Thunder Down Under India Under-19 World champs ROARING CUBS: Indian colts exult after defeating Australia in the final of the Under-19 World Cup tournament in Townsville on Sunday. — PTI Sports page: Ashwin shines as India thump NZ in Ist Test

IAS, IPS crunch: Blame it on career shift, slow hiring
New Delhi, August 26
For long considered dream jobs for any aspiring Indian youth, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) are today facing a huge shortfall of officers and it may take several years to bridge the gap. Reasons for the shortfall include slow rate of recruitment and trained officers opting out mid-career for hefty private sector pay packages.

Road accident
Compensation must cover loss of expectation in life: SC
New Delhi, August 26
The Supreme Court has awarded a compensation of Rs 34.38 lakh to a road accident victim struggling with 90-100 per cent disability, observing that loss of expectation in life should also be taken into account. The victim, a woman, was earning just Rs 12,000 a month at the time of the accident in May 2004.

NAM summit opens in Tehran
Iran claims it has thwarted global isolation
Dubai, August 26
Iran welcomed a group of 120 developing nations to the NAM summit that began in Tehran today. It claimed the participation by such a large number of nations in the summit proved that Washington had failed to isolate it from the rest of the world.

Iran displays blast-hit cars of murdered scientists