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Modi govt ready for second round of lateral entry recruitment for 40 posts

Posts for lateral entry have already been identified at the level of director and deputy secretary, and advertisement for this will be released soon.

How the Indian civil services continue to remain a boys’ club

Of 88 secretary-rank officers in central govt, only 11 are women. At state and UT level, only one out of the 32 chief secretaries is a woman.

How to work like IAS officer — lessons taught to 8 lateral entrants recruited by Modi govt

In a 2-week training programme, the lateral entrants got a crash course on governance matters that will help them begin their journeys as joint secretaries.

Modi govt is shaking the foundation of India’s IAS-led civil service — one reform at a time

Modi govt has forcibly retired officers, pushed for lateral entry & sought to break IAS stranglehold, earning both praise & flak for tinkering of civil service.

UPSC question paper gets ‘lost in translation’, RSS-backed body wants it drafted in Hindi

RSS-linked Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas says 90% of UPSC qualifiers are from English-language backgrounds, which shows others are at a disadvantage.

Delhi now produces more IAS officers than Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

While the overall intake of IAS officers is declining, 17 candidates from Delhi qualified for the service in 2017-18, up from just four a decade ago.

Modi govt clamps down on IAS, its association goes conspicuously silent

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IAS, IPS, IFS cadres to be allotted on basis of foundation course along with UPSC marks

A new DoPT notification says 10% weightage will now be given to the selected candidates’ performance in the mandatory combined foundation course.

UPSC doesn’t want mandatory aptitude test in civil service exam

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

UPSC wants govt to remove mandatory aptitude test from civil service exam

CSAT or Paper II, introduced in 2011, has led to protests by some aspirants, who say it gives an advantage to those with English, maths & science backgrounds.

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Pakistan will regret letting the Army back in

While the "establishment" has enjoyed a large share of power, last week's constitutional amendments gave Army chief Asim Munir additional powers and lifelong immunity from prosecution.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.