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Monday, February 23, 2026
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.

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

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Tina Das -
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

Why Modi’s Israel visit has become the stage for a Knesset vs Judiciary battle

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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