Modi chaired the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. It is the first major meeting of the prime minister with chief ministers of all states and lieutenant governors of Union Territories after Operation Sindoor.
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At 25 years of age, Gill will be India's fifth youngest Test captain after Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (21), Sachin Tendulkar (23), Kapil Dev (24) and Ravi Shastri (25). The five-match series against England will begin on June 20 in Leeds.
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The MEA has said changes in the ground situation, including engineering techniques, climate change and melting of glaciers, have made a renegotiation of the treaty's terms imperative.
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The government has ratified the rate of interest on employees' provident fund at 8.25 per cent for FY25, enabling retirement fund body EPFO to deposit the annual interest accumulation in the post-retirement funds of over 7 crore subscribers.
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Calling the NITI Aayog an 'Ayogya' (unfit) body, Ramesh, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, hit out at the Centre and alleged its meeting was yet another exercise in 'hypocrisy and diversion'.
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Justice Nagarathna, being the fifth senior-most judge now, will officially become part of the Collegium on May 25. She will be a part of it until her retirement as Chief Justice of India on October 29, 2027.
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As there are reports of Covid-19 cases in a few parts of the world and India, including Belagavi, the seemingly precautionary measures taken against Covid-19 assume significance.
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Reports of an outage spiked around 6 pm IST on Saturday.
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Saturday's swap was announced by Russia's defence ministry, and separately by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a post on social media platform Telegram.
Rohit was the first to announce retirement from Test cricket on May 7, while his long-time teammate Kohli followed suit on May 12.
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