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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury again appointed as chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
  • Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been again appointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC), the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on 5th May.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath makes ‘Team-11’ to fight Coronavirus

Yogi Adityanath
  • Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, made “Team-11” consisting of inter-departmental committees with over 2 dozen senior officials to combat the COVID-19.
  • Each of the committees will be led by a senior bureaucrat of the state while the CM will be the leader of the Team-11.

GoI constitutes committee to decide modalities of Kisan Rail

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The Union Government of India has constituted a committee to finalize modalities of Kisan Rail. This committee has been made under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare along with representatives of the Indian Railways. “Kisan Rail” is planned to be set up through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode and will facilitate a cold supply chain to transport the perishable goods. It was proposed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her budget speech of 2020-21 to set up a seamless National Cold Supply Chain for perishables like fish, milk and meat.

Sunil Joshi to be new chairman of BCCI’s selection committee

Sunil Joshi

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) has become Sunil Joshi as the new chairman of the national selection panel. The CAC including Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik will review the panel’s performance after one year and make recommendations accordingly.

Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath temple committee starts its web portal

Shri Badrinath temple

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat started the web portal of Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath temple committee. The web portal has been developed by Uttarakhand state National Informatics Centre.