V Anantha Nageswaran takes over as new chief economic adviser

He was a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the prime minister between 2019 and 2021.

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· Jan 28, 2022 · 08:56 pm

President Kovind’s secretary tipped to be next vigilance chief, former bureaucrat may be CIC

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was part of the panel headed by Narendra Modi that chose the two, said the selection process was non-transparent.

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· Feb 19, 2020 · 12:12 pm

Bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal appointed Air India chief

He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.

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· Feb 13, 2020 · 09:31 pm

Michael Patra named RBI deputy governor six months after Viral Acharya quit

Patra is currently an executive director at the central bank and is likely to be in charge of monetary policy in his new role.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 06:03 pm

Former IPS officer K Vijay Kumar appointed senior security adviser in home ministry

Kumar was until recently the adviser to the governor in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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· Dec 06, 2019 · 12:55 pm

Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria appointed new Air Force chief

He is the vice chief of air staff at present and will succeed BS Dhanoa on September 30.

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· Sep 19, 2019 · 06:12 pm

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, ex-Union minister Arif Mohammad Khan named governors

Arif Mohammad Khan famously quit from the Congress in 1986 when the Rajiv Gandhi government set aside the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Shah Bano case.

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· Sep 01, 2019 · 12:45 pm

Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed Union home secretary

He is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

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· Aug 22, 2019 · 02:43 pm

Centre appoints Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to Cabinet secretary’s post

Gauba will take over on August 30, and will serve for a period of two years.

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· Aug 21, 2019 · 10:04 pm

Cabinet promotes interim CBI chief Nageshwar Rao to rank of additional director

The Supreme Court had ordered Rao to refrain from taking any major decisions as interim chief of the agency.

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· Dec 18, 2018 · 09:10 pm

IAS officer Ajay Narayan Jha appointed finance secretary

He has succeeded Hasmukh Adhia, who retired on November 30.

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· Dec 03, 2018 · 10:13 pm

UIDAI chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey is the new revenue secretary as Hasmukh Adhia retires

The 1984-batch IAS officer will continue to hold the posts of CEO, UIDAI and chairman, Goods and Services Tax Network.

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· Nov 30, 2018 · 07:44 pm