Blockchain Technology (UPSC Science & Tech)
UPSC guide to blockchain: architecture, consensus, applications, e-governance use-cases, challenges, and 2024-26 developments in India.
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Gaganyaan Mission: India’s First Human Spaceflight Programme (UPSC Science & Tech)
UPSC guide on Gaganyaan covering crew module, CARE, Crew Escape System, Vyommitra, SAKHI app, Bharatiya Antariksh Station and 2024-26 developments.
India Semiconductor Mission: ₹76,000 Crore Push, Approved Fabs and the Path to a Domestic Chip Ecosystem
The India Semiconductor Mission, launched in December 2021 with a ₹76,000 crore outlay, is the Government of India's flagship programme to build a domestic…
Empty Seat in Early Buddhist Iconography: The Aniconic Phase
The empty seat Buddhist iconography of the early historic period is one of the most evocative artistic conventions in world art. For roughly five…
Lake Turkana (Jade Sea): The World’s Largest Desert Lake in Kenya
Lake Turkana — the Jade Sea — is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the most saline of Africa's Rift Valley lakes. A…
Deep Ocean Mission (UPSC Science & Tech)
UPSC guide to India's Deep Ocean Mission: Samudrayaan, polymetallic nodules, blue economy, marine biology and 2024-26 updates.
Madhav National Park: Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri Tiger Reserve
Madhav National Park in Shivpuri was notified as India's 58th tiger reserve in March 2025 — and Madhya Pradesh's ninth. From a Scindia hunting…
IRDAI: India’s Insurance Regulator and the Road to Insurance for All 2047
IRDAI — the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India — is the statutory body that regulates and develops India's life, general and health…
Western Hoolock Gibbons in India: Ape of the Northeast and the Hoollongapar Story
The Western Hoolock Gibbon is the only ape that lives in India, swinging through the canopy of the Northeast. Here is its ecology, why…
Place-Value System in India: From the Mankani Plates to the Decimal World
Place-value system in India explained: Mankani copper plates of 595-596 CE, Aryabhata, Brahmagupta and how positional decimals with zero spread from India to the…
Delimitation in India: Process, Issues & Southern States Debate
Comprehensive UPSC guide to delimitation in India covering constitutional basis, Delimitation Commissions, the 2026 freeze expiry, North-South seat redistribution debate, and possible solutions.
DRDO Chairman, Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker: Current Holders and Roles
UPSC guide to the DRDO Chairman, Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha covering powers, appointment, tenure and current holders in…