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Senior IFS officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra takes charge as new foreign secretary
•A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra earlier held the position of a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office for two years
IFS officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra appointed as new foreign secretary
•A 1988-batch IFS officer, Vinay Mohan Kwatra is currently serving as Ambassador in Kathmandu since January 2020
Watch | Tamil Nadu forest staff rescue huge elephant stuck in swamp; see viral video here
Trendingdesk •The mammal couldn't get out no matter how hard she tried. However, it is when the Tamil Nadu forest department staff worked diligently, they could successfully rescue the massive tusker from the swamp.
'Flying' deer's magnificent jump to cross road leaves netizens stunned, watch viral video here
Trendingdesk •In the video clip, a deer can be seen taking a jaw-dropping leap while crossing a pathway
No proposal to give another chance to aspirants who could not take civil services exam in 2020, says Centre
•"No Sir. No such proposal is under consideration," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a question
UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2019 Result: Commission releases list of last recommended candidates, adds 89 more names
Trendingdesk •The list is available on the UPSC official website upsc.gov.in
Anurag Srivastava takes charge as MEA spokesperson; 1999-batch IFS officer had served as India's Ambassador to Ethiopia
•Anurag Srivastava, a 1999-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, was serving as India's Ambassador to Ethiopia
Vinay Mohan Kwatra appointed India's envoy to Nepal; 1988 batch IFS officer served in countries including China, South Africa, Uzbekistan
•Kwatra, IFS 1988 batch officer, replaces Manjeev Singh Puri who has retired from service
Harsh Vardhan Shringla takes charge as Foreign Secretary, says he will ensure 'undifferentiated and unambiguous' approach to terrorism
•A 1984-batch officer of the IFS who last served as India's envoy to the US, Shringla replaces Vijay Gokhale and has a fixed two-year tenure
UPSC exams 2019: Question on ‘secularism’ objectionable, makes exercise to recruit civil servants flawed
Shishir Tripathi •If the question on secularism, asked in the UPSC exam, was drafting error then it can be overlooked, but if the tone was deliberate then it raises serious questions on propriety of the one who framed it, especially since the exam paper that is meant to recruit administrators whose conduct are tested on litmus of objectivity