H-1B visa appointments cancelled for many applicants as US expands social media vettingMany H-1B and H-4 visa appointments scheduled for mid- to late-December 2025 are being rescheduled to March 2026 due to a new online presen...
09 Dec, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
No discrimination in grant of permanent commission to women SSC officers: Centre to Supreme CourtThe Centre assured the Supreme Court that Short Service Commission women officers are treated fairly. Aishwarya Bhati representing the Cent...
24 Sep, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Sister not part of 'family', ineligible for compassionate appointment for deceased brother: HCThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that sisters are not considered as "family" under the Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassio...
14 Sep, 2023, 03.04 PM IST
RBI lost 46 employees to Covid, related complicationsThe compendium said one of the major challenges faced included, ensuring sufficient printing of currency, timely supply of currency and ens...
27 Feb, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Central university students can enroll for 2 courses together from new academic yearFrom new academic year, students of the central universities can now pursue two courses together. After the central universities accepted t...
19 Feb, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
J-K admin approves adoption of compassionate appointment schemeHe said the decision is aimed at promoting equity, inclusion and accountability in providing compassionate appointment by introducing a cri...
22 Aug, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
Delay in getting dates from US Embassy hits travel plans of H-1B visa holdersBesides the issue of unavailability of dates for visa interviews or even for submitting documents in cases where interviews are being waive...
15 Jun, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Covid vaccine bookings open on Co-WIN2.0: How to register and book your slotAll citizens that are aged, or will be 60 on January 1, 2022 can register for vaccination. Those with comorbidities who will be 45-59 years...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
Centre set to increase creamy layer ceiling for OBCsA group of ministers headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh has been tasked to upwardly revise the gross annual income limit of Rs 8 lakh...
13 Feb, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
National Green Tribunal stays appointments in state pollution control boards"All the state governments are directed not to appoint Chairman and Member Secretary of state pollution control boards till the matter is d...
14 Mar, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Indian universities not in global ranking due to criteria followed: Smriti IraniHRD Minister Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha that the government is coming out with a system for ranking of institutions based on objective...
14 Dec, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
HRD Ministry scraps own selection panel after ACC snubWith DoPT having raised questions about recruitment rules, even the credibility of the search-cum-selection committee had come into questio...
25 Sep, 2015, 01.57 AM IST
- Parliamentary Committee questions move to introduce Food Bill
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on finance has questioned the government's move to introduce a right to food bill when it did not have...
25 Jun, 2011, 03.58 AM IST
- ‘Institution more important than individual’
Institutions owe their existence to the enactment of a statute. Their growth and effective functioning depends upon the person at the helm ...
04 Mar, 2011, 09.27 AM IST
- FMC in search of experienced hands
When corporate governance has become the need of the hour, the commodity markets regulator FMC is grappling with a severe dearth of experie...
24 Jan, 2009, 01.03 AM IST
- Bids soon to man individual pension accounts
The regulator for the new pension scheme would soon invite bids from private sector fund managers to handle parts of its Rs 1,700-crore cor...
06 Dec, 2008, 12.04 AM IST
- Navratna tag to be linked to profit, turnover
The government is planning to set a minimum level on profit and turnover so as to put a check on the number of PSUs getting the coveted sta...
12 Oct, 2006, 01.50 AM IST