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Former IAS officer Amit Khare appointed as advisor to PM Modi

A 1985 batch IAS officer from the Jharkhand cadre, Amit Khare retired as the higher education secretary last month.

Pakistan among Commonwealth invitees as India marks 100 years of Parliament’s PAC 

A two-day function will be organised in December to mark the centennial of PAC, Parliament’s oldest committee. It will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 4 December. 

Modi launches Indian Space Association, plan is to open up sector to start-ups & private firms

ISpA will support start-ups, and will work towards facilitating and enabling private players to work in tandem with ISRO, PM Modi said at the virtual event.

3 cr on unorganised workers’ database, 48% women, 55% don’t have Aadhaar-linked accounts

The data also shows that of the approximately 3 crore workers who have registered, 55.77% do not have bank accounts linked to Aadhaar.

Sushil Modi to head parliamentary panel on law after reconstitution of various committees

Congress MPs Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor retained their post as chairman. BJP MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank have been added to two panels.

Modi govt to rethink caste-based payment of wages under MGNREGA, says aware of problems

Rural ministry statement comes week after a report in ThePrint highlighted problems being created by caste-based salary disbursal under MGNREGA among workers in Karnataka.

Narco terror, Afghanistan — why Delhi Police Special Cell has IPS officers as DCPs after 31 yrs

Since 1990, only DANIPS (Delhi Andaman and Nicobar Police Service) officers have been DCPs in Special Cell. But Commissioner Asthana says emerging scenarios need new ideas.

Parliament has had no standing committees for a month, MPs’ attendance is one reason why

Department-related parliamentary panels are constituted in Sept every year. Opposition says the delay is a reflection of the govt's 'overall attitude about the functioning of Parliament'.

Cabinet approves 78 days’ salary as Diwali bonus to over 11 lakh railway employees

Union minister Anurag Thakur says the maximum amount payable to an eligible railway employee is Rs 17,951 and expenditure of nearly Rs 1,985 crore will be incurred on this.

Modi to inaugurate 35 PSA oxygen plants under PM CARES tomorrow

According to PMO, 1,224 PSA oxygen plants have been funded under the fund till now, of these over 1,100 plants were commissioned providing an output of over 1,750 MT oxygen/day.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.