Government has, from time to time, appointed some prominent persons for specific assignments in government, keeping in view their specialized knowledge and expertise in the domain area. NITI Aayog, in its three year Action Agenda, and the Sectoral Group of Secretaries (SGoS) on Governance, in its report submitted in February, 2017, have recommended for induction of personnel in the middle ...

Banks have reported a massive 73 percent increase in incidents of fraud worth Rs 71,543 crore in FY19, a senior Reserve Bank official said Thursday. Till March 2019, the top five, 10 and 100 cases of frauds cumulatively reported constituted 24 percent, 34 percent and 70 percent of all frauds, respectively, a chief general manager with the RBI Jayant Dash ...

A monetary grant of Rs 75,000 per month would be given by a leading national daily to applicants doing research in Hindi, the media house announced on Thursday. The second edition of ‘Gyanvritti’, which comes under Dainik Jagran’s ‘Hindi Hai Hum’ initiative, is launched to promote the usage of Hindi language in fundamental research and original writing, read a statement ...

Result may come in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is in the International Court of Hague by July 17. Court can declare its decision at 6.30 in the evening. In a way, the eyes of everyone are on the issue of India versus Pakistan. This year, from 18 to 21 February, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ...

After Rahul Gandhi’s resignation from Congress President, another big party leader has resigned from his post. Incharge of Assam and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat has resigned as the General Secretary of the Congress. Harish Rawat said that, “I am resigning while taking responsibility for the defeat in Assam.” Rawat has written on his Facebook page that the ...