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Dilip Cherian | Foreign Service Or Forest? IFS In A Tizzy Over Acronym Wars

Dilip Cherian | Foreign Service Or Forest? IFS In A Tizzy Over Acronym...

In 2016, the ministry of external affairs essentially told the forest fraternity: “We were born in 1946. You arrived in...

26 Feb 2026 11:26 PM IST

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.

2 Oct 2018 1:42 AM IST

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.

8 July 2018 12:54 AM IST

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 3:52 PM IST

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 2:09 PM IST

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

29 Sept 2021 2:57 AM IST

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...

1 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

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.

26 May 2018 4:43 AM IST

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.

30 May 2018 1:46 AM IST

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...

2 July 2017 1:27 AM IST

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...

4 Jun 2017 12:15 AM IST

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...

28 Jun 2024 12:05 AM IST