programme, AMCA to Continue in Parallel

9 August 2026

What Is HAL's Indigenous FADEC System And How It Will Improve India's Military Helicopters

8 August 2026

How HAL's Indigenous Satellite-Guided Landing System Will Transform Helicopter Operations in India

8 August 2026

Judiciary News

SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices for 4 High Courts; Check Full List of Judges

10 August 2026

30 Judges Appointed Across 4 High Courts: Madras Gets 15, Calcutta 8, Karnataka 6, Judicial Officers Elevated

8 August 2026

Chhattisgarh 1.45 Lakh Pending Criminal Cases

Paper Leak ‘More Heinous Than Murder’: Who Is Jeevan Kishor Dhruv? Ex-IAS Officer Denied Bail by Chhattisgarh HC

8 August 2026

Big Relief For Disabled Military Cadets: Supreme Court Directs States To Grant Reservation Benefits Under Ex-Servicemen Quota

8 August 2026

CSR News

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

WCL Signs MoU with Zilla Parishad Gadchiroli to Launch Project Poshit for Maternal Nutrition

1 August 2026

Opinion

Features

NEET to MBBS to PG: Why India’s Medical Education Funnel Keeps Getting Narrower

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Features

The Fight Against Drug Abuse: A Shared Responsibility of Family, Society and Police

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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

How Family Sacrifices Helped Pradip Bhandare Achieve His IFS Dream

6 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

After seven Civil Services Mains, three Indian Forest Service Mains, five UPSC interviews and years of...

How IAS Subhankar Bala Cracked UPSC Without Coaching: The Story of AIR 79 and His Five Practical Preparation Tips

5 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

IAS Subhankar Bala secured AIR 79 in UPSC CSE through self-study after failing his first mains. He shares...

Why Sandeep Kumar Sahu Believed in Plan B Before Chasing Plan A

4 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Working full-time for nine years, supporting his family and preparing through self-study, Sandeep Kumar...

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...