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Saturday, April 11, 2026
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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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.