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Selling land, borrowing money, eating less: What UPSC coaching does to poor families

For many families with UPSC aspirants, it takes a village to fulfil the near impossible dream. Loans have to be taken and money must be saved to feed the great Indian coaching factories.

Month after UPSC prelims results, aspirants want lower cut-off for aptitude test & eventual scrapping

Aspirants moved tribunal claiming civil services aptitude test included questions not part of syllabus. Saying it gives an edge to engineering graduates, they want it scrapped in coming years.

UPSC aspirants upset with difficulty level of prelims seek legal recourse, demand reduced cut-offs

Responding to PIL by aggrieved aspirants, Central Administrative Tribunal has refused to direct UPSC to keep result in abeyance. Matter is now listed for hearing on 6 July.

Not a ‘mix-up’ — UPSC claims duo forged documents to pose as civil service exam rank-holders

UPSC said in a statement that it would take 'penal action' against Ayesha Makrani & Tushar Brijmohan for 'fraudulently' claiming that they had been selected for the civil services.

An ‘affordable’ UPSC dream is taking off in small-town India. It can change the steel frame

There’s been a surge in edtech platforms like UPSC Wallah and StudyIQ offering online classes and study material in pen drives that are mailed across India for the civil services exam.

YouTube is the new Mukherjee Nagar for UPSC students. Tutors are influencers

These ‘modern gurus’ are also hand-holding the students to tell them how many hours to sleep, and build their psychological fitness for the competitive exams.

‘What Next’ for UPSC-negatives? Indians with wasted youth don’t want to return empty-handed

While the passionate preparatory struggle of India's UPSC aspirants is widely acknowledged, their years after the negative result is spent in quiet solitude, loss of esteem, even shame.

Regular coaching no longer enough — UPSC aspirants opt for ‘personal mentors’ to crack exam

The mentors, often former civil servants, help aspirants 'improve their performance, focus on their holistic development. and encourage critical thinking'.

UPSC’s top 3 scorers are women, PM congratulates all candidates who cracked civil services exam

Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Singla have topped the UPSC exams for 2021. Topper Sharma is an alumnus of St Stephens College and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

On Camera

The Bads of Bollywood finally gives us the sidekick that everyone needs

Sidekicks are quintessential in Bollywood, and every few years, when a star or lead shines, a filmmaker reminds us that the person next to the hero is a key ingredient in the recipe.

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.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.