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IAS: Emperor among the kings?

As many as 1003 of the total 1089 successful candidates in civil service exam (CSE), that is 92 percent of them, marked Indian administrative service (IAS) as their first choice among a host of services allocated to successful candidates – l

Why is Cong making such noise over a court case?

Court summons to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case have become a political issue.  Congress on Tuesday forced adjournment of both houses of parliament with party members in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha storming into the

World leaders move closer to climate deal

Boosted by the encouraging comments of US Secretary of State John Kerry, negotiators from more than 190 countries, whose mandate was to fill in the brackets on a global climate accord in just two weeks -- and whose energy was beginning to wane --

UN chief call for second revolution

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged governments to set off an “energy revolution” to rein in heat-trapping carbon emissions and avert disastrous global warming. Warning that “the clock is ticking towards cli

Dejected with AIIMS, Magsaysay award winner donates prize money to PM’s national relief fund

"Humiliated" Magsaysay award winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi has written to prime minister Narendra Modi, urging him to bring to an end "culture of intolerance and untouchability being practiced against honest civil servants" and has

BJP corners major donations made by corporate houses

Being a ruling party helps, or it seems so. The Bharatiya Janata Party has declared that it had received Rs. 437 crore in the form of donations in 2014-15. This amount is twice the combined total declared by other national parties, — the Con

Morning briefing: Arvind Kejriwal likely to meet Rajnath Singh today on car curbs plan

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to meet home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday to deliberate on the proposed odd-even registration number private vehicle formula.Amid debates over the practicality of the proposed alternate-days ru

Evening digest: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul to appear in court in National Herald case

The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed a petition by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi seeking to quash a lower court`s summons in a case related to acquiring the ownership of the now-defunct National Herald newspaper

Govt talks Kashmir at Bangkok with Pak, opposition terms it as flipflop

Like cricket matches, India and Pakistan shook hands in neutral Bangkok. But the opposition is not amused. The Congress has accused the government of making a “fundamental departure” in India’s stand on ties with Pakistan without

Oil imports from Iran down

India`s oil imports from Iran fell for the fourth straight month in November to touch an eight-month low, preliminary tanker arrival data obtained by Reuters shows, as its two biggest buyers cut purchases to meet annual targets. Wes

Three independent directors on Indian Oil board

Nearly 18 months after it removed four UPA nominees on board of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the government has appointed three independent directors. In a regulatory filing, the nation`s biggest company by turnover said that with

RITES is pitching in to develop business plan for Air India at Nagpur MRO

National carrier Air India has roped in mini ratna company RITES to help it develop a business plan for its Nagpur MRO facility. AI has set up the facility in collaboration with the US aircraft maker Boeing. The central public secto

No plan to disinvest stake in BSNL and MTNL

Government has no proposal to disinvest stake in BSNL and MTNL as part of their revival strategy. To a question whether the government has any proposal to disinvest BSNL and MTNL as part of their revival strategy, telecom minister R

Dry weather over Chennai, airport operational again

Chennai airport resumed 24-hour operations for both domestic and international flights today. Yesterday, the runway was opened for day-time domestic flights. Boarding passes are being issued manually at the airport due to power shortage.

India is second most ignorant nation of the world!

World’s largest democracy is the second most ignorant nation in the world. India has been placed at second spot after Mexico in a survey called ‘Peril of perception’ conducted by Ipsos MORI, a London-based market research firm.

Kejriwal’s restriction on cars gets support of chief justice and judges carpool idea

The Kejriwal government`s experiment to restrict the number of private cars on Delhi roads got a boost with supreme court`s new chief justice TS Thakur, supporting the measures to improve air quality in one of the world`s most polluted cities.

Morning briefing: India and Pakistan hold NSA-level meeting in Bangkok

In a sudden breakthrough in the stalled Indo-Pak dialogue, the National Security Advisors of the two countries met for four hours in Bangkok on Sunday and discussed terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, and other bilateral issues and agreed to take forwar

Chennai now on epidemic alert, airport to open from Monday morning

As flood water starts to recede from parts of Chennai and other districts of Tamil Nadu, people fear outbreak of epidemics.   City-based doctors feel there is a lot to be done to tackle the situation.   

Delhi pollution: Curbs on vehicles gets 15 days test run

Public wrath is being expressed on the social media and the politicians have been gate-crashing on the issue of Delhi government`s move to curb movement of private vehicles in the capital due to bad air quality. Sensing the anger on the streets, A

Heavy rains keep Chennai on edge, banks will be functioning on Sunday

Chennai is slowly limping back to normalcy but the city is still on edge as many areas witnessed heavy rains this morning. Thousands of military personnel and social activists were engaged in a major operation of supplying food, water and blankets

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