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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicUPSC bhaiyas

Topic: UPSC bhaiyas

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.

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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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.