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Monday, July 21, 2025
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Topic: IFS officers

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.

Environment minister Harsh Vardhan wants forest officers inducted into tribal affairs ministry

Vardhan rules out rechristening name of forest service since doing so would be ‘a complex process’.

India has global ambitions but not enough IFS officers to fulfil them

India's roughly 940 foreign service officers are just slightly higher than New Zealand’s 885 officers, or Singapore’s 850.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.