Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to COVID-19 and withstood occasionally withering criticism over its multiple missteps.
Pradhan was given additional charge of NCB DG after Rakesh Asthana was appointed as Delhi Police Commissioner.
Samajwadi Party chief and Uttar Pradesh former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav slammed the state government for 'Goondatantra' (hooliganism) in the state ahead of Saturday's block president polls.
Police deployed security near the residence of Monika Singh, the candidate from Shikarpur Block of Bulandshahr district after she claimed that there was an attempt to abduct her from her home.
The new district unit presidents were appointed in the cities of Unnao and Barabanki, adjoining Lucknow. Besides, Meerut and Shamli districts also got district and city chiefs.
The appointment of Singh, a 1985-batch IPS officer, as the DG of the 'black cat commandos' force was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reconstituted the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and also appointed five working presidents -- Nitin Raut, Baswaraj M Patil, Vishwajeet Kadam, Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur and Muzaffer Hussain.
"Major armed forces must be prepared for future warfare with these changed characteristics as future wars would be more violent and unpredictable," Gen Rawat said while speaking at a seminar organised by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
Krishnaswamy Natarajan joined the Indian Coast Guard on 18 Jan 1984. The Officer holds a Masters Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University.
Renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist Mrutyunjay Mohapatra was on Tuesday appointed as the chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD), according to a Personnel Ministry order.
The government of India appoints Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) as the next Chief of the Naval Staff.
Amit Shah welcomed Nair by felicitating him with a shawl.
His appointment as ED chief has been made "for a period of 3 months, or till the appointment of a regular incumbent, whichever is earlier", said an order issued by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
Initial reports claimed that Abhijit died of of ill-health but post-mortem has confirmed asphyxia caused by strangulation as the cause of death.
In an interview with the BBC conducted in France, Grace Meng said she has received threatening phone calls since the Chinese government announced her husband was in custody in early October.
Both the French Police and the Interior Ministry have not commented on the matter yet.
TRAI chief R S Sharma, who had engaged in a verbal duel with the Twitterati over potential misuse of Aadhaar, on Wednesday said that no information was "discovered" about him on account of sharing of Aadhaar number
German authorities on Monday detained the chief executive of Volkswagen's Audi division, Rupert Stadler, as part of a probe into the manipulation of emissions controls.
India’s GDP growth for 2016-17 will get a 50 basis points push to 7.6 per cent following the recent revision in the base year for the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen said
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland took a dig at Virat Kohli, saying he is not sure if the Indian captain knows hot spell the "sorry" word. "Look I am not sure he knows how to
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