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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicBlue Whale Challenge

Topic: Blue Whale Challenge

Momo Challenge, braid chopping, Blue Whale: A year of fear and panic in India

Mass hysteria breaks out in India every few years and is increasingly being fuelled by paranoia about the internet.

Govt wants future school teachers equipped to deal with issues like Blue Whale Challenge 

HRD ministry is making B.Ed curriculum a four-year programme and revising syllabus to help teachers acquire new skills.

After Blue Whale Challenge, why India should now worry about Momo Challenge

The game played on social media has claimed three lives in India so far; govt issues advisory asking parents to monitor their children’s behaviour.

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MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.