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India vs West Indies: BCCI goes back on decision to recall Sunil Subramaniam after administrative manager tenders 'unconditional apology'
• 6 years agoThe BCCI on Wednesday went back on its decision to call back the national team's administrative manager Sunil Subramaniam after he tendered "an unconditional apology" for misbehaving with senior officials from the country's High Commissions in the West Indies.
UPSC IFS main exam 2018 schedule released; candidates can check timetable on upsc.gov.in
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Main Exam 2018 schedule has been released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the official website upsc.gov.in.
UPSC to allow candidates to withdraw applications; process to begin with ESE 2019
Fp Staff • 6 years agoOn 27 September, the UPSC released notification for ESE on its official website- upsc.gov.in.
Arvind Saxena appointed acting chairman of UPSC: to take over from Vinay Mittal on 20 June
• 7 years agoUPSC member Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the acting chairman of the commission from June 20, a government order said.
T Shahid, madrasa-educated man from Kerala, clears UPSC exam, says he wanted to break terror stereotype
Fp Staff • 7 years agoBattling severe financial crisis at home, T Shahid, who studied at a madrasa, has secured rank 693 in the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2017 in his sixth attempt.
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.
Seasoned diplomat Gautam Bambawale to take charge as Indian envoy to China
• 7 years agoA Mandarin speaker, Gautam Bambawale has also served as the deputy chief of mission of the Indian Embassy in Beijing earlier
Shashi Tharoor's call for special foreign service examination begs the question if diplomats are passé
Bikram Vohra • 7 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
Shashi Tharoor says govt should increase number of diplomats, pitches for separate exam for IFS
• 7 years agoShashi Tharoor has said the government should increase the number of diplomats and asserted that there was a need for a separate exam for the IFS
India's harsh rebuttal to Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's UN speech: Meet Eenam Gambhir who hit out at two Pakistan PMs
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe diplomat who rebutted Abbasi was Eenam Gambhir, India's First Secretary to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations.