The government today appointed Soma Roy Burman, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service Officer, as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Ms. Burman is the 24th CGA and is the seventh woman to hold this position. Prior to this, Ms. Burman had served 33 years as the Additional...

The new Home Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu is Mr. S. K. Prabhakar. Mr. Prabhakar, who was earlier Principal Secretary of the Department of Highways and Minor Ports, will now be the Principal Secretary of the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department. Earlier, Niranjan Murdy...

According to a study, fibre-optic cables that make up the global undersea telecommunications network may help researchers assess offshore earthquakes and hidden geologic structures in the depths of the ocean. The study, published in the science journal, describes an experiment which...

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is about to come up with a feature that will automatically delete messages after a set time by users. This particular facility is currently under testing. This 'delete message' feature will come with a toggle on/off button. There will be a button to delete messages...

Due to less employees and overwork Bengaluru Traffic Police have come up with yet another afresh initiative to get motorists to follow traffic rules and observe lane discipline. They have installed 200 life-sized mannequins at troublesome junctions in Bengaluru. The motive is that the...