The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the decision by approving the Department of Legal Affairs proposal, mentioning an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training.
Present in the meeting were Treasurer Kipa Ajay, along with Executive Committee members Avijit Paul, Ms Valanka Alemao (also the Chairperson of the Women’s Football Committee), Lalnghinglova Hmar (also the Chairman of the League Committee), Vijay Bali, and Grassroots Committee Chairperson M
Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and the COP28 Presidency will co-lead the committee on trade for COP28 alongside the WTO Secretariat.
This comes after Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia were given direct entries for the Hangzhou Asian Games by the Indian Olympic Association’s ad-hoc committee on Tuesday while other wrestlers will have to book their places in the Indian squad through selection trials on July 22 and 23.
Notably, RPI leader Ramdas Athawale is a Minister in BJP led Government in Delhi, but the party Odisha President was among nine parties who participated in this meeting.
The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) on Thursday announced an indefinite strike, starting from Saturday, and demanded an increase in the distributors’ commission.
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, a humanitarian organisation, said on Wednesday that part of its operations had been discontinued in response to a Taliban directive to cease Swedish participation nationwide, reported Khaama Press.
At least one person was killed while 41 others were injured in an underground gas explosion that hit South Africa's Johannesburg central business district on Wednesday night.
The Awami Action Committee (AAC) held protest demonstrations in Skardu town of Gilgit-Baltistan as power outages have become a regular affair in the region.
A BJP worker from Jehanabad died allegedly during a police lathi charge, while participating in a protest march by his party against the Bihar government’s teacher recruitment policy doing away with the domicile requirement for the recruitment of teachers earlier in the month.
As part of the Knesset’s Environment Day, representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection participated in a special discussion in the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee chaired by MK Ya’akov Asher, on the subject of coastal authorities dealing with the effects of cli
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president and Mandi MP Pratibha Singh and State Sports Minister Vikramaditya Singh met with Union Minister Giriraj Singh in the national capital on Wednesday.