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  The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday postponed the civil services preliminary examination, scheduled to be held in June, to October 10 in view of the alarming COVID situation . The commission conducts civil services examination annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. "Due to the prevailing conditions caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the Union Public Service Commission has deferred the civil services (preliminary) examination, 2021, which was scheduled to be held on 27th June, 2021. Now, this examination will be held on 10th October, 2021," a statement issued by the commission said. Read More

NDA final result/NA result 2019: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday declared the final results of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) examination (I) 2019. The candidates can check the name-list through the official website - upsc.gov.in . A total of 447 candidates qualified for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National Defence Academy for the 143rd course and Naval Academy for the 105th Indian Naval Academy course (INAC) commencing from January 2, 2020. UPSC held the written examination on 21 April, 2019. The subsequent interviews were held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence. Steps to check NDA result 2019 Step 1: Visit the official website - upsc.gov.in Step 2: Click on the UPSC NDA result 2019 Step 3: Click on the ‘download result link’ Step 4: A pdf file will appear. Download it, and take a print out for further reference. For NA result 2019, the same steps will be followed. In the...

UPSC recruitment 2020: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the recruitment notification and online application form for the Combined Geo-Scientist Examination 2020 on its official website upsc.gov.in . Interested candidates could also apply in the prescribed format on upsconline.nic.in. The last date to submit the online UPSC 2020 application form for geoscientist exam 2020 is October 15, 2019. The UPSC combined geoscientist and geologist examination 2020 will be conducted to recruit for 102 vacancies. The UPSC exam 2020 application form is available in both Hindi and English. The application form for combined geoscientist and geologist exam 2020 can also be withdrawn from October 22 to 28. Direct link to apply for UPSC examination 2020 The combined geo-scientist (preliminary) examination will be held on January 19, 2020. Combined Geo-Scientist Examination notification, 2020 According to the official notification, “The Union Public Service Commission wi...

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh wants the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to draft the question papers for the civil services examination in Hindi, and then translate them into other regional languages and English. The RSS-linked Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN) committee is of the view that when the question paper is set in English and translated into vernacular languages, the essence of the question is lost in translation. This puts students taking the exam in Hindi and other languages at a disadvantage. The SSUN has made the suggestion to the Modi government, reported The Print. Devendra Singh, head of the SSUN’s competitive exams reform committee said that almost 50 per cent of the words lose their meaning in translation. He cites the examples of words such as “population”, which is generally “jansankhya” in Hindi but was translated as “samashti” in one question paper. “Data”, which should be “data” in Hindi as well, was translated to “dutt”, he added. “ If...

UPSC Recruitment 2019: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for posts in various government departments. Interested candidates can apply through the official website, upsconline.nic.in . There are 12 posts to be filled through the recruitment and the last day for submission of application form in September 12, 2019. Here's all you need to know about UPSC recruitment 2019 UPSC recruitment: Number of posts and departments Medical Officer/Research Officer (Siddha), Ministry of AYUSH: 1 Assistant Director, Central Poultry Development Organisation, Bhubaneswar, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying: 1 Livestock Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying: 4 Assistant Legal Adviser, Enforcement Directorate, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance: 5 Deputy Fire Adviser, Directorate General of Fire Services, Civil ...