From village sports programmes to an AI-powered CCTV analytics platform, Gaurav Rai a 2019 batch IPS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre focused on building stronger community connect while making investigations more technology driven as SP Dantewada. Rai has now been transferred as SP, Balodabazar-Bhatapara.

Recognising the changing needs of people in a district long affected by Left Wing Extremism, the first priority was to strengthen trust between the police and local communities and increase outreach as much as possible. Speaking about his unique outreach medium, “Our medium is through sports. We organise sports events in villages so that we can get the youth engaged. Afterwards, we organise awareness programmes on the new criminal laws, cybercrimes, traffic safety and various other public issues.” Police teams attached to different police stations regularly organise sports events in villages to engage. Additionally, continuous monitoring is carried out to ensure that people entitled to various government benefits receive them, making sure that no eligible beneficiary is left out.

Another key project of Rai is developing an AI powered video analytics system aimed at improving investigations. The software is designed to analyse hours of CCTV footage within minutes, significantly reducing the time and manpower required for manual review.

It also supports target-based searches, enabling investigators to search for a particular suspect or vehicle across multiple CCTV feeds. For instance, if police are looking for a suspect wearing a red T-shirt or tracing a specific vehicle, the system can identify relevant footage much faster than conventional methods. The software is being created at zero cost and currently is in the testing phase. “Instead of officers spending hours watching CCTV footage, the system analyses the videos within minutes.” he shared.

There are still two retired IPS officers who are over hundred years-old and surviving. But it is believed that no IAS officer of that age is left in the country. The surviving IPS officers are former DGP Madhya Pradesh Harivallabh Mohanlal Joshi and former CBI Director J.S. Bawa of Punjab cadre.

Harivallabh Mohanlal Joshi	J.S. Bawa

Vineet Malik and Ashish Chugh have been selected as Superintendent of Police in CBI initially on deputation for a period of four years. They are ITS officers.

In a significant move to strengthen bilateral commercial ties, the current Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, has pitched for deeper economic engagement with Chinese enterprises. During a specialized luncheon interaction hosted on July 7, the Ambassador met with senior representatives, company chairpersons, and prominent friends of India in Beijing.

According to an official update shared by the Indian Embassy on Wednesday, this high level gathering served as an open platform to exchange valuable strategic insights on trade.

The Madhya Pradesh Home Department has issued the official list of 13 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who will retire during the year 2027 on attaining the age of 60 years, in accordance with Rule 16 of the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958. The officers are:

Rajesh Sagar – SPS-2010 – Retirement: Jan 31, 2027, Mukesh Kumar Srivastava – SPS-2009– March 31, 2027, Varun Kapoor - RR - 1991 – May 31, 2027, Omprakash Tripathi - SPS-2009 – June 30, 2027, Vinod Kumar Singh - SPS-2016 – June 30, 2027, Santosh SIngh Gaur - SPS-2016 – June 30, 2027, G Akheto Sema - RR-1992 – July 31, 2027, Rajababu Singh – RR-1994 – July 31, 2027, Upendra Kumar Jain – RR-1991 – August 31, 2027, Umesh Joga – RR-1997 – October 31, 2027, Manoj Kumar Singh – SPS-2009 – October 31, 2027, Rasna Thakur - SPS-2012 – October 31, 2027 and Pankaj Kumar Srivastava – RR-1992 – December 31, 2027.

Sasimohan V has been appointed as DIG, CISF on deputation basis. He is a 2011 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

The PESB had recommended the name of Sunil Prasad, Deputy General Manager, DGM (Production), National Fertilizers Limited, for the post of Director (Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL).

Justice Sudhir Singh, Judge of the Patna High Court, has been appointed acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court following the retirement of  Chief Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai on July 11, 2026.

Ashish Kumar, presently working as Director (SMC-I) DoT HQ., New Delhi , has been appointed as Joint Advisor in TRAI HQ initially for a period of three years. He is an ITS officer.

