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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicForest officers

Topic: Forest officers

4 Karnataka forest officers could be sacked for falling short of requirement — by 1-2 cm

There are very specific height measurements for a recruit assuming the rank of deputy range forest range officer in Karnataka: 163 cm (approx. 5'4”) for men and 150 cm (4'11”) for women.

Telangana forest officer attacked by mob ‘led’ by brother of TRS MLA 

Officer was carrying out state govt’s mass tree plantation drive the she was attacked by mob allegedly led by brother of TRS MLA Koneru Konappa.

IFS officers demand PM’s Scholarship Scheme be extended to soldiers of the forests

Modi cabinet expanded the scheme to include children of police personnel killed in Naxal or terror attacks. Now IFS officers want it for forest personnel too.

Indian Forest Service, the other IFS which is foreign in its own land

IFS officers claim they are not recognised for their work unlike IAS & IPS cadre; S. Manikandan was killed by a wild elephant in a Karnataka forest.

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.