Ghose Current Affairs, GK & News

Dilip Kumar appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in office of Lokpal

Dilip Kumar, a 1995-batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal. He has been appointed for a period of six months on additional charge basis or till a new incumbent joins the post. It is perhaps the first official appointment of a ..

Topics: Ghose • Government • Government of India • Indian Administrative Service • Lokpal • Occupations • Ombudsman • Pinaki • Pinaki Chandra Ghose • Ram Nath Kovind • The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act

P C Ghose named as India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman

Former Supreme Court judge and current member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been named as the India’s first Lokpal (anti-corruption ombudsman). The Lokpal Act, which was passed in 2013 after a nationwide anti-corruption movement, provides for setting up of Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in the States to ..

Topics: Corruption • Corruption in India • Ghose • Lokayuktas • Lokpal • Occupations • Ombudsman • Pinaki • Pinaki Chandra Ghose • Supreme Court of India • The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act

Parbati Ghose, first female filmmaker of Odisha passes away

Parbati Ghose (85), the first female filmmaker of Odisha, has passed away in Bhubaneswar on February 11, 2018. She was a symbol of women’s empowerment when an idea like empowerment was unheard of. Her other important works include short film ‘Pitei Nani’ on women emancipation, biopic on the noted philanthropist and freedom fighter Malati Choudhury, ..

Topics: Bhubaneswar • Ghose • Indian people • Malati Choudhury • Odisha • Parbati Ghose • States and union territories of India