The DoT has accepted the Voluntary Retirement of Mrs Ayesha Siddiqui, PGM, Kolkata BA, West Bengal Telecom Circle, BSNL from the service. She is a 1996 batch ITS officer.

The DGFT HQ has relieved Ms. Ishita Gupta, Deputy Director to enable her to join the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.

Dr. Manjeet Bhatoya has joined the DGFT (HQ) as Joint DGFT. She is an ITrS officer.

S. Anil Kumar has been given notional promotion to the grade of Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes on ad-hoc basis. with effect from 17.11.2015. He is an IRS(C&IT) officer.

The DoT has transferred three STS level ITS officers. Accordingly, Ashutosh Diwakar has been posted at Digital Bharat Nidhi while Sanjay Kumar Madhukar will join SRI Division at the DoT HQ and Anish Kumar Singh has been transferred to Mumbai LSA.

Sunil Bhadu has been posted at SMC division DoT HQ. He is a JAG Level ITS officer.

The DoT has transferred 44 IP&TAFS to new places of postings. Among them 21 officers belong to JAG,21  are STS and remaining two officers belong to JTS.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh visited forward areas of the Northern sector, where he reviewed the operational preparedness of deployed units and interacted with personnel serving in the world's harshest environment. Commending their professionalism and dedication, the CAS reaffirmed confidence in their readiness to safeguard the nation's frontiers.

Renya Ete, formerly serving as Senior Divisional Engineer (Sr. DEN), Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), has received an extension of his deputation as Chief General Manager (Civil) at IRCON International Limited (IRCON) up to July 19, 2027. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Dharmendra Kumar Pandey, formerly serving as Executive Engineer/C/ Design, West Central Railway (WCR), has received an extension in his deputation tenure as General Manager (Civil)  at IRCON International Limited (IRCON) for the fifth year, which is up to September 19, 2026. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Vijay Prakash Saraf, presently serving in South Eastern Railway (SER), has been transferred to Metro Railway and posted as Principal Chief Safety Officer (PCSO). He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Mahesh Kumar Garg, presently serving as CTO, Northern Railway (NR), has been assigned additional charge of the post of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops (COFMOW). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Manish Jain, presently serving as Principal Chief Safety Officer (PCSO), Metro Railway, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway (SER) and posted as Additional General Manager (AGM). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

As many as two dozen IPS officers have been reshuffled in Chhattisgarh. Ajay Kumar Yadav has been transferred from his post as Director of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose State Police Academy, Chandkhuri, and appointed Inspector General (IG) of Rajnandgaon Range, while Balaji Rao Somavar, who previously held the position of IG, Rajnandgaon Range, has been posted as IG, Police Headquarter (PHQ), Naya Raipur and Prashant Kumar Agrawal, IG Bastar Range, is shifted as IG, PHQ.

Further, Sunil Sharma joins as SP, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district; Chandramohan Singh as SP, Dantewada; Harish Rathore as SP, Koriya; Bhawna Pandey as SP, Dhamtari; Trilok Bansal as SP, Bemtara; Jitendra Kumar Yadav as SP, Kabirdham (Kavardha); Chavhan Kiran Gangaram as SP, Balod; Yogesh Kumar Patel as SP, Surajpur; Rai Gaurav Rampravesh as SP, Balodabazar-Bhatapara; Umesh Prasad Gupta as SP, Bijapur; Sandeep Kumar Patel as SP, Narayanpur and Robinson Guria was shifted as DCP (West), Raipur Urban.

Similarly, Prashant Kumar Thakur and Ramkrishna Sahu have been transferred as DIG, PHQ, Naya Raipur; Dharmendra Chhabai as Commandant, 8th Battalion, SAF, Rajnandgaon; Mrs Shweta Rajmani as DIG, SAF, Jagdalpur, Bastar; Rajesh Kukreja as DIG, PHQ; Mrs Bhavna Gupta as AIG, PHQ; Suraj Singh Parihar as Commandant, 4th Bn, SAF, Mana, Raipur and Ravi Kumar Kurre is posted as AIG, PHQ.

