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Away with ‘unjust prohibition’ — RSS hails lifting of ban on govt employees taking part in Sangh events

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

Three aspirants drown in flooded basement of UPSC coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar

Delhi minister Atishi has directed the chief secretary to initiate a magisterial enquiry into the matter, and submit a report within 24 hours.

‘Puja Khedkar story is the opposite of mine’—they cleared UPSC but didn’t get the job

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

Manoj Soni — once India’s youngest V-C, now monk who gave up UPSC chairmanship for ‘spiritual pursuit’

Soni's resignation comes weeks after NTA chief Subodh Kumar Singh's removal over NEET controversy, and amid the raging row over IAS trainee Puja Khedkar.

12 attempts, fake certificates—Puja Khedkar case shows how far Indians can go for power

Khedkar is everything that can possibly go wrong vis-a-vis induction into UPSC and the desperation of Indians to crack the exam, even if it means a dozen attempts and unfair means.

FIR against Puja Khedkar, in notice on seat cancellation, UPSC says she took exam 12 times

UPSC found that trainee IAS officer sat for civil services exams more times than rules permitted by faking her identity. She has been given 2 weeks to respond to show cause notice.

Union Coal Ministry launches NIRMAN scheme for minorities appearing for UPSC

Financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for qualifying candidates to be provided.

Jains in Old Delhi pose as Muslims to buy goats, ‘rescue’ them from Bakrid sacrifice

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

Byju’s, StudyIQ, UPSC Wallah made millions online. Now they are all in concrete classrooms

These online institutes now entering the offline space charge around Rs 1 lakh for GS course; established offline players such as Vision IAS and Drishti IAS charge Rs 2-2.5 lakh.

IITian built an AI bot that scored 175 in UPSC prelims. Can change how aspirants study

PadhAI attempted 94 questions out of 100. It scored between 170 and 185 marks. OpenAI’s ChatGPT scored only 75 marks in the same exam and didn’t clear the cutoff.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

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.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.