Justice Permod Kohli, who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), took charge. He has been appointed to the post for five years. The Central…
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Faustin-Archange Touadéra took the oath of office in the capital, Bangui. The swearing-in ushers in the country’s first elected leader since Muslim rebels overthrew Francois Bozize’s government more than three…
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India ranked 118th out of 156 countries in a global list of the happiest nations, down one slot from last year on the index and coming behind China, Pakistan and…
Read MoreVeteran Bollywood star Manoj Kumar, best known for his patriotic films Purab Aur Paschim, Upkar and Kranti, was chosen for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition in…
Read MoreThe Chettinad cotton saree, which inherited the intricacies of now out-of-vogue and over a century-old‘Kandangi’ pure silk sarees, has won the ‘India Handloom’ tag for its unique designs and identity….
Read MoreFor the first time, the government appointed a woman IPS officer as the chief of a paramilitary force that guards the country’s borders. Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Archana Ramasundram…
Read MoreIndian film-maker Kanu Behl’s directorial Titli bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award on 1 February 2016 conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC). Titli has earlier…
Read MoreMrs. Aruna Sethi (ICoAS 1985), Principal Adviser (Cost), took over the charge of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS) as head on 1st February, 2016. She is the first lady ICoAS…
Read MoreBoka Haram, the islamist terror organisation, was in news as it abducted more than 200 school girls from the town of chibok in north-eastern Nigeria. Official Arabic name means “People…
Read MoreLt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag will be the next Army Chief succeeding Gen Bikram Singh as the government today appointed him to the top post. 59-year-old Lt Gen Suhag, a Gurkha officer, is currently the…
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