Arshinder Singh Chawla (IPS HY:1993) Director General of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has been entrusted with the additional charge of Director General, Prisons, Panchkula.

Haryana govt on Friday entrusted Mrs. Kala Ramachandran (IPS HY: 1994), Director General, Madhuban Complex and DGP Training and Director Haryana Police Academy with the additional charge of Director FSL.

Haryana govt late on Friday transferred seven IPS officers. Those officers transferred are-

Pankaj Nain (IPS HY: 2007), Special Officer, Community Policing and Outreach, CM Office has been entrusted with the additional charge of Commissioner of Police Panchkula.

Mrs. Nazneen Bhasin (IPS HY: 2007) IGP, Bhondsi has been entrusted with the additional charge of IGP, ATS.

Lokinder Singh (IPS HY: 2014), SP Security CID, Panchkula to SP, Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Ms.Upasna (IPS HY:2017) SP, CID to SP, Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Varun Singla (IPS HY: 2017) SP, Security, CID to SP, Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Mrs. Shristi Gupta (IPS HY:2021) DCP Panchkula to AIG, Welfare, PHQ  and

Ms. Aditi Singh (IPS HY 2021) SP, SVB and ACB to DCP Panchkula.

Prabhuling Kavalikatti, Deputy Commissioner, Shivamogga District, is placed in the concurrent charge of MD, Mysuru Paper Mills Limited in Karnataka. He is a 2013 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

The Uttar Pradesh government late on Thursday transferred 20 IAS officers of the rank of Secretaries and Special Secretaries. Those officers transferred include-

Shudha Verma (IAS UP: 2010), Secretary, Revenue department has been transferred as posted as the new Labour Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.

Dr Sarika Mohan (IAS UP: 2006), Director General of Medical Education and Secretary, Medical Education Department has been entrusted with the additional charge of Director General, Registration, Uttar Pradesh.

Neha Sharma (IAS UP: 2010), Director General, Registration, Uttar Pradesh, to Director General of Medical Education. She has also been entrusted with the responsibility of Secretary, Medical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh government.

Arun Kumar (IAS UP: 2012), Additional Director in the Geology and Mining Department to Mission Director, UP State Rural Livelihood Mission.

J Reebha (IAS UP; 2015), Special Secretary, Geology and Mining Department has been entrusted with the additional charge of Additional Director, Geology and Mining.

Deepa Ranjan (IAS UP: 2013), Mission Director, UP State Rural Livelihood Mission to Special Secretary, Culture department.

Sanjay Kumar Singh-I (IAS UP: 2012) has been relieved of his charge as Special Secretary, Culture Department. He will now continue as the Director, Charitable Affairs along with additional responsibility of Director, Culture, Uttar Pradesh.

Vishal Singh (IAS UP: 2015) Special Secretary Culture and Director Information  has been relieved of the charge of Spl Secretary Culture.

Riya Kejriwal (IAS UP: 2017), Managing Director, Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Lucknow to Special Secretary in the Child Development and Nutrition department.

Sandeep Bhagia (IAS UP: 2018), Additional Commissioner, State Tax in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad-II to Managing Director of Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.

Parikshit Khatana (IAS UP: 2020), Chief Development Officer, Azamgarh to Additional Commissioner, State Tax, Gautam Buddh Nagar.

Rakesh Kumar Patel (IAS UP: 2010 Additional Commissioner, Lucknow division to Chief Development Officer of Azamgarh.

Mrs. Renu Tiwari (IAS UP:2012) Special Secretary, Women and Child Development and Nutrition has been relieved of the charge of Spl Secretary Nutrition.

Jag Pravesh (IAS UP: 2018) Municipal Commissioner of Mathura-Vrindavan to Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change.

