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India’s Small Rivers Are Disappearing: Can the New SRR Framework Bring Them Back to Life?
From Delhi’s Sahibi to Mumbai’s Mithi and Chennai’s Cooum, many of India’s smaller rivers have been narrowed, polluted or transformed into sewage-carrying drains. A new draft Small River Rejuvenation Framework under the National Mission for Clean Ganga proposes a different solution — restore rivers as living ecosystems rather than treating them merely as channels of water. India's river-cleaning story has traditionally been dominated by its giants — the Ganga, Yamuna and othe
Aug 2711 min read


Chipflation Explained: How the AI Boom Is Making Smartphones, Laptops and TVs More Expensive
AI's growing appetite for memory chips is driving “chipflation”, pushing up smartphone, laptop and TV costs. Understand DRAM, the global chip shortage and why it matters for India.
Aug 2710 min read


Daily UPSC Prelims MCQs - Environment & Geography - 27th August 2026
Test your UPSC CSE 2027 preparation with today’s Environment & Geography (Every Thursday) Quiz — covering Bonn Challenge, changes in the shoreline, benefits of floating solar projects, Leucas droupadiae and more. UPSC Mains 2026 | Ethics Model answer Previous UPSC Environment & Geography Quiz 20 August 2026 Click Here 13 August 2026 Click Here 06 August 2026 Click Here 30 July 2026 Click Here 23 July 2026 Click Here Tap or click the featured image to read the related article
Aug 271 min read


Defamation vs Free Speech: When Can a Social Media Post Become a Crime in India?
Maharashtra is considering a state-level amendment to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to specifically address defamatory social media posts, 11 years after the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the IT Act. But India already criminalises defamation. So where exactly does criticism end and unlawful reputational harm begin? A tweet accusing someone of corruption. An Instagram post repeating an allegation. A YouTube video criticising a public official. A repost of someone else
Aug 2612 min read


Daily UPSC Prelims MCQs - Science & Tech. - 26th August 2026
Test your UPSC CSE 2027 preparation with today’s Science & Technology (Every wednesday) Quiz — covering GISAT-1A, E. coli, RK-251, CosmoCube and Moon Base programme more. Previous UPSC Science & Technology Quiz 19 August 2026 Click Here 12 August 2026 Click Here 05 August 2026 Click Here 29 July 2026 Click Here 22 July 2026 Click Here Tap or click the featured image to read the related article UPSC Mains 2026 Essay Paper Analysis
Aug 261 min read


Allahabad High Court Refers IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal Matter for Criminal Contempt Consideration Over Alleged Call to Judge
The Allahabad High Court has referred allegations concerning senior IAS officer and Devi Patan Mandal Commissioner Durga Shakti Nagpal to the court dealing with criminal contempt matters after a Civil Judge alleged that she was subjected to intimidation and undue pressure during a phone call connected with a nearly three-decade-old land dispute. Nagpal has given a different account of the conversation and maintained that the pending case itself was not discussed. The Allahaba
Aug 248 min read
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