Ashok Mehta is new Private Secy to Prez
New Delhi: Senior revenue officer Ashok Kumar Mehta was on Friday appointed as Private Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee. Mehta, a 1987 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is working as Commissioner in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, as per his
service records. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Mehta as PS to the President, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.
meet on problems faced by insurance firms held
New Delhi: To deliberate and discuss on several serious issues faced by both the insurance industry and wider society, Amity School of Insurance Banking and Actuarial Sciences (ASIBAS) organised a two-day International Conference on “Risk Management in Insurance Industry: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities” at its Noida campus.
India submits first report to UNFCCC
NEW DElHI: India submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) on Friday, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), towards fulfillment of the reporting obligation under the Convention. As per the provisions of the Convention, countries need to periodically provide information in the form of their National Communication. It contains national Green House Gas inventory of India for the year 2010, prepared in accordance with the guidelines of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The inventory covers six greenhouse gases, viz. Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons and Sulfur Hexafluoride and five categories, including energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), agriculture, waste and land-use, land-use, Change and Forestry.
Arvind Kejriwal calls on President
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia called on President Pranab Mujherjee this evening. Although officials said that it was a courtesy call, both the leaders are learnt to have discussed works which the Delhi Government has done so far.
Since Aam Aadmi Party has come to power, Kejriwal and Sisodia have met the President on several occasions. On the request of Delhi Government, President Mukherjee had turned a 'teacher' and taught the students in a school on Teachers' Day last year.