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UPSSSC PET now to be held on Oct 25, 30 & Nov 1

Updated on Sept 25, 2026 06:33 pm IST
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SIR chaos calls for retooling the system

Millions of common people will have to forgo other work, spend hours at a facilitation centre or with their booth-level officers, trying to convince the authorities that an extra alphabet in their name or a typo in their date of birth – commonplace errors in India, made by officials while entering data – doesn’t extinguish their identity (Ishant Chauhan/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Sept 25, 2026 06:29 pm IST

What the death at IIT-Bombay says

Data on suicides, especially when weighted for caste, do not confirm a pattern, although anecdotal reports do suggest that students from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes sometimes find it difficult to adjust to an academic environment that is both rigorous as well as heavily skewed towards English-speakers (PTI)
Published on Sept 25, 2026 06:26 pm IST
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