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Former Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian has been appointed as the next Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect from November 1, 2022. Subramanian, who is also a professor of finance at the Indian School of Business (ISB), will succeed the IMF’s current ED (India) Surjit S Bhalla whose tenure has been curtailed up to October 31.
In its first reaction to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, India on Thursday condemned the "horrific attack" on the celebrated novelist and wished him a speedy recovery.
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed in the neck and torso at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12.
"India has always stood against violence and extremism. We condemn the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie and we wish him a speedy recovery," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at his weekly media briefing. (PTI)
Arunachal Pradesh JD(U) MLA Techi Kaso on Thursday joined BJP in the presence of BJP national president JP Nadda, as reported by ANI.
Flexible work hours, particularly for women, future needs along with flexible workplaces and work-from-home said PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on 27th and 28th Aug. During his visit, PM will address Khadi Utsav at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad on 27th Aug and inaugurate Smriti Van Memorial in Bhuj on 28th Aug. He'll also lay the foundation stone and inaugurate developmental projects in Bhuj, said Prime Minister's Office as reported by ANI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level meeting on J&K at his North Block office NSA Ajit Doval, Union Home Secy Ajay Bhalla, Army Chief Manoj Pandey, J&K LG Manoj Sinha along with Research & Analysis Wing Chief Samant Goel, CRPF DD Kuldiep Singh attended the meeting.
"Himachal Pradesh Like Delhi, we'll open Mohalla clinics along with upgrading the infrastructure of govt hospitals in Himachal Pradesh. Also, govt will bear the expenses of victims of road accidents in the state": Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said in Una, as quoted by ANI.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann criticised the Prime Minister saying, "PM Modi has targeted us by saying that we are distributing 'Muft ki Revriyan' but I want to ask the PM where is that 'Papad' of 'Rs 15 lakh in every account' that he sold"
Saudan Singh appointed as Chief election in-charge and Devender Singh Rana appointed as election co-in charge for the upcoming polls in Himachal Pradesh.
Bhupendra Singh appointed as Uttar Pradesh BJP president. Rajib Bhattacharjee becomes Tripura BJP president.
Not a single child has died of malnutrition in Maharashtra in 5 years, said Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Vijaykumar Gavit in the State Assembly, as per ANI.
Maharashtra Opposition MLAs walk out from State Assembly to protest against malnutrition death in State. The reply given by the minister (Vijaykumar Gavit) shows that the government is not ready to accept that deaths have happened due to malnutrition in the state, LoP Ajit Pawar said.
Samir V Kamat has been appointed as Secretary, Dept of Defence Research & Development and Chairman, Defence Research Development Organisation, ANI reported.
Present Secretary G Satheesh Reddy has been appointed as Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister
The election for Congress President is likely to be postponed for a few weeks, the final schedule will be taken in the CWC meeting on August 28. Earlier it was announced that the election schedule will be from August 21 to September 20: Congress sources told ANI.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot took stock of the situation by conducting an aerial survey of the rain-affected areas in Bundi district
President Droupadi Murmu interacted with IAS officers of 2020 batch at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"Civil servants should be guided by dedication to public service, empathy & compassion towards the weaker sections, maintaining the highest standards of integrity & impartiality,
the President told the officials, as reported ANI.
Hemant Soren (Jharkhand CM) should head towards mid-term polls on moral grounds, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said, as reported by ANI
AAP trying to divert the matter, says BJP as it refused to answer the ruling party's allegations of poaching MLAs.
Lucky to have Sisodia, who has no greed for CM's post. AAP MLAs will rather die than get sold out: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
2008 Malegaon blast | Another witness turned hostile before Special NIA Court today, 25th August. He is the 25th witness in this case who has turned hostile.
PM Narendra Modi to attend ceremony to commission INS Vikrant on September 2 in Kochi: Navy Vice Chief
Commissioning of aircraft carrier INS Vikrant will contribute to ensuring peace & stability in Indo-Pacific, he said, as per PTI.
Navy Vice Chief on whether Navy is pushing for second indigenous aircraft carrier, he informed that deliberations are on.
BJP's operation lotus failed in Delhi. 53 out of 62 MLAs were present in the meeting today. Speaker is outside the country & Manish Sisodia is in Himachal. CM spoke to other MLAs over phone & everyone said that they are with CM Kejriwal till their last breath: AAP MLA S Bharadwaj
Japan national police chief resigns to take responsibility over former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination, AFP reported.
Meeting of AAP MLAs at Arvind Kejriwal's residence on BJP's 'poaching' attempts concludes. Statement to be issued, PTI reported citing sources. All AAP MLAs were contacted, 53 were present at meeting at Arvind Kejriwal's residence, they said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting at 3 pm today on issues linked to Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting will be held in hybrid mode, ANI reported.
Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court seeks response from Gujarat govt on a plea challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts, issues notice to the Gujarat government and posts the matter for hearing after two weeks, ANI reported.
Bilkis Bano case | SC says - question is, under Gujarat rules, are the convicts entitled to remission or not? We've to see whether there was application of mind in this case while granting remission, SC says, as reported by ANI.
SC directs petitioners to make 11 convicts party in the case here.
PM security breach incident in Punjab: SC says it will send Justice Indu Malhotra Committee's report to Centre for further action, PTI reported.
SC-appointed panel on Pegasus said Government of India has not cooperated in probe, CJI noted, as reported by PTI.
Supreme Court says two aspects of PMLA judgment- that is regarding no legal requirement to provide ECIR copy and the reversal of presumption of innocence - require reconsideration. Issues notice in the review petitions. Extends interim protection by 4 weeks, ANI reported.
SC, while taking into note report of committee, says that as per report no conclusive proof has come out about use of Pegasus in 29 mobile phones examined by technical committee. Five of these phones were found to be affected by some malware, not sure if it was Pegasus, ANI reported.
Supreme Court scrutinising the Committee's report set up by the apex court, on the issue.
Supreme Court says the report is submitted in three parts - two reports of the technical committee and one report of the overseeing committee by a retired judge of the Supreme Court, Justice RV Raveendran.
Committee said reports are not for public distribution and is confidential, says Supreme Court as reported by ANI.
Supreme Court says so far as technical committee reports are concerned it appears 29 phones were given to the committee and they have found some malware...5 out of 29 phones had some malware, but not saying if it was due to Pegasus.
Technical Committee concluded that these five phones have malware on poor cyber security, we will see how far we can release this report, Supreme Court says.
The Division bench of the Delhi High Court dismisses the petitions of WhatsApp and Facebook, challenging a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order for an investigation into the messaging app's new privacy policy, ANI reported.
Tumakuru (Karnataka) road accident: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces Rs 2 lakhs each from PMNRF to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
Nine people, including three children, died and 11 were injured after a jeep collided with a truck on National Highway near Sira, Tumakuru district. All of them were daily wage workers, labourers coming towards Bengaluru. SP Rahul Kumar Shahpurwad visited the spot, ANI reported police as informing.
"Due to the turf line & circulation over the Bay of Bengal, the intensity and duration of rain over the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh will increase from tomorrow onwards and there will be heavy rain activity. It will remain for 2-3 days": IMD Scientist SN Sahu said, as quoted by ANI.
Rupee rises 6 paise to 79.80 against US dollar in early trade.
India reports 10,725 fresh cases and 13,084 recoveries, in the last 24 hours; Active cases 94,047
J&K | BSF Jammu troops foiled a smuggling bid through International Border in Samba area earlier this morning & recovered about 8 kgs of narcotics, likely to be heroin. One Pakistani smuggler shot but he managed to crawl back to Pakistani side. Bloodstains found: PRO, BSF Jammu said.
Odisha | Low-lying areas of Balikuda Village in Pipili Tehsil of Puri district remain submerged
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the National Conference of Labour Ministers of all States and Union Territories today in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati through video conferencing today. The two-day conference on August 25-26 will aim to create synergy amongst the Centre and state governments on labour issues and matters related to workers' welfare.
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PM Modi To Inaugurate 2-Day State Labour Ministers Conference
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a two-day conference of state labour ministers in Tirupati. The conference will discuss reforms, social security for workers in the unorganised sector and the outlook for the labour force-2047.
A two-day conference of labour ministers and labour secretaries of states/UTs will be held at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on August 25 and 26, a top Labor Ministry official said on Tuesday. The Prime Minister will inaugurate the conference.
The official said that the Prime Minister will also address the conference through video conference.
The official said that the state ministers would be consulted on the situation after 2014 the conference.
Delhi HC To Pronounce Order On Pleas By WhatsApp, FB Against CCI Probe
The Delhi High Court will deliver its verdict on a petition challenging the order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to examine the new privacy policy of the messaging app. This petition has been filed in court on behalf of WhatsApp and Facebook. Earlier on July 25, the High Court had reserved its order in this matter.
The CCI last year ordered an inquiry into the new privacy policy of the messaging app, saying the policy violated the Competition Act 2000. The commission, while issuing notices to both the platforms, said that the privacy policies of both the companies were neither transparent nor based on the voluntary consent of the users. Labeling the new terms and conditions as take-it-or-leave-it, the commission said they lack clarity and are not clear to users.
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