Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the IPS Probationers during Dikshant Parade at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, via video conferencing, in New Delhi.
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Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava meets Sweety Sehrawat, who secured All India Rank 187 in the civil services exam, in New Delhi. Sehrawat (28) quit her job as a design engi...
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Members of Indian Administrative Service (Jharkhand) hand over a cheque worth Rs 17,23,401 (Seventeen Lakh Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred One) to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hem...
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Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla before a meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.
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In this file photo, Indian Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla in Washington DC. Shringla on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2019 was appointed as Foreign Secretary.
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Visually challenged IAS officer Pranjal Patil assumes charge as Thiruvananthapuram Sub-Collector in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah poses for a group photograph with 2018 Batch of Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers, in New Delhi.
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Indian Police Service (IPS) 2018 batch probationers attend a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah (unseen) at Maharashtra Sadan, in New Delhi.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Abhay, Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, during a meeting with probationers of...
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President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the IAS officers of the 2017 batch, currently attached to different Ministries and Departments of the Government of India as Assistant Secretari...
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P K Mishra takes over as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, in New Delhi.
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P K Sinha takes over as the Principal Advisor to the Prime Minister, in New Delhi.
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu meets the Officer Trainees of the 2018 Batch of Indian Forest Service, in New Delhi.
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Subhash Chandra Garg (L) hands over the charge of Secretary DEA to Atanu Chakraborty, in New Delhi. A day after he was shifted from the high profile Ministry of Finance to the Powe...
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Newly-appointed Power Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg takes charge from his predecessor AK Bhalla, in New Delhi.
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President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the probationers of Indian Forest Service (2018-20 Batch) from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New ...
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu meets the Officer Trainees of the 72nd batch of the Indian Revenue Service, in New Delhi.
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IAS officer Shah Faesal addresses a press conference after announcing his resignation, in Srinagar. Faesal, who has been in the limelight since becoming the first Kashmiri to top t...
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Former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the valedictory session with Assistant Secretaries (IAS Officers of 2016 batch), in New Delhi.
Candidates who have qualified UPSC Prelim exam have been asked to apply again in the Detailed Application Form-I (DAF-I) for the civil services (main) examination, 2020.
Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who quit civil services last year, tells Outlook that he won't rejoin his post and that he will continue fighting for citizens' rights.
Vini Mahajan has served in the office of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh from 2005-2012, and handled matters relating to Finance, Industry and Commerce, Telecom and IT.
This year's preliminary test was originally scheduled to be held on May 31, but was deferred due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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