Morning Digest | Gen. Rawat, Ghulam Nabi Azad, N. Chandrasekharan conferred Padma awards; India ups surveillance for Boeing 737s after China crash, and more
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Gen. Rawat, Ghulam Nabi Azad, N. Chandrasekharan conferred Padma awards
The first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late General Bipin Rawat, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran, former Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi and former chairman of Gita Press late Radheshyam Khemka were among 54 prominent personalities who were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
BJP goes with tried and tested CMs — Dhami in Uttarakhand, Sawant in Goa
The BJP on Monday opted to continue with incumbent Chief Ministers Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant for the new governments in Uttarakhand and Goa, a day after N. Biren Singh was repeated in Manipur in a similar manner. Legislature party meetings of the party in Uttarakhand and Goa elected Mr. Dhami and Mr. Sawant as leaders, maintaining status quo in these States.
India ups surveillance for Boeing 737s after China crash
Aviation watchdog DGCA has placed Boeing 737 planes in the country under “enhanced surveillance” after an aircraft of the same model crashed in China with 132 persons onboard on Monday morning.
Biren Singh sworn in as Chief Minister of Manipur