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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicCivil services exam

Topic: civil services exam

A blacksmith’s son’s grind to a new mom taking the exam 17 days postpartum—UPSC candidates’ journeys

UPSC 2024 toppers & other candidates with high ranks reflect on their personal hardships, steady resolve, and family backing that carried them through.

How visually impaired candidate won 16-year legal battle for civil service appointment

Pankaj Srivastava, appointed as information officer, is among a number of civil Services qualifiers denied appointment due to delays in implementation of disability reservation laws.

UP Public Service Commission’s exam schedule sparks protests, aspirants demand ‘1 day, 1 shift’ format

Citing facility constraints, UPPSC says it'll hold Combined State/Senior Subordinate Services prelims on 7-8 December & review officer/assistant review officer exams on 22-23 December.

Union Coal Ministry launches NIRMAN scheme for minorities appearing for UPSC

Financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for qualifying candidates to be provided.

Civil Services 2023 results out. 3 of top 5 all-India rank holders are IPS trainees already

Aditya Srivastava, who secured 1st rank, is currently undergoing training for IPS; a total of 2,843 candidates were interviewed for 1,105 vacancies.

Haryana civil service shocker: 90k applicants for 100 vacancies, but just 61 reach interview stage

Results of recruitment exam for Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) were announced Monday. HPSC secretary says results declared strictly according to rules.

State govts are getting into UPSC coaching game—not for business but as a strategy

From Gujarat to West Bengal and Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, state-run UPSC coaching centres are now part of the Rs 3,000 crore industry in India. But they don’t market themselves overtly.

For these UPSC aspirants, Covid isn’t over. It killed their IAS dream, now a fight unending

Some 40,000 aspirants are asking the government for one more chance. But doors aren’t opening.

YouTube is the new Mukherjee Nagar for UPSC students. Tutors are influencers

These ‘modern gurus’ are also hand-holding the students to tell them how many hours to sleep, and build their psychological fitness for the competitive exams.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.