EP GROUND CHECK

Delhi’s fire department is operating with 71 fire stations for a population of over 3.3 crore – roughly one station for every 4.6 lakh residents. An internal DDMA document reviewed at a meeting on Monday found that even those 71 stations cannot be fully staffed. The department needs 9,123 additional personnel immediately just to operationalise […]

Most cybersecurity professionals spend years building resumes to prove what they can do. Nisarga Adhikary’s proof was a blog post. The 19-year-old published his findings in May, detailing five critical vulnerabilities in CBSE’s On-Screen Marking portal – the system used to evaluate Class 12 board exam answer sheets. The flaws included a master password stored

A post by China’s Embassy spokesperson in India has reignited debate over how the world’s two most populous countries conduct high-stakes entrance examinations. The post highlighted China’s Gaokao exam, which saw nearly 1.3 crore students appear this year. According to the diplomat, authorities imposed traffic controls, noise restrictions, anti-cheating measures and special support services to

On June 2, a health inspector from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi visited Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, Malviya Nagar. He filed his inspection report, recommended a licence, and left. The next day, a fire tore through the building and killed 23 people. MCD has now terminated assistant public health inspector Prince Mann. The

One year ago today, Air India Flight AI-171 took off from Ahmedabad for London Gatwick. Thirty-two seconds later, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into the BJ Medical College campus, killing 241 of the 242 people onboard and 19 people on the ground. A year later, investigators have ruled out many of the explanations that typically