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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicCivil servant

Topic: Civil servant

2 transfers in 1 year: Meet B Ashok, the Kerala IAS officer who’s had run-ins with both UDF & LDF

Thiruvananthapuram: “An officer should only be worried if career has been a smooth sail through the backwaters,” B.Ashok said, shrugging off his latest faceoff with...

Decorated civil servant & spearhead of key Modi govt initiatives, Amitabh Kant resigns as G20 Sherpa

'Fascinating experience', he says, describing his 45-year stint in the government, as he looks forward to beginning a 'new chapter'.

Civil servants have long been favoured as RBI chief. Modi govt just has a better reason for it

Interestingly, the only governments that did not appoint a civil servant as the RBI governor were those led by Morarji Desai, Indira Gandhi in her second stint, and P V Narasimha Rao.

‘Puja Khedkar story is the opposite of mine’—they cleared UPSC but didn’t get the job

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

ECI asks states to ensure officers aren’t transferred within same parliamentary constituency

According to an Election Commission of India press release, it has strengthened existing transfer policy to ensure officials aren't able to 'disturb the level playing field in elections'.

Modi’s economic advisor red-flags ‘illegal temple’ in elite IAS officers’ colony in Delhi

Seeking action, EAC-PM member Ratan Watal has said in his letter to Modi govt that the temple is sitting on state land worth Rs 20-30 crore.

Telangana excise official lands in a soup after seeking 300 tickets for IPL final

K Pradeep Rao, an Excise and Prohibition Department official, has been issued a memo by his seniors and further action is likely to follow soon.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.