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Nayib Bukele wins 2019 El Salvador presidential election

The media-savvy former mayor of San Salvador, Nayib Bukele of the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) has won a landslide victory in 2019 El Salvador presidential election...

February 5, 2019

Rishi Kumar Shukla appointed as new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation

Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh Cadre, has been appointed the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He will serve in...

February 4, 2019

The newly-named Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to work under Ministry of Commerce and Industry

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade with a mandate to deal with matters...

February 1, 2019

Aparna Kumar becomes India’s first woman IPS officer to complete South Pole expedition

Aparna Kumar has become the India’s first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition. She unfurled...

January 25, 2019

Aadhaar cards are now valid travel documents for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan

According to recent Union Home Ministry communique, Aadhaar cards are now valid travel documents for Indians under 15 and over 65 years travelling to Nepal and Bhutan. Indians...

January 22, 2019

Prabhat Singh appointed as Director General (Investigation) in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Prabhat Singh, a 1988 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre, has been appointed as new Director General (Investigation) in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Singh is at...

January 18, 2019

Sudhir Mungantiwar convenor of newly constituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to look at issues related to lottery under GST

In pursuance of decision in the 32nd Meeting of GST Council held on 10th January 2019 at New Delhi, a Group of Ministers (GoM) on issues relating to...

January 17, 2019

Sankar De head of SEBI committee to link research to policy making

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently constituted a Research Advisory Committee (RAC) to strengthen its research function and enhance its linkage to policy making. It...

January 11, 2019

Indian passport ranked as 79th most powerful in world

As per 2019 Henley and Partners Passport Index, the Indian passport has been ranked as the 79th most powerful in the world. The Henley index ranks world’s passports...

January 11, 2019

Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed as new Director-General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Kumar Rajesh Chandra, A 1985 batch IPS officer, has been appointed the new Director-General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and will hold the post till 31st December 2021...

January 9, 2019

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