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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Dress Code

No jeans, khadi once a week — Maharashtra govt issues new dress code for state employees

Maharashtra says employees of the state, whether on contract or otherwise, are its representatives, and an inappropriate attire could malign the govt's public image.

No jeans, no cargo pants, Tripura govt tells its bureaucrats

In a govt memorandum, bureaucrats in Tripura have been asked to avoid casual attire on official duty. 

Income Tax Dept issues circular reprimanding younger employees for not dressing ‘modestly’

In a circular dated 2 March, the department said it was mostly the younger staff who reported to work in informal clothes and that the trend was ‘not acceptable’.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.