Ojaswi Raj (IAS UP:2020), Chief Development Officer, Ballia, to Municipal Commissioner of Mathura-Vrindavan.

Alok Kumar ADM Gonda who was recently promoted to the IAS has been posted as the new Chief Development Officer of Ballia.

Ajay Kumar Gautam, Chief Development Officer of Etawah to Additional Commissioner, State Tax, Ghaziabad-I.

Sanjay Kumar Singh, ADM (Administration) to Chief Development Officer of Etawah.

Manikandan A. (IAS UP: 2017) who was waiting for his posting has been posted as Additional Commissioner, Revenue Council.

Dr. Vandana Verma (IAS UP: 2013), Special Secretary Sugar Industries & Cane Development has been entrusted with the additional charge of Joint Managing Director, UP Sugar Mills Federation Ltd.

Mrs. Sindhu Pillai, currently posted as ADG, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been shifted to Delhi. She is a 2001-batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

As many as 17 IAS officers have been given new assignments in Himachal Pradesh. Onkar Chand Sharma, ACS, Tribal Development, Ropeways and Road Transport System Development Corporation, has been given additional charge of ACS, Transport Department, while Ms M Sudha Devi will take charge as Principal Secretary, Forests and Industries besides PS, Personnel Department. 

Similarly, R D Nazeem is shifted as ACS, Home, Vigilance, Power, Non-Conventional Energy and Multi-Purpose Projects; Ashish Singhmar, Secretary to the Chief Minister (II), has been assigned additional charge of Health and Family Welfare Department; Devesh Kumar, PS, Urban Development and PS, Finance, gets additional charge of Animal Husbandry Department; Priyanka Basu Ingty will handle the additional charge of Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department; Yunus, Director, Industries, will also hold charge of Commissioner, State Taxes and Excise; Sandeep Kumar is posted as Secretary, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Rakesh Kumar Prajapati joins as Director, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Further, Dr. Madhu Chaudhary has been appointed as Special Secretary, Health with additional charge of CEO, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; Om Kant Thakur as Director-cum-Warden of Fisheries, Bilaspur; Abhishek Kumar Garg as Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Project Director, Hamirpur; Gursimar Singh as MD, State Industrial Development Corporation, Shimla, and MD, General Industries Corporation, Shimla; Gursimar Singh as Director, Technical Education, Sundernagar, with additional charge of MD, Skill Development Corporation, Sundernagar; Vivek Chandel as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Baddi, Solan and Ashwani Kumar Sharma is now Commissioner, State Taxes and Excise.

Firms like Celesta Capital are planning India-focused deeptech funds. Programs like AWE Tech Innovation Challenge 2026 offering equity for Indian impact startups.

Reports related to Visa highlights retrogression/unavailability for India EB-1/EB-2/EB-5 categories due to high demand—ongoing challenge for MNC talent mobility and H-1B processes.

2026 proxy season shows fewer shareholder proposal omissions; ESG/compliance evolving amid fragmented global rules. AI/data centre projects driving infrastructure hires (e.g., Comfort Systems).

Charles Simon Dobbie has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive, Non-Independent) of Blue Dart Express Limited.

Shreekant has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent Director Category) of PNB Housing Finance Limited.

Rajiv Kumar Singh has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent Director Category) of PNB Housing Finance Limited.

Dr. Gaurav Nigam has been appointed as Additional Director designated as Whole-time Director and Senior Executive Director of WEP Solutions Limited.

Sanjeev Arora has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of WEP Solutions Limited.

Deepak Jain has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of WEP Solutions Limited.

Mrs. Vandana Malaiya has been re-appointed as Independent Director of WEP Solutions Limited.

Mrs. Shruti Agarwal has been re-appointed as Independent Director of WEP Solutions Limited.

Mrs. Hemanshi Darsh Soni has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent) of Indo Us Bio-Tech Limited.

Mrs. Ushasree Bhagavatula has been appointed as Additional Independent Woman Director of Sarthak Metals Limited.

