Guj-based educationist Manoj Soni takes over as UPSC member

New Delhi : As the key figure in the balance of power between the government and the Reserve Bank of India, former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy once contemplated resignation, and had to even offer an unconditional apology to the minister, his autobiography ...

Questions on Goods and Services Tax (GST), benami transactions and schemes run by the central government were asked in the civil services preliminary examination held today. The aspirants were also asked questions related to National Skills Qualification ...

IMAGE: Nandini K R. Photograph: ANI Nandini K R, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service, has topped the prestigious civil services examination, the result of which was declared on Wednesday by the Union Public Service Commission. Nandini, 26, is at present undergoing training at the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics in Faridabad. Anmol Sher Singh Bedi is the topper among male candidates securing overall second rank. He is an engineering graduate ...

LUXEMBOURG: U.S. ride-hailing app Uber told Europe's top court on Monday that it was a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry. Uber ...

Before TN Seshan took charge as the country’s chief election commissioner in 1990, the Election Commission of India (ECI) was a largely ceremonial job, whose constitutional status was ill-defined. The electoral process in the country was then marred by ...

The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on 17 July and will extend up to 11 August. There will be a total of 19 sittings during the session. The agenda for legislation includes 18 pending bills for passing. Of these 18, nine have been cleared by Lok Sabha.

It sounds like something straight out of the classic BBC comedy series 'Yes, Minister'. The minister proposes to bring experts into senior positions in the bureaucracy, and the mandarins reject the proposal, because “they aren't one of us!” The ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: UEFA Champions League Trophy. Photograph: Nicolas Axelrod/Getty Images Fox Sports said on Tuesday it had partnered with Facebook Inc to livestream UEFA Champions League matches during the 2017-18 season. The sports network, owned by Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, said that some matches from Europe's top-tier club soccer tournament will be exclusive to Facebook and Fox Sports GO, while others will be simulcast on ...

A diplomat-turned-politician and Congress' Dalit face, Opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar had a steady rise in echelons of power since she made her electoral debut in the mid-eighties. Daughter of former deputy prime minister late Jagjivan Ram, Kumar, 72, was also the first woman to occupy the high office of the Lok Sabha Speaker between 2009 and 2014 during the United Progressive Alliance's second term. The career of Kumar, who is soft-spoken, in the rough and tumble of politics ...