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Topic: UPSC aspirants

Delhi court rejects bail for SUV driver arrested in UPSC aspirants deaths case — ‘allegations serious’

In the court order, judge noted that Manoj Kathuria, arrested Monday, caused displacement of water at large scale with his speeding SUV & didn't heed warnings by passersby on the road.

India is cultivating a demographic time bomb that no number of coaching centres can defuse

Coaching centres in India are an open wound that everyone sees festering but no one dares to stitch up. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

Broke, burnt-out & now bereaving—the crushing cost of UPSC aspirations

UPSC aspiration story isn’t just about 24x7 study. It’s about daily financial stress, penny-pinching, and heavy guilt over parents' loans. Deaths of 3 aspirants have deepened despair

Protesters disappointed by popular teachers’ silence on UPSC aspirants’ death — ‘nowhere to be seen’

Educators & heads of offline coaching centres have kept quiet on the issue so far, while faculty members of some online platforms have been visiting protest site in Old Rajinder Nagar.

A UPSC aspirant sent a complaint, 2 reminders to MCD about Rau’s IAS basement month before incident

In complaint dated 26 June, Kishor Singh Kushwah warned MCD there was 'potential for major accident'. In another complaint, a person flagged issue of electrocution caused by waterlogging.

Rau’s IAS coaching centre student from Tamil Nadu says he’s not missing. ‘Stop using picture in media’

Kingsley Kannan says he’s safe and living with his friend in Delhi’s Sultanpur. Friends were unable to trace him on fateful day & reached out to media for his whereabouts, he adds.

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.

UPSC aspirants’ desperation & the coaching mafia exploitation. ‘No one sees us as human’

Just a week ago, an aspirant who was about to write the mains exam died from electrocution. And at least three fire incidents have been reported since last year in Mukherjee Nagar and Old Rajinder Nagar.

MCD sacks 1 engineer, suspends another over Delhi IAS coaching centre flooding, initiates probe

Municipal Corporation of Delhi has sealed 13 coaching centres & has demanded explanation from Karol Bagh executive engineer on why basement was being run as library without permission.

‘Cooperating fully with agencies,’ says Rau’s IAS Study Circle in 1st statement on flooding deaths

Three UPSC aspirants drowned in flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle centre in Old Rajinder Nagar Saturday evening. Owner and coordinator of the centre have been arrested.

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Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.