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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicGovernment jobs

Topic: government jobs

Failing UPSC Mains sends you back to square one. Replace Prelims with a new exam system

We can make the UPSC less costly and time-consuming. Enter the Civil Services Foundation Exam.

Railways to implement plan to trim staff positions, says move won’t shrink number of jobs

In a letter dated 24 November, the Railway Board has asked general managers of zones across the country to put a freeze on all new posts and surrender 50% of vacancies.

Punjab govt relaxes rules to give jobs to married kin of soldiers killed in Galwan Valley

The state govt chose to make an exception and give jobs to the brothers-in-law of three soldiers, who died fighting Chinese troops and patrolling the LAC.

Govt job aspirants protest delay in results, issuance of admit cards with a trending hashtag

Hashtag #speakupforSSCRaliwaystudents trends on Twitter with over 3 mn posts in support of govt job aspirants protesting delay in SSC CGL results & postponement of RRB NTPC exam.

Cabinet clears National Recruitment Agency to conduct common test for Central govt jobs

The nod to National Recruitment Agency will allow setting up of exam centres in every district to help youth, especially women, from rural and faraway areas, to take recruitment tests.

4% quota announced for Ladakh students in J&K institutes, residents say it’s not enough

In a tweet, Department of Information and Public Relations stated that the announcement was made in a meeting chaired by J&K chief secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam in Srinagar.

How BJP is undoing three decades of Mandal gains and still getting OBC support

The Modi govt wants to include salary earnings to calculate household income to determine the 'creamy layer' among OBCs. If implemented, it will exclude even the lower middle class.

Army’s Tour of Duty ill-conceived. Neo-nationalism will only create political militias

Leaked report of Army's internal study of a recruitment plan is basically military hierarchy using media as a sounding board for its ‘hunch and gut’ ideas.

Dearness allowance freeze during Covid a good move. Privileged India can’t grudge pay cut

The lowest paid central government employee still earns more than 85% of Indians. Money saved from dearness allowance will go a long way in Covid crisis.

Gogoi picked for Rajya Sabha — 2017 study tells us how judges manage to land such benefits

The study, which has now resurfaced, said judges who deliver verdicts in favour of the govt are more likely to get prestigious govt jobs after retirement.

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.