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Topic: UPSC aspirants

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.

Exam stress, rent hikes — aspirant’s suicide note about life in Delhi’s UPSC hub back in focus

On Sunday, Anjali’s uncle joined protesters demanding accountability for deaths of three aspirants who drowned in flooded basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.

UPSC aspirants want Rs 1 cr compensation for flooding victims, ban on commercial use of basements

Hundreds of aspiring civil servants took to streets of Old Rajinder Nagar in Delhi to protest deaths of three aspirants who died due to drowning in basement of coaching centre.

On Camera

Festive seasons align with the rollout of GST 2.0. Citizens to get more money in hand

The new norm marks a decisive shift from the earlier complex system that created friction for households and small businesses alike.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

30 civilians killed as Pakistan Air Force strikes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa village with China-made bombs

While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.