Everest expedition team members of IAS, IPS safe, confirms Indian Mountaineering Foundation

OVER 30 hours after a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 in Richter scale hit the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, a good news finally emerged confirming that the All India Services Everest expedition team comprising two IAS,  two IPS and one Indian Forest Service officer were safe, and they reached Gorakshep on Sunday from the base camp. Many fellow officers were worried as the television channels were showing dramatic images from the Mount Everest avalanche along with a report saying that...

How Indian bureaucrats broke Nepal earthquake news in social media

Top bureaucrats at a review meeting following earthquake in Nepal

RENOWNED cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle on Saturday showered praise on Indian bureaucracy and political establishment. "Too often we deride the bureaucracy and the political establishment. Time today to applaud their urgency and commitment to help in Nepal," he wrote in the micro-blogging site, Twitter. Yes, there were emergency meetings and resulting in swift response to help the Nepal authority. But, many a bureaucrat turned reporters too and wrote about their experiences about the tremor in social media. Here are a few examples: