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What’s the IFS vs IAS row in MP about? A look at its genesis, latest trigger & related 2000 SC ruling

In June this yr, MP govt ordered involvement of district collectors in forest officers' appraisal process. ThePrint recaps what the matter in SC is & what IFS officers, govt have said.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

SC tells Madhya Pradesh to withdraw controversial order that sparked IAS vs IFS row, or face contempt

MP govt in June said district magistrates & divisional commissioners would have say in appraisals of IFS officers serving in districts, which the latter said undermined their authority.

Madhya Pradesh govt order on appraisal criteria pits IAS against IFS. ‘Will affect morale’

MP govt in order revised appraisal criteria divisional forest officers to include performance review by district collectors & commissioners. IFS Association is opposed to revision.

Suspending IFS officer for Akbar-Sita naming controversy shows how vulnerable Forest Service is

It sends the message to every forest official that their jobs no longer depend just on addressing environmental concerns, health of wildlife; it also depends on naming of animals.

‘Two services for the salary of one’ — the challenges of being the spouse of an IFS officer

Reba Som notes that for a diplomat, a new country feels familiar as Indian embassies remain under the MEA and “have the same flavour”, this was not the case for their spouses.

How Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, India’s 1st woman career diplomat, took on a male-dominated system

Muthamma is credited to be the first woman to join the Indian Foreign Services in 1949. She served as India’s ambassador to several countries & fought for her rights in SC.

Ex-IFS officer Talmiz Ahmad is living in the past. India-Israel ties are at an all-time high

Ex-IFS officer Talmiz Ahmad's analysis of Israeli-Indian relations is strange at best. PM Modi understood West Asia better than the Indian diplomat.

In Rahul Gandhi-Jaishankar clash on diplomats, why India’s national interest is the loser

Rahul Gandhi called India’s IFS officers ‘arrogant’, while Jaishankar called them confident. In all social media noise, the point on China got missed.

World Bank, UN, Ram Mandir panel — IAS, IFS officers from Modi’s PMO are rising & going places

Foreign secretary designate V.M. Kwatra was at PMO in Modi’s early days in the chair. ThePrint looks at how other officers from 1st Modi PMO in 2014-15 have risen in their careers.

On Camera

India needs a clear Balochistan strategy. ‘Enemy of my enemy’ approach won’t work

Confronting only secular insurgents in Pakistan, while overlooking jihadist groups operating from Iran, will do little to change the broader strategic equilibrium. History underlines this point.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.