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Traditionally, the Indian civil services have been a male bastion. Back in the 1950s, when the first woman IAS officer was appointed, a woman could be disqualified from service for getting married. Seven decades later, 1 out of 5 secretaries serving in the Government of India is a woman. From corporate to economic affairs, health to legal affairs--women officers are at the helm in several central ministries. At the level of recruitment, in the last few years, 27-30 percent of those who qualify for the civil services have been women.

#cuttheclutter The proscribed militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) evaded and fought Indian security forces for decades. But waning support for the movement and its ideology, coupled with decisive action by the govt, made the way for peace to return to Assam. In episode 1697, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces rise and fall of ULFA, back in focus after a splinter group claimed its camps were ‘attacked’ by the Indian Army.
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Green activists are livid with Centre postponing the compliance date for thermal power plants to install emission regulation machinery for the sixth time.
 

Fewer than 10 percent of people with hypertension had their blood sugar under control & fewer than 66 percent of diabetics had metabolic disorder under control in 2019-21.
 

Amit Shah doesn't plan to be a politician for life but why the second most powerful man in India is even thinking and talking about a retirement plan publicly, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect

#cuttheclutter ULFA (I) has claimed at least three of its leaders were killed in drone attacks by Indian Army on the proscribed militant group’s camps along India-Myanmar border. The Army has denied any knowledge of the attacks. In Episode 1696 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces the origins of United Liberation Front of Asom and explains how northern Myanmar has emerged as the chink in Tatmadaw’s armour.
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The AAIB's report on Air India crash didn't provide full information, like the entire cockpit voice recordings, giving the impression that something is being hidden.
 

Gurugram contributes close to 60% to Haryana’s GDP but facilities are nowhere close to its status. A look at what went wrong for city's infra after promising start in 1970s.