Sudhir Sitapati has been appointed as Independent Director of Asian Paints Limited.

Milind Sarwate has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Asian Paints Limited.

Nikhil Nirvan Khattau has resigned as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Kaya Limited.

Florian Ulrich Bumberger has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Blue Dart Express Limited.

Dinesh Chander Notiyal has resigned as Independent Director of Bacil Pharma Limited.

Ms Avani Savjibhai Godhaniya has resigned as Independent Director of Bacil Pharma Limited.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited has advertised the posts of General Manager (Operations) and Deputy General Manager (Rolling Stock). Details can be availed from website https://chennaimetrorail.org/ and applications must reach latest by July 20, 2026.

Central Vigilance Commission has invited applications for the posts of Technical Examiner, Assistant Technical Examiner and Assistant Technical Examiner (Horticulture) on deputation basis. Details can be availed from https://cvc.gov.in/vacancies.html and applications must reach latest by July 28, 2026.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti has advertised eight posts of Directors for National Dam Safety Authority in Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune, Chennai and Guwahati. Applications can be emailed at pankaj.sinha88@nic.in or admn-ndsa@gov.in.

Last date to submit applications for the post of  Members, National Sports Tribunal has been extended. Details can be availed from https://yas.nic.in/en/sports.  The revised date is July 18, 2026.

The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India has extended the last date to apply for posts of Director (Legal) and Bench Officer (Legal). The revised date is July 28, 2026 and details can be availed from AERA’s website http://aera.gov.in.

The National Company Law Tribunal has invited applications for the post of Joint Registrar, Kolkata and New Delhi. Applications can be availed from website www.nclt.gov.in. Applications must reach latest by July 20, 2026.

Archaeological Survey of lndia has advertised the post of Joint Director General (Legal). Details can be availed from https://asi.nic.in/.

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited has advertised the posts of Senior Deputy General Manager and Deputy General Manager - Human Resource for Corporate Office, New Delhi on deputation basis. Details can be availed from www.rvnl.org and applications sent latest by August 7, 2026.

The World Bank is seeking a Senior Financial Officer for Washington, DC, United States. Applications must reach latest by July 20, 2026.

The World Bank is seeking ET Consultant HNP-Digital Health for Washington, DC, United States. Applications must reach latest by July 24, 2026.

Misuse of tour exemption

Government of India has framed travel rules for tour-- both domestic and international-- for its employees wherein approval of competent authority is obtained before proceeding or after completing journey for official purpose. However, exemption has been provided for the President, PM, Governors, CMs keeping in view their status. However, it appears that this exemption is being misused as per whims and fancy of incumbents to serve more a political or private purpose and less a public purpose. No social audit is done in CAG reports for scrutiny of Parliament or Legislative Assembly for such tours. When these expenses are borne out of public exchequer, such an exercise must be undertaken to know as to what public purpose has been served for undertaking such tours. Data is available with the Government to find out whether frequent official foreign tours benefited the country or a State even from an administrative point of view, they do not violate any rules governing travels.

Raj Kumar Thakur

Information was not accessible from the web-links shared by the PIO

The certified copies of RBI Master Direction Money Changing Activities RBI/FED/2015-16/17 FED and Master Direction No. 3/2015-16 dated 01.01.2016 (Updated as on Dec. 8, 2017) purpose) were sought by the appellant. The PIO provided URLs and asked the appellant to refer to two different web-links. The Complainant submitted that the information sought in the RTI application was not accessible from the web-links shared by the PIO. The CIC observed that adequate and accurate information has been shared with the complainant. During the course of hearing, the averred information was accessed at the hyperlink directly from RBI’s official website.

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In many cases, the website of the public authority is non-functional or specific pages do not open. It would be a good practice to review and upgrade the web-site from time to time.

Citation: Binu Peter v. Reserve Bank of India, Complaint No. CIC/RBIND/C/2024/125721; Date of Decision: 08.12.2025

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