EP GROUND CHECK

India is experiencing a significant monsoon deficit as the southwest monsoon stalls over Maharashtra, bringing rain shortages across most of the country. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the overall rainfall deficit stands at 41%, with severe regional variations revealed in its departure rainfall map. Central India faces the worst impact, recording a 67% rainfall […]

Mumbai’s water crisis has reached a critical point. The reservoirs supplying drinking water to the city have fallen to just 10 percent of their capacity, according to reports from Edex Live. This isn’t a problem confined to household taps anymore — the shortage is now forcing sports facilities and commercial businesses to shut down operations.

In a significant move aimed at strengthening drug safety and curbing misuse, the Union Health Ministry has amended regulations to make doctor’s prescriptions mandatory for the purchase of cough syrups and other syrup-based medicines across India. The decision effectively ends the over-the-counter sale of these products, marking one of the biggest changes to pharmaceutical retail

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