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UPSC 2018 Civil Services preliminary exam notification to be out on 7 February, check details on upsc.gov.in
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the official notification for Civil Services Exam 2018 on 7 February on the website upsc.gov.in
Vijay Gokhale takes over as foreign secretary: Fixing neighbourhood policy, checking China's rise top priorities
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAfter S Jaishankar's retirement, Vijay Gokhale on Monday took office as the new Foreign Secretary of India.
Vijay Gokhale takes charge as Foreign Secretary: Diplomat had played key role in ending Doka La standoff
Ians • 7 years agoVijay Gokhale, a 1981-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, on Monday took over as India's Foreign Secretary from S Jaishankar.
Parliamentary panel raps Centre for not providing expenditure details on IAS, IPS, IFS officers' salary and allowances
• 7 years agoA Parliamentary panel has expressed its "strong displeasure" to govt for not providing details of the expenditure incurred on the salaries and allowances of IAS, IPS and other officers
Vijay Gokhale to succeed S Jaishankar as foreign secretary: Diplomat played key role in ending Doka La standoff
• 7 years agoSeasoned diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale, considered an expert on China, was on Monday named the next foreign secretary succeeding S Jaishankar, who completes his extended tenure later this month.
CVC ignored CBI recommendations and closed graft cases against AIIMS senior staff, claims whistleblower
• 7 years agoCentral Vigilance Commission closed cases of corruption involving senior functionaries in Delhi's AIIMS, whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has claimed.
Centre considering Baswan Committee's report on changing age-limit in civil services exam
• 7 years agoNearly eight months after its submission, the report of Baswan committee that suggested changes in civil service exam pattern and age limit is under examination, the government has said.
Shashi Tharoor's call for special foreign service examination begs the question if diplomats are passé
Bikram Vohra • 8 years agoRather than starting a special Indian Foreign Service examination as called by Shashi Tharoor, India may do well by starting call centres who can actually help citizens and that too at a fraction of the cost
MEA draws flak for publishing booklet on Deendayal Upadhyay, calling BJP 'the only alternative’
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe ministry of external affairs (MEA) has created quite a stir by releasing a booklet on RSS ideologue and Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Deendayal Upadhyaya.
China not prepared enough to handle a cultural giant like India as neighbour, says Shyam Saran
Aprameyar • 8 years agoShyam Saran spoke on the intricacies of the bilateral relations and the way forward for the two Asian giants.