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Pradhan's Resign

From Shastri to Pradhan: Governance, accountability and the power of resignation

A minister’s resignation is often judged by the politics surrounding it. History, however, jud...

North East

From Lakadong to Queen pineapple: The Northeast’s new export story

Focus is shifting towards creating premium brands backed by processing, certification, value additio...

Indian Policing

Beyond fixed tenures: What Anurag Kumar’s appointment says about leadership in Indian policing

The appointment of 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer Anurag Kumar as Delhi Police Commissioner, rep...

Hydrogen Train

From steam to hydrogen, India’s railway journey comes full circle

More than 173 years later, Railways has entered another phase of that journey. Hydrogen-powered trai...

Reema Prakash, IAAS

From the UPSC telegram to AI era: IAAS officer Reema Prakash gets nostalgic reflecting on the past

Before emails, PDFs and instant messages, government appointment letters often arrived by telegram. ...

Rahul Srivastav

The digital face of UP Police, third-generation in khaki: Rahul Srivastav joins IPS cadre

Rahul Srivastav, the officer who played a leading role in transforming Uttar Pradesh Police into one...

T V Somnathan

Cabinet Secretary's note: Sharpening the axe of governance

Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan's recent note to Secretaries to the Government of India is fa...

Assam Election Results

Assam’s mandate: Delivery, governance and the Himanta Mama model

The return of the Bharatiya Janata Party for a third consecutive term in 2026 reflects a shift, but ...

V Srinivas, Chief Secretary, Rajasthan

Technology has taken governance to the last citizen while core values remain non-negotiable: V Srinivas, Chief Secretary, Rajasthan

Editor-in-Chief Dr Navneet Anand in conversation with the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan V Srinivas...

Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam

Beyond Parliament, women in khaki are redrawing India’s leadership map

So what if the dream reform of PM Narendra Modi, through the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, may still...

Top 25 Changemakers of 2025

Top 25 Changemakers of 2025: Bureaucrats of India

Bureaucracy remains the backbone of governance, translating policies into action and ensuring that d...

Innovation that Wasn’t

The Innovation that Wasn’t: Critical Reflections on Research and Integrity

Intellectual misconduct leads to reputational damage...

Deepinder Goyal

Once a Zomato, always one Deepinder Goyal’s unusual talent call

In an unusual and refreshingly candid post on X on February 3, Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal opened...

Akash Tripathi, MD, SECI

SECI is helping convert India’s 500 GW clean energy ambition into bankable, grid-ready reality ~ Akash Tripathi, MD, SECI

Shri Tripathi explains how SECI’s globally competitive tariff discovery is attracting internat...

Gaza’s post-war future