{
  "id": 12114773,
  "title": "Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026: tough by design or default?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/civil-services-preliminary-examination-2026-tough-by-design-or-default",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T08:25:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/civil-services-preliminary-examination-2026-tough-by-design-or-default/article71137557.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An exam meant to filter talent is increasingly seen as rejecting it, raising questions about fairness, design, and whether the system is identifying merit — a warning that calls for deeper reflection and timely course correction, rather than remaining a mere instance of acknowledgement",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}