A retired IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, Ashok Ranjan Basu, has been elevated to the post of chairman of Research Committee No. 48 on Administrative Culture of International Political Science Association (IPSA), Montreal, Canada. He will remain on the post till 2028. The committee, which does research work in administrative systems, has members from all over the world. Basu had been a member of the Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal. After retirement, he took to writing and has published books on different aspects of administration and law. His book ‘Transparency, Accountability, Open Government and e-governance’, published in....Read More

The Uganda Cricket Association has named Indian former first-class cricketer Abhay Sharma as the new head coach of the men's national team in the run-up to the Twenty20 World Cup. Abhay Sharma has previous coaching stints with India A and India Under-19s, as well as the Indian women's cricket team and the Delhi Ranji Trophy team. The Cricket Cranes have booked their place in the competition for the first time and will be among 20 teams at the tournament being jointly hosted by the United States and the West Indies from June 1.Read More

The Supreme Court has rejected all petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of votes polled on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. It, however, provided options for election candidates to seek EVM verification in case they suspect any anomaly. The Supreme Court's two-judge bench, including Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, have made a decision in the 'EVM case' of Association for Democratic Reforms vs Election Commission of India and Another. KEY HIGHLIGHTS: The ADR, a non-governmental organization, had requested that the voting system by EVM should either be removed altogether or significantly....Read More

Defense Secretary Giridhar Armane attended the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers in Astana, Kazakhstan. A protocol was signed by the defence ministers of all SCO member states. A Joint Communique was issued after the meeting, in which the SCO Defence Ministers agreed, amongst other initiatives, to developing the idea of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’, which is rooted in the ancient Indian philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. ABOUT SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO): Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation. Its creation was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan,....Read More

The 2024 Laureus Sports Awards ceremony held in Madrid. The event was a grand celebration of the world's best athletes and their achievements. List of winners: World Sportswoman of the Year: Aitana Bonmati World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic World Team of the Year: Spain Women’s Football Team World Breakthrough of the Year: Jude Bellingham World Comeback of the Year: Simone Biles World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Diede de Groot World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Arisa Trew Laureus Sport for Good: Rafael Nadal Foundation ABOUT THE AWARDS: The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual....Read More