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Jitender Yadav appointed private secretary to Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
Bureaucrat Jitender Yadav was on Wednesday appointed as the private secretary to Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur.
Yadav is a 2010 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.
He has been appointed as PS to Thakur, who is also the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on co-terminus basis, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
EU seeks trade sanctions on Russia over 'sham' Ukraine votes
European Union countries should impose “biting sanctions” on Russian trade and hit officials responsible for “sham referendums” held in parts of Ukraine, senior EU officials said Wednesday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Kremlin orchestrated referendums on joining Russia “are an illegal attempt to grab land and change international borders by force.”
“We are determined to make the Kremlin pay for this further escalation,” she said. “We propose sweeping new import bans on Russian products.”
The EU's executive branch, headed by von der Leyen, has drawn up several rafts of sanctions against Russia since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of neighbouring Ukraine seven months ago.
Banks, companies and markets have been hit — even parts of the sensitive energy sector – with asset freezes and travel bans slapped on over 1,200 officials.
But the hard work is yet to come.
The economies of the EU's 27 member countries have been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic are now struggling against high inflation, with skyrocketing electricity and natural gas prices.
Sanctions are getting harder to agree as they also inflict damage at home.
Two labourers killed in roof collapse in UP's Bijnor
Two labourers were killed after the roof of an old building collapsed on them on Wednesday.
The incident occurred in Shahzadpur village in Nangal police station limits.
Circle Officer Gajendra Singh said some labourers were breaking the roof of the old building when it collapsed on them.
"Two labourers, identified as Vakil (40) and Monu (25), were injured in the accident. They were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them dead," Singh said.
Their bodies have been sent for post mortem.