UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative for the practice of Mains answer writing. It covers essential topics of static and dynamic parts of the UPSC Civil Services syllabus covered under various GS papers. This answer-writing practice is designed to help you as a value addition to your UPSC CSE Mains. Attempt today’s answer writing on questions...

A private member’s bill aimed at allowing employees to refrain from attending to work-related calls and emails outside office hours was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha can introduce bills on issues they believe require government legislation. However, in most cases, private member bills are...

D Gukesh and Anish Giri (FIDE Photo and Screengrab) Despite its rich history, centuries-old traditions, and evolution across eras, chess remains a strangely solitary soul. Even today, barring a few occasional team events, it remains a sport where battles are fought alone, move by move, with the clock always pressing.Go Beyond The Boundary with our...

The United Democratic Front (UDF) has claimed that development works worth over ₹700 crore were implemented in the Kannur Corporation in the past five years. Addressing the media, District Congress Committee president Martin George, Indian Union Muslim League district president Abdul Kareem Cheleri, Mayor Musliah Madathil and UDF election committee chairman T.O. Mohanan said the...

Pune city police on Friday searched the house of accused Sheetal Kisanchand Tejwani (44) in Koregaon Park and Pimpri in the Mundhwa land deal scam involving a firm in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son, Parth, is a partner. As per police records, Tejwani is a resident of Oxford Hallmark in the plush Koregaon...

In a sharp attack on the Central government, an opposition leader has criticized the handling of the aviation sector, specifically targeting the alleged monopoly of Indigo airlines. The speaker highlighted the ‘harassment of nationwide passengers’ and questioned the efficacy of the Civil Aviation Department. The remarks also touched upon the privatization of Air India, with...

Ranveer Singh made it to the big screens yesterday with his highly anticipated movie ‘Dhurandhar’ and shattered his own records. It also broke the record of one of 2025’s top rankers, securing its place as this year’s highest opener. Read on to know more.Dhurandhar Movie Review ‘Dhurandhar’ BEATS ‘Saiyaara’ and becomes the second-highest opener of...

UDF candidate Jain Gray campaigning in the Ponnurunni East division of the Kochi Corporation on Friday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin An interesting battle is under way in the Ponnurunni East division of the Kochi Corporation, where the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has not tasted defeat in over four decades. The United Democratic Front (UDF)...

New DelhiDecember 6, 2025 04:30 AM IST First published on: Dec 6, 2025 at 04:30 AM IST Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda speaks to Asad Rehman about sex ratio in Haryana, its decline, and the road ahead You spoke in the Lok Sabha about the issue of sex ratio in Haryana. Can you elaborate on...

In one of its biggest financial crime crackdowns against a single corporate group, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 1,120 crore linked to entities of the Reliance Anil Ambani Group, taking the total attachments across multiple bank fraud investigations to Rs 10,117 crore. The fresh round of attachment, announced on Friday,...