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Inside Akola’s AI Policing Lab: SP Archit Chandak’s TRINETRA Is Rewiring Crime Prevention in India

12 December 2025

Shweta Verma

When you walk into the Akola district police control room, nothing looks dramatically different at first glance, no giant blinking screens, no futuristic...

Beyond Headlines

How Two IAS Officers Reunited A Missing Maharashtra Grandma with Her Family After Two Years

11 December 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

An elderly woman missing for two years was reunited with her family thanks to IAS officers Vishal Narwade...

Beyond Headlines

“Maximum Governance–Minimum Government”: former DARPG Secretary V. Srinivas on India’s Next Decade of Reforms

11 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

The longest serving DARPG Sectretary who has recently been transferred as Chief Secretary, Rajasthan,...

Beyond Headlines

How Kalaburagi Braved the 2025–26 Floods With Collective Effort Of People and Administration

10 December 2025

Pallavi Priya

Kalaburagi evacuated 51,281 people across 56 relief centres in one of Karnataka’s biggest rescue operations,...

UPSC Stories

8 Years, 7 Attempts, 1 Dream: How Yogendra Nirmalkar Overcame Failures with Grit & Perseverance to Finally Crack CGPSC

10 December 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Yogendra Nirmalkar cracked CGPSC after 8 years and 7 attempts, demonstrating remarkable grit, perseverance,...

Must Read

After Years of Delay, Tejas Mk1A Gains Momentum: 5th F404-IN20 Engine Handover Signals Revival

6 December 2025

UPSC Returns Haryana’s DGP Panel Proposal Citing ‘No Vacancy’; Shatrujeet Kapur Still Holds Post - Major Twist in Police Chief Appointment

8 December 2025

Who Is IAS Darpan Jain? The karnataka Officer Appointed Chief Negotiator for India-US Trade Talks

10 December 2025

Videos

Listening To Music Ad Nauseum After Fighting Criminals In Jharkhand

8 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

How Armed Maoist Guerillas Lost Battle Against The Government

4 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

How Coal Mafia Gangs Thrive In Bihar’s Wasseypur?

1 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

Bureaucracy News

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

CBIC to Appoint 3 New Members; 15 IRS Officers Shortlisted for Personal Interactions

12 December 2025

UPSC Introduces ‘Centre of Choice’ Facility for PwBD Candidates, Ensuring Fully Accessible Examinations

12 December 2025

Punjab Govt Transfers 8 Officers, Including 7 IAS Officers & 3 Divisional Commissioners; Tejveer Singh Moved to Technical Education Dept

12 December 2025

Women’s Success in UPSC Civil Services Jumps to 35% in Five Years; Engineering Graduates Lead Selections

12 December 2025

Uttar Pradesh Govt Transfers 2 IAS Officers, Akhand Pratap Singh and Deepa Ranjan Get Key Postings

11 December 2025

Bihar IAS Transfer: 6 Officers Shifted, Key Divisional Commissioners Reassigned, Rajiv Roushan New Higher Education Secretary

11 December 2025

PSU News

RailTel Bags ₹35.44 Crore MCGM Contract to Build Advanced Disaster Management Communication System

12 December 2025

REC Limited Achieves Top ESG Rating Among Financial Institutions in NSE ESG Rankings

11 December 2025

NHSRCL Permanently Absorbs Sandeep Srivastava to Strengthen India’s High-Speed Rail Projects

11 December 2025

GAIL India Gets ₹143.08 Crore GST Order on Corporate Guarantees, Reports Strong Quarterly Profit

11 December 2025

NBCC India Secures ₹289.39 Crore in Major Project Management and Infrastructure Contracts

11 December 2025

Finance Ministry Revamps Public Sector Bank Recruitment Process to Reduce Attrition and Improve Timelines

11 December 2025

ONGC Signs Strategic MoU with Wild Well Control to Enhance Blow-Out and Well-Control Capabilities

11 December 2025

HPCL Honored with HAI Excellence Award for Driving Affordable Green Hydrogen Adoption

11 December 2025

Defence News

Madhya Pradesh Declared Naxal-Free: CM Mohan Yadav Marks Historic Achievement

12 December 2025

CSIR-NAL and SDAL Successfully Tests Long-Range Loitering Munition UAV With AI-Enabled Navigation

12 December 2025

Bharat Forge Calls Reuters Story Fake; Denies Link to Russian Delegation Meetings

11 December 2025

Russia Approves HAL Koraput to Build Su-57E Engines, Propelling India Into Elite Aerospace League and AMCA Programme

11 December 2025

Judiciary News

Industrial Relations Code 2020: Delhi HC Questions Absence of Repealing Notification, Observes Procedural Gaps

12 December 2025

Delhi High Court Enemy Property Ruling Dismisses Claims Against 1965 Notification Authority, Upholds Broad Definition of ‘Enemy Subject’

12 December 2025

High Court Judge Designation: Supreme Court Elevates Four Former Judges as Senior Advocates

12 December 2025

Supreme Court Appoints Justice Narasimha to Head High-Level AI Intelligence Committee, Aiming for Digital Transformation

11 December 2025

Opinion

Features

How IndiGo Crisis Exposed India’s Fragile Air Travel System & What Must Change

Sharad Gupta

Features

Nexus of Good : How a Young IPS Officer Turned Gadchiroli’s Police Stations into Learning Hubs

Anil Swarup

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UPSC Stories

8 Years, 7 Attempts, 1 Dream: How Yogendra Nirmalkar Overcame Failures with Grit & Perseverance to Finally Crack CGPSC

10 December 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Yogendra Nirmalkar cracked CGPSC after 8 years and 7 attempts, demonstrating remarkable grit, perseverance,...

Scholar, Engineer, Women Topper: How Shatakshi Pandey Achieved Rank 1 in CGPSC-2024 After Continuous Prelims Setbacks (Exclusive)

7 December 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Ms Pandey, female topper of CGPSC-2024, overcame repeated Prelims setbacks to achieve Rank 6 overall...

Debate Rekindled: Are UPSC Interviews Truly Free From Bias? What Aspirants and Former Officers Say

6 December 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Despite the government’s clarification, aspirants and former officers say the issue is far from sett...

Social Media

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...

IFS Officer Shares Video of Tiger Reserve Guide’s Leaf-Whistling Talent, Internet Tries to Guess the Tune

17 November 2025

Jaldapara National Park Guide Shows Extraordinary Leaf-Whistling Skills, Goes Viral

Who is IPS Shalabh Sinha? The Bastar SP Whose Kishore Kumar Rendition Took Social Media by Storm

14 November 2025

IPS officer Mr. Shalabh Sinha’s soulful performance of “Rimjhim Gire Sawan” at Dalpat Sagar goes viral,...

Book Reviews

The Legacy of Pratap & Vir Pratap: A Powerful Chronicle of Punjab’s Freedom-Era Journalism

8 December 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A gripping account of a newspaper that chose courage over compromise — chronicling India’s freedom struggle,...

This Land We Call Home: A Family History that Mirrors Modern India’s Identity Struggles

29 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Through the saga of caste persecution, conversions, migration and interfaith marriage that shapes this...

Pulwama to Balakot: The Untold Story Behind India’s Boldest Counter-Strike

22 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This isn't just a retelling of the horrific Pulwama terror attack and the retaliatory Balakot airstrike....