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Topic: UPSC

Why Kangana, seen at RSS event, could’ve taken a rain check & UPSC irked with UP, Jharkhand

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Curious case of Yogi’s close aides missing from his mango party & Shinde’s sprint against run of play

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

IAS seeing progress on gender parity—1 of 5 secretaries at Centre are women

The change is palpable at lower levels, too. According to data from October 2024, approximately 64 out of the 236 joint secretaries—27 percent—serving in the government, were women.

UPSC clears Haryana plea to promote 18 HCS officers to IAS, but 9 under probe get provisional promotion

UPSC okays the promotion after rejecting state's proposal multiple times. 9 officers from 2002 batch get only provisional promotion amid allegations of recruitment irregularities.

Congress alleges Centre & CPIM ‘compromise’ as RA Chandrasekhar takes charge as Kerala DGP 

Congress raked up 1994 Koothuparamba police firing case in which 5 DYFI activists were killed. Chandrasekhar was appointed as ASP in Kannur district just two days before incident.

India and China’s gruelling civil services exam systems & why Modi’s G7 visit did not ‘go as planned’

Global media also examines role of AI in call centres, enabling employees to focus on more complex responsibilities, and India’s ongoing deportation of illegal immigrants to Bangladesh.

Railway services merger caused ‘acute shortage’ of specialised officers, affected ops & safety—Centre

Last yr, Modi govt reversed the 2020 reform. Officers approached Central Administrative Tribunal in March, with the govt now admitting for the first time that its reform was a misstep.

Days after UPSC refused elevation to IAS, 2 ‘charge-sheeted’ HCS officers get plum posts in Haryana

Vatsal Vashisht, posted as ADC at Gurugram &Jag Niwas as ADC at Jhajjar, are among 8 HCS officers charge-sheeted in 2023 for alleged irregularities in their 2002 HCS appointments.

Why UPSC has returned Haryana govt’s proposal for promotion of 27 of its officers to IAS

UPSC's move has significant implications for Haryana, which is grappling with a severe shortage of IAS officers. The state has only 171 officers against a sanctioned strength of 215.

Not a terrorist, has not committed murder: SC grants anticipatory bail to ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar

Khedkar, a former IAS probationer, is accused of cheating, and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

On Camera

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

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.