Day: October 19, 2019

UPSC IES/ISS 2019 application form out on upsc.gov.in; apply before 31 Oct.

Source – business-standard.com

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a recruitment notification for the post of Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service Exam (ISS) 2019 on October 17, 2019 on its official website upsc.gov.in.

The UPSC IES/ISS Detailed Application Form (DAF) will remain active till October 31, 2019.

IES/ISS recruitment 2019 (Advt No: 06/2019): Important dates

Online form activated on : March 20, 2019

Online form and fee payment last date: April 16, 2019

Admit card issued on: June 8, 2019

Examination: June 28, 2019

Result declared: October 17, 2019

DAF starts: October 17, 2019

DAF filling last date: October 31, 2019

Here are the details required for IES/ISS 2019

Interested candidates need to give a mandatory application fee of Rs 200, while candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD (persons with disability) and female candidates are exempt from paying.

Mode of payment: Candidates can make payment in both offline and online modes.

  • Debit card, credit card and other net banking services can be used to make online payment
  • Candidates have to use SBI challan for offline payment

Documents required to fill UPSC IES/ISS application form 2019

  • Scanned photography and signature in .jpg format.
  • Aadhaar card or other valid ID proof
  • Class 10 and 12 marksheet
  • Caste Certificate (If applicable)
  • Disability Certificate (If applicable)

Age limit: Minimum 21 years

Maximum 30 years

Note: Age relaxation will be there as per the notification

Vacancy details/ Eligibility for IES/ISS 2019

The Indian Economic Service has 32 open posts which require candidates to have a bachelors degree, post-graduation degree in Economics, Business economics, Econometric from any recognised university in India.

The Indian Statistical Service is open for 33 posts which require candidates to have bachelor degree with Statistics, Mathematics, Applied statistics or master degree in Statistics.

Here is how to fill the IES/ISS application form 2019

Go to the official website of UPSC ups.gov.in

On the homepage, click on the ‘What’s New’ tab that will lead you to ‘DAF: Indian Statistical Service/Indian Economic Service Examination 2019‘

From the ‘Instruction for filling DAF‘ option, candidates can start filling the application form

Note: Candidates are required to fill both Part I and Part II for IES/ISS registration 2019

Part I registration for filling the form

Part II registration for payment, centre selection, document upload, and more

For detailed information, login to the UPSC official website

Patna floods: High court lawyer files complaint against Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi and others

Source: financialexpress.com

A complaint was filed against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi over the recent floods in Patna that left the city paralysed for more than a week. Several state ministers and Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials have also been named in the complaint.

The complaint was filed in the court of Patna Chief Judicial Magistrate under several sections of the IPC including 302 (murder) and (120B) criminal conspiracy. The complainant, an advocate at High Court, has sought action against Kumar, Modi and others for inaction during the crisis.

Besides Kumar and Modi, those who have been named in the complaint include Cabinet minister Suresh Kumar Sharma, PMC Mayor Sita Sahu, Commissioner Amit Kumar Pandey, Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited Managing Director Amrendra Prasad Singh, Ex-UDD principal secretary Chaitanya Prasad and Ex-Patna Commissioner Anand Kishor.

The complainant said that several people lost their lives and government and private properties worth over Rs 100 crore were damaged due to the ‘man-made’ flood. He said that flooding in the capital was caused due to the non-maintenance of the drainage system and the failure of the government machinery.

Patna, the capital of Bihar, was flooded a few weeks ago after heavy rains lashed the city and neighbouring districts. The posh Rajendra Nagar, Kankarbagh localities were waterlogged for almost a week. The historic Gandhi Maidan, busy Dak Bungalow Chauraha were also inundated.

The complainant claimed that even after 18-20 days of flooding, some of the affected areas were water-logged.

As many as 73 people lost their lives in different districts of the state due to floods in September.

Only 1,500 tickets sold: Ranchi will think ‘twice’ about hosting Tests in the future

Source: scroll.in

Test cricket is the format that brings out the best in cricketers but it certainly isn’t managing to bring people to stadiums in India. The recent Ashes series between England and Australia witnessed houseful stands but in India, Test cricket is going the Ranji Trophy way – with empty stands greeting the players more often than not.

The third Test of the India-South Africa series will be played in Ranchi from October 19 but the Jharkhand State Cricket Association already knows that not too many people will be turning up to watch the game.

Till Thursday, according to a report in The Indian Express, JSCA had managed to sell just 1500 tickets for the game, which will be played at Ranchi’s 39000-capacity stadium. The low sales have come despite the association trying to keep ticket prices affordable with Rs 250 per day being the lowest.

The new JSCA president, Nafis Khan said: “Next time, maybe we have to think twice before hosting a Test match. At the same time, we can’t say no also. If the state associations start rejecting Test cricket, the purest form of the game would die. It’s very sad to see empty stands. We have to make certain changes to the Test format.”

India doesn’t make it easy for spectators either. At Pune, only a handful of spectators thought it was worth their while to turn up to watch India make history. The stands are not covered and the heat means that watching – forget enjoying – is not a good experience.

School children were given free tickets in Pune and they added to the atmosphere a bit but they too were forced to sit in the harsh sun for the entire day. In Ranchi too, JSCA has distributed 5,000 complimentary tickets to the CRPF and another 10,000 tickets to schools, clubs and academies.

But it won’t be enough. Test cricket in India has long been in decline as a spectator sport. Its appeal to the modern Indian fan is limited. T20 cricket and ODIs are a party but what does Test cricket at the stadium really offer to the fan?

BCCI’s president-elect Sourav Ganguly feels that India should look at day-night cricket much more seriously and while that may not be the whole answer, it may certainly be part of it.

Develop park where mining is over: Jharkhand CM

Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday said that the coal companies should follow the norms and develop parks where mining has been completed.

In a meeting with Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi in Ranchi, the Chief Minister said: “People have no option but to live in dust in mining areas. We should make efforts to get them rid from dust”.

“As per the norms park or public utility places should be developed in the areas where mining has been completed. But such norms are being ignored. The dust is causing hazardous diseases among people,” said the Chief Minister.

Das also demanded that the people who were displaced due to mining should be given jobs.

The Union minister agreed to give jobs to the displaced people.

“One person in each family whose lands were acquired for mining in the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) areas would be given job as per the qualification,” Joshi said.

The Coal Minister also agreed that Coal India subsidiaries will do Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities as per the priorities of the state government.