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UPSC 2021 result declared: Shruti Sharma tops, Ankita Agarwal gets second and Gamini Singla third rank

UPSC 2021 results were declared today. As many as 685 candidates have qualified civil services exam. Full story on Dynamite News:

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The unchanging litany of woes against state public service commissions

On May 4, Amit Abhishek was unsure of securing a train ticket for his journey from Delhi to an examination centre in Purnea district of northeast Bihar.

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99 out of 100 Joint Director posts vacant in Armed Forces HQ Civil Service

Vacancies in Armed Forced HQ Civil Services have arisen as junior officers can’t be promoted with court cases pending against them

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IAS Shah Faesal to rejoin administrative service after trying his luck in politics

First UPSC IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir in 2009, Shah Faesal resigned in 2019 and formed his own political party. But, soon he got disillusioned with politics. Shah has been allowed to rejoin the service. Full report on Dynamite News:

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Shah Faesal rejoins government service, says life has given him ‘another chance’

He resigned in 2019, and was detained for over a year after Article 370 was removed

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Manoj Soni: Meet the ‘chhote Modi’ heading the UPSC selection committee

In early April, IAS officer Jitin Yadav tweeted some advice to aspirants.

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AAP forcing every party to talk about education, says MLA Atishi

AAP leader’s remarks come amid war of words with BJP over state-run schools

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A merger to better manage the Indian Railways

Under the new Indian Railway Management Service, training its future leaders is the most important task ahead

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No additional attempt in civil services exam, Centre tells SC

The aspirants fell sick with COVID-19 when exam was held in January

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Supreme Court relief for aspirants with disabilities in UPSC applications

Government says applications will be kept separately until court decision in NGO case

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Civil Service re-examination will have cascading effects: UPSC tells SC

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), while opposing the plea seeking extra attempt for candidates who could not appear in the Civil Services Mains exam, said if the Commission makes a provision for re-examination, then it will have cascading effects on the schedules of other ongoing examinations as well as…

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Protocol did not mandate special arrangement for COVID-hit candidates: UPSC

There is no provision to hold re-examination if a candidate failed to appear, UPSC tells Supreme Court

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Respond to plea of COVID-hit civil services aspirants, Supreme Court tells UPSC

They have sought a second chance as they were unable to attend the civil services Mains exam

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UPSC aspirants who missed exam due to COVID move SC seeking additional attempt

A bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar had adjourned the matter after Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) counsel sought time to seek instruction on the matter. Read full story

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COVID-hit civil services aspirants seek second chance for UPSC mains

Supreme Court Bench lists the case for March 7

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After appointment of Rajnish Seth as Maharashtra DGP, Bombay HC disposes of PIL on his predecessor

The top police post in Maharashtra fell vacant in January last year after the then DGP Subodh Jaiswal left mid-term to take over as head of the CISF

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The IAS interviews: A journey inward

A guide on how to prepare for the Personality Test, the final obstacle in the long road to the civil services

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78,264 Central Government recruitments in 2020-21

Over 8 lakh vacancies as on March 2020, Minister tells Rajya Sabha.

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485 vacant posts in UPSC: Govt

There are 485 vacant posts in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) which conducts the civil services examination, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

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Babus Of All Trades, Masters Of None

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) put out an advertisement on Sunday inviting applications for 10 senior-level positions in various departments. The plan is to hire “outstanding individuals” as Joint Secretaries based on their subject expertise. The notifications says candidates can be “Individuals working at comparable levels in Private Sector…

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Student takes up Hindi hurdle in DU law exam

“I have been educated in the Hindi medium throughout. For pursuing higher education, how can I suddenly switch to English?”

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