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Saturday, March 7, 2026
TopicGovernment jobs

Topic: government jobs

In Bihar, NDA’s big promises to youth, women, EBCs—1 cr govt jobs, 1 cr Lakhpati Didis, financial aid

The 69-page manifesto details 25 promises that include MSP for every crop & Rs 10 lakh financial aid to various Economically Backward Classes (EBC) communities.

Vishwa Tharoor & curious case of missing 46th US President

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP attacks Telangana govt for Ramzan work concession. Didn’t NDA do the same in Andhra, says Congress

Amit Malviya brought Telangana circular on a one-hour relaxation for Muslim employees during Ramzan to public notice. But, the party has been silent on a similar memo by the Naidu govt.

SC judgment pierces the smoke screen on Centre’s ‘right’ to prematurely retire govt staff

Unlike departmental disciplinary proceedings, which ensure that officers have adequate opportunities to defend their cases, no such provisions exist for employees facing premature retirement under FR 56(j).

Govt jobs are changing. PSU bank staff live in pressure cooker, 9-5 replaced by 24×7

Government bank employees sell mutual funds, insurance and just never log out. They have steeper targets and ‘performer of the month’ award to chase too.

Urdu is the ticket to a govt job in this Rajasthan village. Even more than English

‘There’s not a single Muslim student’ here. Sidra village has become the region’s Urdu ‘influencer’.

In a 1st, UP uses AI against paper leaks & cheating in recruitment exam for police constables

Facial recognition, behavioural monitoring & making papers with AI helped UP govt catch 530 cases of cheating & impersonation. Its aim is a framework with 'zero human involvement.

A crime-infested Rajasthan village is called IAS factory today. Next goal: more women officers

Nayabas was notorious as a village of criminals until the 1970s. Now, about 500 people from here hold govt jobs, including 10 UPSC officers and over two dozen in state services.

Plum govt posts for ‘son, daughter, niece, governor’s secy’ — what’s the Chhattisgarh PSC scam case

Relatives & acquaintances of Congress leaders, civil servants, businessmen & even secretary of governor are also alleged to have been appointed from 2020 to 2022 during Baghel's rule.

All about NRA, govt recruitment body that’s never conducted exam, now set to draft anti-paper leak SOP

Set up 4 yrs ago to conduct Common Eligibility Test for non-gazetted posts, National Recruitment Agency was once hailed as a 'historic reform' that would ease process for aspirants.

On Camera

Indian welfarists destroyed right to property by guaranteeing rights to life, liberty

A welfare state grows out of mutual co-operation and spontaneity, not through measures thrust forcibly upon the masses, wrote G Jayachandran in 1959.

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.