UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made...

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Dear Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi deserves courage, not administrative tinkering

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A new study breaks down what it takes to be cool. There is something uncool about that

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Express View on Karnataka’s draft bill on fake news: Don’t make it law

03.07.2025 4

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Two incidents of assault, two states, one story — abuse of power

03.07.2025 4

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People love their pets. So much so, that they will go to court over them

03.07.2025 6

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Dear Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi deserves courage, not administrative tinkering

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After DeepSeek: For India, time for the AI leap

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Government needs to spend – for India to grow

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For the Yamuna to flow — consensus is needed, not political slugfests

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The judiciary is slow and clogged — it’s time to get outside help to fix it

Inducting experienced outsiders to streamline efficiency by taking on administrative tasks could be a step towards overhauling the justice system.

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I went bag, baggage, and baby to Manipur in 1971. IAS officers can hammer out a solution

Hand-picked officers, if deployed adroitly and given a free hand, might hammer out solutions that abjure politics.

07.11.2024 10

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IAS state cadre spends time in comfortable capitals. AGMUT officers are ever ready to move

From the officers’ viewpoint, the best part is that the cadre controlling authority is the Ministry of Home Affairs, while in all other cadres, it...

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BHU vaccine paper row draws attention to editorial processes of academic journals, lack of guardrails

A research paper on the side effects of a Covid vaccine has snowballed into a huge controversy; it has attracted international attention. Authored...

15.10.2024 10

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UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

Shailaja Chandra

Dear Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi deserves courage, not administrative tinkering

Shailaja Chandra

A new study breaks down what it takes to be cool. There is something uncool about that

Shailaja Chandra

Express View on Karnataka’s draft bill on fake news: Don’t make it law

Shailaja Chandra

Two incidents of assault, two states, one story — abuse of power

Shailaja Chandra

People love their pets. So much so, that they will go to court over them

Shailaja Chandra

Dear Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi deserves courage, not administrative tinkering

Shailaja Chandra

After DeepSeek: For India, time for the AI leap

Shailaja Chandra

Government needs to spend – for India to grow

Shailaja Chandra

For the Yamuna to flow — consensus is needed, not political slugfests

Shailaja Chandra

The judiciary is slow and clogged — it’s time to get outside help to fix it

Shailaja Chandra

I went bag, baggage, and baby to Manipur in 1971. IAS officers can hammer out a solution

Shailaja Chandra

IAS state cadre spends time in comfortable capitals. AGMUT officers are ever ready to move

Shailaja Chandra

BHU vaccine paper row draws attention to editorial processes of academic journals, lack of guardrails

Shailaja Chandra