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Topic: CSAT

A century of UPSC. A ‘colonial tool’ rewired by protests, committees, even scandal

The story of UPSC isn’t just that of an exam but about how India defines merit, opportunity and fairness. Over the last 100 years, its journey has been one of constant churn, reforms and resets.

Month after UPSC prelims results, aspirants want lower cut-off for aptitude test & eventual scrapping

Aspirants moved tribunal claiming civil services aptitude test included questions not part of syllabus. Saying it gives an edge to engineering graduates, they want it scrapped in coming years.

Are RSS-linked groups right in criticising UPSC selection process for favouring Indian elite?

RSS-linked body Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has appealed to the Narendra Modi government to alter the UPSC selection process and make it accessible to all.

RSS wants to help Hindi UPSC aspirants, urges Modi govt to do away with aptitude test

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

To help Hindi UPSC aspirants, RSS wants to scrap aptitude test & change interview system

RSS has suggested that interviews in the civil service examination be replaced by a psychological test, along the lines of one held by the Army.

UPSC wants govt to remove mandatory aptitude test from civil service exam

CSAT or Paper II, introduced in 2011, has led to protests by some aspirants, who say it gives an advantage to those with English, maths & science backgrounds.

Justice AK Sikri turned down Commonwealth post. Here’s what he has lost out on

Legal experts say a post at CSAT is not financially rewarding but is considered prestigious professionally because the selection is so rigorous.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.