Gold medallist left promising career in medicine to fulfill her father’s dream. Today, she is an IAS officer. Who is Mudra Gairola?Dr Mudra Gairola pursued a different path to fulfill her father's aspiration. She left a successful dental career to become an IAS officer....
09 Jun, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
Bareilly woman spent 8 years preparing for UPSC, now earns Rs 18,000 in Gurgaon; urges youth to keep an alternative readyA Bareilly woman shared her eight-year UPSC preparation journey, ending with a modest ₹18,000 job in Gurugram after exhausting all attempts...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.57 AM IST
Meet Dhiman Chakma: IAS officer suspended in Rs 10 lakh bribery case, now reinstated by Odisha govtOdisha has reinstated 2021-batch IAS officer Dhiman Chakma. He was arrested in June 2025 for allegedly accepting a bribe. Chakma now serves...
07 Jun, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
UPSC aspirant starts day at 3:53 am, juggles physiotherapy work, household chores and 12-hour study routineA viral video highlights a UPSC aspirant's demanding daily routine. She wakes before 4 AM, studies for hours, manages household chores, and...
06 Jun, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
IIT Madras ₹10 LPA job offer, UPSC failures to alcohol addiction and more; techie shares friend’s 12-year journey of strugglesAn IIT Madras Chemical Engineering graduate rejected a ₹10 LPA placement to pursue UPSC, facing multiple failures over 12 years. After setb...
28 May, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Hyderabad techie's IIT Madras friend rejected Rs 10 LPA job for UPSC. He failed it 6 times, battled heartbreak and now earns Rs 2 lakh a monthAn IIT Madras graduate, rejecting a lucrative job for UPSC, faced years of failure, heartbreak, and addiction. After battling through multi...
27 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
UPSC Prelims 2026: IAS officer Divya Mittal shares 8 tips to handle exam pressure and panicIAS officer Divya Mittal offers practical advice for UPSC aspirants facing the Civil Services Preliminary Examination, emphasizing it's a t...
23 May, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
‘I isolated myself, gained 45 kilos’: How IAS officer Pari Bishnoi transformed her life and cracked India's toughest exam UPSC with AIR 30IAS officer Pari Bishnoi, who achieved AIR 30 in UPSC, shared her journey of overcoming stress eating and gaining 45 kilos after failing he...
19 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
'Fear of trolling stopping Indians from trying': UPSC mentor sparks debate after Saurabh Dwivedi's Kartavya Netflix debut goes viralJournalist Saurabh Dwivedi's acting debut in Netflix's 'Kartavya' sparked online mockery, igniting a debate on India's culture of online ri...
18 May, 2026, 01.16 PM IST
A childhood insult sparked his IAS dream. Son of a rickshaw puller, he cleared UPSC at 22 in first attemptGovind Jaiswal's journey from poverty in Varanasi to becoming an IAS officer is inspiring. Facing discrimination and hardship, he was deter...
15 May, 2026, 05.11 PM IST
Techie, a grad from NIT, reveals how she ended up as a Rapido driver for a while: ‘Giving you a glimpse of what failure looks like…’A former NIT Durgapur graduate, Rupanjana Mitra, shared her journey of career setbacks and personal struggles online. Her candid account of...
11 May, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Delhi IRS officer’s daughter rape-murder accused shows no regret, says 'If didi had given money, this would not have happened'In the South Delhi rape and murder case, police suspect former domestic help Rahul used a spare key to enter a Kailash Hills flat and attac...
24 Apr, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
Failed 35 exams but still cracked UPSC twice: How this Haryana man proved failures don’t define your successVijay Vardhan’s journey to success in the UPSC Civil Services Examination was marked by significant challenges. He faced numerous setbacks,...
11 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
UPSC CSE 2023 Merit List: Here are the education qualifications of top 3 rank holdersThe article highlights the top achievers of the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2023, including Aditya Srivastava, Animesh Pradhan, a...
16 Apr, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
UPSC 2023: #UPSCExtraAttempt2023 trends on Twitter as aspirants demand extra attemptsUPSC aspirants have once again banded together to demand that the number of UPSC civil service test attempts be increased, claiming that th...
20 Dec, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to consider Covid-affected UPSC aspirants' plea for extra attemptA bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar was hearing a plea filed by three aspirants who had cleared the UPSC 2021 prelims exam but could n...
31 Mar, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
Call on extra attempt in UPSC exam will have to be taken by DoPT, Centre tells SCAdditional Solicitor General (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, told the bench that the counsel representing the UPSC has sai...
21 Mar, 2022, 05.22 PM IST