545 PSI recruitment: Provisional selection list published
Bengaluru: The Home Department has released the provisional selection list for 545 Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) positions on Monday, a recruitment process that had sparked significant controversy.
The recruitment notification for the 545 PSI posts was issued by the Home Department in 2021, and the exam was conducted on November 3, 2022. However, due to allegations of irregularities, the provisional list of 545 selected candidates was cancelled by the government.
The candidates challenged this decision in the High Court, but the court dismissed the petitions and ordered a re-examination. It also directed the government to ensure transparency in the recruitment process and assigned the responsibility of conducting the examination to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). Following the re-exam, the provisional list has now been released.
In connection with the PSI recruitment scam, former ADGP of the recruitment division, Amrit Paul, key figure R.D. Patil, several police officials, government officers, and over 100 accused, including candidates from across the state, were arrested by CID officers.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
