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Shelja SenNov 2, 2024
To unclench and let it be. To live an unfiltered life. To savour little joys of imperfection
Brush up your current affairs knowledge with this week's top 15 questions and consolidate your UPSC-CSE preparation. Find answers along with explanations.
Khushboo KumariNov 2, 2024
Why are Delhi Air Pollution and Sanitation workers relevant to the UPSC Exam? What significance do topics like Consumption, food inflation, and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) have for both the preliminary
Arjun SenguptaNov 2, 2024
The United States does not have an equivalent of the Election Commission of India. This means that the task of tabulating national results falls on the media. Here is how this works
Harish DamodaranNov 2, 2024
Buoyant GDP numbers aren’t reflected in rural wages that have fallen in real inflation-adjusted terms, partly due to growth itself becoming less labour-intensive.
Khushboo KumariNov 2, 2024
How Ayushman Bharat aims to provide safety net to the elderly? Here's all you need to know.
Lalith KalidasNov 2, 2024
Over-dependence on training against side-arm throwers to prepare for the 140-plus deliveries has hugely deteriorated defences against left arm tweakers, feels Wasim Jaffer
Sandip GNov 2, 2024
According to Spotify numbers, Malayalam hip-hop grew by 300 per cent year-on-year in 2023. Malayalam rappers Fejo, Hanumankind Dabzee, MHR, Vedan, Baby Jean, NJ, ThirumaLi, MC Couper and Joker to name a few have set
As a new set of guidelines attempts to promote foster parenting in India, Abhinaya Harigovind maps the journey of foster parents — from having to shave off a beard to unrelenting questions: "why doesn’t your
Sandeep DwivediNov 2, 2024
India's batting stalwarts, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, face tough questions before the Border Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia.
Anand Mohan JNov 2, 2024
At the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, where the deaths took place, a JCB machine poured sand and salt into an open pit, while wildlife officers placed flowers inside the grave, bidding farewell to the gentle giants.
Arjun SenguptaNov 2, 2024
With a population of approximately 5.2 million, Indian Americans are the second largest immigrant community in the United States, behind only Mexican Americans.
EditorialNov 2, 2024
The Army was called out, indefinite curfew clamped in Delhi except in the New Delhi police district and shoot-at-sight orders were issued after 60 people were killed and 1,000 injured in communal violence following the
Why is the potential impact of artificial intelligence on election processes and National Unity Day relevant to the UPSC Exam? What significance do topics like the DANA, or cold drop, LiDAR, and Tuberculosis (TB) have
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Economy.
Nov 1, 2024
The first form of regionalism in post-independent India was the demand for the creation of linguistic states, sparked by the hunger strike of Potti Sriramalu, who fasted unto death in 1952. How has the concept
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on International Relations.
Zeeshan ShaikhNov 1, 2024
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has been on a slide over the past few elections, with its vote share falling from 5.75% in 2009 to 2.25% in 2019. This has been accompanied by Thackeray’s attempts to
Khushboo KumariNov 1, 2024
The Global Tuberculosis Report highlights that TB resurges as the leading infectious killer, surpassing COVID-19 in 2023 — Here’s all that you must know about the report.
Are you preparing for CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 1 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the
Bibek DebroyNov 1, 2024
"In that event, what would have happened? A few condolences, perhaps even from important people. 'Irreparable loss.' Perhaps a posthumous Padma Bhushan or Padma Vibhushan. A few obituaries," Debroy wrote.
Anand Mohan JNov 1, 2024
Notice issued to local authorities in the MP tourism department: ‘They have asked for time. The matter is left to higher authorities’
While a few India-based companies were sanctioned earlier by the US as part of its Russia-related sanctions regime, the number of firms targeted in the latest move is unusually high.
Sushant KulkarniNov 1, 2024
This is a key pattern that has emerged in police investigations into cyber fraud cases such as “digital arrest”, which was highlighted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last Sunday in his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme.
EditorialNov 1, 2024
Indira Gandhi is dead. She was assassinated at her residence on October 31. Two of her security guards, a sub-inspector and constable of the Delhi Police, gunned down the 66-year-old leader who has led the