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Indian Railways has 2.5 lakh-plus posts lying vacant, highest in northern zone, govt tells RS

Vacancies are filled up primarily by placement of indents by Railways with recruitment agencies as per operational requirements, Ashwini Vaishnaw informs Upper House of Parliament.

Indian military faces staggering shortfall of 11,266 young officers, Modi govt tells Lok Sabha

MoD is considering making 'short service entry more attractive' to mitigate shortage, clarified that available strength is adequate to meet current operational requirements.

DU’s 900 faculty vacancies highest among India’s central universities, govt tells Parliament

Govt data shows central universities have 6,549 vacant faculty positions. Allahabad University has 622, and Banaras Hindu University has 532 vacant faculty positions. 

CJI blames judicial vacancies for cases backlog, Rijiju promises to bring down pendency in 2 yrs

Speaking at the ‘18th All India Legal Services Authorities Meet’ in Jaipur, CJI Ramana says that in the current criminal justice system 'process becomes punishment'.

CJI Ramana wants diversity in Indian judiciary but several reasons stand in the way

While examining diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid, the India Justice Report 2020 points out that data for diversity among judges remains unavailable.

India’s ‘headless PSU’ problem — top posts at 15 PSUs are vacant, some since 2017-18

The Public Enterprises Selection Board, tasked with advising the government on such appointments, has itself been headless for more than six months.

16 names cleared by SC collegium for HC judge posts stuck with govt, 6 of them since 2019

CJI-led Supreme Court bench Wednesday voiced its concern over delay on the government’s part in acting on the apex court collegium’s decisions for judicial appointments.

UPSC notifies lowest number of vacancies in 10 years. Is this the Modi effect at play?

Modi had promised a leaner bureaucracy under his mantra of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’. Since 2014, vacancies have declined from 1,291 to 782.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.