NEW DELHI: A ‘report card’ on the working of information commissions under the Right To Information Act shows that 57% of the approximately 510 commissioners for whom background information was available were retired govt officials.Nearly 15% information commissioners were lawyers or former judges (11% were advocates or from the judicial service and 4% were retired…
Source: archivespmo.nic.in NEW DELHI: The White House on Saturday issued a statement from US President Joe Biden, expressing condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday night at the age of 92. Singh, widely regarded as a transformative leader and the architect of India’s economic liberalisation. He served as…
Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar recalled in his book how Dr Manmohan never quite recovered physically after undergoing operations for multiple coronary bypasses in 2012.In his book “A Maverick in Politics”, Ayiar wrote that the operations slowed Manmohan down which also showed up in governance, veteran Congress leader…
Dr. Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister and Congress stalwart Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday at the age of 92. Singh breathed his last at AIIMS Delhi, where he was admitted on Thursday evening.Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 22 after the 2004 general elections and took…
