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UPSC Mains Result 2026 declared: Here’s how to check
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UPSC Mains Result 2026 declared: Here’s how to check

The Civil Services exam is conducted annually in three stages - preliminary, main, and interview - to select candidates for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS) and other services.

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Four decades of biodiversity conservation: Goziir calls for greater support to sustain long-standing environmental efforts
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Four decades of biodiversity conservation: Goziir calls for greater support to sustain long-standing environmental efforts

For more than four decades, since 1980, the people of Goziir in the Nandom Municipality of the Upper West Region have demonstrated a remarkable commitment to environmental conservation by maintaining a strong community-wide culture of bushfire prevention and protecting local biodiversity. During a visit to Goziir, I engaged the community’s traditional leader, an agriculture officer, residents, the assembly member, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and the Upper West Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to explore the achievements of the conservation initiative,…

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Ghana, Canada sign agreement to open new employment pathways for seafarers
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Ghana, Canada sign agreement to open new employment pathways for seafarers

Ghanaian seafarers could gain access to additional employment opportunities in Canada following an agreement between the two countries to recognise each other’s professional maritime certificates. The Ghana High Commission in London has welcomed the agreement, commending the Ghana Maritime Authority, Transport Canada and other stakeholders whose engagements led to its conclusion.

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More than 40 pilot whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand’s North Island
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More than 40 pilot whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand’s North Island

Rescuers were unable to save the whales after they became beached on a remote and rocky part of the country More than 40 pilot whales died after a mass stranding event on New Zealand’s remote east coast, conservation officials said on Friday, despite rescue efforts by volunteers and conservation workers. The Department of Conservation (DoC) said 43 whales had died in the mass stranding along the Ngawi coast on the south-eastern tip of the North Island.

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Diktats, boycotts and the fight for rights
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Diktats, boycotts and the fight for rights

For over two years, 45 toddy-tapper and 10 Dalit families in Nizamabad’s Tallarampur have allegedly faced a complete social boycott for defying their Village Development Committee’s (VDC) orders. The growing clout of VDCs and nearly 90 complaints of alleged excesses before the Backward Classes Commission bring the larger issue into focus, as Ravi Reddy finds during a ground visit

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