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Congress wins 2 Rajya Sabha seats, BJP gets 1 from Rajasthan

Congress’ K C Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi were declared winners, while Rajendra Gehlot of the BJP also got elected, an assembly spokesperson said.

Modi govt says no foreign training for officials this year, cites Covid & austerity measures

Govt officials are sent for mid-career training to universities in the US, UK and Australia, but a 15 June order has stopped that for financial year 2020-21.

Niti Aayog hires 38 domain experts at director, deputy secretary level in lateral-entry push

The 38 lateral-entry appointees, of whom 20 have already joined Niti Aayog, will be overseen by central civil service rules.

Ministries told not to force junior staff to come to office as Delhi Covid cases surge

The Department of Personnel and Training is in the final stages of firming up a work from home framework, and an order on it is expected soon.

Migrant workers, students could get houses on rent for Rs 1,000/month under Modi govt plan

Modi govt to offer nearly 1 lakh vacant rental housing units built under UPA-era schemes like JNNURM, RAY to construction workers, labourers, students, among others.

PM Modi asks states to follow Punjab’s micro-containment strategy to handle Covid crisis

Modi also said ‘green shoots’ are visible in the economy, and that the states and union territories must strive to protect lives as well as livelihoods.

Modi govt plans to use IAS, IPS, IRS officers with MBBS degree in fight against Covid

Govt officials say a lot of IAS officers will be needed for Covid-response work and if they know the medical stream, it will be helpful.

Fixing price cap for Covid treatment in Delhi, drive-thru tests on L-G’s meeting agenda

Meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority, amid worsening Covid situation, is expected to discuss making temporary treatment centres out of community centres.

Modi govt looking to set up social security fund to support migrant workers

The government could also set up a special purpose vehicle to implement the fund, but there's no clarity yet on the size of the fund.

More restrictions in Delhi? L-G Baijal to chair meet on Covid response amid criticism

DDMA is likely to meet Monday to consider strategies to tackle crisis as Covid cases in Delhi reach 36,000-mark and allegations of mismatch in death figures emerge.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?