Centre increases sports disciplines for direct recruitment

Department of Personnel & Training, included 20 such games in the list for direct recruitment. The move comes following a proposal from the Department of Sports for inclusion of some more disciplines in the list of 43 sports for recruitment of sportspersons to any Group C post in ministries/departments of government of India. Accordingly, the … Read more

India registers Recoveries of 65,081 in the last 24 hours whereas 69,921 new cases were reported

Continuing the streak of posting more than 60,000 recoveries each day since the past five days, India has registered 65,081 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The cumulative number of recovered patients have grown to 28,39,882, taking the Recovery Rate among COVID-19 patients to further high of 77%.  The number of recovered patients has overtaken the active cases by 3.61 times. … Read more

Shri Piyush Goyal calls for taking the Indo-US trade to greater heights; says the two nations can be resilient trusted partners in the global value chain

The Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal has invited the US business and industry to work with their Indian counterparts to take the bilateral trade to greater heights. Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) through a virtual conference today, ShriGoyal said that the two democracies share deep commitment with each other, at the Government, Business … Read more

Cabinet condoles the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India

The Union Cabinet condoled the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Cabinet today passed the following resolution: “The Cabinet expresses profound sorrow at the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. In his passing … Read more

Shri Rajiv Kumar takes over as new Election Commissioner

Shri Rajiv Kumar today assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. Sh Kumar joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Shri Sushil Chandra. Born on 19thFebruary 1960, Shri Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer.  During the span of more … Read more