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By the way : Gokhale still in the running

The extension for Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar ends hopes for two senior-most IFS officers but Vijay Gokhale is still a contender to be...

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By the way : New CEO for Prasar Bharati

Prasar Bharati, it appears, has turned into a dumping ground of all those who cannot be rehabilitated anywhere else. Shashi Vempaty was involved...

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By the way : Foreign Secy – who’ll come up trumps

Gone are the days when appointing a Foreign Secretary was as unimportant as hiring a watchman. But with a full time globetrotting Prime...

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By the way : Neighbours in shock

It appears that the Finance Ministry had a myopic view about demonetisation. Nobody in the Ministry asked about or suggested that demonetisation will...

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By the way : Bureaucracy stalls investments!

The fact that India continues to rank poorly as an investment destination in the newly released 10th annual survey of petroleum sector executives...

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By the way : Head hunting for AIIMS

AIIMS has been a political battleground for long. Despite being the premier hospital of the country, nobody dares to intervene. The current Director,...

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Murmurs in Parliament

The UP-cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch was appointed the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the rank and status of...

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Open secret

As per the Government, nobody had the clue about demonetisation. On November 8, a gazette notification was issued by the Department of Economic...

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By the way : Vox pop

Most civil servants are very busy these days. They don’t have any holiday on Saturdays and Sundays. Under Modi, a government order can...

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By the way : Who will be CBI chief?

Who will be the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation? The present incumbent Anil Sinha has retired. The 1984-batch IPS officer of...