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Topic: UPA

K.V. Chowdary, first IRS officer to serve as CVC, is no stranger to controversy

K.V. Chowdary is said to have been as close to the power centres in UPA as he is in NDA.

Disinvestment target met only once in last 10yrs: No takers or was Modi govt too ambitious?

Experts weigh in on the government’s disinvestment exercise and how it has failed to meet targets year after year.

We must question our MPs when Lok Sabha session works for less than 50% of total time

The current Lok Sabha has sent far fewer bills to parliamentary committees than the previous two houses.

Decoding the Rafale numbers: Where Rahul Gandhi and Modi government went wrong

For India, it is the season of miscalculation.

UPA-era generic drug scheme undergoes turnaround, Modi govt to promote it ahead of polls

The government has begun to refocus on the Jan Aushadhi Yojana, through which it provides generic medicines at affordable rates. 

Modi govt ‘snoop’ order was UPA’s idea, and was backed by most parties

Thursday's order merely specifies agencies authorised to implement action, but amendments giving more power to central govt were passed — without discussion — in 2008.

Coal scam convict HC Gupta’s son wants to be an ‘upright’ IAS officer just like his father

HC Gupta’s son Sarthak says his father’s legal tribulations over the coal scam have been ‘disheartening’, but he is driven to enter the IAS.

H.C. Gupta’s conviction in coal scam case will force IAS officers to play safe

Despite being castigated and pilloried over the years, India’s IAS officers have performed well.

Coalgate scam: IAS body calls convictions of 3 ‘honest’ officers ‘most unfortunate’

Court said the 3 officers withheld information from ex-PM Manmohan Singh and distorted facts while recommending a private company for allotment of a coal block

Senior ministers in UPA govt should have resigned to devote time to party work: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader claims efforts are being made to build the party organisation and that assembly poll results will reflect that.

On Camera

Asim Munir could be Pakistan PM, PCB chair, Chief Justice. But these are for lesser mortals

In your arms, Asim Munir, under your five stars, Pakistan will progress from being a poor dumper truck to a shining dumper truck with an engine of a Mercedes.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.