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TopicAppointments Committee of the Cabinet

Topic: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

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.

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

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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