Monday, 16 May, 2022
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Topic: IAS

This is how Deve Gowda went about appointing IAS officers in his PMO

Sugata Srinivasaraju -
In ‘Furrows In A Field’, Sugata Srinivasaraju writes that Deve Gowda preferred credible and competent officers with diverse caste, religious and linguistic backgrounds.

Indian civil servants are expected to be karma yogis. But look at ground reality first

Sanjeev Chopra -
Surendranath Banerjee showed gaps in Indian civil services. India needs to identify the problems in its steel frame.

Preparing for UPSC tests? Here are the best coaching centres in Mumbai to help you succeed

PR Spot -
If your dream job is an IAS or IPS, then these tutorials in Mumbai are your best bet to crack the entrance examinations.

I fought corruption, communalism and 17 transfers under 3 Haryana CMs: Ex-IAS officer

M.G. Devasahayam -
I could not compromise the principles of democratic governance. So I took voluntary retirement in 1985 with 15 years of service left, writes MG Devasahayam.

Aryan Khan-Wankhede story nudges IPS-IRS-IAS officers to call out those who violate their oath

Shekhar Gupta -
We see what madness for fame and stardom has done to some people from the All India and Class I Services. Even as most others work sincerely, in relative anonymity.

Modi govt clears empanelment of 27 IAS officers of 1990 batch for secretary-level posts

ThePrint Team -
Of the total, 24 officers have been selected for secretary and secretary-level posts, while three have been cleared for posts equivalent to the level of secretaries.

Modi govt moves on ‘misconduct’ case against ex-chief secretary, TMC MP says will proceed legally

Madhuparna Das -
Centre has appointed an inquiry officer to probe into ‘misconduct’ of Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who skipped a meeting with the PM in May.

CMs violate IAS seniority rules too often with pick-and-choose game for chief secretaries

K.B.S Sidhu -
From Jayalalithaa to Amarinder Singh, chief ministers throughout the years seem to have ignored the seniority principle in choosing chief secretaries.

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

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

Shubham Kumar tops UPSC civil services exam 2020, Jagrati Awasthi secures second rank

PTI -
Ankita Jain got the third rank in the exam. A total of 761 candidates — 545 men and 216 women — cleared the final round of the UPSC.
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Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Shehbaz Sharif on 7 April | Photographer: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg

The four-point plan to revive Pakistan’s economy—from land reform to real estate

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar -
Pakistan must reduce non-productive expenditures like defence. The country's political economy has been overdetermined by the imperative of 'national security'.
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Zoya Akhtar’s films on rich people appealed to the masses. ‘The Archies’ does not

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Auction for your eyeballs: Google is sharing our personal data at a staggering scale

Economy

Bad timing could hamper LIC IPO

Nupur Acharya -
Most early public enterprise IPOs have been trading 75% below their original price, small investors concerned.

Defence

Representational image of army personnel in Ladakh | ANI

India ‘doesn’t foresee’ border fighting with China, but ‘won’t back down’ if tensions reignite

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Aim is to ensure not just disengagement of troops, but overall de-escalation. Govt in favour of solving tensions through talks as it wants peace with all neighbours including China.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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