Court was hearing a petition alleging non-compliance of IT Rules by the microblogging site and sought an affidavit from the Centre to bring its stand on record within two weeks.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Gauba who was appointed to the country's top bureaucratic post for two years in 2019.
ICMR & NCDC have expressed concern regarding the potential of mass gatherings during festivals turning into super spreader events and leading to a spike in Covid cases.
Keeping in mind the high-profile cases Venugopal is handling in the Supreme Court and his experience at the Bar, the government has decided to extend his tenure for one more year, said sources.
The AAPI leadership has requested India through an emergency declaration (to) provide a blanket immunity and indemnification for volunteering physicians from the US.
IT Secretary Ajay Sawhney has reportedly written a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, conveying strong disapproval of the government over misrepresentation of map of India.
Business as usual won't work. India needs war cabinets at all levels that are staffed not just with people from across political parties, but experts too.
Central and state govts have since January issued 4,057 orders on Covid-19 crisis. Experts say the number & impenetrable language are evidence of red-tape.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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