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UPSC Aspirants Seek Extra Attempts To Clear Their Leftout Exams
UPSC told the Supreme Court that a petition was filed by three aspirants who cleared their 2021 prelims exam but could not appear for all the papers due to testing positive for COVID-19. The students are now seeking an extra attempt to appear for the exams. The petitioners sought directions for the UPSC to arrange the other exams before the results. Meanwhile, the court adjourned the matter to March 21.
Tags: Exams, UPSC exam, UPSC Prelims Exam, UPSC aspirants, Supreme Court of India
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UPSC Inspiration Story: Pooja Kadam Clears CSE With 15% Eyesight
UPSC 2020 result was announced on September 25. Shubham Kumar got All India-1st rank. Pooja Kadam from Maharashtra Latur district secured 577th rank in UPSC Civil Services Exam. The 30-year-old secured this rank in her second attempt, with just 15% eyesight. She has graduated from Fergusson College in Pune and completed her post-graduation in Political Science from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi.
Tags: UPSC exam, UPSC RESULT, CSE, UPSC Result 2020, IAS
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UPSC-CSE Syllabus Requires Constant Modifications: Union Minister
UPSC Civil Services Examination held every year recruits bureaucrats for the Indian political setup. Addressing the JCM, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh explained the need to update the syllabus constantly to ensure that it is in line with the changing economic and political scenario. He also talked about measures to improve the training of officers at the … read-more
Tags: Education, UPSC exam, UPSC
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UPSC Announces Revised Interview Schedule For CSE 2020
The Union Public Service Commission on June 9 announced the revised interview schedule of Civil Services Examination 2020 to be held from August 2. The commission will issue the e-summon letters on their official website upsc.gov.in shortly. Also, the body cleared that requests for change in date and time for the personality test will not be entertained. Earlier scheduled from April 26, the interview was delayed due to COVID second wave.
Tags: UPSC, interview, Covid-19, Delay, UPSC exam
Courtesy: The Times of India
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UPSC Postpones Civil Services Prelims Examination To October 10
The Union Public Service Commission on May 13 announced to postpone the civil service preliminary exam from June 27 to October 10, 2021. The commission said “Due to the prevailing conditions caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Union Public Service Commission has deferred the civil services (preliminary) examination”. UPSC annually conducts civil services examinations to recruit people for Indian Administrative Service, Indian… read-more
Tags: UPSC exam, CIVIL SERVICES EXAM, Postponed, COVID-19 outbreak
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Govt Gives Extra Chance To UPSC Candidates Who Missed Last Attempt In 2020
In a bid to respite the UPSC candidates who missed their last attempt in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Union has agreed to give an extra chance. Reportedly, the Centre’s move will benefit around 3,300 students without even increasing their age-limit. However, the government agreed to give the extra trial only to age-barred students in front of a Supreme Court bench that heard the plea filed by UPSC aspirant Rachna Singh.
Tags: UPSC exam, UPSC, Covid-19, Lockdown, Extra Attempt
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USPC Announces Prelims Results 2020
The Union Public Service Commission declared the results of UPSC Prelims Exam on October 23. All selected candidates will further have to apply for Civil Services (Main) Examination between October 28 to November 11, 2020. The main exam is scheduled to be held on January 8, 2021. The candidates can check the results on the commission's website, the Prelims exam was held earlier on October 4.
Tags: UPSC exam, UPSC RESULT, Education, UPSC
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Jammu: Women Found Dead In Reasi After Failing To Appear In UPSC Exam
A 25-year-old woman, who was supposed to appear for the UPSC exams in Jammu on October 4, was found dead in Reasi district, Jammu on October 5. The family of the deceased, Sonam Manhas, had lodged a missing complaint at the Parade police post after she did not return home. They also informed that she had failed to clear the Kashmir Administrative Services(KAS) exams. The police are awaiting postmortem results.
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UPSC Prelims Examination to Be Held on October 4; SC Rejects Plea to Postpone
The Supreme Court, on September 30, refused to postpone the UPSC Prelims Examination, scheduled for October 4. The Court, however directed the Centre to decide at the earliest, if there could be any relaxations for candidates who are giving their last attempt and age-bar candidates who cannot apply for exams next year. SC also instructed to allow inter-state travel for the candidates and directed UPSC to follow all the COVID-related SOPs.
Tags: UPSC exam, Supreme Court, Covid-19, UPSC
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UPSC Says Cannot Postpone Prelims Examinations
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) told the Supreme Court, on September 28, that it cannot postpone the UPSC prelims examinations scheduled for October 4, since necessary arrangements and logistics for the examinations have already been made. The court directed the commission to record the arrangements made through an affidavit, during the next hearing on September 30. A … read-more
Tags: Supreme Court, UPSC exam, UPSC, Covid-19
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