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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: IAS

India doesn’t need new education policy, but correct diagnosis of problems: Ex-IAS officer

The new Narendra Modi government must take forward the initiatives that were launched in the last three years to their logical conclusion.

Modi govt to expand lateral entry scheme for civil servants with 50 NITI Aayog recruits

NITI Aayog hires consultants as needed, but will now hire experts with the same rank, status and responsibilities as civil servants.

PM Narendra Modi inducts 5 retired IFS, IAS officers in his new govt

Apart from high-profile induction of S. Jaishankar, Modi govt brings in former IAS Som Parkash as MoS, and repeats 3 ministers from last time.

Modi govt won’t allocate fresh cadres to 2018 IAS, IPS batch despite Delhi HC order

The Modi government moves the Supreme Court seeking a stay on high court order which said cadres for IAS, IPS batch of 2018 should be reallocated.

UPSC has shortlisted lateral entry aspirants, but no one knows when they’ll be appointed

Nine private sector experts were shortlisted by the UPSC in April after the Modi govt announced the lateral entry scheme last July.

Dalit IAS officer accuses top PMO official of caste bias, says he fears for his life

IAS officer Jagmohan Singh Raju alleges he’s still two ranks below his 1985 batchmates due to discrimination from P.K. Mishra, addl principal secy to the PM.

IAS, IPS 2017 batch to get cadres afresh as Delhi HC scraps ‘arbitrary’ allocation

IAS & IPS officers of the 2017 batch had moved court after they were denied their chosen cadres, while the same cadres were allocated to those lower in merit.

Nobody told me which law I violated: IAS officer suspended for searching Modi’s chopper

Mohammad Mohsin, the IAS officer suspended for checking Modi’s helicopter, says the EC never sought his version of events before suspending him.

Yogi critic, Mumbai ex-top cop — IAS & IPS officers moving to politics this Lok Sabha polls

Lok Sabha elections 2019 has quite a few former IAS and IPS officers turning to politics — some who joined after retirement and others who dumped their careers midway. 

Woman from Dantewada secures 12th rank in UPSC, says wants to be an IAS officer

Namrata Jain said a Naxal-triggered blast that hit the police station in her town encouraged her to join the civil services to serve the poor in the Maoist-affected area.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.