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Topic: UPSC

After 5 acting police chiefs in 4 years, UP to get permanent DGP soon. The top officers in the race

Senior officials from UP govt & UPSC met in Delhi Tuesday to finalise the panel for the appointment of DGP, which would be the first since 2022.

UPSC aspirants in shock after prelims paper—lengthy and vague questions

The paper was extremely lengthy and heavily statement-based; this time, the UPSC completely changed the question paper, said an aspirant.

UPSC to release provisional answer key for CSE 2026 for the first time

Candidates can now challenge the answer key if their answer is marked as wrong. They will have to provide the correct answer and a short explanation.

Engineers now account for 53% of UPSC selections, lowest share in 5 yrs

The share of humanities graduates selected in the Civil Services Examination has increased from 24.6% in 2019-20 to 29% in 2024.

Where are the UPSC toppers of the last 20 years in their careers today?

Topping the UPSC civil services exam turns candidates into overnight celebrities. A look at the careers of 20 IAS officers who secured AIR-1.

SC stays axing of cheating charges against 8 Haryana officers provisionally elevated to IAS. A 20-yr saga

Stay on HC order puts question mark on promotions of 8 officers named in a 2023 chargesheet for alleged irregularities in their original 2002 selection to Haryana Civil Services.

How Khurpenchh became the UPSC watchdog online

Run anonymously by engineers from Uttar Pradesh, the popular X account scrutinises UPSC aspirants and civil servants and their tall claims on social media.

UPSC to now release answer key after civil services prelims—‘a long-overdue reform’

While UPSC aspirants welcome the move, they also want the commission to publish the marks after the preliminary examination.

The pressure of being an IAS—UPSC aspirants faking selection from UP to Bihar, Jharkhand

There have been multiple incidents of fraud involving aspirants posing as successful candidates reported ever since the UPSC results were announced.

Cleared UPSC CAPF exam but no force allocation—459 candidates waiting endlessly

Nine months after clearing the UPSC CAPF exam, hundreds of candidates still don’t know if they are in BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, or SSB. ‘This is very unprofessional and disheartening’

On Camera

What the celebration of Mughal Empire leaves out—jihad, extraction and imperial plunder

History often arrives draped in marble, poetry, and romance, while concealing its scars beneath silk. Monuments may dazzle the eyes, but chronicles often unsettle the conscience.

Adani group stocks recover about $150 bn in market value wiped out by Hindenburg report

Shares of Gautam Adani's nine companies have bounced back strongly after the 2023 Hindenburg report, helped by rising investor confidence, easing legal troubles and India’s infrastructure growth.

AMCA tender issued, HAL sits out as private sector takes centre stage

Going by current timeline, five prototypes of India’s own 5th-gen fighter are set to be rolled out by 2031. The 1st prototype is expected to be rolled out by 2029 using GE F414 engine.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.