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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicIndian foreign service

Topic: indian foreign service

India and Canada appoint new envoys, Dinesh Patnaik will be Delhi’s High Commissioner in Ottawa

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Christopher Cooter will become High Commissioner for Canada in India, a position previously held by Cameron MacKay.

Understaffed MEA slowing down India’s sprint towards ‘Vishwa Guru’ status, but needle may be moving

Vandana Menon -
With 1,011 officers across 137 countries, India has around the same cadre of diplomats as smaller countries, like New Zealand & Singapore.

‘GOAT of foreign service’ turns 100. MK Rasgotra was Nehru’s aide & critic, gave Chanakyapuri its name

Pia Krishnankutty -
Rasgotra has seen the transformation of Indian foreign policy from Independence to the 1990s. The most notable was his tenure as foreign secretary from May 1982 to January 1985.

IFS officer Pranay Verma appointed India’s new ambassador to Bangladesh

PTI -
As he had been serving as India's envoy to Vietnam, Sandeep Arya will now fill the post as the next Ambassador of India to Vietnam.

Govt owes Indians an explanation. Or its gag order & pension rule can be seen as blackmail

Lt General Prakash Menon -
Retired officials’ freedom of expression has been threatened by empowering the government to withhold pension even before 'guilt' is established.

K Shankar Bajpai, India’s former envoy to US, China and Pakistan, dies at 92

Simrin Sirur -
Former IFS officer K Shankar Bajpai was born into a family of diplomats, and after serving the country, went on to become a noted academic.

India wants to be Vishwa Guru but IFS gets too few diplomats to take us there

Sanya Dhingra -
Only 24 officers were recruited to the IFS in this year’s UPSC exam, and officials and former diplomats say there’s a host of reasons why.

50% IAS, IFS recruits are children of govt servants. But this is a story of their merit

Sanya Dhingra -
Of the civil servants who have taken the foundation course at LBSNAA since 2014, at least 50% come from families with a govt service background, data shows.

How capable is India’s foreign policy — IFS officers cover the base but MEA needs fixing

Kanti Bajpai -
India is relatively strong at the level of individual competence but weak at the organisational and systemic levels.

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Opinion

The Kapoors’ love for food is stuff of legends. Netflix gets us a seat at a table

Triya Gulati -
If there is one celebrity who has made talking about food both relatable and entertaining, it is Kareena Kapoor Khan.

Amazon’s 14k layoffs worldwide show how AI is coming for India

India must look beyond Main Battle Tanks. It is expensive and outdated

Economy

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

Bloomberg News -
The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Defence

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

Soumya Pillai -
ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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