Topic: IRS
Why BJP is not happy with Karnataka CM Yediyurappa and could even replace him
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Twitter cracks whip on OSINT handles for revealing IAF aircraft positions during Balakot strikes
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.
After IRS, Modi govt wants to forcibly retire IAS, IPS officers, review tainted ones monthly
The Narendra Modi government has also asked all ministries and public sector units to recommend names of officers every month for premature retirement.
When a ‘vegetarian’ Union minister tucked into mutton at a BJP Eid bash
Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.
New IRS data says 72% of Indians now have LPG stoves, bolsters Modi govt claim
The latest Indian Readership Survey claims a 3 per cent increase since 2017 in the share of population that can read and understand English.
A judge who loves golf and Barack Obama’s IAS invitee: Here are India’s Lokpal members
Eight years after social activist Anna Hazare launched his movement to seek a Lokpal, India's first Lokpal was approved by the President Tuesday.
IRS officer Sushil Chandra appointed election commissioner, 2019 team now complete
IIT graduate Sushil Chandra is an IRS officer of the 1980 batch and is currently the CBDT chairperson.
IRS officers reclaim their turf in ED, led for 15 years by IAS & IPS officers
Current Enforcement Directorate S.K. Mishra, a former income tax officer, is pushing for vacant posts to be filled by IRS officers.
K.V. Chowdary, first IRS officer to serve as CVC, is no stranger to controversy
K.V. Chowdary is said to have been as close to the power centres in UPA as he is in NDA.
Top angel investor & former IRS officer says civil servants throttling India startup scene
Venktesh Shukla, a leading angel investor, says India's civil services officers are the ‘worst’ to devise startup policies.
With the anti-poor lockdown, BJP is back to its upper caste, middle class, urban roots
Demonetisation’s political gain was to rebrand the BJP as a pro-poor party. The poorly implemented coronavirus lockdown is undoing that image.
Jails give Covid-19 parole: Can overstretched govt track prisoners’ movement and behaviour?
Prisons across India have begun to release inmates on parole after the Supreme Court directed to decongest jails to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Defence
Ready to operate beyond mandate to fight the pandemic: CDS Bipin Rawat
In interview to ThePrint, Rawat also says Quick Reaction Medical Teams (QRMTs) have been readied to mobilise at short notice to meet the requirements of civil administration.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.