Author: Rishabh Sharma

NEW DELHI — Consumer electrical goods major Havells India Limited has announced a significant transition in its corporate governance structure following the retirement of veteran industrialist Jalaj Ashwin Dani from its Board of Directors. Dani formally ceased to be an Independent Director of the company upon the successful conclusion of his second maximum consecutive term.

NEW DELHI — In a targeted top-tier administrative realignment, Anand Bantia, a 2012-batch officer of the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), has been appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to Harsh Malhotra, the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Corporate Affairs and Road Transport & Highways.

NEW DELHI — On the eve of the 12th International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2026, the Ministry of Ayush has issued a nationwide invitation to citizens to participate in mass yoga demonstrations scheduled for June 21, 2026. Championing the spirit of Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation), this year’s celebrations aim to merge India’s ancient wellness traditions with its rich civilizational history. The marquee national event will take place at the historic Red Road in Kolkata, West Bengal, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the country in practicing the Common Yoga Protocol. Cultural Confluence: Yoga at 100 Iconic Heritage Sites In…

NEW DELHI — A major political controversy has erupted following the G7 Summit in Evian, France, after senior Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor openly defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maritime diplomacy. Tharoor’s public support for the Prime Minister’s discussions with US President Donald Trump directly countered his own party’s official critique, prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to claim that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has been undermined from within his own ranks. The row follows a pivotal bilateral meeting—the first in 16 months—between PM Modi and President Trump on the sidelines of the summit, where India’s economic and human…

NEW DELHI — The Union Ministry of Power has put its grid management systems on high alert, tasking the Grid Controller of India (Grid-India) with the rigorous tracking of national hydroelectric generation capacities. The intervention comes on the heels of meteorological warnings pointing toward an underperforming monsoon, raising the dual challenge of suppressed reservoir levels and elevated agricultural power demand. Although current operations at the country’s major dam-linked power stations remain steady, the government is preemptively auditing its energy resource mix to maintain uninterrupted supply. The Deficit Challenge: Surging Demand vs. Dropping Water Tables The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has…

NEW DELHI — Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), the engineering and construction arm of the Ministry of Railways, has clinched a high-value infrastructure contract worth ₹2,977 crore from mining major NMDC Limited to build a state-of-the-art bulk material facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The project was officially secured via a Letter of Award (LoA) for the “Setting up of Buffer Stockpiles & Blending Yard of 10 MTPA (Million Tonnes Per Annum) handling capacity at Vizag,” according to RVNL’s regulatory disclosures. Scaling Port-Linked Industrial Infrastructure The massive development underscores RVNL’s growing footprint in heavy industrial engineering beyond core railway track-laying. The…

MUMBAI — Leading cybersecurity compliance and information technology audit firm AAA Technologies Limited has announced a strengthening of its top-tier corporate structure with the formal induction of Ashok Kumar Chordia into its boardroom hierarchy. According to company filings, Chordia has been appointed as an Additional Director, serving in a Non-Executive capacity.

PUNE — High-growth engineering and defense solutions provider Nibe Limited has announced a key update to its leadership structure with the onboarding of Rajagopalan Madhavan as an Independent Director.

CHENNAI — In a late-Friday administrative directive, the Tamil Nadu government expanded the portfolio of veteran IPS officer Mrs. Seema Agrawal, assigning her a key oversight role in the state’s safety infrastructure. Agrawal, who holds the apex Director General of Police (DGP) rank, has officially taken on the additional charge of Chairman, Fire Commission, Tamil Nadu.

JAIPUR — The Ministry of Railways has approved a formal tenure extension for senior bureaucrat Gaurav Gaur, ensuring leadership continuity for one of the region’s busiest rail divisions. Gaur, an esteemed officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), will continue to serve in his current capacity as the Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) of the Jaipur Division.