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Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

5 Civil Servants to Watch Out For, 2018: At No 5 is new foreign secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale

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ON THE first day of the new year 2018, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Vijay Keshav Gokhale, 1981...
Monday, December 11, 2017

10 things to know about guokao, the exam that selects Chinese civil servants; 5-hour test, 7-yr jail for cheating…

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ON SUNDAY , about 1.1 million candidates appeared for China's National Public Servant Examination, a huge jump from the last year...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Police Commemoration Day: …and the story of Chinese Army’s attack on an Indian police team in Ladakh in Oct 1959

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“Everyday we fight crime. Today, we fight our tears as well” — As the nation pays respect to police martyrs today on Police Commemoratio...
Monday, January 06, 2014

"No smoking" diktat for Chinese babus; officials must not offer cigarettes to others, says circular

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BUREAUCRATS in China got an unusual diktat from the top: stop smoking. China’s cabinet recently issued rules banning government official...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

5 Points to Ponder: Appointing a Naga woman as UPSC Member, Chinese soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh, and more

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APPOINTING a Naga educationist (also a woman) as Member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is a good symbolic gesture to the North...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Why Indo-China ties are 20 points below? Ambassador Jaishankar replies

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INDIA -China relationship is about 15 to 20 points below where it could be, and where it should be, India’s ambassador to China Dr S Jais...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

Li praised for his promise to cut bureaucracy; also for off-the-cuff humour

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IT’S not the first time that a political leader begins his innings by resorting to bureaucracy bashing. But new Chinese premier Li Keqia...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Zhu, his whistle-blowing website, sex videos and corrupt Chinese officials

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IN November last year, a Chinese whistle-blowing website hogged the media limelight when it posted a video of a district-level bureaucra...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Aspiring women civil servants in China protest over invasive health test

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A GROUP of aspiring women civil servants in China recently staged a protest in the city of Wuhan holding banners saying: “What does your...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Ambassador S Jaishankar on Indian wine power, chicken tikka masala and more

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“…where globalization has actually made the greatest impact is in our eating and drinking habits.  …Chicken Tikka Masala as a British nat...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Xi Jinping regime frames dos and don'ts of behavior for Chinese bureaucrats

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THE Western media has highlighted dos and don’ts of behaviour for Chinese bureaucrats which were recently framed by China’s new regime u...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Red Book to RedPad: Chinese babus given device twice as costly as iPad

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IF Indian officers at the level of a joint secretary and above are happy that they are entitled to have iPad at office expenses, here is th...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

New norms prevent Chinese bureaucrats to use luxury office sedans

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CHINESE government officials will no longer be able to use a Volkswagen Passat or a Toyota Camry as new rules require bureaucrats to buy ve...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

China to crack the whip on excessive partying by bureaucrats

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INDIA may love to follow China in most respects, from chasing growth numbers to building massive infrastructure, but when it comes to its ...
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Monday, November 01, 2010

Will India follow China and France in raising retirement age to 62 years?

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INDIAN policy makers might have followed many a Chinese model, but here is the million dollar question --- will India too emulate China l...
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