India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar mentioned that the interview is the toughest part of the UPSC exams and described the entire process as an “Agni Pariksha”.

'That's what got me through the interview': Jaishankar recalls his UPSC journey, says he gave interview on the day Emergency was revoked

India's UPSC exam has 1 million candidates, just 1,000 seats. What happens to those who don't make it?

Every year, more and more women are making it to the merit list of the civil services. In 2022, four women have bagged the top four positions. Six out of top ten positions are bagged by women in this list. However, this is in a stark contrast to the fact that since independence India doesn't have a single woman cabinet secretary. In fact, women officers are taking early retirements. Why is this happening? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Are enough women officers making it to the top?

Hong Kong's administration is all set to bring a 'reward and punishment' system for its civil servants while many agree that the current civil service disciplinary process is too time consuming and needs immediate fixing.

Hong Kong to bring civil services reforms; John Lee moves 'reward and punishment' system

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to cut around 90,000 Civil Service jobs to free up cash for measures to ease the cost of living crisis.

UK PM Boris Johnson plans to axe 90,000 civil service jobs to save money for tax cuts

India's UPSC postpones civil services prelim exams to October 10 due to COVID-19

27 IAS, 16 IPS officers promoted in Odisha

'As sought by the Department of Personnel and Training, the Commission has now recommended 109 candidates which include 87 General, 19 OBC, 1 SC and 2 ST, to fill up the remaining posts based on the Civil Services Examination, 2016,' the Commission said in a statement today

UPSC recommends 109 reserve candidates for Civil Services

As many as 1,099 candidates have been recommended for various government services in the country

Nandini KR from Karnataka tops India's Civil services exam 2017

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