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5 Attempts, 4 Interviews, 1 Breakthrough: The Story Behind Sakshi Jain’s AIR 37 | Exclusive

8 April 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From Chartered Accountant to AIR 37 in UPSC CSE 2025, Sakshi Jain’s journey is a powerful story of strategy shifts, self-belief, and mastering the mental...

Features

From Talks to Turbulence: Why the Hormuz Crisis Is India’s Strategic Stress Test

8 April 2026

Col MV Shashidhar

As the West Asian crisis escalates beyond diplomacy into economic and strategic domains, India faces...

UPSC Stories

One Shared Dream: How Two Sisters-in-Law Cracked UP PCS 2024 Together - Akriti Shukla Became Deputy SP, Shreya Sharma CTO

8 April 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Akriti Shukla and Shreya Sharma, sisters-in-law from one family, studied together, supported each other...

Beyond Headlines

The Fall of Naxals in Bastar: Operations, Outreach & a Deadline That Changed Everything

7 April 2026

Pallavi Priya

A clear deadline, combined with relentless operations, grassroots engagement, and rapid development,...

Change Makers

IFS Dr. C. Ramesh’s Fight to Reclaim Vanishing Grasslands and Rebuild Livelihoods in Manas National Park

7 April 2026

Bhakti Kothari

In Assam’s Manas National Park, 2003 batch IFS officer of the AGMUT cadre, Dr. C. Ramesh leads a large-scale...

Must Read

CAPF Promotion Stagnation Explained: How One IPS Posting Can Affect Constables to Senior Officers

24 March 2026

UP Cadre Welcomes 21 New IAS Officers After LBSNAA Training, District Postings Issued; Topper Shakti Dubey Among Them

7 April 2026

Who Is IAS Rajneesh Chandra? UP Officer Seeks Voluntary Retirement, VRS Trend Grows in Bureaucracy

6 April 2026

Videos

Nemesis of Law-breakers, in Cities & Forests

29 March 2026

Sharad Gupta

How Surinder Choudhary Uses Long-Distance Running to Stay Mentally Strong in a High-Pressure Police Career

20 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

What Happens After Terror Strikes? Surinder Choudhary Explains the Reality of Counter-Terror Operations

16 March 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

Who Is Manoj Ninama? Gujarat IPS Officer Resigns After 42 Years of Service, a Month Before Retirement

8 April 2026

UPSC Civil Services Exam: BJP MP and Ex-IPS Brij Lal Calls CSAT ‘Biggest Barrier to Diversity’, Seeks Reform

8 April 2026

Former Income Tax Chief K Timothy Zimik Writes to Manipur Governor on Ethnic Conflict, Illegal Immigration and Security Concerns

8 April 2026

Haryana Issues First Field Postings to 6 IAS Officers of 2025 Batch After LBSNAA Training

8 April 2026

Gujarat Transfers Senior-Most IFS Officer Anirudh Pratap Singh, Jaipal Singh Gets Additional Charge as Head of Forest Force

8 April 2026

RBI Keeps Repo Rate Unchanged at 5.25% Amid West Asia Tensions; Governor Sanjay Malhotra Flags Global Risks from Middle East Conflict

8 April 2026

PSU News

Central Bank of India Signs MoU with EPFO to Open Salary Accounts Nationwide for Employees

8 April 2026

UP CM Yogi Adityanath Allots 75 Hectares to BEL for Chitrakoot Defence Industrial Corridor

8 April 2026

HPCL Maintains Uninterrupted Fuel and LPG Supply Across India Amid Rising Demand

7 April 2026

RVNL Awarded ₹242.49 Crore Project to Upgrade Ongole–Gudur Railway Traction System

7 April 2026

Bank of Baroda Launches AI-Powered Multilingual Platform “bob SAMVAD” for Inclusive Banking

7 April 2026

NLC India CMD Mr. Prasanna Kumar Motupalli Honoured as “Best Leader of the Year 2026 for Corporate CSR”

7 April 2026

SCILAL Signs MoU with Synergy Marine Group to Boost Maritime Training and Research in India

7 April 2026

HUDCO Independent Directors Mr. Kantilal Patel and Sabitha Bojan Complete One-Year Tenure

