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From Barren Mine Dumps to Green Ecosystems: How IFS S. Deepika Is Reclaiming India’s Mining Landscapes

1 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Turning ecological scars into symbols of resilience: IFS Deepika is transforming barren mine dumps into thriving green ecosystems through large-scale ecological...

Be Inspired

From Delivering Milk to Dreaming of Leading the BSF: Deepak Lakhara’s Journey to AIR 106

1 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Deepak Lakhara, from Jodhpur’s dairy-farming family, clears UPSC CAPF 2025 with AIR 106, aspiring to...

Eco Warrior Awards

‘Eradicate Guns, Save Elephants’ : How K. Karthikeyani Turned Community Trust Into an Elephant Protection Model

1 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Nominated for the Eco Warrior Awards, K. Karthikeyani, IFS, led a unique campaign that saw 239 illegal...

Change Makers

IFS Dr C. Zupeni Tsanglai on Nagaland’s Conservation Future: Forests, Wildlife and Communities

31 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

IFS Dr C Zupeni Tsanglai shares her vision for forest restoration, conservation breeding, wildlife recovery...

Change Makers

How IAS Aditya Ranjan’s Health Campaign Is Giving Dhanbad’s Children a Second Chance

31 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

2015 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Aditya Ranjan’s Dhanbad health campaign brings free specialist...

Must Read

13,000 CAPF Officers Await Cadre Review; Proposals Reach Finance Ministry

20 August 2026

UP Govt Spends ₹9 Crore on Police CUG Numbers, Yet No SP/SSP Answered Public Calls; 72 DMs Also Missed Calls

21 August 2026

Rajasthan Chief Secretary V Srinivas Gets 6-Month Extension; Will Continue Till February 28, 2027

Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas Gets 6-Month Extension; Will Continue Till Feb 28, 2027 - Here's Why

20 August 2026

Videos

Dr. Sagar Preet Hooda: The Officer Who Came Back To Lead Chandigarh Police

29 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From Police Officer to Forensic Pioneer: How Dr Keshav Kumar Made Science a Weapon Against Crime

26 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

How IPS Officer Keshav Kumar Used Forensics to Crack Gujarat’s Lion Poaching Case

20 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Bureaucracy News

Who Is Sunil Kumar Mehta? 2016-Batch IPS Officer Takes VRS from Madhya Pradesh Police

1 September 2026

Who Is Anjani Kumar? Former Telangana DGP Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

1 September 2026

21 UP Officers Retire in Major Superannuation Exercise: 3 IAS, 10 IPS and 8 PPS Officers

1 September 2026

Bengal Revives SDO Postings for IAS Trainees After 13 Years; 11 Officers of 2024 Batch Get Field Roles

31 August 2026

Who Was Shefeen Ahamed? Kerala-Born 2003-Batch IPS Officer of Odisha Cadre Dies of Cancer at 50

31 August 2026

Who Is Abhishek Sehra? 2025-Batch IAS Officer Moves From Karnataka to UP After Marriage to IFS Officer Priya Meena

31 August 2026

PSU News

BHEL Dividend to Government Rises 2.5 Times to ₹283.56 Crore in FY26 Amid Strong Business Growth

1 September 2026

NBCC Wins ‘Champion Emerging’ Award at EXCEED CSR Awards 2026 for Hanle Ambulance Initiative

1 September 2026

DVC Inaugurates 8 MW Ground-Mounted Solar PV Plant at Panchet to Boost Renewable Energy

1 September 2026

Eastern Coalfields Launches Precautionary Sealing at Khandra Colliery After Surface Cracks, Subsidence

1 September 2026

Indian Railways Clears ₹675 Crore for Kavach, Signalling and Freight Capacity Projects

1 September 2026

National Fertilizers Appoints T.K. Batra as Executive Director; J. Ramesh Retires on Superannuation

1 September 2026

GRSE Wins ‘GeM Advocate’ Award for Driving Transparent and Efficient Digital Procurement

1 September 2026

PM Advisor Tarun Kapoor Reviews BCCL Operations, Coking Coal Projects and Jharia Rehabilitation Plan in Dhanbad

1 September 2026

Defence News

What's the Major Reason Behind The Government's Decision To Create Three Exclusive NIA Courts

31 August 2026

Explained: The Key Takeaways From India’s 4th Tri-Services Future Warfare Course

31 August 2026

The Story of the India Army’s Lethal Tank Programme That Passed Every Test But Still Can’t Reach The Battlefield

31 August 2026

Why The Huri–Taksing Road Project Is A Game Changer For India's China Border Strategy

31 August 2026

Judiciary News

Kerala HC Seeks Records Behind Clean Chit to DGP S. Sreejith in Foreign Visit Allegations

1 September 2026

13th Convocation of National Law University

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Warns Against Punishing Students For Asking Questions

31 August 2026

Why Hundreds Of Rajasthan High Court Lawyers Have Gone On Strike Against Acting Chief Justice

31 August 2026

Who Is Justice V Sivagnanam? Ex-Madras High Court Judge Missing In Nepal Floods, Bar Body Seeks Urgent Rescue

31 August 2026

CSR News

NBCC Wins ‘Champion Emerging’ Award at EXCEED CSR Awards 2026 for Hanle Ambulance Initiative

1 September 2026

BEL Lays Foundation Stone for Modern Crematorium at Lucknow Cantonment Under CSR Initiative

31 August 2026

How a Scholarship Is Helping Build India’s Next Generation of Doctors

29 August 2026

GRSE Wins CSR Times Award 2026 for ‘Hockey for Her’ Initiative Empowering Tribal Girls

29 August 2026

Opinion

Features

Two Chairmen, Two Exits, One Governance Question: Who Really Exercises Power?

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

The Mecca Pact Should Worry New Delhi, Just Not for The Reason Most Analysts Are Giving

Col MV Shashidhar

Cartoon of the Week

Beyond Bureaucracy

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...

“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...

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.

UPSC Stories

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Father Died, Family Turned to Farming: How Pankaj Kamboj Fought His Way to CAPF

21 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

After losing his father at 14 and helping his family survive through farming, Pankaj Kamboj turned repeated...

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...

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

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...

Innocence at Risk: A Father-Daughter Dialogue on Protecting Childhood in the Age of Algorithms

19 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Written by lawyer Aishwarya Srivastava and her father, retired IPS officer Dr Shailendra Srivastava,...

A Rainy Mumbai, a Gentle Giant and Two Best Friends: The World of Rain Holiday

15 August 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

A tender, imaginative tale of friendship, emotions and childhood, where a gentle giant named Mighty becomes...