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How Uber used stealth technology to bypass regulators; tapped into a sprawling lobbying network; aggressively cut corners as it drove through loopholes in law and regulation.
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“How do you ask a mother not to remember?” asks Tarun, whose sister Priyanka Choudhary remains missing after the Nepal floods. This week’s #BigPicture story is about a family living without answers, and the memories they hold on to.
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#TheBigPicture | Ten-year-old Kajal Saiyyam, a bright student who dreamed of becoming a doctor and joining Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, became Patient No. 32 on the Balaghat health department’s list after dying of malaria, septic shock and falling oxygen and sugar levels. Her story sheds light on the gaps in healthcare, disease surveillance and nutrition services that marked the deaths of 32 children in the tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district.
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Meet Kajal Saiyyam, the tribal girl with a flair for Mathematics, with dreams of becoming a doctor and now patient number 32 in the Balaghat epidemic that killed over 30 children.
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The police in Madhya Pradesh on Friday removed protesters travelling to Delhi at Bhopal, Itarsi and Gwalior ahead of the CJP protest on Saturday.
A senior police official said at least 30 protesters were taken off trains and detained, and are being counselled to return to their home states.
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Breaking : Police in Madhya Pradesh have intercepted and removed protesters travelling to Delhi at Bhopal, Itarsi and Gwalior ahead of CJP protests with a senior police officer saying at least 30 protesters had been taken off trains and detained.
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150 flown out of J&K on IAF aircraft as crackdown on ‘illegal immigrants’ begins
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Brothers from another mother ... the unlikely intercontinental friendship between two male cheetahs at Kuno
What a heartwarming story by @mohanreports
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For days, we spoke to Meena and Minal across the Netherlands and France, as they opened up about how a DNA match changed their lives. Big credit to my brilliant editor @umavishnu for her vision to tell this story the right way.
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A state-wide probe into alleged financial irregularities worth Rs 648 crore has flagged 187 government Drawing and Disbursing Offices (DDOs) in Madhya Pradesh, with the School Education Department accounting for the highest number — 45.
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BJP keeps winning, but why the unease? What PM Narendra Modi, Nitin Nabin told new team
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4years after Khargone’s Ram Navami violence, the wheels of justice have moved painfully slowly. Of 65 cases, only 3 have completed trial, all ending in acquittal. 4 were closed, 38 remain under investigation & 20 are at evidence stage. I investigate in today's @IndianExpress
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The Khargone trials: Acquittals, dead ends, failing evidence, and a prosecution that admits it is lumbering on @mohanreports
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BREAK : The ruling establishment’s view that Indian history has glorified “invaders” at the expense of other Indian thinkers finds an echo in syllabus revisions at DU. The new History syllabus, drops a paper on the Delhi Sultanate taught for decades
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After decades of uncertainty, the Ken-Betwa river linking project, India’s first inter-basin river transfer that aims to irrigate the parched Bundelkhand region, is now racing to meet new deadlines. The Indian Express travels along the Ken to see how a Rs 44,605-crore engineering project is reshaping the river — and the lives along its banks
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1. After decades of uncertainty, the Ken-Betwa river linking project, India’s first inter-basin river transfer that aims to irrigate the parched Bundelkhand region, is now racing to meet new deadlines.
The Indian Express travels along the Ken to see how a Rs 44,605-crore engineering project is reshaping the river — and the lives along its banks.
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A masterclass in hydro-political analysis and developmental statecraft by AnandMohan.The reportage demonstrates exceptional empirical rigor, multi-scalar governance analysis, and a nuanced understanding of the political ecology of India's largest river-linking initiative.
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UPSC Mains | High-Value Technical Insights:-
Ken–Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is India's first Inter-Basin Water Transfer (IBWT) project under the National Perspective Plan (NPP), aimed at addressing spatio-temporal hydrological asymmetry in Bundelkhand.
Project Cost: ₹44,605 crore | Canal: 221 km | Daudhan Dam: 77 m | Reservoir Capacity: 2,853 MCM.
Hydrological Objective: Annual transfer of 1,944 MCM of water to enhance irrigation security, drinking water access, and multi-purpose basin optimization.
Agrarian Transformation: 9.04 lakh hectares proposed to receive irrigation, strengthening cropping intensity, agricultural resilience, and climate adaptation.
Hydropower Component: 130 MW, reinforcing renewable energy diversification and water-energy nexus.
Ecological & Environmental Concerns
5,258 ha of forest land and 4,141 ha of the core Panna Tiger Reserve are likely to be submerged, highlighting the development–conservation trade-off.
Raises concerns regarding habitat fragmentation, landscape connectivity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem service degradation, and ecological carrying capacity.
Governance & Social Justice Dimensions
The article documents procedural deficits in Land Acquisition, Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R), including survey exclusion, documentation asymmetry, and compensation inequities.
Demonstrates the importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), participatory governance, procedural justice, and rights-based rehabilitation.
Illustrates the tension between infrastructure-led development and livelihood security, particularly for Adivasi and forest-dependent communities.
Critical UPSC Keywords
Hydro-diplomacy, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), River Basin Governance, Hydrological Re-engineering, Ecological Economics, Environmental Federalism, Social Impact Assessment (SIA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Natural Resource Governance, Adaptive Water Governance, Climate Resilience, Benefit-Sharing Framework, Inclusive Development, Human-Centric Infrastructure, Sustainable Development.
Mains Enrichment Arguments
Development without social legitimacy weakens governance legitimacy.
Water security must be pursued alongside ecological integrity and distributive justice.
Infrastructure projects require transparent R&R, scientific environmental appraisal, and community participation to ensure long-term sustainability.
River-linking should be evaluated through the lens of hydrological sustainability, ecological resilience, and constitutional environmentalism, not merely engineering feasibility.
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What does it take to link two rivers? Rs 44,605-crore, complex engineering — and the people by its banks
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