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TopicUPSC aspirants

Topic: UPSC aspirants

‘Paid fee with loan, wanted her to stand on own feet’ — father of UPSC aspirant who died in flooding

Shreya Yadav’s father, a dairy farmer by profession in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar district, said she joined Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar for UPSC prep in April this year.

Basement of UPSC coaching centre where 3 aspirants drowned was flooded ‘within 10 minutes’

Poor drainage system and carelessness killed those students, says one aspirant. Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar is yet to issue official statement on deaths.

73 Prelims, 43 Mains, 8 interviews—this 47-year-old won’t stop until he is a civil servant

Aspirants have come and gone but Pushpendra Shrivastava remains confined in his one-room flat in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar. His next test is the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission interview.

Sanjeev Sanyal says UPSC is poverty of aspiration. But it’s more about desperation

The most productive years of Indian youth gets wasted preparing for the UPSC. But they didn't create this system; the government did.

‘About serving country’ — IAS officers, aspirants respond after economist calls UPSC prep ‘waste of time’

If you must dream, dream of being Elon Musk or Mukesh Ambani, Sanjeev Sanyal said in an interview on ‘Neon Show’ podcast. The remarks have sparked a debate on the system. 

Toppers to ex-IAS officers are mired in ‘dark patterns’ of coaching ads. Govt is right to act

DoPT has directed candidates to terminate their existing contracts with coaching centres upon receiving an offer of appointment. It’s a move toward integrity and professionalism.

Family support, safety, study material a click away — what’s driving more women to take UPSC exam

In a span of 15 years, the number of women UPSC applicants has nearly quadrupled, outpacing the growth in total applicants. Women now make up a third of all applicants.

Some UPSC aspirants don’t quit Mukherjee Nagar even after failing. They become the bhaiyas

The bhaiyas are almost always young men who simply don’t know how to disengage from the UPSC preparation cycle.

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Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.