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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: IAS

UPSC cancels provisional selection of IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, bars her from future exams

Commission said data of over 15k candidates who cleared exam between 2009 & 2023 studied, and barring Khedkar, no other candidate was found to have availed more attempts than permitted.

Rau’s IAS was an elite, small-batch institute. Then, competition led to rapid expansion

In 1986, an associate of Dr Rau, VP Gupta, took over and began to herald a new age. His son-in-law, Abhishek Gupta, has been CEO since 2010, qualifying Rau’s as a family business of sorts.

‘Try and beat me in UPSC’ — IAS mentor to Telangana officer whose disability quota remark sparked uproar

Differently abled former civil servant Bala Latha Mallavarapu threatens indefinite fast if IAS Smita Sabharwal fails to retract her comments and apologise within 24 hours.

‘No videos, reels on LBSNAA without permission’ — IAS academy lays down social media rules for trainees

A notice put up by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration says restrictions are applicable to X, YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn & Meta platforms, among others.

12 attempts, fake certificates—Puja Khedkar case shows how far Indians can go for power

Khedkar is everything that can possibly go wrong vis-a-vis induction into UPSC and the desperation of Indians to crack the exam, even if it means a dozen attempts and unfair means.

More trouble for Puja Khedkar: Delhi Police book trainee IAS over ‘fake disability, OBC certificates’

On complaint filed by UPSC, FIR registered against Khedkar under forgery and cheating charges, as well as sections of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act and IT Act.

FIR against Puja Khedkar, in notice on seat cancellation, UPSC says she took exam 12 times

UPSC found that trainee IAS officer sat for civil services exams more times than rules permitted by faking her identity. She has been given 2 weeks to respond to show cause notice.

Puja Khedkar did what Indian society readily accepts—see corruption as aspirational

Corruption exists and thrives in Indian society because it is often socially accepted and, in some cases, even seen as aspirational.

Govt cuts short controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar’s training, recalls her to LBSNAA

Directions to 2023-batch IAS officer Khedkar come close on heels of report submitted by Maharashtra govt to Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration about her conduct.

In Pune, IAS trainee’s ‘misconduct’ & ‘VIP’ demands result in transfer, flak from civil servants

Puja Khedkar, a 2023 batch officer, had demanded a car with a VIP number plate and an official chamber. Her father, a retired IAS officer, had also allegedly threatened the district staff.

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Why India needs more mining to power its manufacturing future

The factories of the future will not operate on slogans or tariffs; they will rely on copper, nickel, lithium, rare earths and reliable energy. Securing these inputs is not optional.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.