Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka’s request for central empanelment has been turned down by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) citing “nil central experience”, has learnt. The 1991-batch officer is currently Principal Secretary of Haryana’s Archives, Archaeology & Museums department. After…
A WEEK after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as PPCC chief, the deadlock between him and the Congress high command over his resignation has been resolved with Sidhu now going full-throttle to protest against Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Thursday. On Wednesday, Sidhu resumed his duties as PPCC chief after a 10-day break.…
Australia is moving with new urgency to redraft its defamation laws after a court ruling that publishers can be liable for public comments on online forums like Facebook sent shockwaves through the media industry and beyond. Since the ruling, CNN, which is owned by AT&T Inc, has blocked Australians from its…
Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is all set to offer medical courses from next year. The announcement was made by Institute Director Govindan Rangarajan during the convocation ceremony held virtually on Wednesday. “After about 100 years of excellence in science and engineering, we are planning to…
Turkey’s parliament ratified the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, making it the last G20 country to do so, after holding off for years due to what it saw as injustices in its responsibilities as part of the agreement. Turkey has been a signatory to the Paris agreement since April 2016. But Ankara had not…
This year has been unsettling for Chinese business. The ruling Communist Party has gone after the private sector industry by industry. The stock markets have taken a huge hit. The country’s biggest property developer is on the verge of collapse. But for some of the biggest names on Wall Street, China’s economic…
In 2007, within two years of the merger of Dubai-based Emaar and Shravan Gupta-owned MGF, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) firm invested USD 2 million in the joint venture, according to the Pandora Papers. Gupta was the beneficial owner of a company in BVI where its Finance Ministry issued two notices after his name…
Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra, who is at the centre of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident with his son being accused of murder, attended his office in the Ministry of Home Affairs at North Block on Monday. He also met Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed the situation arising out of Sunday’ incident and…
At 63.68 per cent, cigarette-smoking prevalence is the highest among Karnakata’s adult population when compared to other states, a recent survey conducted to assess tobacco control has found. The survey conducted by AF Development Care (AFDC), a research agency, found that ground-level implementation of measures…
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has approved a proposal to outsource the management and maintenance of Ambedkar Sports Complex in Trilokpuri to a private company. Mayor of East Delhi Shyam Sundar Agarwal said he has approved the outsourcing of the complex to a company named M/s Veer Services that will have the…