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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicAppointments Committee of the Cabinet

Topic: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

Sanjay Jaju appointed I&B secy, Apurva Chandra health secy in top-level bureaucratic reshuffle

PTI -
Eight other senior officers have been appointed in different central government departments and in the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.

Sudhansh Pant to be new Health Secretary, Chanchal Kumar to take over as Aviation Secretary

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Besides secretarial appointees, Bharat Lal, a retired Indian Forest Service officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed Secretary General of NHRC for a period of one year.

Punjab’s Vini Mahajan is new drinking water secretary, 8 other secy-level appointments cleared

Moushumi Das Gupta -
In September this year, Mahajan was replaced as Punjab chief secretary after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as CM.

Govt approves restructuring of Railways Board, appoints VK Yadav as its first CEO

PTI -
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the restructuring of the Railway Board, whose strength has been cut from eight to five as part of large scale reforms.

IAS officer heads DRDO as lobbying delays scientist chief’s appointment

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Defence ministry sources say another reason for the delay is the search panel tasked with selecting a replacement is yet to zero in on a candidate.

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Opinion

Bondi Beach, Bangladesh lynching — once again, the elephant in the room will be side-stepped

Meenakashi Lekhi -
Perhaps there is need for a moral ‘jihad’ against those indulging in the promulgation of terror in the name of religion.

Bengaluru & Hyderabad share many of Dubai’s characteristics. Why they don’t function the same

India’s PDS isn’t future-ready. It needs five major reforms

Economy

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Defence

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Vaibhav Pant -
Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

National Interest

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

Shekhar Gupta -
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

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