ISRO Human Space Flight Centre’s new chief

Agencies

Bengaluru he ISRO Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), which is leading the implementation of India’s first human spaceflight mission (Gaganyaan) has a new director, M Mohan, who has taken over ahead of a crucial test mission planned in mid-July or August.

Mohan took charge from Umamaheswaran R, who superannuated on May 31, ISRO chairman S Somanath confirmed.

M Mohan

Mohan’s appointment will not change the composition of the Gaganyaan — the first human mission planned by India — team as the project director and other positions continue to remain with the same personnel.

Mohan, from the rocket side, had served as project director Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), which Isro carried out in 2007 as a precursor to the human spaceflight mission, more than a decade before Prime Minister Modi announced Gaganyaan.

Before becoming director-HSFC, Mohan was associate director at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO’s rocket building unit, and before that he was also with liquid propulsion.

AMIT AGRAWAL APPOINTED UIDAI CEO; SUBODH KUMAR SINGH NAMED DIRECTOR GENERAL NTA

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the National Testing Agency (NTA) have appointed senior IAS officers Amit Agrawal and Subodh Kumar Singh as CEO and director general, respectively, as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Both Agrawal (1993 batch) and Singh (1997 batch) are Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the Chhattisgarh cadre.

1989 BATCH IPS OFFICER NITIN AGARWAL APPOINTED BSF DIRECTOR GENERAL temple, conducted nuclear tests to bring India into a select band of nations, constructed roads in border areas and made India the fifth-largest economy.

The Central govt has appointed Kerala IPS officer Nitin Agarwal as the Director General of the BSF. The 1989 batch officer is currently posted as an Additional DG of the CRPF. A Home Ministry’s notification announced the appointment of Nitin Agarwal as BSF Director General with pay at Level-16 of the Pay Matrix from the date of joining the post and date of his superannuation.

Kangra: Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur hit out at the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her party TMC for the increase in violence ahead of upcoming Panchayat polls in the state. According to Thakur, violence and corruption are the new normal in West Bengal. “Violence and corruption are the new normal in Bengal. Violence has increased ahead of upcoming Panchayat polls. Bengal is known for cash for the job,” Thakur said. “During UPA there was so much corruption but today in the Modi govt there is no corruption,” he added. The West Bengal panchayat elections will be held in a single phase on July 8 and counting of votes will be done on July 11. Earlier the West Ben gal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chow dhury had accused TMC govt of creating an atmosphere of fear in West Bengal in run-up to the panchayat polls.

Priyanka Gandhi announces 5 guarantees for people of MP

ANI Jabalpur

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday launched the election campaign for upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls later this year and announced five guarantees for people of state. She launched the campaign in Jabalpur district and also addressed a public gathering on the occasion. Talking about the five guarantees, Gandhi said, “A monthly aid of Rs 1500 will be given to every woman in the state, an LPG gas cylinder to each household at Rs 500, 100 units of electricity free and 200 units at half price, loans of farmers will be waived and will implement old pension scheme in the state.”