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Monday, December 1, 2025
TopicCivil service

Topic: Civil service

UPSC considers online interviews for candidates to avoid Covid risk

Sanya Dhingra -
UPSC has asked NIC to explore the possibility of online interviews for candidates for different exams in case the Covid situation persists for long.

4,057 orders in 4 months: Covid crisis shows how much Indian officials love making rules

Sanya Dhingra -
Central and state govts have since January issued 4,057 orders on Covid-19 crisis. Experts say the number & impenetrable language are evidence of red-tape.

The ‘dreaded’ IRS is back and so is India’s pushback against it during Covid crisis

Sanya Dhingra -
IRS officers — the eyes and ears of the government’s economic decision-makers — found themselves under extra scrutiny this week.

I&B panel wants information service revamp — with double cadre strength, new media wings

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
10-member Cadre Review and Restructuring Committee will soon submit a report detailing the recommendations to the government.

If India is in crisis, it is because good guys like ex-IAS Kannan Gopinathan rather quit

Nitin Pai -
To arrest India’s decline, it is important that the government attract, retain and empower the good guys. Kannan’s leaving is a loss to the government.

There’s a drop in Muslims clearing UPSC exam this year, but it’s not all bad news

Sanya Dhingra -
Muslim candidates who have cleared the civil service exam this year say coaching is now more accessible, and credit UPSC for being a ‘fair’ institution.

There is no way India can abolish the IAS

Deepak Gupta -
There is a feeling that all the problems of India would disappear simply if the IAS is abolished, writes former UPSC chairman Deepak Gupta.

Older IAS entrants tend to have lower performance levels, says a global study

Guo Xu -
Research by scholars from University of Chicago, UC Berkeley and London School of Economics backs Niti Aayog suggestions for civil services.

Midnight orders and hurried transfers: Where Modi govt is going wrong with IAS officers

Anil Swarup -
Enormous delays in postings, shifting of top IAS officers and short tenures — a lot is amiss in Modi government.

India needs Reforms 2.0 to save both bureaucracy and good IAS officers like H.C. Gupta

Nitin Pai -
Hope that the judiciary wakes up to the travesty of convicting good civil servants like H.C. Gupta.
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Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

Sharan Poovanna -
The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

Defence

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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