UPSC civil services exam 2014 issue: 20 marks of English will not be included for merit, candidates of 2011 will get another chance in 2015 says govt.

UPSC Aspirants Protesting

UPSC CSAT row ends: MoS Personnel Jitendra Singh clarified that 20 marks of English in Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT) II will not be included for merit and the candidates of 2011 will get another chance in 2015.

Arvind Verma committee too has recommended that the quality of English to Hindi translation in CSAT paper should be improved. CSAT, introduced in the prelim exam of the UPSC syllabus in 2011, has been the main bone of contention, which aspirants feel is biased towards technical and management students and it should be scrapped.

CWG 2014: Celebration end with Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap's badminton Gold and 3 more medals, India finishes fifth.

Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014: Celebration ends with Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap's badminton Gold and 3 more medals and India finishes fifth at CWG. Shuttler Kashyap is the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.
"It was spontaneous outpouring of joy and relief" says men's singles badminton Gold winner Parupalli Kashyap.

Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 Day 10: Eye on star boxer Vijender Singh and four others for Gold Medal

Glasgow CWG 2014: On 9th day Vijender Singh and four others assuring silver medals for India while paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj bagged a silver in the men's doubles event of the Commonwealth Games (Glasgow CWG) 2014. Till the end of 9th day with 13 Gold, 23 Sliver and 15 Bronze medals India is on 5th rank in CWG Glasgow 2014.

MEDAL TALLY Commonwealth Games (Glasgow) 2014

Rank	Nations	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	ENG	48	49	43	140
2	AUS	40	40	44	124
3	CAN	30	14	31	75
4	SCO	17	14	18	49
5	IND	13	23	15	51
6	NZL	13	11	15	39
7	RSA	12	10	16	38
8	KEN	7	8	4	19
9	NGR	7	6	14	27
10	JAM	7	4	7	18
11	SIN	6	2	4	12
12	WAL	4	10	20	34
13	MAS	4	6	5	15
14	CYP	2	4	2	8
15	PNG	2	0	0	2
16	CMR	1	3	3	7
17	UGA	1	0	4	5
18	GRN	1	0	1	2
19	KIR	1	0	0	1
19	BOT	1	0	0	1
21	TTO	0	2	3	5
22	SAM	0	2	1	3
22	PAK	0	2	1	3
24	NIR	0	1	7	8
25	MOZ	0	1	1	2
25	BAH	0	1	1	2
27	NRU	0	1	0	1
27	BAN	0	1	0	1
27	SRI	0	1	0	1
27	IOM	0	1	0	1
31	ZAM	0	0	2	2
31	GHA	0	0	2	2
31	NAM	0	0	2	2
34	BAR	0	0	1	1
34	FIJ	0	0	1	1
34	MRI	0	0	1	1
34	LCA	0	0	1	1