C Vidyasagar Rao sworn in as acting Governor of Tamil Nadu

Governor of Maharashtra Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao, was sworn in as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu. He was administered oath of office by the Madras High Court’s Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul as per provisions of Article 159 of Constitution at the Raj Bhavan, Chennai. President Pranab Mukherjee had given additional charge of Tamil Nadu to C Vidyasagar Rao as per Article 153

Urjit Patel assumes charge as 24th RBI Governor

Eminent economist, consultant and banker Dr. Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Dr. Patel succeeds Raghuram Rajan who completed his tenure after serving a three-year term.  He will have tenure of three years. Prior to this appointment (elevation) he was Deputy Governor of RBI. He is the eighth Deputy Governor to be elevated as

Urjit R Patel appointed as 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Union Government on 20 August 2016 appointed Dr. Urjit R Patel as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will be having tenure of three years with effect from 4 September 2016. He will succeed the present RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the former International Monetary Fund chief economist. At present, Dr Patel is the Deputy Governor of RBI and is holding this assignment since 2013. With this

Air Marshal B Suresh Assumes Appointment of AOP

Air Marshal B Suresh AVSM VM assumes charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP) at Air Headquarters today. A graduate of the 'Rashtriya Indian Military College', Dehradun and 'National Defence Academy' Kharakvasla, the Air Marshal was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 13 Dec 1980.  He is a meritorious graduate of the 'Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment'

Satish Mathur appointed DGP of Maharashtra Police

Satish Mathur was appointed as Director General of Maharashtra Police on 20 July 2016 by Maharashtra Government. Mathur, the IPS of 1981-batch, is due to retire in June 2017. Mathur will succeed Praveen Dixit, the IPS of 1977 batch, who is retiring from on 31 July 2016 on superannuation. Dixit was serving in the post since September 2015. The order of his appointment was issued by the state home department after

Tokyo appears poised to welcome its first ever female governor

Tokyo appears poised to welcome its first ever female governor. Exit polls project Japan’s former Defence Minister Yuriko Koike has beaten off twenty other candidates vying for the position. “I am pushing for a Tokyo where people’s lives will be better, and everyone can shine, men and women, children and adults, the elderly and the disabled,” she told supporters. The two previous governors resigned amid separate funding

Tamil-American girl youngest delegate to attend DNC

Sruthi Palaniappan's parents immigrated to the United States in 1992 from Chennai. Sruthi Palaniappan, whose parents migrated to the United States in 1992 from Chennai, was the youngest delegate to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that ended on Thursday night. The 18-year-old high school graduate is set to join the Harvard University to study government. She spoke on behalf of the Iowa state

Shambhu Singh Yadav appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP

Shambhu Singh Yadav, a retired IAS officer and secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was today appointed as the Deputy Lokayukta of the state. “The governor today appointed Shambhu Singh Yadav as the new Deputy Lokayukta (Up-Lokayukta) of the state,” a Raj Bhawan release said. On joint recommendation of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Lokayukta Justice Sanjay Misra, a letter was sent to

Govt to roll out e-passports with biometrics soon, move aimed at curbing fake passport menace

New age e-passports in the offing will come with enhanced security features such as biometrics, a move that will help the government secure data and curb the menace of fake passports, the government has informed Parliament. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said the government was in the process of procuring devices for e-passport. An e-Passport contains an electronic

T Nanda Kumar resigns as NDDB chairman

T Nanda Kumar has resigned as chairman of Gujarat-based National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from August 1, about 30 months ahead of the end of his tenure. In his parting letter to colleagues, Nanda Kumar wrote, “I took over as chairman on March 3, 2014, amid apprehensions about the wisdom of posting a retired IAS officer to a job so far held by just two tall leaders of the dairy industry and that too for