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Topic: IAS

‘Upright’ Karnataka IAS officer transferred again — 4th time for taking on political class

Rohini Sindhuri, dubbed 'Lady Singham', has been transferred for allegedly refusing to divert nearly Rs 1,000 crore from the corpus fund of her department for flood relief.

Modi govt is shaking the foundation of India’s IAS-led civil service — one reform at a time

Modi govt has forcibly retired officers, pushed for lateral entry & sought to break IAS stranglehold, earning both praise & flak for tinkering of civil service.

IAS resignations: Are civil services losing their charm in Modi era?

Three IAS officers have resigned from the service in the last one month. Kannan Gopinathan, an AGMUT-cadre officer, and Sasikanth Senthil, a Karnataka-cadre officer, resigned over ‘lack of freedom of expression’ and abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government.

IAS fraternity divided over officers’ resignations, some call them early ‘warning signs’

Officers say four recent resignations may be too few to be called a trend just yet, but slam IAS Association for its continued silence on the issue.

In IAS training academy, women civil servants are seen by male colleagues as husband-hunters

Women IAS officers were seen as seeking spouses among their own kind, because no one would marry them now that they were in the IAS.

A year on, why Haj Houses have failed to start free UPSC coaching for IAS aspirants

After a record 51 Muslim candidates cleared IAS exam in 2018, Haj committee had announced to start free UPSC coaching for Muslim aspirants across India.

Common foundation course for IAS, IPS officers begins, Modi to address them at Patel statue

2-month training is being imparted to the officers at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie and HRD institute in Hyderabad.

If India is in crisis, it is because good guys like ex-IAS Kannan Gopinathan rather quit

To arrest India’s decline, it is important that the government attract, retain and empower the good guys. Kannan’s leaving is a loss to the government.

India’s DGCA, snubbed globally, is a cosy club of IAS officers with no aviation expertise

In the past decade, India's civil aviation watchdog DGCA has only had IAS officers heading it, none of whom have had real domain expertise. 

Modi govt clamps down on IAS, its association goes conspicuously silent

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Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.