Agartala, Sept 24: Two youths from Tripura-- Dhiman Chakma and Sumit Paul have cleared the Civil Services Examination- 2020 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

As per the main results announced by the UPSC on Friday, Dhiman and Sumit have ranked 482 and 530 respectively.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has congratulated both the youngsters for their achievements and conveyed best wishes to them.

A total of 761 candidates-- 545 men and 216 women-- have cleared the coveted civil services examination 2020, with engineering graduates Shubham Kumar and Jagrati Awasthi bagging the first and second ranks respectively.

The Union Public Service Commission on Friday declared the results of the examination, conducted annually to select IAS, IFS and IPS officers, among other civil servants.

As many as 10,564 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination which was held in January, 2021. Of them, 2,053 candidates qualified for the personality test (interview), an official statement said.