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

11 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

IRS officer Shakeel Ahmad Ganie, 2016 batch, shares his journey from banking to public service and explains how technology, tax awareness and citizen trust...

UPSC Stories

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...

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Mumbai’s Wrong-Side Drivers Have a New Problem: IPS Satyanarayan Choudhary Is Coming After Them

11 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IPS Satyanarayan Choudhary leads Mumbai Police’s wrong-side driving crackdown, using FIRs, vehicle seizures,...

Beyond Headlines

Golden Arrows: The IAF Squadron That Fought Kargil From the Skies

10 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

The Golden Arrows played a crucial role in Operation Safed Sagar during the Kargil War, flying dangerous...

Features

A Jantar Mantar Déjà vu in Jharkhand

10 August 2026

Sharad Gupta

Demand for a CBI probe in paper leaks, has brought thousands of job aspirants face-to-face with Jharkhand’s...

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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

Videos

‘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

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

5 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

BEML Secures ₹184.25 Crore HAL Order to Manufacture LCH Fuselage Aerostructures

11 August 2026

MMTC Q1 FY27 Results: Net Profit Jumps 156% YoY to ₹93.73 Crore, Consolidated Profit at ₹104.24 Crore

11 August 2026

Indian Oil Awards ₹18.51 Crore Work Order to Expo Engineering for Crude Oil Tank Maintenance

11 August 2026

Coal India Eyes Chile Lithium Assets, Weighs Acquisition or Joint Venture With Wealth Minerals Unit

11 August 2026

GRSE Launches ‘Shruti’, Second Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel for Indian Navy in Major Shipbuilding Milestone

11 August 2026

India Is Developing A Powerful Rotary UAV For Siachen And Ladakh — Here's What We Know

11 August 2026

Petronet LNG ‘Catalyst’ Finance & IT Meet Focuses on Automation, Analytics, Cybersecurity

11 August 2026

NHSRCL Appoints Alok Katiyar as Director (Works) on Additional Charge from September 1, 2026

11 August 2026

Defence News

Russia’s Su-57 Offer To India Comes With A Deadly Technology Transfer Promise

11 August 2026

GRSE Launches ‘Shruti’, Second Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel for Indian Navy in Major Shipbuilding Milestone

11 August 2026

Mahindra Armado Remote Weapon Mount Integration

This New Upgrade Makes Mahindra Armado More Lethal And Safer For Troops

11 August 2026

What Made Armenia Praise India's Akash-1S Air Defence System?

11 August 2026

Judiciary News

What Is the Judicial Allowance Tax Dispute? Why Did Delhi High Court Ask Judges to Share PAN Details

11 August 2026

Supreme Court Missing Person FIR Order: Immediate Registration Made Mandatory Regardless of Age or Gender

11 August 2026

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose mortal remains

Why Has the Supreme Court Issued Notice on Netaji Mortal Remains? Explained

11 August 2026

Principles of Judicial Review in Exam Evaluation Disputes

Supreme Court Explains When Courts Can Interfere in Exam Results and Answer Key Disputes

11 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

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A Jantar Mantar Déjà vu in Jharkhand

Sharad Gupta

Features

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

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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

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...

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...

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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...