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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicPrime Minister's Office

Topic: Prime Minister's Office

PM CARES to fund 2 Covid hospitals in Bihar ahead of polls, opposition says ‘too late’

In a tweet, PMO says two 500-bed makeshift hospitals will come up in Patna and Muzaffarpur, which will go a long way in improving Covid care in Bihar.

Ram Mandir construction could begin in August, PMO given choice of 2 dates for bhoomi poojan

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust to increase height of proposed temple in Ayodhya and tweak the design, expects to complete it in 3-3.5 years.

Two senior IAS officers in PMO appointed to World Bank, World Trade Organisation 

While IAS officer Rajiv Topno will serve as senior advisor in World Bank, Brajendra Navnit will be ambassador to the Permanent Mission for India (PMI) at WTO. 

New PMO faces and 11 non-IAS joint secretaries in Modi govt’s 3rd lockdown reshuffle

Modi govt has increasingly sought to empanel non-IAS officers at senior positions in the government, in a bid to break their stranglehold on the bureaucracy.

PMO refuses to share details on black money in spite of CIC orders

The Prime Minister’s Office has refused to share details on the amount of black money brought back from abroad citing a provision of the RTI Act.

Only 19% of India’s public authorities get ‘A’ grade for sharing mandatory information

Of India’s 838 public authorities, Central Information Commission has given 'E' grade to 35% because they don't share mandatory information.

PMO says RTI plea seeking details of Raghuram Rajan’s report on bad loans is a roving enquiry

Praveen Kumar, under secretary at the PMO, said that the information sought does not come under the definition of information in the RTI Act.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.