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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicOld Rajinder Nagar

Topic: Old Rajinder Nagar

4 coaching centres announce aid to families of deceased UPSC aspirants, offer to take in Rau’s students

Week after the 3 aspirants drowned in flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi, Vajiram & Ravi, Drishti IAS, NEXT IAS and Sriram's IAS have come forward with support.

Implicated in act of ‘overenthusiasm’— court grants bail to SUV driver in UPSC aspirants death case

Manuj Kathuria was booked under BNS section 105 for wading through waterlogged street opposite Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar where flooding in basement claimed 3 lives.

Delhi court rejects bail for SUV driver arrested in UPSC aspirants deaths case — ‘allegations serious’

In the court order, judge noted that Manoj Kathuria, arrested Monday, caused displacement of water at large scale with his speeding SUV & didn't heed warnings by passersby on the road.

Delhi govt to draft law to regulate coaching centres, stakeholders feel ‘won’t solve broader issue’

Delhi minister Atishi says 5-member committee will oversee drafting of law to regulate coaching centres including infra, fees, teachers’ eligibility and other factors.

India is cultivating a demographic time bomb that no number of coaching centres can defuse

Coaching centres in India are an open wound that everyone sees festering but no one dares to stitch up. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

Broke, burnt-out & now bereaving—the crushing cost of UPSC aspirations

UPSC aspiration story isn’t just about 24x7 study. It’s about daily financial stress, penny-pinching, and heavy guilt over parents' loans. Deaths of 3 aspirants have deepened despair

If Rau’s IAS tragedy had happened under Sheila Dikshit, she would’ve restored our confidence

Were this tragedy to happen under a more responsible Congress govt, we would’ve asked our CM to apply for a bail to be among the people. That’s what the Sheila Dikshit that I knew would have done.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.