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Where are the UPSC toppers of the last 20 years in their careers today?

Topping the UPSC civil services exam turns candidates into overnight celebrities. A look at the careers of 20 IAS officers who secured AIR-1.

Arctus Aerospace has one mission—End India’s reliance on foreign players in earth observation

I always wanted to build something from the ground up in India, for the world. And that is what I am here to do now, says Shreepoorna S Rao, founder of Arctus Aerospace.

If Modi govt defeated Naxals, what’s a CPI (ML) Liberation candidate doing in Kolkata?

The Left Front, which had ruled Bengal for 34 years, is facing an existential crisis after zero seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the 2021 Assembly polls and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Amit Shah, not PM Modi, is Mamata Banerjee’s real challenger in this Bengal election

According to BJP leaders in West Bengal, five factors are working against the Trinamool Congress. When you travel across the state, these factors do surface in one form or another.

Delhi’s Urdu-medium MCD schools are losing students. ‘Want better lives’

As enrolment falls, families point to crumbling infrastructure, weak learning outcomes and the possible growing stigma linked to the Urdu language.

Meet the 1st all-girl Arunachal band. Gilithigreams is singing for Northeast

Their journey is not simply about a viral girl group. It is about whether a young act singing in Nyishi can challenge the assumption that Indian pop must be in dominant languages.

Tawang’s Museum of Valour joins two worlds— a tribe’s heritage and a nation’s border

Butter churns and baskets share space with guns and posters of Salman Khan’s Tubelight in Tawang's Bob Khathing Museum of Valour. It is part of national storytelling on a contested frontier.

How non-stick cookware became the villain in Indian kitchen

Brands such as Prestige, Hawkins and WonderChef have been innovative in the face of a sustained campaign against non-sticks by diversifying their portfolios into ceramic, cast iron, stainless steel.

What the Raghav Chadha-led exodus means for AAP & BJP in Punjab, with polls just a year away

Political analysts say the high-profile exits will reinforce the BJP's criticism that Kejriwal’s style of functioning is not just extremely centralised but he also does not tolerate dissent.

On Camera

New promo video by PLA Navy is a teaser of China’s deep blue capabilities

Rather than functioning as conventional propaganda, the video operates as a device for interpretation, subtly shaping expectations about future developments in China’s naval trajectory.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.