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Several IAS officers feel that the move is a clear attempt to attack the autonomy of UPSC which conducts the examination.

In a first, UPSC aspirants can call back forms

In order to avail this facility, the candidate has to provide details of application, it said.

1 Oct 2018 8:12 PM GMT

Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry MEA tried it first

Almost all of India's ambassadors in major world capitals are from the Indian Foreign Service.

7 July 2018 7:24 PM GMT

A 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Yadav is expected to take up the assignment shortly, a statement by the MEA read. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

Birender Singh Yadav appointed as Indian Ambassador to Iraq

MEA on also announced the appointment of Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi as India's next High Commissioner to Samoa.

26 Oct 2019 10:22 AM GMT

Diplomat Vikas Swarup was appointed as Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs, in the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday. (Photo: ANI)

Vikas Swarup appointed Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs

Swarup, a 1986-batch IFS officer, who is currently serving as the High Commissioner in Canada, will replace senior...

12 July 2019 8:39 AM GMT

CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose photograph is on right, addresses an election campaign wearing a mask in Kochi, on March 27, 2021. The southern state goes to polls on April 6 to elect members to its state legislature. (AP/R S Iyer)

Dilip Cherian | Kerala first state to appoint point man for diaspora,...

The bureaucracy in India moves at a slow pace is a truth that needs no explanation

28 Sep 2021 9:27 PM GMT

Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS cadre officers making inroads in PMO

Some observers note that increasingly the Modi Sarkar is keen to promote non-IAS services to positions that formerly...

30 Nov 2022 6:35 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

New dark cloud hangs over India's babudom

The training academy is controlled directly by the PM's own DoPT which explains his gameplan.

25 May 2018 11:13 PM GMT

Top diplomat Pankaj Saran is new deputy NSA

He has held various positions in India and abroad, including the country's high commissioner to Bangladesh.

29 May 2018 8:16 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Save the integrity of the civil service

It is to such abuses that the 65 brave retirees of the All India Services and Central Civil Services should now devote...

1 July 2017 7:57 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Modi's Mantra Perform or perish

A service review on a government employee is conducted twice first after 15 years and again after 25 years of...

3 Jun 2017 6:45 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed grief at the killing (ANI)

Dilip Cherian | Women rise in IFS, but gender parity is still distant

From historic barriers to modern challenges, the journey toward gender parity in the IFS continues despite notable...

27 Jun 2024 6:35 PM GMT