UPSC to hold exclusive Railway Service Exam from 2021 after merger of services
With the Modi government deciding to merge eight existing railway services into a single Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS), the UPSC will now be holding an exclusive railway service exam. The exam will make its debut in 2021, reports Sanya Dhingra.
A new political front is in the works in Kashmir amid the phased release of leaders detained when the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370 last August. Crucially, the formation might prioritise statehood and a permanent domicile law over the restoration of Article 370, Azaan Javaid reports.
With Art 370, BJP hoped to win Kashmir but is now losing Jammu: ‘Are we also anti-national?’
Hindu-majority Jammu has always resented Kashmiri dominance. But it’s now questioning the rationale behind Modi government’s August 2019 decision to scrap Article 370, writes Maneesh Chhibber.
Modi govt plans national university to train IAS, IPS, IRS officers, other civil servants
The Narendra Modi government is planning to set up a National Civil Service University that will oversee the training for all IAS, IPS, IRS and other civil services, reports Sanya Dhingra.
Modi govt now snubbing critics in other countries too. And US, UK won’t hold back for long
The new assertiveness in Indian foreign policy where risk-taking, according to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, is an inherent part, has taken a curious direction. This is now risking alienating India’s friends or at least a section of people with whom India enjoys all-round support, especially in the United States, writes Yusuf T. Unjhawala.
Why I didn’t call myself a JNU-ite for 37 yrs. But now something has changed: Yogendra Yadav
Even though he carried a jhola and had a beard, Yogendra Yadav didn’t associate with Left politics in JNU. Then, he writes, a desperate Modi regime zeroed in on the university.