Lucknow, March 6 -- Over 50 candidates from Uttar Pradesh were successful in the UPSC- 2025 examination, whose final results were declared on Friday.

23-year-old Aastha Jain from Shamli, UP, stood ninth, while Surbhi Yadav of Amroha secured the 14th position.

Aastha earlier qualified the UPSC examination in 2024, securing the 131st rank and became an IPS officer. She took a break from IPS training in Hyderabad to study for the civil services exam.

Aastha's family lives in Kandhla and her father runs a grocery store, and her mother is a housewife. Her elder sister is a doctor, while her third sister is also pursuing an MBBS. Before becoming an IPS officer, Aastha briefly attended coaching classes in Delhi. After that, she studied on her o...