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12:33 AM

Bureaucratic reshuffle: P Amudha appointed Joint Secy in PMO

Senior bureaucrat P Amudha has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Keshav Chandra as the Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Monday by the Centre.

 

Amudha, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently serving as Professor, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.

 

Chandra, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories or AGMUT cadre, has been appointed as the Director, SFIO, Ministry of Corporate Affairs up to December 17, 2022, an order issued by Personnel Ministry said.

 

His batchmate Varsha Joshi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying for a tenure of five years.

11:54 PM

Shooter Abhishek Verma opens small shooting range at home for practice

11:50 PM

Government committed to ensuring technological shift towards 'work from home' is smooth: PM Modi

11:41 PM

All-round Stokes guides England to thrilling win

All-round Ben Stokes was the chief orchestrator as England beat West Indies by 113 runs on the fifth and final day of the second Test at the Old Trafford here on Monday to level the three-match series 1-1.

 

Stokes set up England's victory with a majestic 176 in the first innings as he stitched a 260-run partnership with fellow centurion Dom Sibley (120) to take England to a commanding 469/9.

 

In reply, the Windies managed 287, riding on half-centuries by Kraigg Brathwaite (75), Shamarh Brooks (68) and Roston Chase (51). With one day wasted due to rain, England needed a breezy innings from someone to post a challenging target for the tourists, and Stokes was at it again, hitting a quickfire 57-ball 78 to set the Windies a target of 312.

11:34 PM

Rahul Gandhi attacks PM on LAC standoff; BJP accuses him of indulging in mudslinging

11:14 PM

Second tranche of Bharat Bond ETF garners Rs 10,992 cr

The second tranche of Bharat Bond ETF (exchange traded fund) was over-subscribed 3.7 times, collecting Rs 10,992 crore.

Bharat Bond ETF was launched on July 14 and closed on July 17. The base issue size was Rs 3,000 crore with a green-shoe option of Rs 12,000 crore, taking the total size to Rs 15,000 crore.

"The Bharat Bond NFO Tranche II has seen resounding success, receiving applications amounting to Rs 10,992 crore," Edelweiss Asset Management said in a statement.

11:13 PM

UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong over controversial Chinese law

11:12 PM

Akali Dal has no locus standi to be concerned about farmers after supporting Centre's farm ordinances: Amarinder Singh

10:47 PM

Delhi govt to give Rs 10 lakh to family of man who died under waterlogged Minto bridge: AAP

10:41 PM

Rajasthan crisis: Gehlot calls Pilot names

The Ashok Gehlot camp sharpened its attack on Sachin Pilot on Monday, with the chief minister calling him useless and another loyalist alleging that the dissident Congress leader had himself offered him crores to switch sides.

 

Pilot reacted sharply, saying he will take the MLA to court.

 

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was dismissive of a notice from Rajasthan police over unverified audio clips, saying their authenticity should be examined first.

 

According to the Congress, Shekhawat is heard in one of the clips in which a plot to topple the state government is being discussed.

10:10 PM

US slaps strongman ruler of Russia's Chechnya with sanctions

The United States on Monday slapped the regional strongman leader of Russia's republic of Chechnya with sanctions over human rights violations.
 

Ramzan Kadyrov, 43, has run Chechnya like his personal fiefdom, relying on his security forces to quash dissent. International human rights groups have accused Kadyrov and his lieutenants of abductions, torture and killings of their opponents.
 

Rights defenders also hold the Chechen authorities responsible for a sweeping crackdown on gays over the past few years that has seen more than 100 people arrested, subjected to torture, with some of them killed. Chechen authorities have denied those accusations, and federal authorities said a probe found nothing to support the charges.

10:08 PM

Brexit will split financial markets, says Bank of England appointee

Brexit will make markets less efficient but it won't be disastrous for Britain's economy, an appointee to the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said on Monday.
 

Britain left the European Union in January, with transition arrangements that afford continued full access to the bloc ending in December.
 

"It will cause fragmentation, it will cause inefficiency, there will be problems with regulation, but it's not going to be disastrous... for the economy," Jonathan Hall, told a confirmation hearing in parliament's Treasury Select Committee.

10:04 PM

Cement demand likely to de-grow by up to 25 per cent in FY21: Icra

Cement demand is likely to de-grow by up to 25 per cent this fiscal on account of the coronavirus lockdown and subsequent specific restrictions disrupting construction activities, ratings agency Icra said.

 

It further said cement manufactures may witness a compression in operating profitability by 150-200 basis points (bps) in the current financial year.

 

While rural housing and infrastructure projects in remote areas would support cement consumption, urban-led demand is headed for a slowdown, it said.

9:53 PM

Rajasthan ACB asks dissident Congress MLAs to appear before it within three days

9:41 PM

Congress MLA claims Pilot offered money to join BJP; Pilot rubbishes charge as "baseless, vexatious"