The Centre has instructed states not to deny PDS benefits to any beneficiary who does not have Aadhaar or has not linked ration card to the Aadhaar and also asked state governments not to delete eligible households from the list of beneficiaries for non- possession of Aadhaar.
Anna,' meaning elder brother in Tamil and Telugu, has finally found recognition in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) In all, 70 new Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati have been added to the dictionary in the latest update that happened a month ago.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Alok Kumar Pateria, IPS as Additional Director General, CISF.