PM Modi addressed newly-recruited IAS officers in Delhi. (PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed a group of over 150 newly-recruited IAS officers serving in various central government departments as assistant secretaries and encouraged them to be receptive towards new ideas, concepts and perspectives.

The 169 IAS officers of the 2017 batch made presentations to the Prime Minister on themes ranging from transforming aspirational districts to governance solutions for transparency and faster delivery.

Their tenure as assistant secretaries in various central government departments was extended from September 27 to October 1 by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on August 30.

"One should take feedback from multiple sources, analyse them and incorporate them," PM Modi said at the event. PM Modi also askedIsraeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinians in Gaza

The Israeli military has announced in a statement that its soldiers shot at least two Palestinians dead in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The military said on Thursday that the Palestinians were killed as they were approaching a boundary fence in the east of the coastal enclave.

The statement also claimed that the two Palestinians were armed and were trying to infiltrate into Israel. A military spokesman, however, told AFP that the men were killed inside the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said Israeli tanks fired a small barrage of artillery into eastern Gaza after launching a limited incursion into the region.

Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli troops forcibly entered Palestinian homes in the northern West Bank and handed out summons to several civilians.

Israel claimed its existence in