7 April 2026

Defence News

Everything About India’s 1,500km Missile Test in Bay of Bengal: Dates, Range, DRDO Role and More

8 April 2026

Why India Is Testing GPS Jamming in Bay of Bengal: Full Breakdown of the Strategic Military Exercise

8 April 2026

Indian Air Force AI-Driven OSINT System: How It Works, Key Features, and Why It’s Crucial for National Security

8 April 2026

What Is Indigenous TACAN Technology? Everything You Need to Know About India’s Indigenous Navigation Breakthrough

8 April 2026

Judiciary News

Meerut Illegal Construction Row: Supreme Court Orders Sealing of 44 Properties, Rebukes Officials Over Non-Compliance

8 April 2026

Why Supreme Court Is Concerned About CCTV Gaps in India and What Makes Kerala’s Model Stand Out

8 April 2026

Massive Relief for Feed Industry: Delhi High Court Bars FSSAI from Regulating Animal Feed

8 April 2026

Big Update For WhatsApp Users: Delhi High Court Reveals The Only Legal Way To Recover Your Account And Data

8 April 2026

CSR News

DVK Foundation Launches Scholarship Programme for EWS Students at BGIS Vrindavan

31 March 2026

ECIL Completes CSR Project by Handing Over Retaining Wall at Rastriya Vidya Kendra, Telangana

13 March 2026

NTPC WR-I Launches ₹7.64 Crore CSR Project to Renovate IPD Blocks at N.M. Wadia Hospital, Solapur

13 March 2026

AAI Provides ₹12.29 Crore CSR Support to Balasaheb Deoras Rugnalay in Pune for Healthcare Expansion

12 March 2026

Opinion

Features

From Talks to Turbulence: Why the Hormuz Crisis Is India’s Strategic Stress Test

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

SANSKRITI, STATE, AND SELF: Reimagining Nationhood in India’s Constitutional Civilization

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UPSC Stories

5 Attempts, 4 Interviews, 1 Breakthrough: The Story Behind Sakshi Jain’s AIR 37 | Exclusive

8 April 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From Chartered Accountant to AIR 37 in UPSC CSE 2025, Sakshi Jain’s journey is a powerful story of strategy...

One Shared Dream: How Two Sisters-in-Law Cracked UP PCS 2024 Together - Akriti Shukla Became Deputy SP, Shreya Sharma CTO

8 April 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Akriti Shukla and Shreya Sharma, sisters-in-law from one family, studied together, supported each other...

Cerebral Palsy Did Not Stop Manvendra Singh From Cracking UPSC ESE

7 April 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Born with cerebral palsy, Manvendra Singh cracked the UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2025 in his...

Social Media

Watch: First One-Horned Rhino Calf of 2026 Takes Birth at Jaldapara National Park, IFS Officer Shares Rare Footage

3 January 2026

A newborn one-horned rhinoceros calf was spotted at Jaldapara National Park on January 1, 2026. IFS officer...

Rare Night Encounter: IFS Officer Spots Highly Venomous Banded Krait During Forest Patrol, Internet Amazed

29 December 2025

An IFS officer’s night patrol video of a highly venomous banded krait has gone viral, highlighting India’s...

Heroic Karnataka Elephant Rescue: How a 28-Hour “Impossible Mission” Became a Triumph of Wildlife Care, IFS Parveen Kaswan Shares Video

19 November 2025

A trapped elephant was rescued after 28 hours in Karnataka through a massive, expertly coordinated Forest...

Book Reviews

The Sky Husband: Where the Spiritual and the Everyday Become One

28 March 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

God speaks to us through our dreams, says the wise woman Hami. Her neighbour Mimi has learned this truth,...

Friendship, Caste, and the Reservation Debate in a WhatsApp Age

14 March 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A review of Removed from the WhatsApp: A Bitter Tale of Caste and Reservation by Pankaj Rangari, exploring...

Sixteen Months, One Unbreakable Spirit: A Cancer Survivor’s Diary

7 March 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A breast cancer survivor’s candid diary chronicles sixteen months of pain, courage, family support and...