NEW DELHI: Nidhi Tewari, a 2014-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to PM Narendra Modi, becoming the first woman to get such a posting in recent history. Incidentally, she is from Mehmurganj in UP’s Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency Modi has been representing in Lok Sabha since 2014.At present, Tewari is … Read more
NEW DELHI: As customarily witnessed during electoral times of national sports federations (NSFs), accusations of manipulation, misappropriation of funds and irregularities surface for electoral advantage – occasionally legitimate but predominantly motivated.Ahead of the forthcoming Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) elections – scheduled for March 28 in Gurugram – the sports body’s president Ajay Singh on … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have agreed to advance negotiations on the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), ANI reported on Saturday citing sources. Further, foreign secretary hinted at the country’s move to liberalise tariffs a day after Trump claimed that India had agreed to bring down duties.To achieve the goals … Read more
Linda McMahon has been confirmed as the new US Secretary of Education, securing a 51-45 vote in the Senate. As a close Trump ally, she will now lead a department that the president has long sought to scale back. Her appointment signals a major shift in education policy, with the administration already rolling back diversity … Read more
NEW DELHI: Economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth has been given additional charge of the revenue department, according to an official order on Saturday. The vacancy at the revenue department was created after former finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey was appointed chairman of market regulator – Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). Pandey held the … Read more
File photo of PM Modi and Shaktikanta Das (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as principal secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a post that has been created for the first time. The notification was made on Saturday by the appointments committee of the cabinet.The appointment of Das, … Read more
Finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the 2025-26 Budget has tried to push growth in a non-inflationary manner and has kept the promise of fiscal consolidation. In an interview to TOI,Pandey, who is also in charge of the revenue department, said the Budget has enabled all levers of growth to accelerate. Excepts:Do you think the … Read more
S Jaishankar (File photo) WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold his first bilateral meeting with external affairs minister S Jaishankar here later Tuesday.Jaishankar is here at the invitation of the US govt to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States.“Secretary Rubio meets with Indian External … Read more
Kristi Noem (Picture credit: AP) Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and US President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for secretary of homeland security, appeared before the Senate on Friday for her confirmation hearing. Noem, who would replace outgoing secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, promised to carry out Trump’s vision for cracking down on illegal immigration and deporting millions … Read more