Apurva Chandra appointed Information and Broadcasting secretaryApurva Chandra, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, is currently Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Government of India’s empowered group of secretaries returnsThe recent decision to import 50,000 tonnes of medical oxygen is learnt to have come after the recommendation of the groups last week. The ...
Education ministry mulling increasing number of international students coming to India for higher studiesIn a review meeting of the ministry's Study in India Programme with partner institutions Friday, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare said...
Centre intervenes after Manipur govt issues notice to talk show under new IT rulesOn Tuesday morning, Paojel Chaoba, a journalist from Manipur, was sent a notice under the newly introduced Technology (Intermediary Guideli...
Govt's OTT move aimed to put content in one place while platforms in another: I&B SecyReferring to the amendment in the Allocation of Business Rules in November, the I&B secretary said that the idea behind the change, was to ...
Will start by twinning with foreign universities: Amit Khare"The implementation plan of the NEP 2020 will have to be sequential. The changes have to be gradual rather than disruptive, as we have a ve...
Government wants a level playing field across media with light regulation: I&B Secretary“There is definitely a need for a level playing field amongst the different media, but level playing field will not mean that we bring ever...
End JNU stir, agree to hostel fee demand: Ministry to studentsThe ministry will partially revive the formula that was proposed last month to lessen the burden of high hostel fee by passing on the servi...
Will not sack JNU VC, says HRD SecretaryThere was no question of sacking JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, HRD secretary Amit Khare has said though officials asserted that the...
All is well, says JNU vice chancellor at meet with HRD secretaryJNU VC finally attends a meeting at the human resource development ministry. At his meeting, he is learnt to have said that life on the cam...
Government repatriates school education secretary Rina RayRay, a 1984-batch IAS officer of union territories cadre, was in May last year named the secretary, the Department of School Education and ...
Government working with FICCI for National Broadcast Policy: I&B secretaryTalking about the media & entertainment (M&E) industry, Khare said it is a very important part of the Indian economy, which provides over 2...
I&B secretary warns against monopolies in mediaAddressing an industry event here, he also called for a diverse media ownership saying monopolies should be avoided in the sector.
I&B secretary wary of telcos entering broadcastingAmit Khare said that it is important that information is not controlled by one entity.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to chair meet on digital cashless paymentPrincipal secretaries, secretaries of different depts and senior bank officials would attend the meeting at 10 AM here, an official release...
IAS officer who stumbled upon fodder scam in 1996Amit Khare IAS, who once held charge as DM of Chaibasa district, never imagined that it could be the epicenter of multi-crore rupee scam.
Union Cabinet clears decks for setting up two Central Universities in BiharUnion Cabinet cleared the decks for setting up two Central Universities in Bihar by approving the proposal to amend the Central Universitie...