Pankaj Agrawal, Additional Secretary at Defence Min, is appointed Power Secy
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) stayed regulatorIrdai'sorder on June 13, ordering Sahara India Life Insurance Co Ltd to transfer policy liabilities and assets pertaining to around two lakh policies toSBILife Insurance Company. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued the order following an appeal by Sahara India Life.
The Wrestling Federation of India's much awaited elections will take place on July 6, the returning officer announced in a notification issued on Tuesday. The announcement comes a day after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed retired high court judge Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the returning officer to set the poll process in motion. It was also notified that the results of the elections will also be announced on the same day. The last date for receiving two nominations from each state and union territory for constituting the electoral college has been fixed as June 19 and the scrutiny will be completed by June 22.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a grand public rally here on June 23, the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, BJP's Jammu and Kashmit unit chief Ravinder Raina said. The BJP observes June 23 as Mukherjee's 'Balidan Diwas'. "Mega public rallies are being organised at each parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. In the Jammu parliamentary constituency, a mega public rally will be organised in Jammu city on June 23, which will be addressed by Shah," Raina said.
Authorities on Tuesday shifted 30,000 people from coastal areas to temporary shelters two days before powerful cyclone Biparjoy's expected landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district. An official said several NDRF and SDRF teams are on standby. Simultaneously, Army authorities have jointly planned relief operations with civil administration and National Disaster Response Force. The Army has kept flood relief columns ready at strategic locations.
"We were protesting so that our crops are purchased at MSP. We will keep fighting for MSP across the country. Our leaders will also be released soon. Cases filed against our leaders will be taken back" Tikait said
Cash-strapped Pakistan has requested its all-weather ally China to fast-track the refinancing of maturing commercial loans of USD 1.3 billion and apprised it of the diminishing prospects of revival of the IMF loan programme, a media report said on Tuesday. The request was made on Monday by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting with Chinas Charge daffaires Pang Chunxue, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Officials said that the finance minister raised the issue of refinancing the two Chinese commercial loans amounting to USD 1.3 billion, maturing in the next two to three weeks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on June 13 that his monthly national address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ will be held on a Sunday (June 18) instead of a Monday this time.
He tweeted: “This month’s #MannKiBaat programme will take place on Sunday, 18th June. It is always a delight to receive your inputs. Share your inputs on the NaMo App, MyGov or record your message by dialling 1800-11-7800.”
-- Union Power Minister RK Singh on June 13 reviewed the preparations taken for power supply and quick restoration arrangements for coastal areas in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
-- Directs concerned authorities to make arrangements for an Emergency Restoration System (ERS) along with necessary men and material to be stationed at the strategic locations
-- POWERGRID has set up 24X7 control rooms at Manesar and Vadodara, while the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) is continuously monitoring grid supply in these states for taking timely actions
-- A total of 19 patients from Tata Steel's Meramandali plant in Dhenkanal were taken to Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha.
-- They have all suffered burns. Out of the 19 patients, two patients have also sustained fractures, and six of them are burnt above 40%.
-- One patient has sustained burns over 70 percent and is getting treated in the ICU.
