Elon Musk’s social media giant X has clashed with Justice Alexandre de Moraes (in picture) over its reluctance to comply with orders to block users. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Senior ICAR scientists hired laterally without reservation More than 2,700 scientists at India’s top farm research body — accounting for an overwhelming majority of senior-level…
Last week, just days after issuing an advertisement for 45 lateral entry posts (10 Joint Secretary positions and 35 Director and Deputy Secretary positions), the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) withdrew it after receiving a massive backlash. The Opposition parties accused the government of attempting to bypass reservation policies and “snatching away” jobs from Other…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 20 directed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to cancel an advertisement issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the appointment of joint-secretary-level officers and other key positions through the lateral entry process. The U-turn by Modi government came amid criticism from the Opposition and a…
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to cancel its advertisement for lateral entry into bureaucracy, making a U-turn on the issue amid criticism from the Opposition and a few Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). PM Modi believes that the move…
